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[geoelectro]

[voip]

Thanks geoelectro. I stand corrected. Apologies for wasting folks' time. There were some changes done here a while ago that allowed things to stay with the Combi.

[ronnfigg]

[voip]

It was probably as you say, ronnfigg, but there were other changes being made also, at the time, so my brain took one correct fact, mixed it with another that didn't work in this way, to synthesise a new "fact", wrong in this case. I delayed replying in the hope that exactly what was done would all return to me, to no avail. This basic ability of the brain to "mash up" ideas might be the essence of creativity, but doesn't work well for hard facts. The good thing is it gets worse as we get older!! ;-)

[swright]

I've got the drone to work by using the "hold" feature, set the range to C7 and above so it's out of the way of other sounds I'm playing, but the drone note is too high. I've tried to change the pitch for it to play an octave or two lower, but then the drone doesn't play at all for reason.

I'd also like to be able to change the note of the drone at different times throughout the song, and I can't figure out a way to make that work, other than creating another slot on the set list and hitting a different note to start the drone.

I've read some other suggestions on other forum topics, but some of it's a bit over my head. I only began using this beast of an instrument at my church last year, and it was basically being used for only piano and maybe a pad sound here and there, so I've learned a lot through YouTube, Google, this forum, and playing around, but some of the suggestions use a lot of tech talk that I'm not very familiar with

[GregC]

[swright]

I should have clarify that I am in combi mode. I have set the timber with the drone to a certain keyboard zone range, and I've attempted to change the pitch an octave lower. When I change the pitch, for some reason, the drone no longer plays when I hit the exact same note that it worked with before I changed the pitch. I do have a sustain pedal pedal.

[GregC]

[ronnfigg]

[ronnfigg]

[swright]

Yes, that's what I mean by changing the pitch. That's what I do when I want a certain timbre to play up or down an octave. Maybe there's a different way to do it, but that's what I've found.

I want to hit the C6 note for a drone, but I can't set the drone that low because then the other sounds I'm playing in the combi will get in the way. That's why I was trying to change the octave of that particular timbre.

The sustain pedal does nothing to the drone. The drone note will keep playing over the top of the other timbres I'm using in the combi, which is exactly what I want it to do. I can fade the volume all the way down with a slider, I can increase the volume back up with the slider, but I don't know a way to turn the drone note off and play another one or add another note to it.

The sticking something in the keys wouldn't work because I go up right to that point when playing the other timbres in the combi.

[ronnfigg]

I do this from time to time in a Combi. If you can find keys that you won't be using at the outer octaves. Make it a 1 note zone. If you're using a high C you will have to transpose the Timbre up if you want to put a lower note there. And just because you are using the high C doesn't mean the note can't be playing the sound of a high A or whatever. You can do this for multiple drones. You can turn them on and off with the physical Timber switch. And to make it drone- matchbook!
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[swright]

The problem is that when I change the pitch of the timbre with the drone note, there's no sound... It won't play.. if I take the pitch adjustment off, it plays. I've checked the keyboard zone. Works fine hitting, for example, C7 before I change the pitch. Doesn't play after I adjust the pitch... Makes no sense

[ronnfigg]