From tande.adamson@btinternet.com Sat Nov 23 11:37:26 2002
Subject:Re: connecting two clones

--- In CloneWheel@y..., "Davide" wrote:
> I've just tried the ob (I've got the keyboard version) as upper
manual and
> a gem realpiano PRP7 as lower: I don't need to buy a secondary
keyboard...
>
> >In midi mode 2 the instrument receives on two separate midi
channels
> >across the entire keyboard range ( both upper and lower manual )
>
> no, I'm sorry but I have recently emailed to viscount. They told me
that if
> you want to use lower presets you have to switch on the buttons
enabling
> also the split ont the ob keyboard (also a 1-60 split!). The lower
instead
> can be without split. I've experimented the bass also reflects the
ob splits
> (oyu know that you can assign the bass split within the lower
limit). So ,
> if in order to use the most of the upper manual with ob, I chose a
1-60
> split, I can only use one key also for the bass!!! It's stupid but
that's
> the limit of this machine or... I'm so stupid I can't undertand.
> INSTEAD if i use the ob as a module (using two external keyboards
one for
> upper sounds another for lower) I don't experiment problems, so if
you have
> the module you can be happy and you'll not face those limits!
> regards
> davide
Hi Davide,
What happens if you don't split the upper manual, and then set the OB
to midi mode 2 , and then set your Gem to transmit on Midi channel 2?
According to the user manual the keyboard is the same as the module
apart from having keys of course.

By the way, as you have the Gem set up to play the OB, switch off
the Leslie and try some upper chords and then the same lower chords
to see what happens to the sound when the two chords are playing at
the same time.
Regards Thomas.