What DSP effects will add some "bark" to a Rhodes voice?

[PianoTone]

Hey there - I'm pretty new to DSP effects - I have a PSR-EW425 with a nice Rhodes voice, but it could use some "bark" in the low end; there are tons of DSP effects on this keyboard, but I don't know where to start with those - any recommendations? Here is a list of the DSP available to me:

01 Dual Rotary Speaker Bright Slow

02 Dual Rotary Speaker Bright Fast

03 Rotary Speaker Slow

04 Rotary Speaker Fast

05 Small Stereo Distortion

06 Small Stereo Overdrive

07 Small Stereo Vintage Amp

08 British Combo Classic

09 British Combo Top Boost

10 British Combo Heavy

11 British Legend Blues

12 British Legend Heavy

13 British Legend Clean

14 Stereo Amp Sim Crunch

15 Stereo Amp Sim Blues

16 Chorus 1 LFO

17 Chorus 3 LFO

18 Chorus 4 LFO

19 Chorus 5 LFO

20 Celeste 2 LFO

21 Symphonic LFO

22 Flanger 1 LFO

23 Vintage Phaser (Stereo)

24 Phaser LFO

25 E. Piano Phaser LFO

26 Auto Wah LFO

27 Auto Wah + Distortion

28 Clavi Touch Wah

29 Tremolo LFO

30 E. Piano Tremolo

31 Guitar Tremolo LFO

32 Ensemble Detune

33 Tempo Auto Pan LFO

34 Echo Lch Feedback

35 Cross Delay 1 Feedback

36 Cross Delay 2 Feedback

37 Compressor Medium

38 Compressor Heavy

39 3Band EQ EQ Mid

40 Harmonic Enhancer

41 Drums Room

 

[happyrat1]

Compressor, phaser, flanger.

One or two of those should do the trick.

Gary

 

[anotherscott]

Assuming you're talking about the bark that comes when you hit keys with higher velocity, it's a very specific sound, and the Yamaha uses samples, so if their samples don't include the "bark," it ain't there. I don't think there's any way to get anything close to that out of a standard effect. If the amp simulation or overdrive effects introduce more distortion as you play harder, you may get a little closer, in that the sound will get "dirtier" with a harder strike, but it still won't be the same as what happens on a Rhodes.

As for the suggestion above, compression after the other things I mentioned could conceivably help (if the keyboard permits that), by allowing you to get the more overdriven sound without necessarily increasing volume more than you might want, but I don't think phasing/flanging would come into play at all.

 

[delaware dave]

try one of these:

08 British Combo Classic

10 British Combo Heavy

11 British Legend Blues

12 British Legend Heavy

The bark isn't a result of the effect, its a result of striking the key hard. However those effects might help even though I'm not sure what they do, only guessing from the descriptions.

 

[PianoTone]

The 425 does have a very mild added “bark” with that voice; there is already a chorus DSP on there, I added a mild distortion for DSP2 and it sounded great for the low end not so much for the high; might try messing around with splitting the same voice (not sure I can apply a DSP to only the left voice though)

Thanks for all the suggestions!

 

[anotherscott]

The 425 does have a very mild added “bark” with that voice

If there is some bark built into the voice (i.e. the sample exists), that's good news, it gives you more to work with. You could try adjusting the velocity curve (touch response) so that it takes less force to trigger the higher velocities, which could help you get more of the bark (i.e. without having to hit the keys as hard).