first of all, I apologize if you have already answered similar questions!!! I am a new user and have only recently started "messing around" in the forum, so I am not yet very familiar with things regarding a little problem that needs to be resolved as soon as possible.
I am an amateur "keyboardist" ... I have been playing the piano for more than 20 years and after my first Casio keyboard and a Yamaha Clavinova electric piano, I find myself "forced" to purchase a Digital Piano ...
It gets complicated here, let me explain.
A few days ago I purchased a YAMAHA P105 but to tell the truth, I was not very satisfied with either the sound or the background noise (when I press the "low" notes, I feel a vibration and additionally a sort of hiss along the entire keyboard).
I can still return the piano (I only have a few days left!!!) and therefore the problem remains.
Now, that being said, and especially taking into account my needs (I am content with a very clean PIANO sound that does not undergo variations once amplified) and my possibilities (max max € 1000.00!!! max ...), what would you recommend to me??
Thanks in advance to all those who will try to help me ;-)
Dear lleyton, Simone Renzi is the most suitable person to answer and advise you. I can tell you that I own a Steinway and as a second piano a Roland FP7, which satisfies me for practicing. It seems to me that the Yamaha CLP470 is an excellent digital piano. But I haven't tried it yet.
Present... You won't get an FP7 for 1000 €. You can opt for the FP4 (the little brother of the FP7) if you want to go with Roland, otherwise try to scrape together a few more euros and get yourself a nice Kawai MP6, but we are around 1350 / 1400.
Alternative... If you have a Mac, a MIDI interface (which costs about 30 euros anyway), and a DAW like Logic or Pro Tools, find the keyboard you like most in terms of touch and don't worry about the sounds. There are a billion libraries and you can choose which piano to play on. We actually just finished a library today as a project for my degree thesis on the Steinway from Pianoexpert; if you look in the new forum content, you will find the discussion I opened where I post an audio file to give you an idea of the sampled library.
X as far as sound libraries are concerned, I will surely do as you say but ........... In all honesty, I don't feel like buying a piano with a "basic" sound that is not very pleasant :'(
Sorry for insisting on the subject, but unfortunately it is still not very clear to me
Does this library also help with "live"? To explain myself better... By connecting the piano to the tablet/PC, do I listen directly to the chosen instrument or do I have to record first??
So, to play live you need libraries that can be loaded entirely into RAM if you want to be safe with a Windows-based system. Explaining it makes it sound more complicated than it actually is. I can tell you that it is possible to use libraries in Live, with the necessary precautions, but it is possible. With MAC, you are more relaxed both in terms of latency and system stability. With a PC, you have to set a few things here and there, but basically, the reasoning is analogous.
