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Conference napalm::commusic_v1

Title:* * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * *
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Created:Thu Feb 20 1986
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2468.0. "SY55/TG55 question?" by COGVAX::LABAK () Tue Oct 09 1990 13:28

    Does anyone know if you can sustain one half of a split on the
    Yamaha SY55 or TG55?  In other words, if I have the left half of
    the keyboard playing a bass patch and the right half playing a
    piano patch, can I set just the piano side to sustain?  I couldn't
    get an answer from the saleman on this one. Anyone out there own
    one of these?   
    
    Thanks
    Rick L.
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2468.1probably not.LEDDEV::ROSSshiver me timbres....Tue Oct 09 1990 13:4210
    ouch. I'd hope so. I can do it on the Casio CZ-1 even...
    
    But then, casio is light years ahead of Yama....ha ha ha.
    
    
    Hey, whats the polyphony, *AND* how many oscillators on
    the 55 series.
    
    ron
2468.2Splits !!BAHTAT::KENTpeekayFri Oct 12 1990 07:1616
    
    
    Yes there are a few of us who have TG55's.
    
    I am assuming that from the quation you have an SY55 which I don;t
    think will split the keyboard from a midi point of view, although it
    will allow you to create split patches. Thus if both bass and piano are
    being run on the same midi-channel and you send a sustain message for
    that channel then both will sustain. The only way to beat this would be
    to be able to split the keyboard in to two channels and use a "MULTI"
    set up. I don't think the SY will do this.
    
    
    
    					Paul.
2468.3That figures...COGVAX::LABAKMon Oct 15 1990 14:2114
 It make no sense to me why modules and keyboards are made without
this sustain feature. This feature is a must for keyboard players
that play bass with the left hand and another sound with the right 
hand I guess there just isn't enough demand for it.  

 I hope I'm correct in assuming that with the TG55 you can assign
a voice (bass) to one midi channel and another voice (piano) to a
different midi channel.  Then use two keyboards one assigned to
the bass midi channel and the other assigned to the piano channel. 
Isn't this one way to get around the split sustain problem?   

Thanks so far.
Rick L.
2468.4AQUA::ROSTShe moves me, manMon Oct 15 1990 16:077
    
    Sustain isn't the only thing on many keyboards that is shared by both
    sides of the split.  Many units also have to share things like pitch
    bend, mod wheel, aftertouch, etc. since these are all "global" controls
    as opposed to "key" controls like velocity or poly-aftertouch.
    
    							Brian
2468.5Yeh YehBAHTAT::KENTpeekayWed Oct 17 1990 04:269
    
    
    re -2
    
    Yes that would fix the problem... And if you have a decent controller
    eg KX88 etc it will probably do that for you...
    
    
    				Paul.