Roland XP-30 Tuning

[plummet]

My bandmates tell me that my keyboard has a tuning problem. They say my keyboard is about a half step below, and that my tunign wavers. Sometimes up and sometimes down. Halfway through a set it will go out of tune. I'm not so sure about this but I do know that we as a band are out of tune. The guys (guitar and bass) say they are out of tunre together. I wouldn't even know where to look to tune this so any assistance you guys can give me would be appreciated. It is 1 year and a half old, by the way. Roland appears to have no tech support of any kind so if you can point me in that direction that would also be helpfull.
Thanx

Bill Grant
www.tamedbychaos.com

[JoelEric26]

I would seriously doubt that your Roland is having tuning issues. Old analog gear will drift occsionally and usually had a tuning knob, but an XP-30 should never drift.

Run your XP through a tuner and see what it shows.

I'm not sure what you meant by "they guys say they are out of tune together" . . . but it sounds as if the other guys you play with may be the problem and not the digital keyboard as they claim.

If it does turn out to be the board then there is something wrong that will need a service trip because even if you did adjust the master tune it should not be affected over the course of a song.

[plummet]

Well see they mean that they are in tune with each other, but out of tune with the keyboard. Is there a battery likea CMOS type battery that controls settings like the master tune? If I go to a tuner with my keyboard everything turns out fine. I don't know.
Bill
www.tamedbychaos.com

[mikeh]

If the XP30 is indeed detuning in mid song, there is a problem that only a qualified tech can address. Idoubt tha the XP battery would casue that type of probem - and the xp30 haven't been out that long so the battery should have more life.

When you check your board thru a tuner - it is the same tuner the guitar players use?? I have seen many times when different people use different tuners and the tuners don't hit 440 the same way.

[Jblount]

Strangely enough, I have used that keybord too, and it also went out of tune. Although, I took a tuner, tuned it to 440 (c) and it stayed in tune for the song for the most part. However when I turned it off and back on, then it was tuned to a different pitch, sometimes more than 12 cents one way or the other. At first I thought it was my ears. Then I tryed to blame everyone else. Then I realized what it was doing. It was really weird. I just tossed it up to being that particular bord. I guess all of them do it. It is a shame because I use lots of Roland equipment and have been very happy with most of it.

[dion@fleitas.us]

I've had my xp-30 for about 4 years. This last week this very same problem started. I used a guitar tuner on it. WHen I play A, the guitar tuner says 440. But suddenly it changes to 445. After a while it comes back to 440. There is no time pattern, the keyboard does this randomly.
Any thoughts?
Thanks,
Dion (dion@fleitas.us)

[dion@fleitas.us]

Hi folks, I've just fixed the tuning problem on my xp-30. It was the pitch bender. I opened the back of the xp-30 (took the screws off) and disconnected the pitch bender cable (it can be done easily). This was enough for me since I've never used the pitch bender in any music I've played.

Apparently, the damaged bender was sending wrong signals to the system.

If you really need the bender, I think you could easily order it and replace it by yourself.

Dion