Pedal recommendation?

[monospace]

What’s a reliable, affordable pedal to use for bank switching?

I’ve been using the cheap Casio SP-3 that came with my kid’s digital piano but it’s so lousy we never even used it for the keyboard. It sort of does the job as a switch but it’s mostly hit or miss.

[dsteinschneider]

I'm using a Quicklok PS-25 - works great. I noticed they are $14 on B&H but $31 on Musician's Friend. Reviews are mixed.

[Rob]

I'll raise the switch debounce time for sustain pedals and footswitch in the next build. That will probably take care of the issue.

[monospace]

I should add that my entire kit including that pedal sits on top of a 3/4” rubber mat. Great for dampening vibrations, but probably not very conducive to responsive pedal action. Was wondering if a more “clicky” type of pedal would be helpful, but I’ll wait to see what your fix does first.

[monospace]

Would something like this latching footswitch work? For a buck more you can get a dual switch, would that be beneficial?

[Polyphonics]

Mosky or Skinny Little Twins are small, good price and work with everything (no LEDs or resistors)

[Rob]

My only advice it to avoid latching switches. Momentary switches are much more versatile.

[monospace]

I tried it with an expression pedal from my guitar pedal board and it works, but that seems like overkill for just switching banks. Also I need that pedal for the guitar
If a latching pedal would still work for simple switching, I'm inclined to throw 20 bucks at that.

[monospace]

So I got that double latching pedal but something is weird.

What I'd like to do is use Switch 1 on the pedal to control banks on eDrumIn Input 3 (high tom vs low tom in SD3) and use Switch 2 to change Input 5 (splash vs china cymbal). Seems like a pretty straightforward use case.

It only sometimes works. But it's random: sometimes switch 1 changes input 5, sometimes switch 2 changes input 3. More often, nothing gets switched at all. And when I step on my hihat, the bank numbers on the right light up, as if they were chick/splash indicators. I've reset the input settings and tried a few times, with the same result.

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[Rob]

I fixed some ED10 pedal sensing issues with 1.3.0.11. Have you installed that version?