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[Dj Task Manager]

Howdy, I want to try out a little scheme ive got on a velocity sensitive keyboard. 
Does anyone know anyones which are cheap / common / sound good / fun to bend?...

Cheers

Mike

[Circuitbenders]

Will responding to velocity over midi do?

[Dj Task Manager]

No I dont really want it be midi
(Im trying to build a couple of units to hook up to a sequencer im building, and so not have a computer involved)

I was thinking of something like a late 80's/early 90's yamaha or something. 
Is there a pss with velocity sensitive keys?...

[nochtanseenspecht]

pss not, only psr is velocity sensitive

[Dj Task Manager]

ok cool.  Anyone know which psr's?

also does the velocity sensitivity work in a similar way to piezo drum pads on yamamha drum machines?

[Gordonjcp]

also does the velocity sensitivity work in a similar way to piezo drum pads on yamamha drum machines?

Nope.  When you press a key, you time how long it takes for the key to travel.  Usually you've got something like a spring pressing against a contact at the top of the key bed and looped through the key.  When you press the key, it's not connected to either the top or the bottom for a certain amount of time.  The harder you hit the key, the shorter the time (because it's moving faster).

[Dj Task Manager]

on my search for piezos under keys type keyboards i found this:
Electro Harmonix EH - 0400 Analogue Mini Synthesizer Demo

its pretty funny...

[Tyler1144]

Read my post about my yamaha psr-185, they were made in 1994, not midi and velocity sensitive, also pretty common