FX Pedals for Keyboard Players 

Agree the helix family are excellent tools My deco is also a very special pedal for many things I have sent the stereo out of my stomp into a dig and deco for further treatment

Hi, Mauro. Great question! It really depends on the pedal and your desired effect in this case. Some pedals are stereo and you can shop specifically for them, if that is what you need. Sends and returns are useful when you want to use preamp gain/overdrive before time-based effects, but are not always necessary with a keyboard instrument. Feel free to reach out with any other questions. Thanks! Jason Filloramo, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1281, Jason_Filloramo@sweetwater.com

Hi, thanks for your interest! Since most pedals have unbalanced mono I/O, regular instrument cables will work just fine for this purpose. You shouldn’t run into any significant noise issues unless you have an exceptionally long cable run, in which case you might want to use a DI box to go from the pedal to your mixer/interface. And yes, you’d still go into a line input just like plugging your keyboard in directly. Hope this helps a bit - feel free to contact me directly with any further questions, and thanks again! Caleb Lowrey, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1620, caleb_lowrey@sweetwater.com

Hey, Joshua! Thanks for your interest. These could work with a YPG 535, but since that particular keyboard only has a single stereo TRS output you might have to use an adapter to get the full signal in to the pedals. If you want to get something like that set up, feel free to reach out and we can walk you through it! Connor Smith, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1793, connor_smith@sweetwater.com

Hello. You need an audio output to go into guitar pedals. You can use the audio output from your audio interface into guitar pedals, though. Thanks! Jason Filloramo, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1281, Jason_Filloramo@sweetwater.com

Hi, thanks for your interest! There are a few ways you can approach this. The best solution would be a dedicated keyboard mixer with hi-Z I/O for pedals… but this also might not check the “clever/cheap” box: www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/KeyLargo--radial-key-largo-keyboard-mixer-with-balanced-di-outs Another potential solution would be using a reamp box, which is intended to take a recorded line-level signal and convert it to instrument-level for the purpose of playing and rerecording it through a guitar amp. This one from Walrus Audio is a good option: www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/CanvasReAmp--walrus-audio-canvas-re-amp-re-amping-device Finally, I personally have had good results with running pedals in the FX send of a basic Yamaha analog mixer - the impedance isn’t technically correct, and it can get a bit noisy, but it works well for my purposes as a bedroom producer. 😃 This is the mixer I use - I have a series of delay and reverb pedals connected to the FX Send, and I bring them back into a spare mono channel: www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/MG10XU--yamaha-mg10xu-10-channel-mixer-with-usb-and-fx Hope this helps a bit. Feel free to contact me directly with any further questions, and thanks again! Caleb Lowrey, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1620, caleb_lowrey@sweetwater.com

Hi Olive O. Strymon pedals have always been good with guitar and bass (active and passive) as well as line-level keyboard outputs. As with all stomp boxes, I recommend that you keep your keyboard's final volume knob (or slider) at about 75%. Thanks for watching! -_Daniel_

Hi, Ryan. Unfortunately these cannot be used with only a MIDI keyboard, but if your audio interface has the requisite inputs and outputs to do so you could route them through that. Thanks! Jason Filloramo, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1281, Jason_Filloramo@sweetwater.com

Hi, Elazar! Thanks for your interest. The Roland EV-5 is tested and compatible with the CT-S1000V as well as the Kurzweil CC-1. We have EV-5’s in stock and available here at Sweetwater and we can order the CC-1 in from Kurzweil if needed, but it seems the EV-5 has full functionality when the minimum volume knob is set to 0. I hope this helps! Connor Smith, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1793, connor_smith@sweetwater.com

What delay pedal would you recommend for keyboard for piano and Rhodes sounds..? I play mostly funk..

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@@elazarkotkes There are lots of great options! Check out Strymon’s delay pedals like the Brigadier if you want an old school bucket brigade style delay and the TimeLine if you want something more expansive (both are stereo). If you’re looking for a specific sound or feature send me an email with an example or description and I’ll see if I can point you in the right direction! Connor Smith, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1793, connor_smith@sweetwater.com Brigadier review: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Z3d_2B5aMRA.html

Of course

Hello, Francisco! The EHX Pitch Fork is indeed a mono pedal. If you intend to use it with a keyboard rig, or any rig for that matter, it can only accept a mono input. Thanks for the interest! Cody Kraus, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1766, cody_kraus@sweetwater.com

1. Nord keyboards already include good on-board effects, so if all you need are basic effects with few parameter tweaks, you don't even need a MS70 CDR. 2. Individual pedals typically will give you more parameters to adjust in the sound; more functionality per effect. For example, the vibrato pedal I have offers a random waveform and envelope modulators for random and enveloped pitch warble; most multi-effects will not have this. 3. Individual pedals with 1 knob per function typically are better for adjustments on the fly (playing live) as opposed to menu diving. 4. For some pedals there simply exists no counterpart in multi-effects units. 5. For me personally, I tried a MS70 CDR and it was too noisy. Not really sure what caused that because it was plugged into a power conditioner.

@@ericfricke4512 those are still all bogus reasons for not recommending any multifx. not everyone has a nord, not everyone tweaks on the fly, more of a synth thing. if you actually play keyboards, you set up and play, not futz with an entire pedalboard. presets on multiFX are great if you play sets, so no, you cant put your reasons on everyone. also, the MS70 is quieter than a whole string of pedals. i have pedals of both types. i know how they are.

There's plenty of good reverb and delay pedals. Personally I'm not a fan of most phasor and rotary effects.