Midi Pedal Board

[bass_dinger]

I recently won an eBay auction for what was labelled as an Elka organ pedal board.  Those of you more observant than I was, will have spotted that it has a 6-pin male midi plug, rather than the traditional 5-pin male midi plug.         

 

 

A little research suggests that there is no such thing as a 6-pin-DIN female to a 5-pin-DIN plug, so I need to create a 6-to-5 converter.  

And a little more research suggests that it is not an Elka pedal board that the seller advertised, but a General Music model, perhaps a GEM WS2 Keyboard Workstation add-on, made in Italy ( see here 

 

 

 

 

I was considering taking the 6-pin output of the footpedal and connecting it to a 5-pin, using two sockets (6-pin, and 5-pin) and a box to mount them into, and 3 lengths of wire to solder to the tags.  However, without knowing what signals the 6-pin outputs, I can't do that. 

 

Can anyone advise?

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bass_dinger]

I just found the circuit diagram for the 6 pin DIN input to its host keyboard.  I am none the wiser, and £21 poorer.  I am guessing that this is not a midi foot pedal. 

 

However, I am still positive: I may be able to fit some magnetic reed switches and a midi signal generator device into the pedalboard.         

 

 

 

[BassTractor]

1 hour ago, bass_dinger said:

I am guessing that this is not a midi foot pedal. 

Yup. Very, very unlikely to be a MIDI pedalboard. Just a typical brand-specific or semi-brand-specific pedal set. Those came with a wide variety of plugs and systems, though I don't remember the specifics. One of mine for example had a 27 pin connector.
 

[bass_dinger]

So, do I have a mis-sold item that allows me to request a refund? 

 

Or an inexpensive, neat and tidy pedal board to which I can easily retrofit a midi device?

 

Let me sleep on this question...