Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

The Mod wheel is the cause for the Alto Sax plunge on my unit. It does become annoying but that is a drastic use of pitch modulating, I usually do not notice it when the LFO is modulating other sounds. Aftertouch on my board requires a bit more force these days, it may be my finger strength. .




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From: James R. Pardonek <pardonjr@calumet.purdue.edu>
To: Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, May 25, 2010 10:54:40 AM
Subject: [Ensoniq-VFX-SD] Tuning Drifting

 
Hi,
 
I still use my VFX-SD in live performances on a weekly basis.  I’ve
noticed lately that from gig to gig it goes out of tune and have also noticed
that the tuning will change over the course of the night.  I don’t think that
this keyboard is subject to the old problem of varying input voltage from our
local power company but it may be possible.  I’ve also noticed that some
aftertouch “features” are stuck on such as vibrato on the alto sax sound.  I’ve
worked around it by setting up a program that doesn’t have vibrato enabled, but
as I find more patches that have this problem it becomes a mess trying to “fix”
them all.
 
Any suggestions?
 
Thanks,
 
James R. Pardonek, CISSP
Senior Network Administrator
Purdue University Calumet Data Network
Information Services
Purdue University Calumet
Hammond, Indiana