EDWARD.STAUFF@OFFICE.WANG.COM (Edward L. Stauff) (11/19/90)
This is for Jason Thornbrugh (jason@cirrusl@oliveb.atc.olivetti.com). I
can't reply to him via e-mail, 'cause I can't send to an address that has
more than one '@' in it.
Jason:
There is, as far as I know, no stand-alone MIDI pedalboard of even 25
notes that is available commercially. I have heard of several spinet-style
"shorty" pedalboards, but I doubt they have velocity, and in any case are
totally worthless for real organ music. There are a number of electronic
organs with MIDI, but now we're talking *REAL* money.
As far as drum pads go, I'm out of my league here. I've seen several
MIDI drum controllers, including the Roland Octapad and the DrumKat, but
I don't know how adjustable they are.
BTW, I got velocity working on my pedalboard, and preliminary studies
indicate that velocity is rather difficult to control with the feet.
-- Ed Edward.Stauff@OFFICE.Wang.comwpf@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (William Fornaciari) (11/20/90)
just curious, all you organists worried bout velocity sensitive pedalboards... which organs are velocity sensitive?
dt_kenny@eisvxe.moundst.mn.org (Dave Kenny) (11/20/90)
In article <1990Nov20.005017.12383@cs.ucla.edu>, wpf@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (William Fornaciari) writes: > just curious, all you organists worried bout velocity sensitive pedalboards... > > which organs are velocity sensitive? None that _I_ know of. But if I'm gonna screw around trying to convert a set of pedals for MIDI so I can use 'em with my synthesizers, why _not_ consider making them velocity sensitive? After all, the synth keyboards are. Why should the pedals be different? Since I'm using synths, I really don't care whether I'm being "authentic." I can go do that on a pipe organ. -- Dave Kenny
wpf@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (William Fornaciari) (11/22/90)
In article <4670@eisvxe.moundst.mn.org> dt_kenny@eisvxe.moundst.mn.org (Dave Kenny) writes: >In article <1990Nov20.005017.12383@cs.ucla.edu>, wpf@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (William Fornaciari) writes: >> just curious, all you organists worried bout velocity sensitive pedalboards... >> >> which organs are velocity sensitive? > >None that _I_ know of. But if I'm gonna screw around trying to convert a >set of pedals for MIDI so I can use 'em with my synthesizers, why _not_ >consider making them velocity sensitive? After all, the synth keyboards >are. Why should the pedals be different? Since I'm using synths, I >really don't care whether I'm being "authentic." I can go do that on a >pipe organ. > >-- Dave Kenny well, gang, the two MIDI, albeit short, pedalboards on the market are the one octave Roland (new product) and the 1-1/2 octave Elka what about getting g a 'scrap' pedal 25 or 32 and adding the switches and logic?
nsw@cbnewsm.att.com (Neil Weinstock) (11/22/90)
In article <1990Nov20.005017.12383@cs.ucla.edu>, wpf@oahu.cs.ucla.edu (William Fornaciari) writes: [ ... ] > which organs are velocity sensitive? Check out alt.sex.newusers for this type of info. - Neil --==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==--==-- Neil Weinstock @ AT&T Bell Labs // What was sliced bread att!edsel!nsw or nsw@edsel.att.com \X/ the greatest thing since?