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Hardware Instruments => PolyBrute => PolyBrute - General discussions => Topic started by: eno on February 19, 2021, 05:46:24 pm

Title: Pedals ?
Post by: eno on February 19, 2021, 05:46:24 pm

I was just wondering if Arturia make (or plan to) expression pedals for the PB (and other synths) ? The PB has a excellent quality of finish and I want my pedals to be excellent too :-D Or maybe someone can recommend some quality pedals that work well with the PB ?

Title: Re: Pedals ?
Post by: Rymo on February 22, 2021, 06:50:29 pm

I was wondering about expression pedals as well, here is some info that Arturia support provided:

The less the resistor value will be the less the efficient range will be (which may let a deadzone at the end of the pedal) but will react in a more linear way.

- Pedals under 10K would be better to avoid to prevent any potential difficulties to reach the maximum 127 value.
- 10K pedals will be working fine
- 25 K should be also another good compromise between linearity and efficient range as it only let around 7% of deadzone at the end with a correct linearity.

We would though also recommend avoiding pedals over 25K.
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So I found a pedal maker called mission engineering who build high quality and versatile expression pedals, some with multiple outs, and the "aero" shape is a really cool design.

https://missionengineering.com/product-category/products/expression/ (https://missionengineering.com/product-category/products/expression/)

The Arturia support said that they often use the M-Audio EX-P themselves in house.

https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PedalExp--m-audio-ex-p-expression-pedal (https://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PedalExp--m-audio-ex-p-expression-pedal)

Title: Re: Pedals ?
Post by: eno on February 26, 2021, 04:56:59 pm

Thanks for posting this, those pedals look good.

Now we just need to hope the PB becomes more widely available  ;)

Title: Re: Pedals ?
Post by: eno on March 19, 2021, 06:21:44 am

I feel any pedal would need some nice wooden toppers to match the PB look  ;D
https://www.groundswellpedalboards.com/pedal-toppers.html (https://www.groundswellpedalboards.com/pedal-toppers.html)

Title: Re: Pedals ?
Post by: Rymo on April 08, 2021, 10:12:46 pm

excellent find! thanks for sharing

Title: Re: Pedals ?
Post by: FreMer on April 25, 2021, 10:16:13 am

Quote from: eno on February 19, 2021, 05:46:24 pm

I was just wondering if Arturia make (or plan to) expression pedals for the PB (and other synths) ? The PB has a excellent quality of finish and I want my pedals to be excellent too :-D Or maybe someone can recommend some quality pedals that work well with the PB ?

The one I use with my Brute,
https://www.amazon.com/M-Audio-EX-P-Expression-Pedal/dp/B000NLRWEI/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=pedal+m+audio&qid=1619340956&sr=8-3

Title: Re: Pedals ?
Post by: Boricua on January 06, 2022, 12:32:56 am

Thanks for the lead on these pedals/accessories, certainly planning to check these out.