Seriously, I "switched" to a Mac back in 2002, and it was one of the single best moves I have ever made for myself. Not just computer-wise, I'm talking life wise. It really was a transformative experience for me. Not trying to proselytize or anything, it was just a great move for me as an individual, and I have no desire to "go back," as it were.
I appreciated the humor in your post, though! Very nice.
]]>I should have noticed you were on a Mac. Now, if you moved over to 'the dark side' you'd get all these cute little programs
]]>This software for scaling velocity works very well and is free: http://www.trombettworks.com/velocity.php
Yeah, I saw that, too. Unfortunately for me, it's a Windows-only application.
]]>I had a P60 for a while also, and I thought my piano sample software was all dull and lifeless (I'm sounding like a hair commercial), but found out it was the P60's narrow velocity range when I played an M-audio keyboard that had velocity curves. It was quite a pleasant surprise to actually hear tonal variations that I hadn't even known were there.
As was said, if you really bang on the keyboard, it's less of a problem. But a lot of pianists just don't play that way. BTW, Yamaha's own acoustic piano sample sounds good velocity-wise on the P60, but not the other sounds. The electric pianos, for example, you have to bang to get any dynamics.
]]>In addition to software solutions like drawing the velocity curve in Pianoteq or in one's DAW (at least I know Logic and Cubase will let you do this), I also found this interesting piece of hardware that will change the velocity curve of your keyboard:
http://www.midisolutions.com/prodvel.htm
Seems a bit pricey to me, though.
And again, I'm just including this stuff in case anyone else has similar issues with their keyboard controller. I hope it's helpful.
Cheers.
]]>I was laughing hard.
]]>If I pushed down on the key I was only able to get ~107 or so. If I pulled my finger back towards me while dropping it I was able to get 127. Kind of an upside down, backwards "flick"
I don't know how I'd actually be able to play like that though...
]]>When did they make the CLP-320? I'm guessing it's been discontinued?
]]>http://www2.yamaha.co.jp/manual/pdf/emi..._dl_a0.pdf
Its quite pathetic
]]>Nelson is right: the P-60 will not put out full scale MIDI velocities. The highest velocity I have ever been able to achieve is a 107, and that's through me banging a key so hard that I honestly thought either the keyboard or my finger would break. You can get pretty sensitive velocities at the lower end of the MIDI scale--I can even produce a 1--but the max you'll *ever* get in a real world playing situation is maybe 100, and that's when playing Brahms or something. Or playing in a rock situation. There is other information available online about this design flaw of the P-60, but there is apparently no fix. In regards to Cellomangler's comment, the P-60's user manual is simply incorrect on this.
Obviously, this behavior is totally unacceptable and renders expressive playing with Pianoteq very difficult. You've got about 100 possible velocities instead of 127. Using the "moderately slow keyboard" velocity preset in Pianoteq and then logarithmically moving the control points to the left does yield a usable result, but it becomes difficult to control points in the mp and mf range, particularly, because the "targets" are so much smaller.
Anyways, I just wanted to report back to everybody here about this, just in case anyone is considering a purchase. I can't speak to the later models--the P-70, the P-90, etc, but from my research online, it seems that Yamaha may have corrected the problem after the P-60. It's a real shame. I actually like the action on my P-60. It's a little stiff, but overall, it's quite playable. But obviously the MIDI velocity situation makes this a poor choice for an instrument as expressive as our beloved Pianoteq.
Cheers to all.
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