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Subject: Re: Aftertouch on AN1x

From: Dynymo Records <nymo@...>
Date: 2003-03-18

> My real wish is to change the point where the AT kicks in. I think I could
> live with the present AT response curve, if it was all "shifted down," so to
> speak; i.e., normal playing would not trigger the AT, but really pushing down
> on the key would. The original Alesis Quadrasynth had the right idea,
> although there was an annoying click when you crossed the threshold into AT.
> This is a mechanical design problem, however, and would required disassembling
> the AN1x keyboard and making changes. I haven't been so inclined to try
> anything, particularly on an out-of-production keyboard that might be
> difficult to replace.
>
> Regards,
>
> -BW

Well ... thanx everyone... glad to know that I'm not the only one ;-)

Just to confirm.... when i play the internal sounds the aftertouch is not
too bad....but wow.....over midi into the MC 505 it is terrible.

If the AN1x didn't have those 8 nice controller knobs...... ;-)

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