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keyboard question

keyboard question

2001-08-28 by josephcasbarian@email.com

Hi group,
I don't know very much about MIDI, but i'm using a Hammond xk-2(b-3 
clone)and find it to be unsatisfactory. As my controler, it runs into 
an expressionist for the CV, but it seems kind of slugish. It seems 
like there is some sort of delay in the signal.  I have to keep my 
playing very deliberate, pressing the keys down hard and simple. What 
I mean by all that, is that it isn't very sensitive. It sucks as a 
performance instrument used to control my MOTM. Is it the conversion, 
or that I have two independent CVs out? Is there a better keyboard 
for the Expressionist? Or is it to be expected?

Thanks,
Joseph Casbarian

Re: [motm] keyboard question

2001-08-29 by alt-mode

Joseph,

You might want to check the configuration on your Hammond.  I have used mine to
control my MOTM and modular stuff through an Expressionist without any problems.  I
have managed to get the XK-2 setup munged up enough that it was spewing out lots of
garbage MIDI messages that could certainly clog up any device and generally bog down
performance.

I have not used the velocity sensitivity of the XK-2 to provide a CV for the MOTM
stuff so I don't know if there is an issue there but I have used it with other MIDI
devices and the velocity sensitivity seems to be OK.  The XK-2 does not support MIDI
after-touch so you can't map that to a CV.

I hope that helps.

   Eric


--- josephcasbarian@... wrote:
> Hi group,
> I don't know very much about MIDI, but i'm using a Hammond xk-2(b-3 
> clone)and find it to be unsatisfactory. As my controler, it runs into 
> an expressionist for the CV, but it seems kind of slugish. It seems 
> like there is some sort of delay in the signal.  I have to keep my 
> playing very deliberate, pressing the keys down hard and simple. What 
> I mean by all that, is that it isn't very sensitive. It sucks as a 
> performance instrument used to control my MOTM. Is it the conversion, 
> or that I have two independent CVs out? Is there a better keyboard 
> for the Expressionist? Or is it to be expected?
> 
> Thanks,
> Joseph Casbarian
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
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> 
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