random pitchiness- Telematic

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scooter
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random pitchiness- Telematic

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Great sounding samples but I'm experiencing occasional pitch problems.
I mean I can never get my own guitar in tune as it is. Are they just trying to make me feel at home, or what??

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Re: random pitchiness- Telematic

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So you are saying M5 is playing notes out of tune not just out of key? I find if you play the one note method of playing keys they will play non-diatonic progressions with major chords. I do not play that way so I do not care much. I also noticed that if the velocity you hit the keys can change the sound it plays back to the point that the sample does not sound well with the other ones, it takes a little discipline to get it smooth. I play better guitar than keyboard any ways.

I have to :rtfmmad: more but is there a way to make it stay in a key? So as to play major and minor chord tones to stay diatonic to a key? What about blues?
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Re: random pitchiness- Telematic

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. I also noticed that if the velocity you hit the keys can change the sound it plays back to the point that the sample does not sound well with the other ones, it takes a little discipline to get it smooth. I play better guitar than keyboard any ways.
I see what you're saying and maybe I need to read up on it. Maybe it acts like a guitar the harder you press down on a key relates to how a string becomes sharper when a guitar player presses the note down harder. But what I was experiencing was totally random. It had nothing to do with key aftertouch or MIDI volume. I just had to repeat recording the MIDI info 3 or 4 times until it got the pitch right. I was just wondering if anyone else noticed this.

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