I gig with my S970 and see that I have some flexibility to adjust the playback of an MP3 file either up or down 1-2 steps, I can adjust volume, etc...

I loaded some MP3s into Tyros and couldn't find any way to make those types of changes like I can on the PSR S970.

How would I do that on a Tyros 5?

Thank you....

Personally, I would recommend not using built in live MP3 transposition, especially downwards or slower (or both!). The quality compared to doing it offline with a good computer program is quite night and day.

If I anticipate that I might need to do a song in an alternate key (horn player friendly or a step lower for high keys that work me a bit hard in case I’m ragged out!), I’ll prepare a transposed MP3 in the computer using a high quality transposition program (or even better, prepare a new track from the multitrack files I use with only the pitched tracks transposed and the drums and percussion left at pitch) and label it SONG-1.MP3, SONG-2.MP3 etc.

If you ever play these pre-transposed tracks next to one the keyboard is transposing live, the huge improvement in quality will quickly become apparent… You’d be amazed!

It’s a pretty simple step when first preparing a track to run it through your computer’s transposition software. Might as well make it a habit on tracks you think might need it in the future.

DITTO!

Ha! I had no idea - none - zero - zip - that such a program existed.

I know that if I go more than +- 1 step it sounds HORRIFIC and unsuable...

Is there a transposition program you could recommend, Diki?

TY!!!

I’m Mac, so my recommendation might not be useful, but if I can’t go back to the original multitrack (where I use a Waves pitch transposition plug-in), Amazing Slowdowner handles pitch and time pretty well.

On Windows, I am sure any decent modern pitch and time software will suffice.

Thanks, Diki...

Coincidentally, I just ran into the same problem lowering the pitch of an MP3 on my pc for the same reason. I had a program called MP3 Key Shifter that I used for years, but lost. I downloaded Audacity, which is free, and found it to be even better. Even I found it simple to use, and that's saying something.

Reaper also has a free pitch transposition plug-in that can also can move formants as well as pitch. If your track has backing vocals it can help to shift those up the same amount you shift pitch down, and it can help avoid that ‘Barry White’ thing that makes down-pitched vocals sound unnatural…