Topic: psrsx900 touch sensivity

[kellyboy1]

is there any way touch sensivity can be turned off on psrsx900 as it can on psrs910

[EileenL]

Yes but why would you want to. This is what adds expression to your music. Go to  Menu and page two.Select Keyboard and Joystick. There you can take the ticks out of the voices.

[overover]

Hi kellyboy1,

in addition to what Eileen said:

Press [Direct Access] button and then [Modulation Hold] button (next to the Joystick) to call up the "Keyboard/Joystick" window (or press [Menu] > [Keyboard/Joystick] > [Keyboard]).

There you can specify which keyboard parts "Initial Touch" should apply to. You can also set the desired value for "Fixed Velocity" there. This value is used for the parts for which the Touch Response (Initial Touch) is set to off.


P.S.
I do NOT recommend to set Initial Touch completely to off for certain Parts. Instead, call up "Voice Edit" for the respective Voice and use the "Touch Sensitivity Depth" and "Touch Sensitivity Offset" parameters under "Common" to reduce the impact of the played Velocity on the Voice if necessary (but not completely prevent).

Please refer to pages 37 and 46/47 of the SX900 Reference Manual and see also the attached picture.


Best regards,
Chris

[blackpool]

I can only assume wanting to turn this feature 'off' hails from playing traditional organ ?? Kelly
It would just be interesting to know

When I made the transition from organ to keyboard, i found it quite odd using my fingers rather than my feet to add expression and did not use this feature on many of my early keyboards ( although some did not even have it ) . Now i have to say, i would not be without it.

Keith

[kellyboy1]

hi keith
im not really a good musician just play for pleasure but i absolutly hate belting the keys to get some sound from them have been playing psrs910 for 10 years and find it very hard to getbused to psrsx900

[DerekA]

There a range of velocity sense curves to pick from. You might find one of them suits you better so you don't lose all expression, but don't have to bang them so hard.

[overover]

Hi kellyboy1,

go to "Keyboard/Joystick" window (as described in my first post) and set "Touch Curve" to "Soft 2". This setting produces a relatively high volume even with light playing strength.

You can also set this behaviour separately for each Voice (using "Voice Edit" > "Touch Sensitivity", as mentioned above). Note: Since you cannot overwrite Preset Voices you must save a changed Voice as a "User Voice" then.


P.S.
If you feel that the Voices of the Keyboard Parts (Right 1 - 3, Left) are "too quiet", simply set the STYLE volume to a slightly lower value (e.g. from 100 to 90 or 85) and then increase the master volume if necessary. If you use commercial MIDI files, set the Song Volume to 60 ... 70.

Also check the Master EQ and Master Compressor settings (accessed via the mixer): You should not set too much compression, as this makes the output signal quieter. As a test, you can also switch off the Master Compressor completely. With the "Output" control of the Master Compressor you can increase the overall output signal. But please don't turn it up too far, otherwise internal digital distortion could occur.


Best regards,
Chris

[jay]

is there NO way i can turn touch sensitivity off until I want it on. I find it so frustrating having to go to the menu page everytime i bring a song up on a playlist to change it

[EileenL]

No I am afraid you cant. Your easiest solution would be to save your desired touch sense to registration banks. Always the best way to go anyway.

[overover]

is there NO way i can turn touch sensitivity off until I want it on. I find it so frustrating having to go to the menu page everytime i bring a song up on a playlist to change it

Hi jay,

when you call up a certain Playlist record, a certain Registration Bank is loaded and then a certain Registration of this Bank.

You can change all settings as desired, then memorize the current settings back to the SAME Registration button and SAVE the Registration Bank. Note: Make sure to have ticked all needed checkboxes after pressing the [Memory] button (before pressing the desired Registration button).


Best regards,
Chris

[jay]

i previously had a psr 3000   and then a psr 670 and you could just turn touch sensitivity off, Why couldn't they just have that option on the sx900 i wonder

[Toril S]

I had a PSR 2100, and you could dp that. But I never used that option. Much better to follow the advice of several friends here😀

[Bill]

is there NO way i can turn touch sensitivity off until I want it on. I find it so frustrating having to go to the menu page everytime i bring a song up on a playlist to change it

You might not have an actual button for doing this however, you can assign Touch ON/OFF to a pedal or one of the assignable buttons.  I have done this on the Genos and find it very useful for the odd time I want to turn it off without having to waste time going into the setup function menus.  See page 111 of the reference manual.

Regards

Bill