From bruce@ashbysolutions.com Mon Jun 11 19:45:39 2001
Subject:Re: CX-3 Keyboard bounce, revisiting?

Mark,

>Bruce had a trick where he shut off local MIDI and routed the
>MIDI output to the input via external MIDI cable. That appeared to
>have the effect of making the keys trigger a little farther down in
>their travel. Bruce's intent was to make it easier to get percussion
>to sound on individual notes in a fast lick, as I recall. Maybe that
>would also cause the bouncing key to not bounce far enough to re-
>trigger the note. I'll try that out next gig.

You also have to disable the main TX channel and use the "2nd" TX channel
to make it work. It will remove any bounce, by virtue of the fact that it
moves the key-on/key-off trigger to the second (lower) key switch, but it
also deadens the feel of the keyboard some. You'll have to decide for
yourself if the tradeoff is worth it.

>I wonder if there might be a way to mechanically lower where the
>keyboard trips the 'key down' detection, through a shim or some other
>means? Has anyone taken this thing apart?

It's probably possible -- I did a similar modification on my Rhodes years
ago -- but it will likely change the feel of the keyboard again. Face it,
the only REAL way to get a perfect copy of that "Hammond feel" would be to
design the keyboard in the same manner as the original -- but no
mass-production keyboard manufacturer (FATAR, etc.) makes keys that way
anymore, so you'd be talking about an expensive custom-made item.

Regards,

-BW

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