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  • midi keyboard and SP1

    How can I get my midi keyboard to control the SP-1 player, the way it controls the East West player? For example, my keyboard can change the sounds of EW instruments depending on how hard I hit the keys. But this is not the case when I use it to play the SP-1 player. No change in the sound, either with respect to volume, or timbre. I am working on an English horn melody, very pastoral in nature. When the Eb above middle C plays, it has the wrong timbre - much too loud and harsh. If I use the virtual keyboard, I can get a softer sound by hitting the key in the middle or back. But I can't use the virtual keyboard to record sounds into Sonar. To sum up, when I use my keyboard with the East West synth, the keyboard will be touch-sensitive. However, when I use it to play the SP-1 synth, it is not. I have read the manual, studied tutorials and tried adjusting the velocity XF, as suggested by Paul, but I'm not getting anywhere. If I could just get my midi keyboard to work the way it does with the EW synth, I'd be grateful. By the way, the English horn in SP-1 is incredible!

  • Switch Velocity xFade off if you want to use velocity for timbre/volume.

    DG


  • Thanks, but that doesn't answer my question about how to get my midi keyboard to affect the timbre. On or off, it doesn't matter, there is no effect.

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    @michael diemer said:

    Thanks, but that doesn't answer my question about how to get my midi keyboard to affect the timbre. On or off, it doesn't matter, there is no effect.

    If your MIDI keyboard is sending velocity information, the VI player will react to it. If it doesn't, you are doing something else wrong.

    DG