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jimsweb Senior Member
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 9:20 pm Post subject: pa900 screen touch sensitivity |
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Is there a way to improve the touch sensitivity of pa900? it seems it's not as good as my cellphone touch screen.. _________________ Life's music - www.myoozic.com |
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DonM Platinum Member
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Posted: Thu Sep 18, 2014 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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You can calibrate it. Instructions in manual.
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jimsweb Senior Member
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:08 am Post subject: |
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i did calibrate my pa900 couple of times. but it doesn't seem to be useful. _________________ Life's music - www.myoozic.com |
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BillyHank Senior Member
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 1:13 am Post subject: |
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The sensitivity can not be changed on the Pa900.
I found using one of those stylus pens works every time. |
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Reuben Platinum Member
Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 1613 Location: Sydney, Australia
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 9:02 am Post subject: |
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Turn your hand over and use the tip of a fingernail - works every time. |
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Snorkum Senior Member
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Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 10:47 am Post subject: |
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You cannot use your finger like on the cell phone. The cell phone has a capacitive screen the PA does not. Two different type of touch screens. Reuben is correct, use the tip of your fingernail. I never have a problem and it works great. _________________ The only stupid questions are the questions that have not been asked.
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Thoraldus Platinum Member
Joined: 28 Nov 2010 Posts: 2061 Location: Rocky Mountains - SE IDaho
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 7:46 am Post subject: |
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Reuben wrote: | Turn your hand over and use the tip of a fingernail - works every time. |
+1 _________________ ”It’s easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.”
Johann Sebastian Bach
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Rick Stirling - Retired Electrical Engineer - Erstwhile Photographer
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karmathanever Platinum Member
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 11:47 am Post subject: |
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Reuben wrote: | Turn your hand over and use the tip of a fingernail - works every time. |
+2 _________________ PA4X-76, Karma, WaveDrum GE, Fantom 8 EX
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jimsweb Senior Member
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 8:36 pm Post subject: |
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OK
But i guess, korg should have made it little more touch responsive since pa900 is not a $100 toy. _________________ Life's music - www.myoozic.com |
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Dikikeys Guest
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 9:18 pm Post subject: |
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I must admit, my friend's PA3X (and I guess the PA900 is a similar type of screen) is MUCH harder to work accurately than my old G70's screen was. Whatever Roland chose was by far the better type of screen.
Unfortunately, I like to trim my nails VERY close to avoid shocks to my fingers through the nail when playing hard, so the 'use your nails' thing never worked for me!
Hopefully, Korg can look into different types of screens for the next generation... Once nearly everything you want to do revolves around those, their responsiveness and accuracy is paramount. The G70/E80 shows that such screen types DO exist...
BTW, this isn't just a PA3X/PA900 problem. I have played Korg's Kronos and found it quite hard to operate well. Only the Performance screen had selection areas large enough to accurately use them (but there aren't that many on one page, so are pretty big), but the general editing pages, the text is quite small (much smaller than most PA3 screens) and is quite difficult to hit accurately with a finger while playing. I guess a stylus is probably the answer to these too, but it's tough to hold one of those AND play at the same time!
Were I a Korg user, I'd be all over Korg to improve this... It's your primary access to the OS |
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Giner Platinum Member
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Posted: Sat Sep 20, 2014 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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Not sure how the newer screens stack up, but the older ones were a dead loss in bright outdoor conditions. Even cobbling together a makeshift shade doesn't do much for them. _________________ When I nod my head . . . Hit it!
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Snorkum Senior Member
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 12:47 am Post subject: |
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Again, even with trimmed fingernails, I have no problems. It works like a charm. All you have to do is hit it with top of your fingernail. I don't understand what the big fuzz is all about. Just remeber there is so much information on the screen. I don't know about the Roland screen, so I cannot comment on it, having used alot of touch screens, for being a non capacitive screen this works great. At least on my keyboard. _________________ The only stupid questions are the questions that have not been asked.
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karmathanever Platinum Member
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Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 1:46 am Post subject: |
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jimsweb wrote: | But i guess, korg should have made it little more touch responsive since pa900 is not a $100 toy. |
Personally would hate it to be more sensitive - the Korg i30 was more sensitive and would always respond to finger-tip, however when I bought my PA1XPro it seemed more like pressing harder to get it to respond - I got into the "fingernail" habit and much prefer the accuracy and response reliability - also applies to my Kronos.
Pete _________________ PA4X-76, Karma, WaveDrum GE, Fantom 8 EX
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pinchoaltuna
Joined: 21 Apr 2015 Posts: 1 Location: LA PLATA - ARGENTINA
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 1:06 pm Post subject: |
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I just got a new pa900 and before reading this post, couldn´t pop the page menu (up right on the screen). i soupouse this happens because of its extreme location. tested both solutions suggested: calibration and pointing with a stylus. the first didnt help; the second works every time. thank you all. |
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jimsweb Senior Member
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Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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korg has a long way to go on the touch screen side. _________________ Life's music - www.myoozic.com |
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