MIDI Volume in Yamaha PSR E313

[k***@gmail.com]

Dear Friends,

I connected my Yamaha PSR E313 to my PC through M-Audio MIDI to USB
cable. I am able to play music and record MIDI through Ableton Live.
But the velocity of each note recorded in Ableton is very low, i.e.,
80 . I tried disabling touch response, harmony, reverb etc. in my
keyboard, but the velocity is recorded as 80. I tried the same thing
in FL Studio 6. Here too, I got low velocity recording for each key
pressed in my keyboard.

Is there a setting in Yamaha PSR E313 to increase the MIDI velocity
for each note (say 120) ? Or, is this something to do with the MIDI
cable? Any advice?

Thanks,
Sharf

[Günter Nagler]

your manual tells that it has a setting called "Touch Sensitivity" that
you could set to hard (3). And there should be a button "Touch Response"
that should be turned on, that your played touch sensitivity is used.

It has nothing to do with midi cable, the velocity values are generated
by your keyboard.

If you search for an online pdf manual about your keyboard then you can
find anything written about "touch" in it.

Post by k***@gmail.com
I connected my Yamaha PSR E313 to my PC through M-Audio MIDI to USB
cable. I am able to play music and record MIDI through Ableton Live.
But the velocity of each note recorded in Ableton is very low, i.e.,
80 . I tried disabling touch response, harmony, reverb etc. in my
keyboard, but the velocity is recorded as 80. I tried the same thing
in FL Studio 6. Here too, I got low velocity recording for each key
pressed in my keyboard.
Is there a setting in Yamaha PSR E313 to increase the MIDI velocity
for each note (say 120) ? Or, is this something to do with the MIDI
cable? Any advice?

[Pete]

Post by k***@gmail.com
Dear Friends,
I connected my Yamaha PSR E313 to my PC through M-Audio MIDI to USB
cable. I am able to play music and record MIDI through Ableton Live.
But the velocity of each note recorded in Ableton is very low, i.e.,
80 . I tried disabling touch response, harmony, reverb etc. in my
keyboard, but the velocity is recorded as 80. I tried the same thing
in FL Studio 6. Here too, I got low velocity recording for each key
pressed in my keyboard.
Is there a setting in Yamaha PSR E313 to increase the MIDI velocity
for each note (say 120) ? Or, is this something to do with the MIDI
cable? Any advice?

Actually '80' is *not* particularly low. The maximum is 127, so you're
well above half-volume. (On my Privia, turning touch off sets velocity
at '90'.)

Is it fixed at exactly 80? If so, somehow you have touch response off.
Be sure you're using a voice that *has* touch response -- it's possible
that this will affect keyboard touch as well (though it should only be
in the sound engine, not the key output).

If you're sure that touch is nominally 'ON', and you're still not
getting any variation, I'd suspect your unit is faulty. [But also
read your manual again... (:-/)]

In any case, the velocity you're seeing in software is a result only
of the keyboard itself. Nothing later in the chain will change that
(unless you have an app that specifically does!).

-- Pete --

[c***@gmail.com]

Hey Sharf,

I know this is 5 years late, but I cant get my psr-e313 working in Ableton and I dont know why. Just wanted to see if maybe you could help me out. I have E-MU midi 1x1 Tab midi to usb cords. I can send you pics of my what my midi preferences look like as well.