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djcactus · Senior Member Joined: 03 Dec 2011 Posts: 375

i was looking at picking one of these bad boys up but i was going threw the spec sheet and noticed that it doesnt support after touch. Im not here to bash im here to ask...
After-touch necessity or luxury?
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billbaker · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 5:50 pm Post subject:

There's no aftertouch on an acoustic piano - so t wouldn't be missed there.

On synth sounds and maybe strings AT might be more useful especially if you were adding a performance variation like vibrato after the attack or a filter effect.

AT might also be useful as a modulator for some other parameters or FX balances, but it isn't strictly necessary since those can be routed to other controls.

The nice thing about AT, tho', is that it is right under your fingers and doesn't require that you take a hand off the keys to affect the variation.

If you aren't adept as a player in actually using AT frequently, and if AT isn't an essential element of the sound for realism or for FX then I'd call it a luxury and say you won't miss it much... not, say, like you would a keyboard without velocity.

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csteen · Platinum Member Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 792

I had aftertouch on my triton, but it is absent on my M50 and I for one can say I do not miss it in the least. The sounds of the M50 were so much better on the M50. The Krome will sound even better and it has superior features also. Smile

Saxifraga · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 7:22 pm Post subject:

I found out, on my Kronos 73, that AT can be a bad thing if you make splits and one of the sounds has AT and you want only, for example, the lead sound to respond to it but the bass also responds in an unwanted way. It does not work! It's channel AT so all sounds who have it programmed in will react to it. You have to make a copy of your sound and remove AT by hand from those copies. Makes more sense to add external controllers.
So it's not that bad if it's missing.
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BillW · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2012 7:37 pm Post subject:

Having aftertouch in a keyboard is an absolute requirement for many keyboard players, myself included. Although it's typically missing from budget boards like the Krome, M50, MOX and Juno-G, it's always available in the pro models (Kronos, Fantom, Motif, etc). If you don't know why you'd need it then chances are that you don't need it.
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djcactus · Senior Member Joined: 03 Dec 2011 Posts: 375

thanks for the information, usually i would use AT to get a boost of volume if my chords are coming off quiet though i was aware that there are plenty of applications other then something as simple as a bump in level. I just havnt had a set of keys other then my organ.

Its funny that velocity was mentioned because i usually play on a wurlitzer multi-matic percussion organ which obviously doesnt have any velocity settings
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djcactus · Senior Member Joined: 03 Dec 2011 Posts: 375