GARYsParries

After collaborating with two prominent pedal steel players, here is an updated video with much improved sound:

I am using the PX-5S to emulate a pedal steel guitar when connected to my iPad MIDI app. One of the functions that this app provides is the triggering of vibrato by the delayed pressing of a key. It works perfectly, except that if I press the vibrato trigger key immediately after the playing of a chord or note, the vibrato takes almost a full second to engage. If I press the vibrato trigger key one second, or more, after the pressing of a chord or note, the vibrato engages immediately. It seems that there is no way to engage the PX-5S vibrato via MIDI until after a chord or note as been sounding for approximately one second. I have tried practically every possible combination of the MIDI vibrato rate, depth, and delay messages, but to no avail. In fact, I could not get the MIDI vibrato depth message to have any effect on the vibrato triggering time whatsoever. It seems as if that message is set to a nominal value, and any attempt to modify that value via MIDI is ignored by the keyboard. P.S. My app’s vibrato triggering works perfectly on a Casio CTK-6200, as well as on some other keyboards, which shall remain nameless.

Here is a screen recording from my iOS app, Verti-Chord Pro v7.7.7 (beta), which transforms a Casio PX-5S to emulate the FULL functionality of a pedal steel guitar (i.e., full portamento). Guitarists, notice that the left hand is not playing piano chords. It is ‘fretting’ guitar barre chords. Also notice that the right hand is not playing piano notes. It is ‘plucking’ fretted guitar strings. Enjoy. Feedback welcome. GARY