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
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?
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.
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.
@@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
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.
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.
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?
Saw your thumbnail and immediately believed that I'd the simplest, clearest answer. Not disappointed. Thanks
Thank you!!! simple and quick answer to my question :) Thumbs up!
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
The best explaination. :D
It's great to see the mechanism, but the video doesn't explain how this affects the sound.
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.
check my reply to Wenneguen below
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?
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.
Please slow it down, cant really see the motion after letoff because you play the key too fast. :-)
Does aftertouch make a big difference in sound vs not having it?
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.
So it means that AFTERTOUCH influences the sound/tone INDIRECTLY by affecting the playing of the pianist via mechanical feedback?
I've just started getting into synthesizers. Does anyone know if this is what aftertouch means in synthesizers and MIDI keyboards also? Thanks!
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.
@@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
I’ve viewed like half a dozen of videos about pianos having exactly the same question. Now I finally know the answer.
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.
Formula one after touch?
Ha! I wish. More like truck and commuter rail traffic
Eric Johnson hehe sounds like that on my bose headphone
I don't get how this can affect the sound ?
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.
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?
As I said in the video: aftertouch is the distance the key travels after letoff.
The term as used in piano technology is not related to the function of a clavichord action