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Boss EV-30 Pedal - are there alternatives?

Postby Schorsch » 13 Nov 2020, 17:48

Hello,

I am using a Boss EV-30 dual expression pedal for organ swell at both my Stage 3 88 and my Stage 3 Compact simultaneously. It's working fine but the pedal itself it relatively small and the control range is therefore not that fine adjustable as from other pedals like the FV-500. I was looking to find other dual expression pedals which might be a bit larger than the EV-30 but was not successful yet - can someone let me know which other dual expression pedals are available at the market (if there are any) so I can check them out?

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Re: Boss EV-30 Pedal - are there alternatives?

Postby Tasten-Bert » 15 Nov 2020, 19:03

Hi Schorsch,
first thing which attracted me is: I‘ve never had the idea of controlling two keyboards with one pedal simultaneously. That sounds good to me! Second thing is: I‘ve therefore never looked for a pedal with two expression sockets, so I have keine Ahnung. But third thing is: I have a Korg XVP20 which has one expression in/output plus the normal stereo line ins and outs. Wouldn‘t it be possible to use one line in- and outway with a cable, made of one TRS-jack at the keyboard end and two TR-jacks - perhaps with a modified circuitry - at the pedal end to achieve what you intend? I am curious. If you will be trying it, I‘d be glad to hear the results. Best regards from the middle of Germany
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Re: Boss EV-30 Pedal - are there alternatives?

Postby Spider » 16 Nov 2020, 10:40

I'm not the biggest expert (this is probably more a subject for guitarists) but I think the only other pedal which lets you control expression (not volume) on two devices at the same time is the EHX Dual Expression.
https://www.ehx.com/products/dual-expression-pedal

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Re: Boss EV-30 Pedal - are there alternatives?

Postby maxpiano » 16 Nov 2020, 13:59

What about using the External Section to achieve the same using 1 single EXP pedal (assuming the 2 Nord Stages are or can be connected via MIDI)?
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Re: Boss EV-30 Pedal - are there alternatives?

Postby Schorsch » 17 Nov 2020, 00:40

Thanks guys, will have a look ...
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Re: Boss EV-30 Pedal - are there alternatives?

Postby Tasten-Bert » 17 Nov 2020, 10:29

Hi all,
in another forum I‘ve just found this:
https://www.musiker-board.de/threads/um ... al.702493/
Even if the language is German, I think the picture is self-explaining. With a cable modified like this you seem to be able to use every other volume pedal resp. at least the low impedancy ones. Cheers
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Re: Boss EV-30 Pedal - are there alternatives?

Postby Elias » 17 Nov 2020, 17:23

If you want a larger pedal, get two FC-7s (designed to be mounted on the sides) and screw a plate on top of them so they move together.
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Re: Boss EV-30 Pedal - are there alternatives?

Postby Tasten-Bert » 18 Nov 2020, 16:00

After rethinking my proposal from above I fear it won‘t work as there is only one poti inside the pedal, and if there come two signals at once it must get a mess. Or does anyone know better? Today really sunny regards from the middle of Germany. Mr. Blue Sky ...
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Re: Boss EV-30 Pedal - are there alternatives?

Postby maxpiano » 18 Nov 2020, 19:59

Tasten-Bert wrote:After rethinking my proposal from above I fear it won‘t work as there is only one poti inside the pedal, and if there come two signals at once it must get a mess. Or does anyone know better? Today really sunny regards from the middle of Germany. Mr. Blue Sky ...


It may work or not work and/or may cause a damage to one or both of the two connected devices, because they expect to have just a pot connected (to which they'd apply a voltage to read the cursor position), not another device trying to read the same pot (applying its own voltage, not necessarily the same)...
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Re: Boss EV-30 Pedal - are there alternatives?

Postby Schorsch » 18 Nov 2020, 23:45

Tasten-Bert wrote:After rethinking my proposal from above I fear it won‘t work as there is only one poti inside the pedal, and if there come two signals at once it must get a mess. Or does anyone know better? Today really sunny regards from the middle of Germany. Mr. Blue Sky ...


Yeah I won’t give it a try .... I may stay with my Boss EV-30 although the range of the pedal (don’t know the exact English word for this, the German term is „Regelweg“) is quite short, let’s see how it works for me
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