[sdiy] Vangelis & keyboard key vibrato/tremolo/modulation

Tom Wiltshire tom at electricdruid.net
Fri Feb 29 21:12:13 CET 2008


On 29 Feb 2008, at 19:51, anthony wrote:

>
> I was watching a video of Vangelis playing  a keyboard and I  
> couldn't tell which oneit was. It looked like he could get vibrato  
> from waggling his finger on the key much like a cellist might do  
> the same on the fingerboard. Was I seeing what I tawt I taw? What  
> keyboards do this? Or is he just really good at getting responces  
> from velocity and aftertouch?

Vangelis is famous for his use of the polyphonic aftertouch on the  
CS80. Could it have been that?

I don't know of any keyboards that have displacement sensing on the  
keys, but I bet it's been tried a few times...

Regards,
Tom





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