From bruce@ashbysolutions.com Sat Oct 12 07:52:34 2002
Subject:Re: CX-3 V.2 download now available

Hi Jerry,

Yep, you're right -- it was key velocity. I ran up against the mirror-image problem: My piano module sounded a little muted, because no matter how hard I pounded on my drummer's KX-76, it would only put out a velocity of 108.

Regards,

-BW

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At 02:18 PM 10/12/2002 +0000, you wrote:
>Just to be accurate - that was in MIDI velocity, not MIDI volume.
>So whenever you played a DX from another keyboard your
>sounds would get a bit "hairy" at your top playing level, since you
>were "overdriving" the FM beyond what the original programmer
>ever heard.
>
>:-)
>
>Regards,
>
>Jerry
>
>--- In CloneWheel@y..., Bruce Wahler wrote:
>
>> Many keyboards never have an upgrade in their life, even for
>bug fixes. The Yamaha DX-7 had a problem where the MIDI
>volume only went from 0-108, instead of 0-127 -- and they never
>fixed it; in fact, they carried the bug over into the KX-76 and KX-88.