Learning to use pedals

[Mooser]

<i>"making three cases to carry the whole organ,"</i>

Count your blessings. Ask people about a keyboardist's transport problems in days of yore.
The Leslie 3300 is actually smaller than the smaller (45, 145) vintage Leslie. And it comes with the handles and wheels, right from the store.

[andi85]

Also check Chester CT Thompson! Perhaps not as a goal for the next few months but certainly as an inspiration.

[tacitus]

Mooser,

I'm only too aware of the problems moving keyboards around in the old days - I go back to the early 70s, when a Farfisa was about the lightest combo organ. I bought a 1973-ish Yamaha YC-25D a few years ago, which is an absolute joy until you try to move the little b****r! Over 100 lbs and another box for the pedals, then the amp(s) and speakers. But it works like new, and I'd be pleasantly surprised if my C2D lasts 40 years. I'll be in my 90s by then, so I'm not too worried. And in today's money the Yamaha would be getting on for £12,000 as opposed to £2,500 for the C2D. And if there's a shoot-out, I can hide behind the Yamaha, too (there's a story about that happening with a Hammond, but I can't recall the details).

But getting back to the ALU stand, I may strap it to the outside of the organ case for some gigs - if it's going in the back of the car that'd be OK. Also, for some jobs I can leave the pedals at home and use a smaller stand that might even go in the case. I do count my blessings, but getting the stand in another case was a surprise!

[nickd]

First-time poster here - I searched for the answer to this question but didn't find it, so apologies if I'm repeating a previous thread/question.

I've recently got a C1, and have just hooked it up to my Elka PM-13 MIDI bass pedals.

The basic operation of the pedals works great to play notes.

But, I'm having problems trying to start doing this percussive pedal tap technique that's been discussed: just keeping my left foot on one note (such as A) and lightly tapping the pedal to get a percussive attack to the bass line notes I'm playing with my left hand.

The problem I have is that I can't play the notes staccato enough with my foot, so I get too much of a pitched note with the foot (that clashes with the notes I'm playing with my left hand).

Anyone else have this problem? Is it something I can overcome with practice, do you think? Or do I really need to think about buying a different pedalboard to make this technique possible?

Thanks

[tacitus]

I'd certainly give it some serious practice, since whatever pedals you have you'll need to have the action right in your foot. It's not a technique I've used, so beyond observing that these things do take a lot of work to get right I'm not a lot of help - sorry.

I do find so far that I keep using the pipe organ on the C2D and it's not helping me get up to speed with Hammond technique!

[nickd]

Thanks, I'll keep going with the practice on the pedals and see how I get on.