Yamaha FC5MM Sustain Pedal for Keyboards
Product Description
A compact version of the FC4, the FC5 performs similar to an acoustic piano’s sustain pedal providing expression and feeling to any performance. The FC5 can also be used as a hands-free on/off switch for activating effects or even recording.
I’m using this with a Yamaha YPT-300 and it works fine except that the pedal is very light-weight. I kept having problems finding it with my foot or having it move. I found a piece of wood 9″x16″x3/4″ (23 cm x 41 cm x 2 cm) and mounted the pedal to the board with double sided carpet tape. (Glue would work too.) I even put little rubber feet on the other side of the board. This setup works perfectly.
The YPT-300 senses the position of the mode switch when it is first turned on to determine if switch closed or switch open means sustain. This means it doesn’t matter with the YPT300 that the switch will not be accessible when mounted to the board. Check your keyboard to verify this function and if it doesn’t make this check, be sure the pedal mode switch is in the right position before gluing!
I can understand why folks who are most familiar or most comfortable with a pedal that re-creates the feel of what can be found on a real piano might not be thrilled with this. But I just needed something to be able to get a sustain effect out of an old Yamaha DX21 keyboard. This product did the job and works great.
This does exactly what it supposed to. it has a pretty solid build and feels like it will not break easy. if you are looking for some cheap sustain, this is your product.