Fons Adriaensen wrote: > Soft synths can be made do to whatever you want :-) > Release velocity adds a new expression possibility >
I do agree, anyway it's seldom used. > that could be interesting in particular for monophonic > synths. And I'm contemplating writing one... > :) > Another useful feature (already mentioned by another poster) > would be a number of digital rotary encoders, and if you have > any spare AD channels, analog control inputs. > Yes, rotary encoders or just faders would be good, but with the possibility that they are easy to program for users, e.g. for SysEx, e.g. automatic SysEx checksum. If there are some unused AD channels, than input for drum pads, mics etc. might be nice, but not needed by a master keyboard. > About afterpressure, my SL880 only has this for the > entire keyboard, not per key. It uses a pressure > sensor strip running along the entire length, and > is quite difficult to use as it is. Don't know if > this is due to the sensor being too primitive, or > to the processing in the SL880's tiny controller. > I've got one of the first DX7 (still in the metal case) and never wanted a software update for the DX7. For a synthesizer (it's not a master keyboard, even if I use it as my master keyboard) it has got the best keyboard I know (there might be other synthesizers having better keyboards). The channel aftertouch of the DX7 is very good for "normal" usage. I can't remember how Yamaha did it for the DX7 and I won't open the DX7, until the battery will be empty. It might be a problem for your keyboard because it's a weighted keyboard and the mechanics might be to complex for single keys to realize aftertouch as it can be realized for simple keyboards. OR! it's just a software problem, that's why I recommended to have different start levels for aftertouch. RTo have the feeling of a real piano for the keys could conflict with pressure for pushed keys. I could imagine that this might be a problem for weighted keyboards in general, but I don't know. Ralf _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev
