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Trying to run my NE5D as upper manual and using a MIDI keyboard as lower manual.
Works fine for most things, but when using the B3+Bass I cannot get the bass on the lower (MIDI keyboard) manual.
What am I doing wrong? Or is it impossible?
I could of course physically put the NE5D at the bottom, but that would hide the controls or place the upper manual way out of reach, so that's not really an option.
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Re: MIDI keyboard for lower manual with B3+Bass
Hi - same issue here. Nope, is the answer. At least, not yet.
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Re: MIDI keyboard for lower manual with B3+Bass
dkernohan wrote:Hi - same issue here. Nope, is the answer. At least, not yet.
OK, that bad...
Let's hope they make a "Recieve from lower" happen eventually.
I have managed to get a split on the NE5 that as usual puts the Bass on the left, but the Bass is then also on the whole MIDI manual, regardless of how far to the left the spilt is on the NE5.
Makes for pretty good playing if just avoiding the keys to the left of the leftmost split point on the NE5.
But with that MIDI setting it's impossible to use "Recieve from upper" as split point so it's too much fiddling to be super useful if using different setups.
I guess it works for home use or recording.
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Re: MIDI keyboard for lower manual with B3+Bass
I have not looked into the encyclopedia that is the synth list, but is there a similar/identical bass among those sounds? You could certainly make that work if you know your Upper Receive trick. (Follow my recent entries to see details on this - in which I was in grateful learner mode.) I guess the B3/Bass lets you shape the bass sound with draw bars, but if that is not a killer for you have a look and let us all know.
Re: MIDI keyboard for lower manual with B3+Bass
I searched the library of synth sounds last night, and sure enough there are a number of bass programs available. If the B3+bass does not work out, and I suspect it will not, check these out and tell us how they sound to you.
Re: MIDI keyboard for lower manual with B3+Bass
Absolutely, that works.
And I guess I could even make my own sample of the B3 Bass sound.
The only thing then is that there's no playing with the drawbars mid-song, but I guess I won't be doing that too often on the bass sound.
And I guess I could even make my own sample of the B3 Bass sound.
The only thing then is that there's no playing with the drawbars mid-song, but I guess I won't be doing that too often on the bass sound.
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