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Subject: Re: [AN1x-list] Re: Sustain pedal

From: Reggie <reggie@...>
Date: 2001-02-21

Thanks BW, Polarity won't be an issue, The peavey will pick it up on
power up. Thanks for the aftertouch thing, good to know that I can use
it on the PLG AN.


In article <5.0.2.1.2.20010220182907.00a03cc0@...>,
Bruce Wahler <bruce@...> writes
>Reggie,
>
>>Ok, what happens if you don't, just wondering, not being picky!
>
>If you plug a Yamaha pedal into a Roland (or vice versa) the pedal will act
>very oddly: 70-80% of the pedal travel will do nothing, and the last
>20-30% will provide all of the changes. I think it's the top 20-30% on the
>Yama --> Rol way, and the bottom 20-30% in the other case; I might have it
>backwards. At any rate, if the pedal doesn't seem to work, or works
>strangely, it's probably a polarity issue.
>
>>The roland keyboard doesn't have aftertouch, I don't really know exactly
>>how aftertouch works, If it's on a per note basis then a foot pedal of
>>any type isn't really going to help me there I think!
>
>There are two types of aftertouch -- per key, also called "note"
>aftertouch, and per keyboard, also called "channel" aftertouch or "channel
>pressure". The per-key method is difficult (expensive) to implement, so
>most keyboards only use channel aftertouch. The AN1x only transmits the
>channel method.
>
>Regards,
>
>-BW
>
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See ya,

Reggie