 Great Flexibility with this Combo Stage Piano and Midi Controller |
| Review Date: July 25, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Dori in SF, San Francisco, CA |
Got this for my husband's birthday a year ago. He fell in love with it and it has been such an inspiration with his current album. We live in an upstairs apartment, and an upright standard piano is not an option, so this has been a wonderful compromise.
We've had no problems with keys or electronics. The included sustain pedal works like a charm. The onboard sounds are an excellent bonus (some of the best you'll hear, even in electric pianos costing $1000 more), but we use Reason, ProTools M-Powered, and additional midi packages to give us nearly limitless quality sounds (e.g., the Abbey Road package). Regarding the weighted keys, I was nervous about this and had my husband actually try out the playability at a local music store first. Turns out that we both prefer this weighting style to the standard light or no weighted keyboards like the Yamaha he'd be using for midi before. Try it first if you can, though, because it is definitely more like a standard piano - but just a tad more stiff.
One slight drawback - this is one HEAVY keyboard. I wouldn't expect to gig with it without a good quality case.
We are both multi-instrument entertainers and have been so impressed with this purchase. |
Excelent Piano
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| Review Date: April 10, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Freddy Barranco, Valencia - Venezuela |
| The best Stage Piano ever, so easy to handle, you don't need to break your head to learn how it work |
Awesome...
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| Review Date: July 12, 2006 |
| Reviewer: William Huston, atlanta |
I actully ordered this keyboard off zzounds.com.
they give you a free stand and pedal with the purchase. $599 total.
I had a casio with about 66 keys... i wanted something with awesome sound quality that i could take to a nice hotel and just set up and play...i also wanted something that could hook up to my macbook as a midi controller.
this thing is awesome. yes the keys seem heavy, but to me it just feels like im really playing a piano...
if u are running through hanon finger exercises your forearms will tire... but i guess its like that with all finger exercises...
seems to me like the weight of the keys is just surprising to say the least b/c you dont really know if its a keyboard you are playing or an actual piano.
ok so pros: i actully like the organ sound... if you listen to medeski martin and wood, you will like it too... it sounds almost the exact same... i think all of the sounds are really good actully... its a very fun piano to play... it also looks very professional... it hooks up to my mac beautifully. works on abelton live, logic express, and garage band. what more could u ask for? this thing is a digital piano, a midi controller, and even the demos that come with it are good enough to just listen to @ leisure...
and cons: the touch does kinda suck... the more i play the more frustrated i get... the touch to sound ratio is kinda rediculous... regardless of how light you touch it still plays the same degree of loudness... its also kinda heavy (66 lbs)... lol. in a way i think that just makes it even cooler... but for some people it would become a burden taking it here and there...
4 stars just b/c i dunno its only $600... |
Excellent MIDI controller, only OK sounds
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| Review Date: September 2, 2007 |
| Reviewer: ncrypted, Cordova, AK USA |
I'm quite happy with this one. The hammer action, although heavy, does give quite a bit of room for expression, given the velocity curves.
I bought it to run through synth modules, and into a PC for controlling soft-synths, so I wasn't too terribly interested in the built in sounds, which is good, because the built in sounds aren't all that great. The Grand Piano sounds tinny, and the "warm pad" left me cold. However, the Rhodes and Wulitzer e-piano sounds are decent, and the Clavinet is quite funky. In addition by using the layers, you can create some interesting sounds....
As a USB MIDI controller, though, it is nice, once you figure out how to get Windows to use the proper drivers. Don't do the same thing I did, and plug the keyboard into the computer before installing the drivers. Windows will use a generic driver, and no matter how many times you re-install the M-Audio drivers using the included CD, it will use the generic "USB Audio Device" driver. (If you were unfortunate enough to make that mistake in WinXP, uninstall the "USB Audio Device" in Device manager, unplug the USB connection, THEN install the M-audio drivers.)
BUT for controlling soft synths, VST instruments, and Propellerheads Reason, this is a nice hammer-action controller at a decent price. |
Great bang-for-buck digital piano/keyboard
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| Review Date: April 26, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Laplace Transform, Baltimore |
I am not a professional musician, just a hobbyist with a few years of instruction as a kid, and I like to play from time to time. I live in an apartment and wanted a keyboard with a quality piano sound that was portable, and would accept both PA speakers and headphones, could hook up to a laptop via usb and yes, looked good.
This keyboard meets all those criteria for me. I bought it used (but in nearly new condition) for $300 which included the pedal and an x-frame stand. The keys are a bit heavy and yes the touch classical pianists expect from an acoustic piano isn't there. But there is some velocity pickup, it isn't like playing a cheap casio synth.
The piano sound, which I use 99% of the time, is solid. You turn the board on, and you're there. Playing immediately. No setup, no pushing buttons, just sit down and play, which is great.
For the stage performer, while it is a bit heavy, I think it would work well although I've never used it in that capacity. The keys are big and well spaced, and there are some "panic" buttons where if you get off-track with your settings, you can just jump to a known setting with a click. Good thinking from M-Audio.
If you want more voices, you can patch this in to your computer or a rack and apply whatever voice you want, or something you've created. Flexibility to grow.
Not having speakers built in means you can have audio quality as great as your wallet can burden. I have some small M-Audio units and they're very very good. I'm not sure what the technical term is, but the spacial quality when you're playing right or left hand side of the keyboard is nice, not too extreme, just a bit left or right as it would be in an acoustic.
Overall, this unit does what it's advertised to do, and it does it quite well in my opinion, at a great price. You can easily pay $1000 and have a keyboard that isn't that much better. Before I purchased this I was looking at a Korg model, and happened to catch a band where the keyboardist was using one. He said he had tons of issues, two of the keys stopped working and it was heavy as heck. $3000 keyboards have issues too, even if they are covered by warranty. I think a more direct competitor of this is the Yamaha (P90?) and there is another model that's all silver and wood-like plastic, which also has a great sound. Of course, Yamaha's keys are made to feel like the keys on a Yamaha acoustic, so if you don't like that feel, it might not be for you. They are also a bit more pricey, but not by much. |
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