Roland FP-10 digital piano as MIDI controller settings

[Giovanni Bastoni]

Hi Guys,

I recently bought a roland FP-10 digital piano. I really like the expression of it when using it as a digital piano, but I'm new to using it as a midi keyboard.

I've tried it out with several excellent piano VSTi, but I feel like the touch sensitivity is automatically set to very hard. I've tried adjusting this by selecting the lightest touch sensitivity on the FP-10, or by adjusting the velocity in Cubase, and this helps a little.

But it's not nearly the same as playing the FP-10 as a normal digital piano. It feels like the velocity range is way smaller when using it as a midi controller, and there's so much less expression. This holds true in the Kontakt player standalone, and in several VSTIs used in Cubase.

Am I making a midi rookie mistake here? Could it have anything to do with CC controls? Ideally what I'm looking for is just having it set up to feel like a realistic piano (not so much synths).

Thanks for any suggestions!

 

[Paul Johnson]

The Roland’s and Yamahas all do this. They tailor the velocity curve to their sound generation system. Don’t forge5 in cubase the midi modifier section, velocity compression can help a great deal, but it’s still very easy to generate levels over 100 but have difficulty under 40 or so. Playing quiet is quite random sometimes.