keyboard help?

[tylerxfury]

so i watched a band play recently,
and they called themselves 'futuristic christian rock'
and they were using a full sized keyboard, a 61-key keyboard, and a vocoder
and they also had a pedalboard on the ground
as hard as it is to decipher exactly what effects they were using at different points in time, i was wondering if someone could inform me on the possible pedals a keyboard player would use
im a guitarist so i know alot about pedals, but i also know that most effects are stored on the keyboard, other than maybe a sustain and a volume pedal
anyone can offer some advice?

[garww]

Pedals have expression as opposed to stomp boxes. Pedals are traditional piano and organ controls.

Most of what I see in use are organ pedals for bass - I suspect many are MIDI rigged.

[tylerxfury]

thanks man, that makes alot more sense
when you say pedals for bass...
do you mean bass enhancers?
or something of a limiter?

[garww]

On organ, the pedals are bass - it's a keyboard for the feet. I have a old video of a Golden Earing concert where the bass player has something like a Hammond pedal board he uses for bass accent - "Twilight Zone". The drummer uses MIDI for a stage solo in the concert, so maybe they rigged the pedals for MIDI - who knows ?

The pedals I'm talking about are a large contraption with huge wooden keys. That is old school and I am sure there are probably more modern designs.

You can search Hammond Pedal Board and get any number of pics from dealers.

[tylerxfury]

ohhh i know what you mean
the midi sounds like a very likely idea
but i dont think he had a bass board at this particular show
is it common to run a keyboard through stompboxes and if so, which?
im waiting on a reply from the band as to specifics, so hopefully i can share that when i find out
thanks for the replies =D

[garww]

I do know that keyboarders use effects to wake-up their patches, but I have no personal experience. I suspect they are common ones used for guitar.

I'd love hearing what effects are used live - do they do input or amp switching - the whole chain is interesting.