Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

I'm not a technician, therefore I hope I don't tell something wrong.
I suppose that the internal sound engine is more advanced than the keyboard.
The Poly receives and interpretes midi messages on different channels. You 
can split the sound engine so that part 1 one of a multi is triggered by 
midi channel 1, the next by 2 and so on.
And of course the internal sound engine can be splitted in a way that one 
part reacts on note range c1-c2, the next on c3-c4 and so on, you can even 
set velocity splits.

So I reckon that the used Fatar keyboard (the same that is used in the 
Andromeda A6) does not offer the option to send on different midi channels 
simultaneously.

Stefan


> DE.g., is the keyboard sort of tacked
> onto the rack PE as an afterthought, and not really integrated into
> the multi-timbrary setup...?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Miles Bader" <miles@...>
To: <DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2005 2:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Evolver] PEK as a controller?


> On 4/28/05, Stefan Trippler <trippler@...> wrote:
>> Masterkeyboard functions are limited though because all notes are sent to
>> midi channel 1-16 or All. The split funtions of the Poly Keyboard in 
>> combo
>> mode have an effect only on the internal sound engine, means you can't 
>> split
>> the keyboard in a way that the lower half sends on midi channel 1 and the
>> upper half on channel 2.
>
> That's really a shame (and surprising on a modern keyboard!  Given the
> relative ease of coding midi control code, it seems even casio
> dime-store keyboards have sophisticated masterkeyboard functions these
> days... :-).  Do you know if it's a "just hasn't been implemented"
> sort of thing, or does the basic structure of the PE split
> architecture make it impossible?  E.g., is the keyboard sort of tacked
> onto the rack PE as an afterthought, and not really integrated into
> the multi-timbrary setup...?
>
> -Miles
> -- 
> Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.
>
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