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  • May 5, 2010 at 3:49 pm #80187
    moodindigo
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    Can anyone recommend an expression pedal for the Ring Thing? I’ve tried two and they don’t work. I’ve used a Fender Vol/Tone pedal and another with an adjustable pot for sensitivity, but neither has any effect on the Ring Thing. Is there a recommended make?

    May 5, 2010 at 4:28 pm #106400
    The Ghost of Sim Tut
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    Use the Boss EV5. Read my whole review here: https://www.ehx.com/forums/viewthread/3153/

    May 5, 2010 at 10:09 pm #105802
    Cryabetes
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    yamaha fc-7s work well too.

    May 5, 2010 at 10:28 pm #105705
    The Ghost of Sim Tut
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    yamaha fc-7s work well too.

    It does? I just bought an FC 7 specifically for this application (see my review) and it totally did not work. I could tell that it recognized the signal (slight movement), but it didn’t have the range to actually do anything useful like a full octave dive. You’re using an FC7 with your Ring Thing?

    May 5, 2010 at 11:43 pm #105610
    Cryabetes
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    Nope. no ring things here. slightly too poor/into delays for intense filters and modulation. But I made an assumption because 1- I have two yamaha fc-7s who both work terrifically
    2- a boss ev-5 works with the ring thing
    2a- a boss ev-5 is a 10K pot in a specialised enclosure
    2b- the fc-7 is a 50K pot ” ” ” ” thus resulting in better range

    I hadn’t read your review when I posted but it sounded like he was using mono plug expression pedals.

    actually when you used the FC-7 for your ring thing, was all the motion recognised in the first couple degrees from the heel-down/toe-up position?

    using them with my boss ps-3 does that too (with the boss re-20 works fine though…)

    May 6, 2010 at 1:54 am #105514
    The Ghost of Sim Tut
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    Nope. no ring things here. slightly too poor/into delays for intense filters and modulation. But I made an assumption because 1- I have two yamaha fc-7s who both work terrifically
    2- a boss ev-5 works with the ring thing
    2a- a boss ev-5 is a 10K pot in a specialised enclosure
    2b- the fc-7 is a 50K pot ” ” ” ” thus resulting in better range

    I hadn’t read your review when I posted but it sounded like he was using mono plug expression pedals.

    actually when you used the FC-7 for your ring thing, was all the motion recognised in the first couple degrees from the heel-down/toe-up position?

    using them with my boss ps-3 does that too (with the boss re-20 works fine though…)

    When I plugged in the FC7 it made the slightest burp when I moved it from heel to toe, kinda like if you had an analog delay and just twisted the time knob real quick. Yeah I don’t know, for some reason pedals that should work as an exp pedal with EHX stuff just doesn’t necessarily do so. Maybe the range is too big with a 50K pot. The manual suggests the Boss or the M-Audio. Whatever, I’m happy now.

    May 6, 2010 at 2:57 am #105502
    Cryabetes
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    if I had to wager a guess, it’d be that the boss/m-audio ones are suited to +/- 5v whereas the aha-types are suited to 0-5v. but based on what my multimeter’s observed that’s made no sense to me.

    also i’m posting intoxicated, hopefully this all makes sense.

    May 6, 2010 at 9:14 pm #104902
    The Ghost of Sim Tut
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    if I had to wager a guess, it’d be that the boss/m-audio ones are suited to +/- 5v whereas the aha-types are suited to 0-5v. but based on what my multimeter’s observed that’s made no sense to me.

    also i’m posting intoxicated, hopefully this all makes sense.

    Tsk tsk. Drinking and forum posting can only lead you down a wrong path. I can see you in Al Anon now: “My name is Cryabetes, and I am a drunk forum poster. I would just drink and..and…talk about voltage and knob twiddling…with strangers…in the comfort of my own home. So ashamed.”

    Admitting you have a problem is the first step. ;)

    May 7, 2010 at 5:12 pm #104534
    moodindigo
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    Thanks guys. I’ll get myself an EV-5.

    Incidentally, I saw Wayne Krantz at Ronnie Scott’s in London during the week. Ringmods a-gogo! Both WK and the bass player were using ring modulation on about half the set, and very effectively too. Check out the album Krantz Carlock Lefebvre.

    May 17, 2010 at 12:35 pm #98047
    johnman51
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    Hello !

    I plugged a M-Audio EXP expression pedal, or any other E-Pedal I tried like BOSS EV5,
    The toe down position is always a little bit lower current setting of the COARSE knob…
    And if I unplug the pedal, the good tune/setting comes back..
    I tried to turn the pot on the expression pedals, to try different setting with different models…
    But it always do the sames….

    Did someone met the same situation…

    John.

    July 27, 2010 at 4:55 pm #110508
    MarkC
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    I’ve experienced some tuning instability using the Boss EV5 trying to do whammy stuff. Has anyone tried the Moog expression pedal?

    April 17, 2012 at 6:41 am #117367
    guitar_dude
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    Yeah, has anyone tried the Moog EP-2 with their Ring Thing successfully?

    Edit: Nevermind, a search here in the forums proved it does. :)

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