We tend to forget about the "traditional" ways of expression with all those synth UI elements, having polyphonic AT may come most natural to people who learned the piano (it feels like something a mechanical instrument would enable you to do).
I love the idea of Poly AT but i have to be honest I dont use it all that much. When you're playing a patch by itself its's very cool. When you're arranging a song, you're often playing mono bass / lead lines and setting pads / textures in the background and kind of want them to be boring lol. Nevertheless, it's things like PolyAT or a great analog filter etc that inspires musicians, and hopefully that translates to the music.
Good points. Yes looking back I can see that my great experiences with PA were largely noticed when playing/improvising apart from any other music or instruments. Great observation! And I agree - anything that inspires someone is worth considering! Thanks for stopping by VC!!
Hi Matt, its a long time since I have used poly-aftertouch, it is a good tool. (not sure if my Triton has it) It was back in the early 90's I think when I had a keyboard that had it. I recall recording midi to an Atari STE loaded with 2MB, aftertouch used a lot of the Atari's memory information back then, so recorded Midi with aftertouch off, to save memory usage :)
@@DisciplinedCommotion Channel aftertouch applies the effect assigned to the aftertouch to every note applied no matter which note gets the extra pressure. Poly aftertouch allows you to apply the effect assigned to aftertouch to just one key if you choose, instead of all keys that are depressed. Hope that’s clear but let me know if it isn’t. 😃
