You use an expression pedal like the Roland EV-5 to sweep the "Auto Wah" effect in the Jupiter-80 to create a classic "wah-wah" pedal effect.
First, connect the EV-5 to one of the foot pedal inputs on the back panel (we will use CTRL1), and assign that input (CTRL1) to a specific MIDI message in the System settings (we will set the pedal to transmit CC06 Data Entry).
- Connect the EV-5 to the CTRL 1 pedal input on the back panel of the Jupiter-80.
- Press MENU.
- Touch “System” in the touch screen.
- Touch the “Pedal” tab on the left side of the screen to select it.
- Cursor to "Pedal 1 Assign Source" and use the value dial to set this to "SYSTEM."
- Cursor to "Pedal 1 Assign" and use the value dial to set this to "CC06(Data Entry)."
- Cursor to "Pedal 1 Polarity" and use the value dial to set this to "STANDARD."
- Touch the “System Write” button at the top of the screen to save this setting.
- Press EXIT twice to return to the main screen.
Next we will select a sound (we will use a Clavinet Sound) and then select the #08 Auto-Wah effect, and finally set the pedal to control it:
- Activate the Upper Part (turn off the Lower, Solo, and Perc parts).
- Select the Live Set “1603: Clav CB Flat.”
- Touch the “EDIT” button to the right of the name of the Live Set (“1603: Clav CB Flat”).
- Touch the “EFFECTS” button in the upper right hand part of the touch screen. You can see that MFX 1 is currently set to use a Compressor effect (we will change this).
- Touch the “EDIT” button to the right of MFX 1.
- Turn the value dial to select "08:Auto Wah."
- Cursor down to the "Depth" setting and use the value dial to set this to "0."
- Cursor to the MFX CONTROL 1 "Source" setting (in the upper right hand corner of the touch screen), and use the value dial to select "CC06(Data Entry)."
- Cursor down to "Destination" and use the value dial to select "Manual."
- Cursor down to "Sens" and use the value dial to select "+63."
You can now use the EV-5 expression pedal to sweep the wah effect in the Jupiter-80.