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The damper (sustain) pedal on my Roland AT30 does nothing (never has since I purchased it a couple years ago). Otherwise everything on the instrument seems to be functioning perfectly. Any ideas?
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1) check that it's physically connected - I have a feeling it plugs in somewhere.
2) it may have been assigned to another function or assigned to the lower manual. check through the menu system and adjust as required.It's not what you play. It's not how you play. It's the fact that you're playing that counts.
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AT30 damper is only for the lower manual and can not be reassigned. There is an interface connection board inside the lower cabinet where the damper, expression, ans pedals plug in.
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Thank you Andy and Dave - I'll pull the back off and take a look.Comment
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I pulled the back off - there are a number of leads (10 or so) that come up through a hole in the lower part of the cabinet (about 4 inches off the floor), which feed into one harness jack which plugs into the upper section. It's possible the lead from the damper was kicked loose at some point but I don't have space nor helping hands to lay it over to check. Maybe someday, but in the meantime I'll continue on without it. Thanks to both of you for the suggestions.Comment
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Those aren't too difficult to tilt up onto their left side with only one person doing the lifting. You lift under the keyboard with the left hand and between the two halves (top & bottom) with the right hand. When you get it up at a 45 degree angle, or so, keep it at its balance point and carefully move around to the left side so that you can ease it down on it's left side. That will expose the wiring. There is no protective cover on the bottom and it is entirely conceivable that the wire pair to the pedal got jerked in moving and you have a broken wire.
Only problem with that theory is that I believe that Roland pedals are normally closed, at least the loose ones. If that is true, sustain would be on at all times with a broken wire. Hymmmmm. I have one of those and am overdue for pulling it out to prep it for sale. I'll try and get in gear on that. These are two of the conductors that travel up through the harness to the multi-wire connector to the upper section. The smaller (4-wire?) connector is for the two speaker channels.Roland Atelier AT-90s, AT-80s, AT-70, 30, and 15. Roland VR-760 combo
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Thanks Brady - I'll take a peek and let you know what I find.Comment
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