From bruce@ashbysolutions.com Thu Dec 14 10:08:05 2006
Subject:Re: 2nd manual for CX-3

Hi Hugo,

>It might not bother you, but the touch on the D3M by default is 'deep
>triggering' (you have to push the keys down all the way). See here for
>the original discussion:
>http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/CloneWheel/message/39802. I
>actually had to contact Doepfer to see if they would produce
>alternative firmware to allow shallow triggering -- and they did. But
>I only got hold of it so easily because I was the first "beta tester".
>If you wanted to modify your D3M in this way, you'd have to contact
>Doepfer (software@doepfer.de) and ask if you could pay a (very) small
>price for an upgraded chip.

Do you know if the Doepfer keyboard allows for BOTH deep and shallow triggering, and at the same time?

The reason that I ask this is that the CX-3 and BX-3 offer two types of action to be sent by MIDI Out -- simultaneously:

- Each manual can has a TX channel (Upper Tx, Lower Tx) which sends fixed-velocity note info based on the 'Shallow' (first contact) action.

- Each manual also can send a set of TX data (Upper 2nd, Lower 2nd) which send velocity not info based on the 'Deep" (second contact) action.

- Either one of these can be set to Off if desired.

I think this is important if one plans to use the CX-3 to control other modules (synths, piano). I allows the organ to have a fast action, while the other modules get full velocity sensitivity.

Regards,

-BW

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