PC3K8 Going Out Of Tune

Thanks for the great comments.  It happened again tonight at rehearsal.  Tuning problems in the middle of a set.  With a show on Friday, I’m sweating bullets now.  This is crazy.  

You said modulation wheel and it might be that, but I wonder if it can be related to the pitch bend wheel also.  I THINK there may be correlation with using the pitch bend more than the modulation.  Maybe both?  

I had it looked at last year and the tech could find nothing wrong with it and I can’t detect any mechanical flaws in either wheel.  Maybe there is a setting problem within a “set-up”?



From: 'Laurence Payne' [email protected] [KurzList] 
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2018 12:43 PM
To: [email protected] 
Subject: RE: [KL] DEEP SPACE effect

  

A hang while booting can be caused by detected input from a controller.   Coupled with the detuning problem – I’d suggest you had a good look at the modulation wheel and the wiring/connectors around it.


From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: 03 October 2018 22:17
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [KL] DEEP SPACE effect







Charlie et al, I love my PC3K8 but have had some weird things going on such as:


- suddenly it will detune certain programs with a set-up...strings will be flat, for example.  A shut down and restart of the keyboard solves the problem but takes almost a minute to complete.


- I have detected a slight “noise” coming from the outputs.  It’s subtle and not noticable in any live situation but there is definitely not a whisper clean output.  Something is going on and yes, I have used shielded, balanced cables.


- Once in a while, it will hangup during bootup and not even start up.  This has happened a few times, but evetually it will boot up, for some unknown reason.


I have wondered if any of these are “known issues” for the PC3K8.  I’m frustrated right now because there’s nothing worse than unreliability.  I took it in for service last year due to the start-up problem, but the tech, very experienced, could find nothing obviously wrong with it.


This is a puzzle and has me wanting something different, though I do love it when everything is operating as it’s supposed to.


Thanks.


David Berriman


From: Charlie Mann [email protected] [KurzList] 

Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2018 5:02 PM

To: [email protected] 

Subject: Re: [KL] DEEP SPACE effect


  

Hi Iacopo,

It sounds like you've got a wonderful piano module. I went searching through YouTube to find a demo of the Deep Space effect, but I couldn't find anything that specifically showed how it affects the sound.

Perhaps you could upload a demo to YouTube to let the rest of us hear how it sounds?

I'd recommend using a PC3K8 for a keyboard controller. It's got great weighted keys and a full 88 key bed.

Charlie



On 10/1/18 7:59 AM, [email protected] [KurzList] wrote:

    hi, 

      

  How are you?


       

  inside micropiano I found an effect called DEEP SPACE. 

  it reminds me pink Floyd. 


  could you help me to remind the song title? 


  thanks 


  Iacopo