Jokeyman123 Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Had a bit of a surprise playing my XW-P1 yesterday. While going through the factory performances and sequences, I noticed my keyboard (live main sound) tones were out of tune in relation to the accompaniment sounds. Very noticeable-not a whole step, but just enough out to be sounding pretty unpleasant-almost a full half-step off. Then the main tones somehow drifted back into proper pitch while I tried different tones to see if all the different tone banks were affected. To clarify-the overall pitches of the individual tones were ok as played solo, as were the accompaniment tones-but in relation to each other-and i did not change any settings from the factory presets, and not all tones did this. I am running it off batteries when this happens, but the batteries are relatively new, not getting any low battery messages. Surprised as I 've p;layed this for several years now and this has not happened before. Has anyone had this problem with the XW? At least it is mimicking successfully-the old analog keyboards which would drift out of tune, but this is digital! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XW-Addict Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 My situation when expiriencing out of tune sound was with the bender wheel which hanged slightly down because it didn't fit properly in the hinge. Much later when putting attention to it I've noticed it was always the culprit all along. Although it might not be the reason why you're sound out of tune check the wheel none the less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokeyman123 Posted November 11, 2018 Author Share Posted November 11, 2018 Pitch and mod wheels are in the proper positions-it has been "resting" for a few weeks as I'v been focused on the PX560. I will move the wheels around again and see if that is the problem-I keep it covered and in a dry but not overly warm place. Thanks XW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Saucier Posted November 11, 2018 Share Posted November 11, 2018 Yes, anytime pitch issues come up and the pitch bend wheel has not been used in a while, that is the number one suspect. Move it up and down enough to self clean it and it should be fine after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sslyutov Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 I do not suspect the pitch bend controller since when the drift happens moving the wheel does not solve the problem. I relate this issue to two factors - an age and not using the instrument for quite a while. The problem solved by itself (recently experienced the once). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jokeyman123 Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 Seems fine now, it's not too old, and i do play it quite a bit. Guess even digital oscillators aren't perfect. I keep it covered to keep dust out-and unplugged to keep power surges out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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