Nord User Forum

Has anyone been able to use the Yamaha's FC7's fortissimo function successfully w/ the C2? I loosened the screw for spring point adjustment, but pressing down further on the pedal past the normal position results in no increase in volume. I do have the C2's system settings set for Yamaha swell pedal.

Have received a replacement FC7 pedal today and everything works fine.

jazzhead wrote:Have received a replacement FC7 pedal today and everything works fine.

Turns out the fortissimo function in my FC7 ended up working. Not sure how.

"I have requested a replacement from the reseller in UK. Maybe I was unlucky and got a faulty unit?"

Probably not. When I made that adjustment on the FC7 pedal i bought, it was fussy and hard to seat positively. If you have all the parts metal latch and screw and the plastic housing is not broken, it should seat. The instructions on re-seating the pedal in the alternate position is not terribly clear either.

Thanks, all! I purchased the Yamaha FC7 and it works great. Important to remember, as we discussed with Jason Lollar, that where the master volume is set, and the range the pedal is in, effects the tonal balance of the organ. I'm concluding that I should set my amps so the master volume contrrol is about the 50% mark, and the pedal opened a bit to reach playing volume give right tonal balance. But this pedal, does what I want. Allows smooth volume changes, or a pop-stab, and the sforzando feature indicated the going-into-big-distortion point nicely. And it's sturdy. And inexpensive.

another vote for the Yamaha...I LOVE these pedals...got two on ebay awhile back for $60.00 USD delivered. What a deal! SOLID pedals...soooo much better than the rolands...and really do the job!

The Nord Swell pedal looks like/is Crumar MJ-EXP02 or Crumar MJ-EXP01 with a different base to fit on the Nord pedalboard.
The Crumar has some metal moving metal piece under the pedal, the Nord has some preparations for it, like a hole in the basepart, but it is just not there on the Nord version. Suppose they left it out for some reason (auto return?).

Although this is an old thread, thought I would add that the Nord C2 and presumably other Nord organs have a setting for the swell pedal model to calibrate the rate of change of signal with respect to movement of the pedal and the high and low settings of the pedal to the organ.

If this is not set, comparisons between pedals are inaccurate. Edited from page 17 of the Nord C2 owner's manual:

Different brands of control pedals have different specifications (resistance, offset, and linearity).

To simplify setup and to optimize the response of the. pedal for the Nord C2, the most common pedal makes are preconfigured, and you simply select the type of pedal you connect.

Roland, Yamaha and Fatar are linear control pedals with different scaling and offset.

Ernie Ball pedals are marketed as volume pedals, with a logarithmic response, but the response is rescaled internally in the Nord C2 to make them work nicely as control pedals.

Settings: FA=Fatar, ER=Ernie Ball, Y=Yamaha, RO=Roland