Gretel

Also, if you want to have a really low-budget alternative, the Yamaha NP-12 would also fit. You cannot have a pedal section here though, and there are only two pipe organ sounds. It also has other severe limitations compared to the Nord Electro or the Hammond, but that is only to be expected given the difference in price.

A standard recommendation here might be a Nord Electro 6D. For piano it is only moderately capable, but for organ (including pipe organ) it is quite versatile. Hammond XK-1C as well. You can use the drawbars on these models as organ stops (select and deselect individual pipes). They will also have a harpsichord sound or two, but I am not sure how good those will be.

Are we supposed to compare the mp3 against the flac? Or are we supposed to simply say âsounds good' to either of these recordings? Or are we supposed to say âsounds much better than a regular Kurzweil without postprocessing'? If that"s the case then it would be good to have the recording without the postprocessing as a comparison.

I practiced this as a kid, but never really understood why this is important. I basically never see two-handed scales in actual music, but certainly short pieces of scales either in the left or right hand. Playing scales with each hand separately therefore certainly makes sense, but two-handedly I just don't know. But of course anything that you practice will make you better also in related fields.

One thing worth mentioning is that the Nord Stage has a good pipe organ implementation, supporting registration via the drawbars and so. Not sure if that is important in your area though.

There are uprights which are given away for free. Usually however they are simply also worth nothing because they are in bad shape. And this piano here would be quieter, which would suit a bunch of people better than a normal upright.

I guess the ideal use case is people who live in an apartment and still want an acoustic piano. It"s probably quite a bit quieter than an ordinary acoustic piano. Also easier to relocate with. Other than that: I wish they would charge more for it. I guess it is basically handmade because of the low numbers that they will most likely sell, and at 2000 this seems like they will hardly make any profit.

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I basically gave up on looking for a satisfying couch keyboard. There is no such thing like a satisfying couch keyboard, especially not if you would also need a sustain pedal like for piano. Better to invest your couch time in something more rewarding. A uke is a great couch instrument, or a kalimba, or a harmonica, or maybe a melodica. Forget about couch keyboards though.

That's the great thing about ukes, they are fun and even a pretty decent one is still fairly inexpensive. And technology doesn't advance as fast as with keyboards, so that even after 12 years a good uke is still a good uke. I am usually a piano player, but sometimes the super simple super portable super unassuming nature of ukes really appeals to me.

Tell me about your uke! What is it and do you actually play it?

Yeah, concerning synth/waterfall actions, the S300 is fine. I cannot imagine that the Mk3 is objectively better. This âhalfâweighted' typically doesn't mean much. It may even mean that the springs are too stiff for comfortable playing. That was my major issue with the Alesis QS6. In theory the action was of a very high quality. In practice it was too stiff for playing the black keys near the pivot point.

If you only want it for the holidays then the Casio is probably ideal. Dedicated MIDI controllers will typically not have a better keybed, unless they have a hammer action. For a synth/waterfall action, the Casio is actually fairly decent and sufficient for practicing scales and fingerings and such. Obviously not so much for expressive solo piano pieces but it doesn't get much better at that price point and form factor. The P121 is also very good for learning to play the piano and also fairly portable, but I don't see a significant difference compared to your S1000 that would in my view justify the purchase.

What was the reason again why you don"t post a video+sound without your improvements for comparison? Would make a comparison easier.

Man, this is ugly. Not worth more than $225K.

Nord Stream 2 of course.

I also have and use Jeux d'orgue. It's really really good and impressive how much better it is than the usual two or three pipe organ samples that you typically have in a rompler or digital piano. Also it opens up an entirely new style of playing, on which you could spend months refining. I also really like listening to pipe organ music, which makes me want to improve my pipe organ skills.

Anybody else who can confirm that the action is different? Seems like the gentlemen from this thread were having the opinion that they are identical: http://forum.pianoworld.com/ubbthreads.php/topics/2755574/why-is-roland-go-keys-cheaper-than-go-piano.html It also seems âlikely' that the actions are the same, given that these two boards are virtually identical and that also Roland describes the keybed with the same words (ivory feel and box shaped keys with velocity). But admittedly it also seems likely that the GoPiano should somehow be better for piano than the GoKeys, and a different action seems like one way to do this.

Probably because they knew you would blow them away :-) But thanks again for all the suggestions here! Super Mario is probably my personal winner here because it is fun and maybe a bit unexpected. Classics like Clair de Lune and Für Elise are of course also great. The song from peanuts wouldn't work I guess - I am German and I think this song isn"t really known here (at least I didn't know it). Don't worry be happy would be great if I would sing along - maybe also something to consider because I actually want to improve my âsinging plus playing the piano'-skills. Thanks again!

That's actually a really good idea! Concerning Clair de Lune I am a bit skeptical, after all it's pretty romantic and not really light-hearted fun. But of course it's a good song and a real standard that everybody will know and recognize. Will look for sheet music for the Super Mario Theme.

Hi all, I now have a DP in my living room. Before it was in another room where we rarely had guests, but now everybody who visits our house will immediately see the piano. I foresee that lots of folks will want that I play a song for them, probably just to figure out if I can actually play or not. I usually don't play for others, and usually I don't have a single song on a good enough level to actually do so, but now I was thinking it could make sense to have one song in my repertoire for just such an occasion: short, simple, fun. I don't want to impress anybody, I just want to have a short and simple but fun song (or just a few bars) available so that I don't need to decline the request. Do you have any suggestion? Short, simple, fun? Thanks Gretel

I would recommend against it. It has only one velocity layer, no resonance modelling at all and if I recall correctly fairly short samples where you somehow notice the looping. Because of this the piano sound is pretty boring and uninspiring. This is not a question of your level of playing: if I play a single chord on my FP50 with pressed sustain pedal it already sounds gorgeous. If I do the same on e.g. a Micropiano it simply sounds dead. If I wanted to get a kid into playing the piano I would make sure the sound is better. Buy used and if need be then sell again and your loss will be limited.

I feel the same way. Not sure why - maybe it's just psychology but maybe the feel is actually different?

Thanks for the quick response Martin. Yeah, a few drum patterns already help quite a bit with having fun with a quick jam or so. And it really looks quite sleek.

Is there any sound in there that is inspiring? I have a Yamaha NP12. It's good for practicing when mobility is important, but very uninspiring to play - probably because ever sound apparently has only one velocity layer. Are there e.g. more layers for AP or EP in the S300?