Portable Piano Keyboard
Professional sound effects

Portable Piano Keyboard - All the electronic keyboards nowadays come with a wide range of sound effects. The use of Sound effects, also known simply as effects, is what separates an average song from a professional one. Take any song or background score and you will find the use of effects in them. These effects do not change the sound fundamentally but it enhances the sound so much that you find it sounding very richer.

There are almost hundreds of effects available; of course nobody uses them all in one song and not all the effects are available on all the keyboards. The more expensive ones do have a wide range though. We will look at some of the effects which are common in most keyboards.

Common effects
Reverb, chorus, and Echo are the ones which you can practically find on all the portable electronic Keyboards. Delay, Phasing (swirling effect), Flanging, Harmony, Arpeggio, Panning and Vocoders are the effects found in most of the high end models.

Pitch bend and modulation
Two well known effects found on practically all the keyboards are pitch bend and modulation control. Pitch bend, also known as pitch shifter or pitch bender does what it says. It bends up or down whatever notes you play. By default, it shifts the notes by a semitone but it is possible to specify your own range. Modulation makes the pitch wobble; it gives a kind of vibrato effect to the notes played.

Vocal Harmony
All the high end portable piano keyboards and electronic keyboards have the option to connect a microphone to let you sing along. The range of effects available on such keyboards also includes some very good vocal effects, which when applied to your vocals can produce a very enriching sound.

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