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Subject: Re: Total # of voices in a GX1?

From: "neriks2003" <niklas@...>
Date: 2007-11-20

Hi,

>
> > Yes, it's true. I think that the polyphonic aftertouch
> > is one of the few drawbacks of the GX-1 compared to the
> > CS-80.
> >
> Huh. I never realized that. Bummer! Do the two manuals
> have velocity?
>

No velocity


>
> Very cool! So to have the real-time programming of a CS80,
> I'd need to get six of these boxes, mount them in a giant
> frame and connect them in place of a tone card for each
> voice section! That would totally blow
> away the Jellinghaus programmer for the DX7
> (www.synrise.de/guests/lorenz/coll/jellinghDX.html).
>

You would in fact need seven tone-boards. One for each section and
row! ;-)

Lower keyboard row I
Lower keyboard row II
Upper keyboard row I
Upper keyboard row II
Pedal keyboard row I
Pedal keyboard row II
Solo keybaord

I'm planning to build at least two additional tone-boards to the GX-1
that I'm working on.

/Niklas