I have a great Korg full weighted keys piano that I want to use with Varranger but sadly it does not have pitch bend.
I also have an Akai MPK Mini.
My question is am I able to replace the Korg nano ( and PC Keyboard) control which works great for changing settings on
Varranger with the Akai MPK
Can I use the MPK Mini as a control changer same as the Korg nano . I do not want any melody notes.
I want to assign different keys to start/stop/, variation A,B,C,D etc, also the Mpk has a pitch bender which would allow me to have only one unit to make changes to the Varranger and also get pitch bend.
If this can be done I would also like to save all my settings for the Korg Nano and able to reload these settings and also save the settings for the Akai MPK and able to recall all those settings.
I'm asking this before I go and blow all my Korg Nano settings
You can seve all settings of Korg Nano using software on the comp and then do what you want to do! :D
Yes you can use the midi mpk keyboard to control vArranger like with the korg nano
I don't have this keyboard, so I don't know about the mpk knobs how they works
mpk pads should be ok
It seems mpk will not react to the led feeedback messages, to lights the pads like with korg nano
The pitch bend feature you ask is not available in vArranger actually, but can be added in a new version of vArranger
Hello Dan
I appreciate the fast response, is this new version currently available or soon to be released? I have the one where it has the Genos sound font and it's great very good sound from small package, I dont know how as I cant get my unit hooked up for a few days but im sure I was getting pitch bend but that was controlling it with a PSR 460 so the pitch bend must have to come from inside the varranger itself is that correct?
Yes pitch bend needs to enter inside vArranger, then is sent to the synths
The feature you ask is to take the pitchbend from another keyboard than the main keyboard, and send it to the synth.
This is a new feature to add. I need to do some coding for this.
Thanks Dan
Do not get in a hurry for this feature I am not sure what controller I am going to use, I really want to use an 88 key piano with good piano feel but I might be forced to use a yamaha 63 key arranger and the pitch bend is a non issue because it has onboard pitch bend. I may look for a 76 or 88 key controller with pitch bend and weighted keys, if anyone has a suggestion please let me know
Thanks
Hayseed