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Re: How to make a synth sound (harp) touch sensitive

Postby baekgaard » 02 Jan 2019, 18:37

analogika wrote:I haven’t checked all of the programs on the Stage, but I can’t imagine that a harp program wouldn’t be velocity-sensitive.


I did, and they are indeed velocity sensitive :-)
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Re: How to make a synth sound (harp) touch sensitive

Postby anotherscott » 02 Jan 2019, 18:47

NordNerd431 wrote:I would just use a volume pedal. Sometimes it’s much easier to control the volume that way.

Very different from velocity sensitivity. Not suitable for note-by-note expressivity. Also, a volume pedal will affect the volume of already struck (but still ringing) notes.
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Re: How to make a synth sound (harp) touch sensitive

Postby NordNerd431 » 02 Jan 2019, 19:53

anotherscott wrote:
NordNerd431 wrote:I would just use a volume pedal. Sometimes it’s much easier to control the volume that way.

Very different from velocity sensitivity. Not suitable for note-by-note expressivity. Also, a volume pedal will affect the volume of already struck (but still ringing) notes.


Clearly different, but may be the only viable option.
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Re: How to make a synth sound (harp) touch sensitive

Postby baekgaard » 02 Jan 2019, 20:30

NordNerd431 wrote:
anotherscott wrote:
NordNerd431 wrote:I would just use a volume pedal. Sometimes it’s much easier to control the volume that way.

Very different from velocity sensitivity. Not suitable for note-by-note expressivity. Also, a volume pedal will affect the volume of already struck (but still ringing) notes.


Clearly different, but may be the only viable option.


Well, as I said above, making the sample velocity sensitive is easy -- it's even the default if you load the Harp sample with the saved settings in the sample format -- so with the Nords there are certainly other viable options too :-)
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Re: How to make a synth sound (harp) touch sensitive

Postby DDPascalDD » 04 Jan 2019, 13:10

Yeah thanks for all the replies! There is no harp in the synth preset list unfortunately. But with the velocity settings at 3 it works fine, so that's good.
Still I'm curious how you did find a harp with factory settings which already sounds useful. I can only find the raw sample (142). (newly bought)
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Re: How to make a synth sound (harp) touch sensitive

Postby baekgaard » 04 Jan 2019, 13:26

DDPascalDD wrote:Still I'm curious how you did find a harp with factory settings which already sounds useful. I can only find the raw sample (142). (newly bought)


The "raw" samples in nsmp3 format contains synth settings in an embedded preset. As mentioned above, there are two modes for browsing them which either loads the stored preset. If you use the OSC 1 WAVEFORM to dial through them, you only change the waveform and don't load the preset. Here is one way to load the preset:

1) Press Shift and turn the SYNTH PRESET dial. This takes you to list mode.

2) Turn the OSC 2 PITCH dial so that the Mode display right above in inverse in the display changes to Samp.

3) Turn the SYNTH PRESET DIAL to 142 (or whatever your harp sample is). Notice that the LEDs in the Synth section changes as you scroll through. You can speed dial to step 50 presets at a time in LIST mode.

Now you have loaded not only the raw sample, but also settings for e.g. velocity sensitivity and filter settings incl frequency and kb tracking etc.

Hope this helps?

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Re: How to make a synth sound (harp) touch sensitive

Postby DDPascalDD » 04 Jan 2019, 13:54

Ah thanks so much! Exactly what I needed
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Re: How to make a synth sound (harp) touch sensitive

Postby analogika » 04 Jan 2019, 16:17

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