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After touch, how does it work!?


Zephyr
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Aftertouch is a MIDI parameter that is initiated on certain keyboards when you press into the key.

There are two kinds of aftertouch: Channel and Note.

Most Aftertouch capable keyboards use Note-Aftertouch, many DAWs use Channel Aftertouch because it's difficult to write in the aftertouch for a single note when many notes could be graphically layerd atop one another.

It is a rare thing for a synth or virtual instrument to use aftertouch as it's not standard on MIDI keyboards, but the ones that do and that also have good programming can be used to create very compelling performances.

My main electric guitar library uses aftertouch often times as a vibrato control, letting me play a note and then ease into a vibrato layer.

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