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finally discovered a limitation of my Yamaha PSR-350 keyboard that just doesn't make sense in any universe

you see, it has a built-in distortion/amp simulation effect, which you can access it from the panel controls… BUT THE DRY SIGNAL IS MIXED BACK IN AND YOU CAN'T FIX THIS

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so it sounds like ASS it just completely sux. the dry signal also goes through the reverb but thankfully you can at least turn the reverb off.

now, here's the thing: it turns out you actually can adjust the dry/wet mix level. but ONLY via MIDI! and if you do that it sounds good!

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but like. yamaha. if you're gonna let the user select distortion from the panel, but not let them adjust the dry/wet mix level from the panel, then… why wouldn't you set it to 0% dry. why.

i would also understand making this effect only accessible via MIDI. but why this combo

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