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Melodialworks Music · Platinum Member Joined: 23 Feb 2003 Posts: 522

I've just purchased the DS-1h. I've attached the pedal, powered up, set polarity to (-) Korg Standard.

How do I (a) enable half pedalling? (b) calibrate?

The manual says to "Go to the Global P0 page, and use the Half Damper Calibration menu command to adjust the
sensitivity if desired.

What menu? What button? What command?

I can't locate any of these!

Presently, the damper pedal is doing ON/OFF, not CONTINUOUS.

I suspect that when the Kronos detects the pedal, these mysterious menus will appear, but they aren't - or the font is so small, I can't see it!

MarPabl · Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2011 5:29 pm Post subject:

In GLOBAL mode, you press the menu located at the topmost right which has form of M (a single triangle pointing down)

There you'll be able to locate the command "Half Damper Calibration"
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Radaska · Joined: 06 Oct 2011 Posts: 15 Location: The Netherlands

I have the DS-1H damper pedal. I calibrated it successfully when my Kronos was running OS 1.0.7.

I've upgraded my Kronos to version 1.5. When I try to calibrate my pedal again, after pressing and releasing the half damper and pressing the Done button the message 'Can't Calibrate' is shown.

The damper polarity is set to (-) Korg Standard and I tried to calibrate the pedal several times, but it keeps saying 'Can't Calibrate'.

Is this a bug in OS 1.5? Anybody else experiencing the same problem?

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Radaska · Joined: 06 Oct 2011 Posts: 15 Location: The Netherlands

Glad I am not the only one having this issue. I think it's a bug introduced in OS 1.5. Let's wait for a fix in 1.5.1 Cool

Night Spirit · Full Member Joined: 29 Nov 2011 Posts: 113

that is exactly why I never update my board Smile

Still on 1.0.7 way to scared to update since i know it all works currently. FYI which you probably know the mechanical noise from key stroke as well as damper pedal noise can all be adjusted. So if you don't care for that noise the damper makes of the sounds of the keys hitting the throw you can drop those in your setting as well. Just click on the picture of the piano so it's full screen and it's in the bottom right corner labeled Mechanical noise, damper noise, damper res you will see it.

danatkorg · Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2011 7:26 pm Post subject:

I've tried calibrating the DS-1H on my system, and it worked fine. If you continue to have difficulties, please contact the product support department of your national Korg Distributor (see the link in my signature).

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NavidSyed · Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 9:01 pm Post subject:

does the "Half Damper Calibration" command suppose to show a progress bar or something like when I do with after touch calibration? I just purchased the Korg DS-1H and not sure f it is functioning as half damper?

splinters · Senior Member Joined: 14 May 2011 Posts: 312

Play stacatto notes in a piano patch and slowly depress the pedal. The sustain effect should increase the further down you press it, thats what half damper is as opposed to full sustain on or off.
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pedro5 · Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 1:39 am Post subject:

The half dampener effect can be a subtle one and trying to hear its effect is not always obvious.
I had similar concerns with my own DS1H when I first used it,but now I simply can't play without it (piano especially) being much better than an "on/off" type.
The technique is to ride the pedal to a varying degree and with practice,will become more of a second nature etc.

You can try holding the pedal in your hand and actually see the movement as it's squeezed to hear the effect.
Or,you can use a daw to observe the same thing.

There isn't a calibration progress indicator like the aftertouch has…it's just a simple press and release setting,which doesn't really need repeating often.

Best Wishes.

MsKorg · Joined: 18 Jul 2015 Posts: 17

I have Krome 61 with latest OS and Roland DP-10 continous damper pedal. All I get is "can't calibrate". DP-10 is ok, tried with another synth.

Is there a solution for the problem or is Korg just ignoring us?