Footswitches for the Tyros 4
Posted: 04 Sep 2020 22:05
Having played an AR80 organ for several years I now have a Tyros 4 keyboard. It was all Den's idea (Dennis Oyston from Victoria, Australia) who has a Tyros 4 himself, and he reckoned I should get to grips with playing a keyboard. As I play my AR80 'keyboard style' anyway, with STYLES and a 'split point' for playing chords, I am hoping to get to grips with playing this keyboard. And as I find out about playing it I shall record some of my findings here. This is not meant to be a comprehensive explanation of all the things this keyboard can do, but a record of things I am finding out about as I go along.
For starters I need a stool to sit on when I play. So have bought this one.
I then reckoned I would need three footswitches.
An Expression Pedal (the FC7) which plugs into Socket No: 3 at the back,
I use an expression pedal all the time, as this is the one thing I did have on my organ. I use it for putting 'expression' into my music, which does not mean i use it when the music score says f or p. I use it to give 'lift' to what I play, which is what JonD does.
Then a Sustain Pedal (which looks like the right hand pedal on a piano), plugged into Socket No: 1 .. for the Piano, and to 'sustain' STRINGS etc.
And finally the FC5 'footswitch' which is plugged into Socket No: 2.
This wil be used to do other things, and I have placed it by my left foot.
Now the nitty gritty of getting these three switches working.
For starters I need a stool to sit on when I play. So have bought this one.
I then reckoned I would need three footswitches.
An Expression Pedal (the FC7) which plugs into Socket No: 3 at the back,
I use an expression pedal all the time, as this is the one thing I did have on my organ. I use it for putting 'expression' into my music, which does not mean i use it when the music score says f or p. I use it to give 'lift' to what I play, which is what JonD does.
Then a Sustain Pedal (which looks like the right hand pedal on a piano), plugged into Socket No: 1 .. for the Piano, and to 'sustain' STRINGS etc.
And finally the FC5 'footswitch' which is plugged into Socket No: 2.
This wil be used to do other things, and I have placed it by my left foot.
Now the nitty gritty of getting these three switches working.