Re: [sdiy] MIDI isn

[jhaible at debitel.net]

> What exactly would be the point of sending the polyglot of information the
> keyboard and drawbars of a B3 could generate over the MIDI stream?

Very true. And nobody would possibly build a digital keyboard that scans
9 contacts per key, then transmit this information over Midi, and then
build a rackmount B3 emulation that makes use of this information.
One would just play the real thing. Or live with some compromise
which makes a difference, but has its use nevertheless.
The old Korg CX-3, while not using Midi, uses an internal serial data stream
from its keyboard scanner to th etone generator section. And a single
contact for all drawbars, too. This is a limitation, but I can live with it
for the few organ parts I include in my music. But there's no doubt that
the real thing, B3, offers more means of expression to the player,
and thus can be called "more musical".

> The exceptions to this rule that I know of are Ben
> Folds, who plays his piano through a Marshall stack, Tori Amos and Harry
> Connick.

Maybe this is why I like Tori's music so much. (Little Earthquakes and the following
one in particular). One of the fery few examples in pop music where a grand piano
is used over its whole spectrum of expression, rather than just playing "a piano sound".

JH.

(Tori's "Winter" is a favorite lullaby for my little son.)