I have a Korg Triton LE and a Korg X3. At our band practice the other night, both the guitarist and bassist tuned to their tuners 2 or 3 times...but we kept hearing something slightly out of tune. They thought my keyboards might be out slightly. I really doubted it....especially not BOTH of them..that would be unheard of. But..I plugged each keyboard into their tuner..and it read out as A=440..right on the money....so in mind..it's not the keys.
They said it's more apparent on the organ sounds and strings sounds..while the piano sounds are pretty much in tune.
I said I'd go online and research it..just to make sure. Does anyone out there have knowledge of "slight variations in pitch" for patch to patch.
Is it possible for one patch to be in tune...and another slightly off....I don't think that can happen. I could believe the whole keyboard could be off by a tad....but even that would indicate a problem like a wek power supply or something like that...right???
Just grasping at straws here.....any ideas out there??
Thanks
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Possible slight pitch problems??
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You can adjust the tuning on individual oscillators in program mode. Next time you hear something out of tune, go see if that's the case.
Also, some B3 patches might use vibrato (on an original B3, there are 3 vibrato settings and 3 chorus settings; you can use only one of those at a time), and other patches could use vibrato as well, either set up as an effect, caused by aftertouch, or various other modulations (the joystick -Y is often set to cause vibrato; if your joystick isn't perfectly calibrated, it could be slightly into the -Y range and could be triggering vibrato). Also, the chorus effect produces a sound where your original sound is duplicated, with the copies slightly out of tune with the original.
In short, yes, there are a large number of ways to get slight pitch modification. Most of the time this is desirable; you'd have to figure out which method(s) were changing the pitch and whether you wanted those or not.
Also, some B3 patches might use vibrato (on an original B3, there are 3 vibrato settings and 3 chorus settings; you can use only one of those at a time), and other patches could use vibrato as well, either set up as an effect, caused by aftertouch, or various other modulations (the joystick -Y is often set to cause vibrato; if your joystick isn't perfectly calibrated, it could be slightly into the -Y range and could be triggering vibrato). Also, the chorus effect produces a sound where your original sound is duplicated, with the copies slightly out of tune with the original.
In short, yes, there are a large number of ways to get slight pitch modification. Most of the time this is desirable; you'd have to figure out which method(s) were changing the pitch and whether you wanted those or not.
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