About two decades back I got to play with a monophonic Roland synth that had a switch to set bend-up or bend-down to afeter touch. I wonder if this is a possible way around.

I normally take my left hand off the chords, but if the bend and the chord change come too close to each other, I have to compromise either the chord change or the bend.

BTW, one thing I like Korg over Yamaha is the joystick; I was never good at bending with the wheel by one semitone when the maximum was set to two. Never thought of assigning it to a pedal either. ..should give it a try.

Thanks
Shiral