Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

On 4/28/05, Stefan Trippler <trippler@...> wrote:
> > it seems even casio
> > dime-store keyboards have sophisticated masterkeyboard functions these
> > days... :-)
> 
> Really ? Can you tell an example of a synthesizer with 5 octave keyboard
> that has these functions ?
> A6, Virus or Waldorf Q ?

I was exaggerating about the Casio, of course ... :-)

However my impression is that most modern synths have at least some
sort of method for getting a midi split out of the keyboard.  For
instance the Alesis Ion has a reasonable multi-zone setup for the
keyboard (up to 4 zones, each covering any key range with selectable
midi channel/local-on-off.  The nord lead 3 also allows independent
transmit channels for each slot (I think the NL2 does as well, but
it's been a while).  I don't know about the keyboards you mention, but
as they're all notably "feature heavy", I rather imagine they might
allow this sort of thing too.

Personally I don't think I'd ever use more than a simple split, but
it's really nice being able to play an external synth from the low
couple of octaves on your keyboard, and the builtin sounds from the
rest...

-Miles
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