Re: Oxygen8 keyboard aftertouch?

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

Ah, thanks for the info.

Mark

On Friday, June 13, 2003, at 06:14 PM, Catilyne wrote:

> At 04:56 PM 6/13/2003 -0700, Mark Sottilaro wrote:
>
>> Anyway, does anyone know if the Oxygen8 has this?  The website didn't 
>> seem to mention it.
>
> Not in the sense you're thinking of.  The Oxy8 keyboard won't transmit 
> aftertouch from key pressure, but there's an assignable dataslider.  
> One of the parameters that can be quickly linked to this slider is 
> aftertouch.  In addition, I've not done it myself but I believe you 
> can just as easily assign aftertouch to one of the eight controller 
> pots.
>
> Keep in mind that there are also two other direct competitors for the 
> Oxygen 8: the Novation 25 and the two-octave jobbie from Evolution 
> (whose name I forget).  One of them may be able to send aftertouch 
> directly from keyboard pressure.  Personally, if I were still in the 
> market for a compact controller, I'd be looking pretty hard at the new 
> Novation.  The Oxy's working pretty well for me at the moment, 
> however, so that's pretty much an unnecessary upgrade for the time 
> being.
>
>         -c-
>
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