I have a Krome 73 going through a Yamaha Stagepas 150. The problem I have is that different sounds "boom" in different areas of the keyboard. For pianos below C3; even if I just play one note instead of doubling the bass I have to try to use a very light touch otherwise it just takes over the whole sound.
OK, the obvious solution is to adjust the velocity curve and I have tried that with a limited amount of success.
But I have a sort of "opposite" problem with the EPs. The lower octaves are fine but it's from above C5 where the sounds are either completely piercing, or it sounds like I'm playing a doorbell. In the same range the pianos are fine so it seems it's not the global velocity that's the problem.
I don't have this problem with the Kronos 88. In desperation I'm thinking of the Kronos 61 but (a) I really don't want only 5 octaves and (b) if the problem is my touch on the synth action keys then that's an expensive way of not solving the problem. But I don't think it's my touch, because I also don't have the problem on either the Yamaha SY99 or Korg X3. For that reason I also don't think it's the amp.
Is the audio output stage different between the Krome and the Kronos? Could that be the problem? Perhaps I might need to set patch-specific filtering in the problematic ranges; is that a possibility? Has anyone else had a similar problem?
Problem with sounds "booming"
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Well, if anyone's interested, I solved this tonight. Turns out there are patch specific EQ settings on one of the patch Pages - around 5 or 6 I think. Surprise surprise the pianos had the LF EQ set up at around 8, and the EPs has the HF EQ also around 8. Dialled both down to 2 and this solved the problem.
I've never touched these settings so the programmers at Korg must have been using some really crappy speakers when programming these patches.
I've never touched these settings so the programmers at Korg must have been using some really crappy speakers when programming these patches.