Keyboard Question...

Cybernetic Organism68 · Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 384

How do you make that sliding sound (like when you slide a bar up and down the strings of a guitar) on a keyboard.

I tried sliding my finger down the keys, but it still sounds a bit choppy (like hitting one key after another). Is there some doo-hickey you can use to slide up and down the keys?

Example: the end of "Do me, baby" by Prince...

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MIKE BURN · Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 5:52 pm Post subject: Re: Keyboard Question...

"Pitch-Wheel"

Usually to be found on the left edge of most keyboards

MIKE

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Cybernetic Organism68 · Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 384

Mine has one of those, but it only goes to the next note. Not all the way up or down the scale...

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MIKE BURN · Posted: Fri Mar 18, 2005 7:48 pm Post subject: Re: Keyboard Question...

Well, there's a setting to control the pitch wheel's behaviour in each Performance/Bank of your keyboard (usually)

Cybernetic Organism68 · Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 384

Hmmm, I'll have to check the instruction book...

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ED1G · PIGGY MOONRUST Joined: 31 Oct 2002 Posts: 2644

best thingto do.....

throw ya keyboard in the bin.... keyboards are shite...

Paul

yidneth · A Spanish Fairytale Joined: 12 Jun 2002 Posts: 780

oh that's not true

keyboards are a really amazing and versatile instrument, but unfortunately i have to agree that they CAN NEVER mimic the real sound of a guitar properly. I'ts better to go for other sounds than emulate a synth guitar. Anyway, mike is right, the pitch bend, can be sometimes effective for some guitar highlights, but never a complex performance.

MIKE BURN · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 2:26 am Post subject: Re: Keyboard Question...

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Cybernetic Organism68

Hmmm, I'll have to check the instruction book...

You need to lookup the pitch-wheel

section and check for setings like "range" or "+/-"... then select a value greater +1 where +12 means a full octave. In the moment your pitch wheel settings seem to be something like +1

As far as you will be able to reproduce a good guitar sound with your keyboard... buy a guitar! LOL

ED1G · PIGGY MOONRUST Joined: 31 Oct 2002 Posts: 2644

Yep... buy a guitar :bday

Cybernetic Organism68 · Joined: 17 Dec 2004 Posts: 384

I have a guitar...

I'm not trying to mimic a guitar with it. Just make that sliding sound with key sounds.

I just used the guitar sliding as an example, because I couldn't think of anything else... Ha ha

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Edited by: Cybernetic Organism68 at: 3/19/05 13:48