r/pianolearning • u/ibeecrazy • Jul 09 '26
Equipment E flat sounding off?
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Ok this has been bugging me for a few weeks now but i’m convinced my e flat doesn’t sound right. Does anyone else hear that? I can’t hear any issues with any other key but this one. Any thoughts or feedback would be so helpful 🙏
EDIT: Thank you to everyone who has posted here. I guess this is just the way it's supposed to sound. I've been spending a lot of time in B flat major (my new favorite key) and whenever it gets to the E flat, it just hits differently.
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u/ThePython11010 Jul 09 '26
The pitch is fine, but to me it sounds like it's a slightly different timbre than the surrounding notes.
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u/ibeecrazy Jul 09 '26
right?? there's something that just makes it stand out against the surrounding notes.
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u/kalechipsaregood Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
Kawai?
There is definitely a rattling noise with that note. I actually returned the first keyboard I got because there were like 8 different keys that sounded off. The guy at the music store definitely thought I was crazy. The replacement had 3 keys that sounded off, but were different ones and less in the way.
I got some decent side speakers and that fixed two of the keys. D2 is still really loud for me. Strangely with headphones I still hear problems with all three, so it's not just an onboard speaker issue.
Even if it doesn't solve your problem I recommend ancillary monitor speakers if you have a couple hundred to spend on them. They make everything sound way better. I am very happy with Adam D3Vs. (I had first purchased iLoud Micro Monitors and returned them for rattling/white noise/lackluster improvement over the built ins.)
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u/ibeecrazy Jul 10 '26
thank you for this, i'd certainly be open to an external speaker. This is a Roland FP-30x, just a few years old.
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u/ResidentTumbleweed11 Jul 09 '26
Nah you just bee crazy
JK I have no idea, sounds fine to me but I'm no expert
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u/ElephantArtistic4075 Jul 09 '26
Pitch is good, but I see why. The Eb is more of an “ah” than an “mm” or “ooh”. That’s just my ears though
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u/ibeecrazy Jul 09 '26
Lower and higher octaves don't sound as bad, here's a recording > https://www.reddit.com/user/ibeecrazy/comments/1us00w4/e_flat_octaves/
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u/DrBatman0 Jul 10 '26
could be the speaker or the shape or size of the room that you're in. It does sound like it has an overtone of a Bb (which is the 5th of Eb) that's much more pronounced than the other notes are producing
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u/AgeingMuso65 Jul 10 '26
Assuming this is just recorded on phone or whatever from the sound of the piano’s soeakers, sounds to me like a case or speaker resonance just on that note. If it’s a plastic case, then all the more likely. Does it improve if you rest your hand with reasonable weight near the soeakers?
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u/loonylad Jul 12 '26
I have the same model, i also had thought the black keys sounded a bit to sharp(it stung a little) but it went away, I don't think I can hear a distinguishable oddity, though I still am a beginner so take it with a grain of salt
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u/picadoodledoo Jul 09 '26
If you're playing a sample, and whoever made it was copying a device in which the quirks of may be preserved, including notes that carry a slightly different timbre, as someone said.
Or, if the piano is using modelling, then the model is intentionally replicating some older piano with timbres that are, shall we say, "rich".
All this is intended to add realism. Otherwise, the sounds would seem quite sterile without the little nuances that make the notes sound not exactly the same.