From pprevite@ma.slr.com Wed Sep 04 10:15:52 2002
Subject:Re: Triggering a Piano via MIDI with CX3 Keyboard

Thanks, Bruce. I'll give it a try this evening and post the results in case
other members may wish to try this.

Regards,

Pete Previte

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bruce Wahler [SMTP:bruce@ashbysolutions.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2002 12:44 PM
> To: CloneWheel@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: RE: [CWSG] RE: Triggering a Piano via MIDI with CX3 Keyboard
>
> Hi Pete,
>
> >Um.... to ensure that the Karma gets the correct (MIDI 2nd Channel)
> >information, will I have to change any settings in the CX3 or do I need
> to
> >adjust the Karma MIDI settings or both? Please excuse my ignorance. My
> >ultimate goal would be to have, exclusively, the "Preset A1" button set
> up
> >the organ keyboard to trigger the Karma piano.
>
> You might have to change one or both of your keyboards. I don't remember
> how a CX-3 comes from the factory, but I think it's Upper=CH1,
> Upper2nd=OFF, Lower=CH2, Lower2nd=OFF. Almost any combination is OK, as
> long as the upper and lower channels are different, and the 2nd channels
> do not duplicate the other channels. (This would send both velocity and
> non-velocity data on the same note to your keyboards, which would probably
> confuse things a good bit!)
>
> As far as your "ultimate goal," it's going to be up to the Karma. The
> CX-3 cannot choose a different MIDI channel per patch; it can only send
> out one channel configuration for all patches. Most multitimbral
> synths/ROMplers can receive on different channels per patch, though. As
> an example, my Alesis S4 can receive on up to 16 channels at once. If I
> normally use CH2 for the S4, I could program preset A-1 to a piano sound
> on CH3, then set the CX-3 Upper2nd to CH-3. As long as I didn't use CH3
> anywhere else on the S4, A-1 would always link the CX-3, and only the
> CX-3, to the S4.
>
> Regards,
>
> -BW
>
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