Hi Dennis,
I use a variety of setups with sometimes all three uppers being used and usually one or two uppers with damper assigned. I think it might have something to do with the type of sound in the lower because it only does it if a continuous type sound like strings, organs, pad sounds who's sound is present as long as the lower keys are held down, as opposed to decaying type sounds like piano or vibes. The problem has never occured with a decaying type sound selected in lower.
Yes, you're right that one work around is to be sure to release the damper pedal before pressing ending one. The trouble is in the heat of battle playing live it is one more thing to remember while trying to catch the timing just right to initialze the ending. Plus, I'm not getting any younger so I try not to clutter up my feeble mind to much.
Another work around would be to never program a sound of continuous nature in lower, or if I do, then be sure to uncheck the lower damper box
and do all lower sustaining by holding the lower keys down.
I used to have a Tyros 2 which had similar settings (upper 1,2,3 and lower) with assignable damper and never had this problem.
It doesn't do it with ending 2 or 3 that I can tell, just ending 1.
This could potentially be a bug, I'm just not sure.
Mostly with these kind of settings I play light jazz, sometimes solo, sometimes duo with a jazz guitarist, so the sounds and nuances can be quite critical. When I play with my five piece jazz band I never use styles or intros, endings or any of that stuff so it's not an issue then.
If you or anyone who has a PA800 wanted to try duplicating this problem I'd be curious what you find out.
Anyhow, I really appreciate your thoughtful interest and feedback.
Thanks again,
Jim
