The best way to figure that out is by experimenting. I did not know anything about these parameters in the synth rack either when I got Ivory, but I played around with them and was able to come up with some real nice sounding pianos. Everyone has different preferences so I don't think anyone can really tell you how to set the parameters on the Ivory. Just experiment with it and be patient and with time you'll find that you'll be able to get better sounds out of it. May the peace of God which passes all understanding gard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus. God bless you! Website http://www.nevillepeter.com email neville@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx phone 407-222-4488 -----Original Message----- From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Howerton, Brian Scott Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2010 4:52 AM To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [ddots-l] optomizing the response of ivory Hello, I am using the ivory VST Plugin within sonar. I would really like someone to answer this who uses ivory if at all possible to maybe help me go about doing this... I am trying to make my keyboard play like a piano so I will be able to use the full-extent of ivory... So basically I want to be able to optomize the response of ivory to work with my keyboard, but I really need help with doing this. I know that there are things to adjust such as dynamic range, tamber, and gain. I know that I will need to work with these to produce the best sound for my likeing. Then I know that I need to edit the velocity settings where I will be able to edit the hardness, the minimumand maximum velocity, and the arc type. I understand from what I am told that doing all these edits will change the feel of my keyboard and the way Ivory responds to my playing. I just need help doing all of these settings. I use two keyboards. My gigging keyboard is a yamaha s90ES and my studio keyboard is the motif ES8. Another question would be for both of my keyboards and the presets that I use in ivory, will I have to set these settings twice? One for one keyboard and another set of settings for the other keyboard for each preset that I use, or how does this work? I just really need help setting all of this because I am new at all of this, but I know that this needs to be done because the response of my keyboards are not quite right yet for the best results when using them with ivory. I know that they can be adjusted within the synth rack view in sonar in the ivory plugin, but how to do it and what to do I am not sure. I hope this all makes sense and I am sorry if I am not making myself clear. Thank you, BrianPLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=subscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subjectzq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq PLEASE READ THIS FOOTER AT LEAST ONCE! To leave the list, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type unsubscribe For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the immediately following link: ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq or send a message, to ddots-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and in the Subject line type faq