Customer Reviews

Yamaha FC-5 Sustain Pedal for Portable Electronic Keyboards

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Growing up with an acoustic piano, I was uncomfortable with how the FC-5 Sustain Pedal felt. For me to tell when I was pressing the pedal or not, I had to take my shoes off. Unwilling to be an environmental hazard, I decided to purchase a pedal that has the feel of an acoustic piano's pedal. (Much better than buying that yellow tape to surround myself with...)

If you are looking for the feel of an acoustic piano's pedal, I would recommend the FC-4. Or if you want the same feel with a pedal that can do more than just sustain, I'd recommend the FC-3.

The people who said this pedal works the opposite of a normal sustain pedal may not know that the keyboard has to be turned OFF when the pedal is plugged in. This pedal works fine for me, though it slides a bit on carpet. This does not have the feel of a regular piano pedal, but I'm quite happy with it, for what it is.

I'm new to keyboards and am still trying to make my hands work together. The melody is coming along fine with my right hand but integrating chords with my left sounded choppy so I thought it might sound better with a sustain pedal. My music is a little better but the pedal itself works great. I read the comments about it working backwards and tried some experiments. If the keyboard is powered off when you plug in the sustain pedal it will work just fine, but if it has power to the keyboard when you plug it in then it will work backwards. To fix it just turn the power off and on again.
The pedal causes the sound to die away over 3-4 seconds with the peddal pushed and if you release it early it will shut the sound off early. My keyboard has a very good piano sound when set to Grand Piano and with the sustained sound it doesn't loose any of that piano sound.
The peddle itself looks fairly well constructed especially considering it's low price. I've only had it a few weeks so I can't speak about how well it will stand up to repeated use. It seems good enough for someone who wants to play for their own enjoyment and maybe a few friends.

I'm using this with a Yamaha YPT-300 and it works fine except that the pedal is very light-weight. I kept having problems finding it with my foot or having it move. I found a piece of wood 9"x16"x3/4" (23 cm x 41 cm x 2 cm) and mounted the pedal to the board with double sided carpet tape. (Glue would work too.) I even put little rubber feet on the other side of the board. This setup works perfectly.

The YPT-300 senses the position of the mode switch when it is first turned on to determine if switch closed or switch open means sustain. This means it doesn't matter with the YPT300 that the switch will not be accessible when mounted to the board. Check your keyboard to verify this function and if it doesn't make this check, be sure the pedal mode switch is in the right position before gluing!

I have owned this pedal for a VERY long time and had it through some very abusive situations and it has held up very well. (the pedals I recently purchased are add-ons for new gear) the origunal pedal still works fine.

This is a bargain and certainly fills the bill for me. I am not looking for top of the line and certainly would not expect such for this price. Thus, if I need a more realistic feel or whatever, I would expect to pay more. But for the average person, this will work fine and there is no reason to be afraid of it. It does what it says it is supposed to do and "feel" is really just what you get used to. Get used to this and I am sure you will appreciate the bargain.

The Yamaha FC-5 Sustain Pedal's price was the deciding factor, when I searched Amazon. I was looking for a sustain pedal, for my newly purchased M-Audio Midi Keyboard, and I didn't want to pay the $25, for M-Audio's pedal.

This Yamaha pedal feels of good quality, and it functions as advertised. Just ensure you follow the directions: plug the pedal into your keyboard, while the keyboard is turned off. Otherwise, the polarity is incorrect, and the pedal may not function correctly.

Some might appreciate the *feel* of the M-Audio pedal, which is very similar to a piano's, but this product gets the job done at a more affordable price, and I like that!

It may not give you the "feel" of a piano sustain pedal, but it works .. The price is reasonable. Just make sure to remove your foot from the pedal before you turn the keyboard on, or it will sustain the notes when the pedal is NOT pressed.

I've been using it with my YPT-300, and it is working perfectly!!

I can understand why folks who are most familiar or most comfortable with a pedal that re-creates the feel of what can be found on a real piano might not be thrilled with this. But I just needed something to be able to get a sustain effect out of an old Yamaha DX21 keyboard. This product did the job and works great.

This does exactly what it supposed to. it has a pretty solid build and feels like it will not break easy. if you are looking for some cheap sustain, this is your product.