I have just noticed something, which I find quite amazing! When you are sitting at a real Piano or a Vibraphone and playing it, the sound comes from between one side of the instrument and the other, depending on where in front of you the note is struck. Unlike eg. a Trumpet, a Trombone or a Clarinet, (and even a Guitar), where all the sound comes from one place.
On my AR, I can 'Pan' a Piano or Vibraphone so it appears to come from 'left of stage or right of stage', but when I play individual notes they all originate from the same place (like the Trumpet or Trombone would).
But listen to this Vibraphone being played. The notes appear to come from somewhere between right and left depending on whether it is a higher note (to the right) or a lower note (to the left). I think you would have to wear headphones to notice this, and the reason why I picked it up is because I had my headphones on with the left and right channels the wrong way round and couldn't understand why lower notes were coming from the right, and higher notes from the left! Put my headphones round the other way and it sounded perfect! This has been played on a Tyros 4, so presumably both a Tyros 5 and Genos would do this.
Click this LINK to listen to what I am on about. Wear headphones .. you'll have to listen very carefully! I have repeated the extract so you get a second listen to it.
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Stereo separation when playing a Vibraphone
Now, I would like to know if any other keyboards or organs do this? I know that a Bohm does when playing Church Organ music, with pipes sounding from the left and right of centre when notes are played, making a very authentic and 'full' sound.
Hugh