From groovecake@yahoo.com Mon Sep 22 07:22:56 2003
Subject:Re: B4 + what effects? survey question

Regarding the split issue...why not just use the
"Split +1 Octave" function?

> In the meantime John McMahon wrote:
> "I like playing two handed
> (on a single keyboard) and find the bass part kind
> of muddying/
> swamping the mid-range, with only the high end
> cutting though.
> This, I'm sure, can be solved by EQing down the low
> freqs and"
>
> I noticed the same thing with B4 when using with a
> single keyboard. What I
> figured out for my set up may apply to you. I am
> using a EDIROL (Roland)
> PCR 50 with B4 and the 'keyboard split" function.
> If you do this however
> the 'virtual B4 keyboard' is still contiguous
> placing your left hand work
> probably an octave lower than where it would be if
> you had a double keyboard
> organ. i.e. if playing chords on a two manual
> instrument they would tend to
> be around the centre of the lower keyboard. If your
> split point is below
> middle C (which I probably would expect) the
> 'contiguousness' of the B4
> keyboard forces the left hand and octave lower. The
> simple "fix" I used for
> this was to simply imagine and set the lower
> drawbars a "footage" above
> normal. Eg if you had 16', 8' and 4' all out, pull
> out 8' 4' and 2'
> instead. This effectively shifts the left hand
> sound an octave higher
> without having to do any other fancy stuff. Back to
> sounding 'normal' and
> not muddy. Better than trying to change EQ which
> will affect the tone of
> everything.
>
> Stay in touch with using other effects on B4. I'm
> just going down this path
> myself and will value your thoughts and experiences.
>
> Best regards,
> Claire
>

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