Redneck MIDI sustain pedal - DIY

Step 5 Plug in and enjoy

Try your new pedal and have fun !

Note: it is impossible for you to ever screw up anywhere in this instructable. If you "short" the wires, you will simply get a pedal which is always pressed, which might be useful or not depending on the style of your music. So you and your instrument are safe, unless you try to somehow plug the pedal into an electricity socket while holding the wires.

Comments

[elamont]

thanks for the tip! I cut up an old headphone 3.5 -> 2.5 cord i found lying around, and connected it through a 3.5->jack converter.
works awesomely! now i just need to find a good spring..... ( i dont think those paperclips will last long).....

[skantimahanthi]

Going to try right now ) ......Lets see how it work ....Thanks man !!

[munchmucnh]

I'm a bit confused what kind of wires do i need?

[all4jesus005]

why it never work on my keyboard?

[markthomas]

hey man ur method is one of the easiest for DIY sustain pedal.... don't even need to leave the house.....lol!!

[romwell]

Well, me being to lazy to leave the house was on e of the reasons why the pedal turned out that way =)