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I recently bought a second hand CDP-230R and found something does not sound right: There is a rare aka-bell sound that sounds only on three keys in piano tones. The problem indeed occurs with several tones, actually it happens almost in all Piano-related tones. I did an extensive research and found something really weird: The issue is not consistent, it means the rare bell sounds changes between close-by keys when the tone changes but without a pattern. Let me explain with some examples: With tone 001, The rare bell sounds occur in Ab, A and Bb (as I mentioned before, close to the middle C) With tone 006, The rare bell sounds occur in G, Ab and A With tone 007, The rare bell sounds occur in B, Bb and C If I use the transpose function, the bell sound moves up and down, but if I use the pitch bend weel it does not move. I already restored to factory settings but the same. I contacted Casio Support and told me: "This is a natural part of the sound, originating from the piano that was sampled to create the sound. Therefore, it would be reproduced the same way on all CDP-230R units.".."What you are hearing are some subtle harmonic overtones, which were present in the original piano that was sampled to create the tones. They are a normal part of the sample, so there is no need for concern." The question for the forum are: Have you ear the same issue in your CDP-230R? The issue in my piano is affecting my performance because the sub-harmonics make a big distortion playing alone. Is there a way to re-map piano sounds? I upload a recorded video sample to illustrate this issue. Thanks a lot 001 Ab-A-Bb.mp4

Mello Piano - reduced Bell Tone View File This is an attempt to get rid of the harsher high end that some people perceive as a "bell tone". There is filtering on the high end and then boosts with the master EQ in an attempt to get back some of which was filtered. Submitter aron Submitted 05/03/2016 Category Privia PX-5S