MOTM

I'm using an Encore Expressionist as well. When working, I use a Kurzweil
K2000VP as a master keyboard, but when testing, I sometimes haul out an old
Korg Poly-800 (it's not velocity sensitive so I can get constant outputs
there, and is easier to move to the workbench for calibrating VCOs, etc.). I
notice no lag or response problems with either.

-----Original Message-----
From: josephcasbarian@...
To: motm@yahoogroups.com
Sent: 08/28/2001 5:11 PM
Subject: [motm] keyboard question

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

Yeah, this is a good point. Ages ago my master keyboard was "sludgy" and
something just "wasn't right." Then I thought I had fried it because I was
only getting 4 voices out of it instead of the 8 that I was supposed to.
Turned out I had a very subtle MIDI loop going on in my system, and once
that was fixed everything was fine.



-----Original Message-----
From: alt-mode [mailto:alt_mode@...] 
Sent: Wednesday, 29 August, 2001 9:11 AM
To: josephcasbarian@...; motm@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [motm] keyboard question

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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