Making a Midi Pedal Controller

Have you even been curious about a Midi foot controller? I have, but the cost, even for a used one is out of my price range. However, there are other options, for the low low price of $50 I was able to get the key mechanism from a Yamaha HS-7 electric piano. This lets me have the enjoyment of building of the foot controller myself with the hard part already done, and if I find out that I don’t actually like using a midi foot controller, the investment was minimal.

[JeffMazza]

Someone wanted to know how to undertake this project. I searched for a video to share and to my surprise you used the pedals you got from me quite a while ago. Glad to see the finished product. Awesome job!!!

[PrinceWesterburg]

Cracking project! I've wanted to do this for years but by soldering a home made board to an existing MIDI keyboard - your way is much easier than making a pedal board!

[mechachoi]

You are absolutely insane, what an impressively involved build. Mad respect!!

[TBoneProductionsVB]

A pretty easy addition would be a bar across the board about where the heel is while playing and give it some suspension and make that the sustain pedal. Likewise for the other pedal a bar suspended just over the toes that can be pressed by raising the toe end of the foot. With these mode you could sustain with the playing foot while on any key and then rock the foot even farther back while sustaining to pull up the wah bar over the foot.

[matrixmirage]

I’m not much of an electronics wizard like you are but I am interested in building something similar. However I have a Korg Microkey with some broken keys on it and I was wondering if I could pull the rest of them off and wire some new switches (like arcade buttons) to the contacts to make a basic foot keyboard? Any advice? Thanks

[drumbran]

Hey there, great content and work! Just wondering if you have recommendations for where someone should start if they are eager to learn all this stuff?

[onemaninstruments]

you are a genius! I have to buy the made one, hehehe

[Keyboardhugo]

Just watch your Video because my old Elka Midi Bass goes broken. New Midi Pedals are rare and very expensive 😥
My DMP 18 just has 18 Pedals.
This Yamaha, you used has more👍

[luisfloresgonzalez]

Would you say it would stand the speed and rough playing that walking bass need?

[dominicdoesit_tv]

Wow nice work! Are you an engineering or a hobbyist?

How much would you take to send me one?? I would like to have it :)

[linblosune]

How does reducing the value of Resistors help in better Pedal keys contact performance?

[jmemusic]

I'm just wondering if this pedal controller also supports Note velocity, for example: if you push the pedal harder, then it will be played louder and also the contrary: softer will play it lower.

I have been looking for such projects, but it seems that this is difficult to implement

[wadevid]

why is this not a thing in the modern tech gear world?! I can't find anything that does this "well" on the market! ugh!

[gerrykeenan]

Think il just buy a set of midi pedals🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣