Patches and discussion for Ensoniq VFX family

--- In Ensoniq-VFX-SD@yahoogroups.com, "psionic11" <psionic11@...>
wrote:
> Was wondering tho -- where do you actually assign the AFTERTOUCH
parameter?  In other words, if you wanted aftertouch to open up a filter
or even be trasmitted via MIDI to a synth that receives polypressure
commands (my Fusion), where would you change those parameters?

1. To get a patch to use or transmit aftertouch at all, press 'Patch
Select' until you see 'PRES' at top left. You can then select NONE, KEY
or CHAN for 'don't use at all', 'poly' or 'channel';
2. Just select PRESS ('pressure') as a MODSRC anywhere, eg. press
'Filters', then bottom left soft-key, then data entry or up/down. Don't
forget MODAMT, too.

> I was trying to open up the pitch bend range (to an octave, for
aftertouch tests) via polyaftertouch for Koto Dreams, but hunting for
parameters revealed nothing.

Press 'Pitch Mod' for that. ***BUT*** Very Important Thing: Any of the
parameters in the Programming group, eg. Pitch Mod, Filters, etc. will
apply to the currently-selected voice ('Select Voice' button). Remember
that a VFX sound is a combination of up to 6 voices. You probably had a
voice selected that doesn't have any aftertouch pitch bend, hence you
didn't see it. Try selecting the 6th voice in Koto-Dreams: 'EL-GUITAR',
and fiddling with the Pitch Mod params there. Good luck!

Matt