Saw your thumbnail and immediately believed that I'd the simplest, clearest answer. Not disappointed. Thanks
@leo.nordmann7 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!! simple and quick answer to my question :) Thumbs up!
@mantenbrink5 жыл бұрын
for people asking if it changes the sound. It doesn't change the sound, just the feel that you're not hitting a brick wall but more like a soft cushion instead. For the people that use their brains a bit more: of course it can change the power of the sound by the way the aftertouch works. More of this is better explained in replies to comments from uploader
@Acervorochagames4 жыл бұрын
The best explaination. :D
@Prizm446 жыл бұрын
It's great to see the mechanism, but the video doesn't explain how this affects the sound.
@EricJohnsonA6 жыл бұрын
It primarily affects the touch - which does affect the tone, but in ways that are too complicated and too nuanced to explain in a video.
@EricJohnsonA6 жыл бұрын
check my reply to Wenneguen below
@briandoepke44934 жыл бұрын
Please slow it down, cant really see the motion after letoff because you play the key too fast. :-)
@LukeWatts855 жыл бұрын
I've just started getting into synthesizers. Does anyone know if this is what aftertouch means in synthesizers and MIDI keyboards also? Thanks!
@jamesharrison3425 жыл бұрын
Luke Watts , the answer to your question is no. On a synthesizer, aftertouch comes from an additional pressure sensor. There is a velocity reading taken when the key is pressed. Once the key is down synthesizers with aftertouch has a pressure sensor. The pressure applied to the keybed can be used to modulate different synth parameters such as lfo pitch modulation, filter cutoff and similar effects.
@LukeWatts855 жыл бұрын
@@jamesharrison342 Yeah I've since gotten a midi keyboard with after touch and it all makes more sense now. Shouldn't be called the same thing though. Causes alot of confusion for beginners
@GL1zdA Жыл бұрын
I’ve viewed like half a dozen of videos about pianos having exactly the same question. Now I finally know the answer.
@GL1zdA Жыл бұрын
For those interested, the polyphonic aftertouch in synths is a bit like aftertouch in a clavichord, where pressing the key after playing the note changes the pitch of the sound. So if you are looking for the source of the term aftertouch in synths, you have to look for an instrument few centuries older than the piano.
@EternalDestiny483 жыл бұрын
Does aftertouch make a big difference in sound vs not having it?
@EricJohnsonA3 жыл бұрын
Well...yes, but not necessarily as a separate regulation. It's kind of complicated...it makes a BIG difference to the player so too much or too little aftertouch really affects the way the player manipulates the key and therefore the tone. But just regulating aftertouch a little does not necessarily have an impact.
@TubeOzaurus Жыл бұрын
So it means that AFTERTOUCH influences the sound/tone INDIRECTLY by affecting the playing of the pianist via mechanical feedback?
@hppaviliona1700la6 жыл бұрын
Sorry. I didn't understand the term. Is aftertouch a distance? A sound effect? A mechanism? what is it? Also, if it is anything like the aftertouh of a clavichord, what is it that makes the string "stretch" and "compress" to achieve the vibrato?
@EricJohnsonA6 жыл бұрын
As I said in the video: aftertouch is the distance the key travels after letoff.
@EricJohnsonA6 жыл бұрын
The term as used in piano technology is not related to the function of a clavichord action
@LiquidSnake19887 жыл бұрын
i bought a branded piano that goes on sale. It doesnt have this and i dont know what it call until today. I went back th the shop and they said that it was for a kid! Is there a way to install it? add something to it?
@dimitridehouck95067 жыл бұрын
It's just a regulation problem. You can raise the capstan if it's a grand or move the hamer rest rail more inwards if it's an upright.
@YLAG6 жыл бұрын
Formula one after touch?
@EricJohnsonA6 жыл бұрын
Ha! I wish. More like truck and commuter rail traffic
@YLAG6 жыл бұрын
Eric Johnson hehe sounds like that on my bose headphone
@Wenneguen6 жыл бұрын
I don't get how this can affect the sound ?
@EricJohnsonA6 жыл бұрын
There are many variables. For example if you have excessive aftertouch because the letoff is set too low(wide) then you are loosing power. If you have too little aftertouch because of shallow keydip, you loose power because the key doesn't go completely through its travel. Too much aftertouch because of too much keydip doesn't affect tone very much but makes the piano much more difficult to play, affecting tone.