Stand-alone Pitch-Bend-Wheel
Harvey Starr
>From: Mike Peyer <mpeyer>
>Subject: Stand-alone Pitch-Bend-Wheel
>Date: 28 Mar 1995 14:04:48 GMT
>Hi there,
>I own a master-keyboard (88 keys), and I would like to have a pitch-bend wheel.
>Does it exists a stand-alone one ?
>And if so, how would be connected to my equipment ?
We're working on one to ready pretty soon. Actually the unit is a standalone
joystick which sends pitchbend, mod wheel and channel aftertouch. A hairy
version of this runs on a computer. Do you have a PC?
>Thanks for any help.
>Mike (mpe...@cscs.ch)
Rich Jones
>Hi there,
>
>I own a master-keyboard (88 keys), and I would like to have a pitch-bend wheel.
>Does it exists a stand-alone one ?
Yamaha used to make a Y??-2 that had pitch and mod wheels. I forget the
exact model name. It came out in 1986 or so. Haven't seen one for years.
Old issues of keyboard might have a short take review on it though.
>And if so, how would be connected to my equipment ?
MIDI, since all it does is generate MIDI pitch bend and continuous ctrlr #1
messages.
Rich
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Mike Peyer
I own a master-keyboard (88 keys), and I would like to have a pitch-bend wheel.
Does it exists a stand-alone one ?
And if so, how would be connected to my equipment ?
Thanks for any help.
Mike (mpe...@cscs.ch)
Tim Kaufman
> exact model name. It came out in 1986 or so. Haven't seen one for years.
> Old issues of keyboard might have a short take review on it though.
I think that's MCS-2 (Midi Control Station). It had pitch & mod
wheels, 2 MIDI sliders, 2 sweep pedal inputs, 2 footswitch inputs, 8 x
8 patch select buttons...most all of it programmable. But it only
worked on one MIDI channel at a time.
I had one, but sold it when I replaced the digital piano with a master
MIDI keyboard. I bought it used in 1988, and it's only one of two
units that I'd ever seen--I don't think they made it for very long.
Other than that, there are fader boxes, and I have that lil Pocket
Pedal thang, but none of these give you all the different hardware
gizmos in one box, particularly no wheels.
(One thing I'd like to see is a stand-alone ribbon controller.
Drool...)
Tim Kaufman
Controller's Office
Stanford University
Mike Peyer
> We're working on one to ready pretty soon. Actually the unit is a standalone
> joystick which sends pitchbend, mod wheel and channel aftertouch. A hairy
> version of this runs on a computer. Do you have a PC?
Yes, I have one, but it would be nice to connect this device without the
need of a PC. When I play at home, I can use it, but I cannot carry it
when I play somewhere.
So, would it be possible to connect this pitch mod bend with ... somewhat like
a MIDI merge box ?
Mike Peyer
>
> MIDI, since all it does is generate MIDI pitch bend and continuous ctrlr #1
> messages.
Do I need a MIDI merge box or something like that to connect it ?
Mike
>
> Rich
Paolo Valladolid
: We're working on one to ready pretty soon. Actually the unit is a standalone
: version of this runs on a computer. Do you have a PC?
Can it be housebroken? What does it eat? Sorry, couldn't resist....
Paolo Valladolid
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