Duby Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 Hi, I have Roland VK-8M and I don t know how to play (set) upper and lower parts on single keyboard with it? Could I do that with VK-8M or I need two keyboards? I have set MIDI channels (1 for upper and 3 for lower) on my keyboard but I can play only upper part (dual button on keyboard is turned on)... Thank you! Duby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 Duby: Channel 1 is for upper, channel 2 is for lower... channel 3 is for pedals. What keyboard are you using to control the VK8M? It sounds as though you're actually layering both channels, so you're in fact playing BOTH sounds at the same time. Make sure you've SPLIT the keyboard that you're using, and that it actually is transmitting on two different MIDI channels. You can do this by zeroing the drawbars for all 3 parts, then bring up one part, play the full range of your keyboard, and see what notes sound. Repeat that for each part, and you'll be able to determine whether in fact your keyboard is transmitting on two different channels. My guess is, because you refer to a 'dual button', your keyboard doesn't transmit on two channels, but only receives on two (or more) channels. Cheers, SG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duby Posted November 16, 2005 Author Share Posted November 16, 2005 Originally posted by Sven Golly: Channel 1 is for upper, channel 2 is for lower... channel 3 is for pedals. OK, but VK-8M has channel 2 for pedals and channel 3 for Lower part. Originally posted by Sven Golly: What keyboard are you using to control the VK8M? Roland RS-9. Originally posted by Sven Golly: It sounds as though you're actually layering both channels, so you're in fact playing BOTH sounds at the same time. No, I am sure that I am playing only upper sound... Originally posted by Sven Golly: You can do this by zeroing the drawbars for all 3 parts, then bring up one part, play the full range of your keyboard, and see what notes sound. Repeat that for each part, and you'll be able to determine whether in fact your keyboard is transmitting on two different channels. Thank you! That helped me to solve my problem...! I have pressed "Dual" button... Originally posted by Sven Golly: My guess is, because you refer to a 'dual button', your keyboard doesn't transmit on two channels, but only receives on two (or more) channels. Cheers, SGDual?! Split?! They aren t the same?! Thanks again Sven! Duby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Originally posted by Duby: OK, but VK-8M has channel 2 for pedals and channel 3 for Lower part. Whoops, you're right. Sorry, I've reset my VK8 with Pedal and Lower switched in my rig. Originally posted by Duby: Roland RS-9.Well, not sure about the rest of your post, if it's sarcasm, or I'm misreading it, but the RS9 in Dual mode is able to transmit on two different channels; you do realize, however, that Dual mode layers both sounds across the entire range of the keyboard? Therefore, it is transmitting on both MIDI channels across the entire keyboard? This according to the RS9 manual available from the Roland US website. Not sure what you're doing wrong, but it should work. Good luck. Cheers, SG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duby Posted November 17, 2005 Author Share Posted November 17, 2005 Originally posted by Sven Golly: Well, not sure about the rest of your post, if it's sarcasm, or I'm misreading it... Sorry on my English... It was my (stupid) mistake because my keyboard was in Dual mode and not in Split mode... You helped me to solve my problem. I wrote that on previos post: Originally posted by Duby: Thank you! That helped me to solve my problem...! I have pressed "Dual" button... Originally posted by Sven Golly: Not sure what you're doing wrong, but it should work. Good luck. Cheers, SG Well, I was only pressing wrong button... Sorry again on my English and thanks for help! Duby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Originally posted by Duby: It was my (stupid) mistake because my keyboard was in Dual mode and not in Split mode... You helped me to solve my problem. I wrote that on previos post: I'm sorry for the misunderstanding as well, Duby. Glad it's all worked out! Enjoy your VK8M! Cheers, SG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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