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  • Eine Alpensinfonie
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    • Nov 2010
    • 20570

    #16
    Originally posted by Bryn View Post
    Certainly, there is. What else is the keyboard except, principally, a digital input music machine?
    You mean it’s played with digits?
    True.

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    • Eine Alpensinfonie
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      • Nov 2010
      • 20570

      #17
      I recently acquired a high spec digital piano - the Yamaha Avant Grand N3x.
      It’s rather good though I’m choking on my words.

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      • Dave2002
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        • Dec 2010
        • 18009

        #18
        Originally posted by Eine Alpensinfonie View Post
        I recently acquired a high spec digital piano - the Yamaha Avant Grand N3x.
        It’s rather good though I’m choking on my words.
        That looks a bit like the Lamborghini of the digital piano world - https://www.bonnersmusic.co.uk/yamah...grand-piano.ir

        Lucky you!

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        • Bryn
          Banned
          • Mar 2007
          • 24688

          #19
          Originally posted by MrGongGong View Post
          Iain Banks , The Crow Road
          Do you know Rich Duckworth's analogue synth group, based, I think, at TCD. No digital synths allowed.

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          • MrGongGong
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            • Nov 2010
            • 18357

            #20
            Originally posted by Bryn View Post
            Do you know Rich Duckworth's analogue synth group, based, I think, at TCD. No digital synths allowed.
            No, but will have a look... thanks

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            • Beresford
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              • Apr 2012
              • 555

              #21
              A violin teacher friend has had to replace her old Chappell upright piano with a stage piano (Kawei HP7se). She has had trouble getting suitable speakers (called Amps in the pro market), and I am looking for recommendations, suitable for small to medium domestic rooms.

              She tried a battery powered RAIVE POW10, but it was not loud enough, and buzzed when the gain was turned up.
              Next the shop sold her a Yamaha Stagepas 400BT (400 watt!) which had a noisy fan.
              Then she tried a friend's small Yamaha guitar amp (THR10 - 18watts), which sounded OK, and did not buzz. Is this OK for a piano?

              My guess would be Genelec or Dynaudio, but I don't know the "amp" or active speaker market.

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              • Dave2002
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                • Dec 2010
                • 18009

                #22
                Originally posted by Beresford View Post
                A violin teacher friend has had to replace her old Chappell upright piano with a stage piano (Kawei HP7se). She has had trouble getting suitable speakers (called Amps in the pro market), and I am looking for recommendations, suitable for small to medium domestic rooms.
                Can't really help with this - don't know the markets. However, don't some of these digital pianos come with built in speakers and amps, or do they all have to have external speakers? I could imagine that if the intention was to make a noise in a very large space (stage piano?) then external speakers and amps would be needed, but for the domestic market I thought that most of these instruments had the output transducers built in. In that case it would only be necessary to hook up external amps for large venues. This approach might also offer the best match of sound to the instrument designer's intentions.

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                • Richard Barrett
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                  • Jan 2016
                  • 6259

                  #23
                  Originally posted by Dave2002 View Post
                  I could imagine that if the intention was to make a noise in a very large space (stage piano?)
                  The clue is in the name! A stage piano doesn't have built-in amplification. Mind you, I wonder why a violin teacher wouldn't buy a digital piano with built-in amplification, if the instrument is to be used principally for violin teaching. What kind of amplification is most suitable depends greatly on what it's going to be used for and where, and whether portability is an issue etc.

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                  • CGR
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                    • Aug 2016
                    • 370

                    #24
                    I love my Roland FP. So does my wife as I can play it through headphones. The 'touch' is much better than my old upright and it stays in tune.

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                    • Beresford
                      Full Member
                      • Apr 2012
                      • 555

                      #25
                      Originally posted by CGR View Post
                      I love my Roland FP. So does my wife as I can play it through headphones. The 'touch' is much better than my old upright and it stays in tune.
                      Is there any way you can make it sound like a harpsichord? Presumably through a PC with some sort of plugins to audio software, but I don't know about these.

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                      • Dave2002
                        Full Member
                        • Dec 2010
                        • 18009

                        #26
                        Originally posted by Beresford View Post
                        Is there any way you can make it sound like a harpsichord? Presumably through a PC with some sort of plugins to audio software, but I don't know about these.
                        I didn't know about that particular model. Some details of Roland FPs here - http://my.roland.com/products/fp-10/ though don't know what yours is. Looks as though it has Midi, so should be able to feed it into some synthesiser software to get a harpsichord like sound.

                        Plus, with Bluetooth and MIDI connectivity, you can connect with a world of Digital Audio Workstations (DAW) and apps ranging from Apple GarageBand to Roland’s Piano Partner 2*.
                        Note the mention of feeding into a suitable DAW. DAWs have been discussed in other places within these walls. Tools such as Reaper, or Ableton Live, or even Apple's Logic Pro X.

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                        • MrGongGong
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                          • Nov 2010
                          • 18357

                          #27
                          Originally posted by Beresford View Post
                          Is there any way you can make it sound like a harpsichord? Presumably through a PC with some sort of plugins to audio software, but I don't know about these.
                          Parrafin and matches

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