Live Mode for live playing
21 Jul 2010, 16:03The 8 sliders are NOT shall we say, as intuitive, or user friendly, or up to the volume sliders of my previous Roland a jv 1000 G800 exp 80
Nor of other keyboards I have tried.
Describing things is difficult for me... but here is a quick description
It seems a few things are going on
1. you have to engage the slider in an extreme northerly or upward direction ( fully up or even fully down ) before you can successfully "get control" of the midi volume of a particular MIDI layer . I haven't played with it enough to know if it has anything to do with upward or downward sweep of the midi pot, but whatever it is, I do not like it. Why? I want "instant" volume changes, just like a "mixer" on many keyboards. I do not want to have to reset the darn vol pot everytime I want to play softer or louder. And a pedal is only for overall volume, not individual parts.
If volume is at 95, to increase it to 100, you first have to fiddle with it. You might have to move slider fully to where 128 is, THEN move back down to "catch" the present 95 volume.. finally moving it to 100. I move certain layers constantly- this is not acceptable.
I play left hand bass, and I use a few layers in the right hand ( split )
In the past, I just moved the slider and got instant response.
Now, that does not SEEM work. Is there a workaround??
2. I think there is inconsistency with the above #1- sometimes this seems true, other times not.
For live playing, this is a major drag.
Any helpful hints?
Thanks
Thank you
Nor of other keyboards I have tried.
Describing things is difficult for me... but here is a quick description
It seems a few things are going on
1. you have to engage the slider in an extreme northerly or upward direction ( fully up or even fully down ) before you can successfully "get control" of the midi volume of a particular MIDI layer . I haven't played with it enough to know if it has anything to do with upward or downward sweep of the midi pot, but whatever it is, I do not like it. Why? I want "instant" volume changes, just like a "mixer" on many keyboards. I do not want to have to reset the darn vol pot everytime I want to play softer or louder. And a pedal is only for overall volume, not individual parts.
If volume is at 95, to increase it to 100, you first have to fiddle with it. You might have to move slider fully to where 128 is, THEN move back down to "catch" the present 95 volume.. finally moving it to 100. I move certain layers constantly- this is not acceptable.
I play left hand bass, and I use a few layers in the right hand ( split )
In the past, I just moved the slider and got instant response.
Now, that does not SEEM work. Is there a workaround??
2. I think there is inconsistency with the above #1- sometimes this seems true, other times not.
For live playing, this is a major drag.
Any helpful hints?
Thanks
Thank you
