NE3 - strange glitch when using as MIDI controller

[simonbeck]

I recently bought a Korg Volca Keys analogue monosynth and I decided to MIDI it up to my NE3 73. The first thing I found was that the Nord doesn't transmit key velocity when set to Organ mode (a good thing in my opinion - I don't like monosynths with velocity response). However, I also found that when I released a key on the Nord too rapidly (possibly causing a retrigger?) the Korg's release got abruptly cut off. Any idea what might cause this?

[Mr_-G-]

Best thing to do is to see with a MIDI monitor program what exactly is being sent out of the electro to the volca.

[anotherscott]

I recently bought a Korg Volca Keys analogue monosynth and I decided to MIDI it up to my NE3 73. The first thing I found was that the Nord doesn't transmit key velocity when set to Organ mode (a good thing in my opinion - I don't like monosynths with velocity response). However, I also found that when I released a key on the Nord too rapidly (possibly causing a retrigger?) the Korg's release got abruptly cut off. Any idea what might cause this?

If it's only on the rapid release which might be causing a retrigger (which would indeed cut off the tail of a preceding strike on a mono synth), try setting the organ mode to its deep (low) trigger point, rather than the shallow (high) point, which will probably eliminate any retrigger that might be coming from a bounce.

[JiminWales]

Puzzling. If the Nord isn't sending velocity (or rather it's a fixed 127 velocity - I don't think you can send a note-on without some velocity), then the same goes for Note-off release velocity? This behaviour suggests the Korg understands note-off velocity but the Nord only fixes Note-on velocity in Organ mode. An Organ sound would never care about note-off velocity so the Nord might well still send a variable velocity on note-off.
Indeed, the Organ mode is using only the top key contact so cannot measure note-on velocity, but it could be that for note off, if it starts from the bottom contact, then it will still send a velocity.

As suggested, look in a Midi program with a midi event list display and see what is received from the Nord.

[simonbeck]

If you set the Nord's keyboard response in Organ mode to Low, it transmits velocity data. On the other hand, it doesn't do the retrigger/release cut-off thing either, so I guess I just have to make sure I release those keys gently...