peterb Posted May 13, 2014 Share Posted May 13, 2014 I am looking into the Privia range before purchasing my next keyboard. What is the number of key velocities can be sent out via midi on the PX-A100 and the PX-5S? How about on the damper pedals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpcohen Posted May 14, 2014 Share Posted May 14, 2014 I can answer for the PX-350; check the PX5S manual to ensure correctness. . . . the keyboards on the two models are identical, and I assume the MIDI output is, too. . . . the pedals are different. The keyboard send "high-resolution" MIDI" -- two bytes of MIDI velocity. The range is (I think!) 1.00 to 127.00 , based on what I see in the Pianoteq "MIDI In" monitoring window. I _think_ the PX5S has a simple "on/off" damper pedal, which will send MIDI "0" and "127" to "MIDI Out". The PX-350 "SP-33" 3-pedal unit has a three position damper pedal -- "on", "half-damped", and "off". The MIDI value sent by "half-damped" is set by the function menu on the keyboard -- you can change it. The PX-350 (and I'm sure, the PX5S) responds correctly to _incoming_ MIDI damper values intermediate between 1 and 127. . Charles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peterb Posted May 14, 2014 Author Share Posted May 14, 2014 Thanks, what is the experience of playing the PX-350 with Pianoteq like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpcohen Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 After a long delay -- . . . Pianoteq 5 is really, really nice. I set up a "custom" velocity curve for the PX-350, and mostly use the Bluthner piano in Pianoteq. It's not quite an acoustic grand, but it doesn't have the problems of the PX-350 sound generator -- no looping, and the string resonance and damper resonance is quite good. Put on headphones, close your eyes, and enjoy the music . . . . Charles PS -- reducing "latency" took a bit of time and experimentation. But my Intel Core i5 laptop is plenty fast enough for Pianoteq, if it's set up right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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