MIDI FOOT PEDAL CONTROLLER WIRING INFORMATION

Unfortunately there is no accepted standard for the wiring of Volume or Expression controller pedals, different manufacturers wire their equipment in different ways so there is no assurance that a particular expression pedal will work with all equipment.

Some pedals use a mono plug and some use a stereo plug, so the required wiring will be different for each case.


 

 



Also the stereo plug can have the pins for the Tip(T), Ring(R) and Sleeve/Shield(S) can be wired differently, depending on the manufacturer. Below is an example of the Roland EV-5 wiring:


Stereo potentiometer wiring:


 

The wiring of the mono plug/socket is shown below:


The wiring of the stereo plug/socket is shown below: