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dwhitejazz
Total Posts: 3
Joined 11-03-2008 status: Newcomer |
I love my Motif Rack ES, but one thing bothers me. Each one of the piano patches (e.g. “Full Grand”, “Piano&Strg;") sounds slightly out-of-tune to me. The effect seems more pronounced with greater velocity - striking the keys harder. It almost sounds like a chorus effect where two keys are playing the same note but the pitch is ever-so-slightly off. This may be a subjective issue since I know the Motif’s global settings (e.g. Utilities -> Tune) appear to be correct and this tuning issue doesn’t occur on other sounds such as Hammond B3’s or Rhodes patches. The only thing I have to compare it to is my S-90ES where the patch “Piano&Strg;” sounds just fine. Is this the exact same patch as the Motif Rack ES, or is the S-90ES layering its better sound instead? I hope someone out there understands what I’m hearing and can tell me if this is indeed a subjective issue or whether there is a global setting that I need to tweak. I think any “fix” would be a global setting because I hear this problem on all the piano patches. Thanks… Dave White |