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coplinger
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I see a lot of talk about aftertouch here, but I have yet to see an explanation of what it is. Can anyone enlighten me?
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muzakal
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Aftertouch:
A realtime control produced by pushing a key down further than the point at which the key's note sounds. Channel aftertouch affects all currently sounding notes; polyphonic aftertouch affects only the pressed note.
-muzakal
A realtime control produced by pushing a key down further than the point at which the key's note sounds. Channel aftertouch affects all currently sounding notes; polyphonic aftertouch affects only the pressed note.
-muzakal
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coplinger
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So is what you're saying is that some synth patches produce one sound when the key is struck halfway & another sound when the key is pressed all the way down & a keyboard with aftertouch will allow you to get both sounds?
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muzakal
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Aftertouch could be touched on quite a bit, as it's a basic function of most boards these days. You might do a little homework on it. My quick explanation is taking a simple sound like a violin.
You push a key, and you hear the violin. Push the key a bit harder to where you've
a) already pushed the key
b) pushing a bit harder
And suddenly you hear "vibrato" or something on the violin. It's basically voice oriented meaning each sound would have it's particular aftertouch function. Many can be programed to do
several different things. It can get pretty deep once you learn how to make it work for you.
-muzakal
You push a key, and you hear the violin. Push the key a bit harder to where you've
a) already pushed the key
b) pushing a bit harder
And suddenly you hear "vibrato" or something on the violin. It's basically voice oriented meaning each sound would have it's particular aftertouch function. Many can be programed to do
several different things. It can get pretty deep once you learn how to make it work for you.
-muzakal
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ambi
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Would the p80 have aftertouch?
Badger
Active member
Its also refered to as pressure. A better example in the real world is the old clavinets. After you hit a key, if you pushed down really hard, you would bend the note just a bit.
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muzakal
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Pressure would be a better word for this function (thanks)
"real world" puts a date on some things. Old school, baby. Love those clavinets.
Ambi - for all the specs and info on the P80, check out this link:
http://www.yamaha.com
or even better
http://www.yamahasynth.com
Lots of great information.
-muzakal
"real world" puts a date on some things. Old school, baby. Love those clavinets.
Ambi - for all the specs and info on the P80, check out this link:
http://www.yamaha.com
or even better
http://www.yamahasynth.com
Lots of great information.
-muzakal
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ambi
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As far as i can tell the p80 and p90 are the same accept that the p90 has more types of outputs, has a bigger sequencer and some more sounds, and supposudly has sounds from the p120 (which are superior?).
hmm.
hmm.
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muzakal
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The P120 piano sample is much better than the 80. The P90 incorperates that same sampleset.
-muzakal
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