For those electronic keyboards with an input jack labeled "SUSTAIN," the FC5 is used in the same manner the sustain pedal on an acoustic piano is used. A specially designed rubber bottom grips the floor and stays put while you play. The FC5 can also be utilized as an FS controller for synthesizers, tone modules and drum machines.

5 foot cable

1/4" TS plug

Genuine Yamaha accessory

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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.

19 of 19 found the following review helpful:

This sustain pedal works fineOct 08, 2003

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.

27 of 30 found the following review helpful:

No Rewiring NecessaryNov 09, 2003
By Gary P "mighty_reader"
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.

11 of 11 found the following review helpful:

works fine if mountedMay 17, 2008
By Peter Baum
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!

10 of 10 found the following review helpful:

yamaha sustain pedalSep 09, 2005
By R. Cates
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.

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