Velocity sensitive keyboards...

Dj Task Manager · September 23, 2009, 11:23:45 AM

Howdy, I want to try out a little scheme ive got on a velocity sensitive keyboard.
Does anyone know anyones which are cheap / common / sound good / fun to bend?...

Cheers

Mike

Circuitbenders · September 23, 2009, 11:58:17 AM

Will responding to velocity over midi do?

Dj Task Manager · September 23, 2009, 04:59:13 PM

No I dont really want it be midi
(Im trying to build a couple of units to hook up to a sequencer im building, and so not have a computer involved)

I was thinking of something like a late 80's/early 90's yamaha or something.
Is there a pss with velocity sensitive keys?...

nochtanseenspecht · September 23, 2009, 05:35:20 PM

pss not, only psr is velocity sensitive

Dj Task Manager · September 23, 2009, 07:45:04 PM

ok cool. Anyone know which psr's?

also does the velocity sensitivity work in a similar way to piezo drum pads on yamamha drum machines?

Gordonjcp · September 23, 2009, 07:55:48 PM

also does the velocity sensitivity work in a similar way to piezo drum pads on yamamha drum machines?

Nope. When you press a key, you time how long it takes for the key to travel. Usually you've got something like a spring pressing against a contact at the top of the key bed and looped through the key. When you press the key, it's not connected to either the top or the bottom for a certain amount of time. The harder you hit the key, the shorter the time (because it's moving faster).

Dj Task Manager · September 23, 2009, 08:18:58 PM

on my search for piezos under keys type keyboards i found this:
Electro Harmonix EH - 0400 Analogue Mini Synthesizer Demo

its pretty funny...

Tyler1144 · October 01, 2009, 04:08:09 AM

Read my post about my yamaha psr-185, they were made in 1994, not midi and velocity sensitive, also pretty common