Oberheim Martix 6 Continuous Pedal

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Oberheim Martix 6 Continuous Pedal

Post by 486Clockwork » Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:21 pm

Hi. I'm a long time lurker who has befitted from many discussions here.

I own an Oberheim Matrix-6 and am looking for a replacement rocker-type pedal control for the Pedal 1 input.

Information on the correct sort of pedal is limited. The manual only states:

The PEDAL 1 jack is designed to accept a "continuous" pedal - a rocker- type pedal usually used for volume or filter control.

Do any Martix owners know what sort of pedal does the job?

Thanks for the help.

c

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Re: Oberheim Martix 6 Continuous Pedal

Post by Altitude » Sun Jan 04, 2009 5:21 pm

my guess would be a standard volume pedal like:

http://www.zzounds.com/item--YAMFC7

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Re: Oberheim Martix 6 Continuous Pedal

Post by 486Clockwork » Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:28 pm

After experimentation, I found that the continuous pedal is a CV Pedal.

I am not yet sure what the "ideal" working range of the CV Pedal is.

The pedal I tried has a 9V power supply and only alters parameters for a small portion of the pedal's "sweep" - indicating that a lower power supply source (6V? 5V?) would allow the full sweep of the pedal to be used.

There's also the possibility that an ideal pedal would deliver a ranger of voltages from negative to positive. I have to mess with it some more.

I will post what I discover.

If anyone has ideas on the ranges of CV Pedals Oberheim liked to use, please share.

Thanks,

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Re: Oberheim Martix 6 Continuous Pedal

Post by Altitude » Tue Jan 06, 2009 5:58 pm

why not try a 10K pot between the tip and ring of the cable? That is what a volume pedal does

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