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Subject: Re: [AN1x-list] Keyboard overflow

From: "Ed Edwards" <edward.edwards@...>
Date: 2001-03-15

Congratulations! You've now joined the ranks of guitar synthesists by
playing faster than the unit can track the notes.

(...maybe...Idunno...weird...uh, which .zip file of patchs is "Wacked" in?)

or -- could it be the free envelope generator
or -- are you pressing the hold pedal (this sounds like troubleshooting
advice in the back of anything electronic... "be sure the unit is plugged
in", "be sure the volume knob is turned clockwise", "using 2 hands, check if
your butt is still connected)

Yo, and I've got a bone to pick with someone who said that the LEDs blinked
when the envelope generator is playing. Try watching them when you are
editing a patch name - as you scroll through the alphabet, the LEDs flash on
certain characters. What's that all about, special signals from Yamaha?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Wahler" <bruce@...>
To: <AN1x-list@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: [AN1x-list] Keyboard overflow


>
> >Envelope or effect decay times, no doubt.
>
> No, that's not it. The reverb and echo are set to soft settings, and the
> VCA decay is about 10, and here's the kicker: I cannot get it to happen
> with normal, single-hand riffs. It requires either two hands working
> frantically, or palm smears, a la Hammond organ.
>
> Here's a simple test that works every time: If I put my right hand on
> Middle C and gliss up to high C and back down again -- no overflow. If I
> put the left hand on the F below Middle C and gliss both hands up to the
> top and back again, when I take my hands off (at around the same notes as
> where I started), the keyboard is actually only playing High-F/high-C at
> that moment, and about a half second later, it glisses down to the end
> notes -- even though I'm no longer touching the keys!
>
>
> Regards,
>
> -BW
>
> --
> Bruce Wahler
> Design Consultant
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