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Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] CS80 midi

From: "kent spong" <kent_spong@...>
Date: 2005-11-26

This could be because the pot in the midi controller itself maybe at fault
here. Try it on other synths to see if it does the same thing or not.


>From: Tommy Priakos <tpriakos@...>
>Reply-To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
>To: yamahacs80@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [yamahacs80] CS80 midi
>Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 00:01:15 -0800 (PST)
>
>I have the midi kit installed and notice some pitchbend discrepancies (?)
>where the tuning is a bit off after the wheel on the controlling keyboard
>is returned to the starting point. It seems it changes the tune slightly.
>
> That's exciting news about being able to give it a midi out. I love the
>way mine sounds midi'd, I've even midi'd it to an Emulator II that had
>CS-80 samples loaded into it and it sounded fat, but I've never been able
>to test the polyphonic aftertouch, since I don't have a PolyAT controller.
> Having the CS as a controller would be awesome!!!
>
> Tommy
>
>kent_spong <kent_spong@...> wrote:
> The Kenton midi kit as it stands at the moment once fitted reduces
>the polyponic glide and glissendo to mono by controller or on the 80
>herself. This is not a problem for everyone for sure, but it has
>been for quite a few clients who use this feature alot in there
>music. This seems to be the case with the new release of the kit
>rather than the old version.
>
>But in regards of having midi out with aftertouch on a 80. Well it
>is possible and not to expencive but quite hard to fit, useing a old
>j-wire midi controller fitted over the top of the 80's keyboard and
>cutting into the TSB 1 and 2 boards for the aftertouch. It works
>very well but is a bit messy to say the least. Cold Plays 80 had
>this very same kind of idea fitted to it but they had me remove it
>when KSR80 upgrade was done to it. But it worked and it worked well
>while it was in it.
>
>When my 80 is finished I will put some photo's up of her with just
>this very kind of midi solution in it :)
>
>Kent
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