(All of these things when I should be working. Once I get it working with the Mac, I will either try to get it working with the Windows 10 michine via a WIDI adapter or with the iPad working as a network midi host. I am getting an error message from BLUETOOTH MIDI CONNECT.
Polyphonic aftertouch driver#
I think I might have a conflict with the driver to my Yamaha BT-01 driver. So far I only have it working with USB on the Mac. It worked fine via bluetooth with the iPad right out of the box. I am going to shift my attention to getting the Xkey Air working with my Mac.
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As such, its unique polyphonic aftertouch keyboard breathes life and dynamics into otherwise static sounds, so users can create expressive musical passages using a standard-sized traditional keyboard. You have to go in there and assign Poly AT to stuff, which means you have to read the manual probably. Hydrasynth has brought back one of the most requested features in synthesizers and controllers namely, polyphonic aftertouch. I was shocked to find out that almost all the presets in Arturia’s CS-80V do NOT have polyAT activated as default. TIP Keep the XKEY Plus app active, at least if you are working with a MAC with logic, because you’ll probably want to switch between channel and polyaftertouch depending upon your instrument.
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Then I tried it on some other soft synths with various levels of success. I switched it to the logarithmic scale alternative, then I tried it out with the Memorymoon ME80 CS80 clone software, which I knew is made for poly aftertouch, and playing around with the aftertouch settings got very useful result. First regarding the aftertouch, for me the default – linear curve in the XKey Plus app just didn’t give me useful results. I figured out a couple tips that should be useful to other people.
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Good news, I got the poly-aftertouch working.