Digital Pianos

Thank you so much - I now actually understand what the connection between all these things are! Before, the only music technology I had used was notation programs and although I had read the threads with people asking which software was best for various things, I couldn't work out how they interacted together. Thank you! x

Yamaha Digital Piano CVP 307 is best, i use..

Originally Posted by tonaltraveller

Being accostomed to having a piano of my own that I can play whenever I so wish, it is a huge trial for me to be living in London where no flat that I can afford has the space for my piano. In addition to this, practice rooms in London charge extortionate rates and are always booked up.

I have thus come to the decision that the solution is a digital piano on a stand, that can be placed on my desk, or just take up too much space and then be put away when I'm not playing. I guess this also means I won't have to keep finding a new piano whenever I move (which is frequently).

Anyway - my question is this: which digital piano is best?! I am completely out of my element when it comes to electronic instruments! I have been told that Yamahas are the way to go, but I'm not sure which model produces the best sound quality/has the best key action (weighted of course) etc .....

..... I hope someone can help because I'm going crazy not being able to play 24/7 like I used to! x

Given the space that you have, I best thing I could suggest would either a Casio Privia or M-Audio Pro Keys 88 hooked up to your computer via MIDI with an awesome sounding plugin, such as Native Instruments Acoustic Piano. M-Audio is easier to hook up to a computer as it supports USB but can also be connected via traditional MIDI; you just have to make sure your soundcard is also good for the purpose like the M-Audio Delta series.

You might want to try Yamaha Clavinovas (the later models) or a Technics PR series (Has awesome piano samples that could knock the socks of those from Roland, poor polyphony though around 32 to 64 voices).

Originally Posted by sterilium

Given the space that you have, I best thing I could suggest would either a Casio Privia or M-Audio Pro Keys 88 hooked up to your computer via MIDI with an awesome sounding plugin, such as Native Instruments Acoustic Piano. M-Audio is easier to hook up to a computer as it supports USB but can also be connected via traditional MIDI; you just have to make sure your soundcard is also good for the purpose like the M-Audio Delta series.

You might want to try Yamaha Clavinovas (the later models) or a Technics PR series (Has awesome piano samples that could knock the socks of those from Roland, poor polyphony though around 32 to 64 voices).

get an m-audio keystation, plug in the usb cord and you're ready to go, no hassle (midi cables + midi interface are a hassle and take up extra space).

also, save up some money for NI's akoustic piano, and you're good to go.

Why is everyone talking about NI akoustik piano(s) when there are many better ones, nowdays? Ivory, pianoteq, truepianos, EWQL pianos, Garritan Steinway, to name "most"...

Robert, why is midi hassle? I have it connected 24/7, play whenever I want, a latnecy of 3-6 ms (depending on whether I have the buffer at 128 or 256), and a single cable, rather long, going into the soundcard straight in. No hassle really, as far as I can tell...

How do you change the buffer? I want low latency

Originally Posted by nikolas

Why is everyone talking about NI akoustik piano(s) when there are many better ones, nowdays? Ivory, pianoteq, truepianos, EWQL pianos, Garritan Steinway, to name "most"...

Robert, why is midi hassle? I have it connected 24/7, play whenever I want, a latnecy of 3-6 ms (depending on whether I have the buffer at 128 or 256), and a single cable, rather long, going into the soundcard straight in. No hassle really, as far as I can tell...

akoustic piano is around 10 gigs, ivory is over 40 gigs, this is not appealing to me, at all. the sound of akoustic piano in combination with altiverb works very well for me.

and the midi hassle, well, if you have midi inputs on your soundcard, then it's practically the same, if you have a seperate midi interface, you have unnecisarry clutter. also, having a buffer size of 128mb while using ivory without clicks n pops is new to me also.

Oh! ok, I understand about the MIDI part.

About Ivory: I didn't like the Yamaha and Bosy, so I just kept the Steinway which is around 13 GB or something, which is simmilar size with the akoustic, but of course 1 single piano...

128 buffer is with pianoteq, not Ivory. I don't use Ivory anymore!

every man his piano .