This seems to be an error/mistake/laziness on the part of Roland.Per wrote:Aftertouch is completely broken on the 8. Not only does it require immense pressure that will break the keybed and injure your hands to activate resulting in a hard 0-128 instantly with no slope, it requires even more pressure when more keys are being pressed!
Some calibration tools and options in the OS would solve this as clearly there’s a software component involved as well as the hardware (if it were hardware only then pressing extra keys would either make it easier to achieve aftertouch or result in no change in pressure)l so there’s no excuse to not fix this.
I've A/B checked some of the programs-in-common against a FA-06 ... and all of the parameters are the same, even those affecting after-touch, which is odd considering that the FA does not have an after-touch capable key-bed.
I've done only a little experimentation so far, but I am finding it possible to alter parameters in such a way that it makes after touch far more effective.