Copacetic

Damn really wish this wasn't delayed. I'm so ready buy this thing and move on from my little korg triton.

I hear ya, being really excited about something and expecting it to be available by a certain date only to have that date pushed back and pushed back is frustrating. Now seems like because that happened to you, you're trying to sling some crap at the company. Yeah probably they should have just said "It will be available when it's available", but the salesman and marketers and fans hate that. We want to know when exactly we can get it, but the engineers, programmers, suppliers, etc only have an estimate of when that will be, kinda just depends what happens. That's just the way it is, especially with smaller companies and new products. If you can expect that then maybe you won't get so pissed when it happens. Far as I can tell the sounds they have incorporated from the organ or the sledge are the same sounds, just there's a lot less of them and less functionality to modify those sounds. This is exactly the kind of sacrifice for a cheaper price I'm totally willing to make. Less content but the content that is there is of equal quality. Anyway personally, for me, anything by Roland isn't even in the running. I like their synths but I have always found their pianos to sound too muffled and like it's coming from a piece of plastic**. The next most likely contender is probably something from Yamaha (the MX88) or maybe Nord (Stage ... but that's just too much money I don't have). Just gave the pianos another listen just to confirm... Man the Numa piano sounds really great to me. I actually think I might prefer it to the Yamaha, It's not as warm as Yamaha, but it just sounds so natural and expressive. What an awesome job they did sampling here. Piano starts at 4:03 [video:youtube] Piano at 1:22 [video:youtube] And if you want to compare a similar price range and featured Roland to the Yamaha: [video:youtube] ** Ok I need to correct myself here. The high end stuff from roland (like the FA08) or other boards with supernatural, or whatever, sound real nice, but I really don't like the piano sounds in their low-to-middle range models.

The dexibell looks like a decent stage piano, completely misses the synth and midi keyboard functionality though so not really a direct competitor. The numa compact 2x seemingly offers a lot of usable sound plus a great midi controller for the same as what you'd pay for a good 88 key midi controller. If this get's on people's radars this thing will sell like hot cakes. I'm holding out. You know... it may end up sounding like shit. If it ever hits the market. There's no way it sounds like shit. There are already several videos where you can hear what it sounds like.

The dexibell looks like a decent stage piano, completely misses the synth and midi keyboard functionality though so not really a direct competitor. The numa compact 2x seemingly offers a lot of usable sound plus a great midi controller for the same as what you'd pay for a good 88 key midi controller. If this get's on people's radars this thing will sell like hot cakes. I'm holding out.

Damn, when I called them about it a couple days ago they said there was stock if I put in a preorder. Guess that got eaten up now waiting for the next shipment.

I'm really interested in this keyboard. I've been looking for something with 88 keys (or thereabouts) to use primarily as a midi controller, but that can also be used as a keyboard for gigs or practicing at a friends place. This seems like it does everything I want well enough and won't break the bank (like other other leading contender [the Nord stage 3] would). I found this thread which has some great info on which keybed is used in what keyboard: https://forums.musicplayer.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/2893559/Comprehensive_List_of_Keyboard It seems the numa compact line is one of the few that use the TP/9 Piano. The TP/9s is a very common and well regarded keybed but the action on it is a bit more synthy, I think the piano option is probably better for someone like me that's going to be using it for both synth and piano. I was in a music shop the other day and they had a Numa compact 2 on display (same keybed) and I really really like the feel of it. It's something of a compromise between weighted/semiweighted keys (closer to semiweighted of course), but I really like the way it feels. I'm a tiny bit concerned about playing chords with my long fingers and the shorter key length. Nice the keys are standard width though; that woulda been a deal breaker for me. Guitar center's website shows that it is in stock today, but then the button still says preorder... hmm