Dave Smith Instruments SYNTHESIZERS

I'm seriously digging the keyboard.  It's a little embarrassing to 
admit, but I just love the way it looks and the talk of the keyboard 
action is very exciting.  My Edirol controller is lacking in the 
action, and it's a real hinderance to stylized playing.

But... I already own a Poly and a controller keyboard.  For space 
issues, two large keyboards is out of the question.  Can the PEK be 
used as a controller?  That is, can it transmit > 4 midi 
notes/vel/aftertouch simultaneously on the same channel?  Can it 
transmit > 1 note on the same channel?  Can the knobs be programmed 
to send a cc#?  

The last issue is the least important since I can buy a knob box and 
merge the midi if need be.  But the other questions (which are 
really the same question) are paramount.  Selling off two pieces of 
gear that work well together to get one that may not fill my needs 
is a fairly big risk.

Can those of you who have a PEK (PEKers?) address the midi 
transmission?

Thanks,
eric f

I'm giving the PEK another whirl as controller for a Nord Electro.  
Here's what I'm hoping to do and I think it is not possible.

I want to have a Roland EV5 pedal control PEK volume only and not 
the volume of the Electro.  This way I can simply sweep the pedal 
down when I want to hear ONLY the Electro being triggered by the 
PEK.  So I plugged in a pedal and set the global FC1 control to 
Volume.  Both PEK and Electro volume was impacted until I turned off 
the MIDI Control parameter in global on the PEK.  Now it works like 
I wanted, but the PEK will no longer accept bank change messages 
from my S90!

I would also like to have the PEK not send program changes to the 
Electro, but if I turn this off on the PEK, then it won't receive 
them from the S90.  Ultimately, here is what I want to achieve:

S90 MIDI'd to PEK for sending Master setups - primarily program and 
bank changes to the PEK.  S90 is also MIDI'd to Electro for similar 
purposes (MIDI merge to allow S90 and PEK to control Electro).  PEK 
MIDI'd to Electro for just triggering sounds - no program changes or 
volume pedal changes.

So if I want to have my rig integrated, I don't think the PEK has 
sophisticated MIDI parameters to turn certain controllers on and 
off - it is all or nothing for most of them.

Anything I'm missing here?

Thanks,
Eric

--- In DSI_Evolver@yahoogroups.com, "ach_gott" <ach_gott@y...> wrote:
> 
> I'm seriously digging the keyboard.  It's a little embarrassing to 
> admit, but I just love the way it looks and the talk of the 
keyboard 
> action is very exciting.  My Edirol controller is lacking in the 
> action, and it's a real hinderance to stylized playing.
> 
> But... I already own a Poly and a controller keyboard.  For space 
> issues, two large keyboards is out of the question.  Can the PEK 
be 
> used as a controller?  That is, can it transmit > 4 midi 
> notes/vel/aftertouch simultaneously on the same channel?  Can it 
> transmit > 1 note on the same channel?  Can the knobs be 
programmed 
> to send a cc#?  
> 
> The last issue is the least important since I can buy a knob box 
and 
> merge the midi if need be.  But the other questions (which are 
> really the same question) are paramount.  Selling off two pieces 
of 

> gear that work well together to get one that may not fill my needs 
> is a fairly big risk.
> 
> Can those of you who have a PEK (PEKers?) address the midi 
> transmission?
> 
> Thanks,
> eric f