There are different adaptors
Posted By: meridianp on 2007-04-16
In Reply to: Foot Pedal Adaptor?? - Momto3girls
Do you know if you need a game adaptor? Joystick? There are several and you cannot depend on radioshack personnel to know which one is the correct one for you and your footpedal. I lost a job because it took so long for this issue to be resolved - however another window opened - so I wasn't out of work for very long. I have never had any luck with an adaptor and footpedal - only with an footpedal that plugged into the USB port.
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Had to use two adaptors
I have an expensive pair of headphones from a friend in the music industry, Sennheiser's, wanted to use them with Dictaphone. I got the adaptor from Dictation Warehouse, then found I had to get another adaptor (from Radio Shack) that converts mono to stereo, otherwise you could only hear the dictation in one ear. It's been costly, but percentage of blanks in reports has gone way back down again.
In my experience with the usb adaptors--sm
they have not worked well. the pins on the pedal connector are *wired* specifically for certain functions i.e. fast forward, reverse, etc. When using an adaptor, those *wiring functions* are not recognized and consequently it will not work. I can only suggest that you try to find a sound card that has the 15 pin connection, which is a problem, because most newer sound cards and computers no longer have these. I still have a 15 pin foot pedal sitting here which cannot be used. My sound card went out and I had to buy a new one. I could not find ANY that had the 15 pin game port on them. I had to buy a new USB foot pedal. My 15 pin pedal was not even six months old. You are going to get alot of suggestions about adaptors here, but mark my words...I tried it and it did not work. I wish you luck. I have been there too.
Be careful of some adaptors, as they do not--sm
always work. Some have had good luck with them and some have not. I am one that did not. Per the serial port pedals, some of the *pins* are wired specifically to recognize different functions, i.e. forward, reverse, etc. Sometimes the USB adaptors do not recognize that particular wiring or your specific program may not recognize your pedal at all with use of an adaptor. I am not saying that it will not work, just that there is a possibility that it might not. Just a heads up. I had purchased a serial port pedal a couple years back, as my sound card had a serial port on it and I was told that was the better way to go...until my sound card went out and I could not find another sound card that had this on it any longer. Serial ports also used to be built into the older computers, but they are not any longer either. USB has become much easier and the newer computers and hardware are going that route. Luckily the company where I had purchased my pedal from allowed me to buy a usb one for a much lesser price than the serial port, as mine was less than 6 months old at that time. good luck to you.
be careful of the adaptors...they don't work with all pedals. nm
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