Single keyboard

[sweetbb]

Hi, in my study where I try to select the sounfonts for my vArranger setup, I have a single midi controller keyboard. Is it possible to use this keyboard to test eveything, like for example playing the style with left hand, and melody with right hand?

Currently, when I do this, the style does play and change chords correctly with the left hand, but I also hear the right hand sound everytime I play a chord with the left hand, and that sounds horrible.

Please anybody help, it does not have to be Dan, it can by anybody.

Brian.

[Dan]

Maybe you have selected the FULL KEYBOARD button?

[Lylo]

Or you have the same sound at the left and right hand.

[Gerard]

You could have your SPLIT POINT set too low.

[sweetbb]

I have splitpoint set at G2, Full keyboard button is not pushed in.  I get the right hand voices if I play below G2

Please help me in options, what must I do, and also thr "right" no buttons on screen are selected, and split point is G2.

Thank you all.

Brian.

[Lylo]

Clic on g2 and play a note on keyboard.

[sweetbb]

Lylo, it plays the 'LEFT' sound, because 'LOWER' is set to channel 1.  This way, when I play a chord below G2, the style plays nicely, but also it plays all the sounds of 'Left".

When I change it so that "Upper" is channel one, then all the sounds of "Right" play, but then there is no style.

Brian.

[Dan]

Do you use Organ mode, or Accordion mode in the MIDI OPTIONS?

[sweetbb]

I have tried both Dan.

[Dan]

What is your hardware
How it is connected
Show us picture screen of MIDI PORTS and vArranger

[sweetbb]

Here is a picture.

It is a usb keyboard.

[Dan]

What model of USB keyboard?

If you only use one keyboard, don't select MIDI ORGAN or MIDI ACCORDION

[sweetbb]

It is a cheap Sanchez Key Control 49. Perfect for my testing.

[sweetbb]

Thank you Dan.  And I thought that I absolutely 'HAD' to select one of them.  Now it is working wonderfully, I can also now use it with my digital piano, and go crazy! 

[terramex]

Hi all,
I think I have a similar problem.

I mainly use the keyboard itself and I never extensively used Varranger (my fault !), but I would use it more.

I am in a similar scenario. One midi keyboard, same midi settings as the other user.

What I would like to achieve is to write the chords using the Varranger editor (and I found some useful videos on youtube, so that is ok). Then when the song plays, I would like to use my left hand to add some variations  (for example an arpeggio with left hand or just add 2 additional chords) and with the right hand to play the melody .

So what effectively happens is that because I did not set it up correctly, whatever I try to do, Varranger recognizes the additional chords that I play with left hand and it becomes odd. Or sometimes if I go down G2 (for example) this also becomes a problem similar to the one described in this thread.

It's clear that I am quite confused but some help will definitely make things better.

Much appreciated your support.

Thanks

[Lylo]

You have change your pseudo ?

[Dan]

I don't see any similarities with the point of this post, that was caused by checking the ORGAN mode with only one keyboard.

For you : If you close the SONG CHORDS window, and activate the vRIFF button, then vArranger will play the chords for you, and still be able to play with your 2 hands

http://www.varranger.com/vforum/index.php?topic=218.0