I'm having problem controlling the patches with the modulation wheel on my Roland XP-30 keyboard in the Dark Zebra. Everything worked fine when I was using the Axiom Pro 61 keyboard, as the modulation wheel would clearly open up the filters - which have the modulation wheel assigned to them - given the patches a very open and bright sound, but when I plug in the XP-30 the sound is way duller and nowhere near as bright as the Axiom. Just to make sure that I wasn't going crazy I tested it with both synthesizers after each other and it's a big difference.
So why is this the case and is there something I can do about, so I can continue to use my Roland XP-30, instead of the axiom? or should I be buying a separate midi controller for controlling parameters alongside the XP-30.
Modulation Wheel Dark Zebra
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- KVRAF
- 4197 posts since 23 May, 2004 from Bad Vilbel, Germany
Definitely hardware problem, then. Are you sure the Roland is sending MIDI CC? See the XP-30 manual, pages 86, 112 or wherever (I have no time to look more closely - your job 
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- KVRist
- 383 posts since 28 Jan, 2008
From Forum at http://www.harmonycentral.com/forum/for ... 8/361797-m :
"I used an XP-30 extensively for about 2.5 years. (am going to be selling soon, unfortunately) If there is anything that this keyboard is notorius for, it has to be the relative unresponsiveness of that stupid little mod lever. It does work excellently for pitchbend, but you have really push hard to get the modulation to work. I always feel like I'm going to break it. It also makes fine adjustments nearly impossible. Since I usually performed with the XP-30 using the Keys of the 60's and 70's exp. board, I needed to use mod to control the leslie effect on the organs. So, rather than fight the lever or have to take a hand off the keyboard to adjust the slider, I just use an expression pedal instead to control CC#1 (Mod). If you think that the lever is broken, I have seen replacement parts available on-line. This usually entails self-installation, so if you are uncomfortable with that, I would contact Roland, or the dealer you originally bought the board from."
"I used an XP-30 extensively for about 2.5 years. (am going to be selling soon, unfortunately) If there is anything that this keyboard is notorius for, it has to be the relative unresponsiveness of that stupid little mod lever. It does work excellently for pitchbend, but you have really push hard to get the modulation to work. I always feel like I'm going to break it. It also makes fine adjustments nearly impossible. Since I usually performed with the XP-30 using the Keys of the 60's and 70's exp. board, I needed to use mod to control the leslie effect on the organs. So, rather than fight the lever or have to take a hand off the keyboard to adjust the slider, I just use an expression pedal instead to control CC#1 (Mod). If you think that the lever is broken, I have seen replacement parts available on-line. This usually entails self-installation, so if you are uncomfortable with that, I would contact Roland, or the dealer you originally bought the board from."