I can see how the general music listening public can say that an electronic synth is in tune…the unisons are pretty solid and the hammer voicing is quintessential of a grand piano. But, the tuning of unisons is only part of the tuning procedure. Intervals must be in tune as well, and as for that keyboard, the intervals didn’t even pass the PTG exam. Wow. What’s more, when a keyboardist layers a non-synth sound with piano, the two sounds will be out of tune with each other especially in the 7 octave range extremes.
I can see how the general music listening public can say that an electronic synth is in tune…the unisons are pretty solid and the hammer voicing is quintessential of a grand piano. But, the tuning of unisons is only part of the tuning procedure. Intervals must be in tune as well, and as for that keyboard, the intervals didn’t even pass the PTG exam. Wow. What’s more, when a keyboardist layers a non-synth sound with piano, the two sounds will be out of tune with each other especially in the 7 octave range extremes.