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Keyboard layout question

Keyboard layout question

2009-01-30 by jwright10401

Just wondering. Why did the M400, and others, end up with a 35 note
keyboard? Was it a carryover from the Chamberlins? Apart from a
Tron, I don't think I've ever seen another 35 note keybord/midi
controller.

Re: [newmellotrongroup] Keyboard layout question

2009-01-30 by tronbros@aol.com

In a message dated 30/01/2009 13:53:43 GMT Standard Time, john.wright@consona.com writes:
Just wondering. Why did the M400, and others, end up with a 35 note
keyboard? Was it a carryover from the Chamberlins? Apart from a
Tron, I don't think I've ever seen another 35 note keybord/midi
controller.
It's all to do with recordings from life and natural ranges rather than the multisampled, processed, tuned, re-tuned and if all else fails, invented sounds found in keyboards of other persuasions. Of course I could be wrong!
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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Keyboard layout question

2009-01-30 by Rick Blechta


On Jan 30, 2009, at 8:53 AM, jwright10401 wrote:

Just wondering. Why did the M400, and others, end up with a 35 note
keyboard? Was it a carryover from the Chamberlins? Apart from a
Tron, I don't think I've ever seen another 35 note keybord/midi
controller.

The quick and easy answer is that most instruments don't have a range that's much bigger than that, and some (the human voice, for instance) are quite a bit smaller.

I personally feel awfully sorry for the poor sod who recorded the trumpet voice all those years ago. I've approached a few people in Toronto to re-record it and the response has been, "You want me to play a G above high C (due to the transposing nature of the trumpet) for HOW long???"

Rick