Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, Roger Campbell <roger17@...> wrote:
> 
> The "master" pressure setting on our beloved keyboard is something that 
> confused me for years until I re-read the manual CAREFULLY and it 
> finally dawned on me what it meant.
> 
[Good explanation of 'touch' parameter snipped]

Thanks for that. I was wondering whether I should have been clearer myself! MEDium velocity sensitivity, and '1' for pressure sensitivity is my current favourite set-up.

> 
> The original VFX had a unique keyboard that "clacked" like a railway 
> car.  I loved it, very responsive.
> The later machines had a different keyboard altogether. BUT, you 
> shouldn't need to make the whole keybed creak to get an acceptable 
> amount of after-touch.
> 

That's interesting. I've never played any of them except the vanilla VFX, but I had thought that every machine from the SQ80 up to the SD-1 had basically the same keyboard assembly (notwithstanding a few slightly different board and KPC firmware revisions, and, of course, a bunch of different types of connector/wiring between the left and right keyboard PCBs!). Certainly folks selling them as spares seem to group them together as though interchangeable.

> Now off to bed and sleep easy knowing that we own one of the best synths 
> ever made.

Couldn't afford one first time around [I was 17 when first VFX was launched], but now I finally have one I have to agree!

Matt