#376432 - 11/26/1307:19 AMRe: What is the best Portable Digital Piano and why?
[Re: Uncle Dave]
rosetree
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Originally Posted By: Uncle Dave
Layered sounds, two hands and frequent use of the sustain pedal can eat up 128 voices in no time. Some handle dropouts better than others, but if you're playing 2 handed piano with sustain, I'd suggest as much polyphony as possible.
I don't think it happens so quickly. I used to accompany a classical soloist with a MoX, which only has 64 voices. The only time I had dropouts was when I used three multi-element parts at a time: piano + large strings + woodwinds. Consider the Yamaha NP 31 (only a keyboard in "piano style, I know) has a polyphony of 32(!) voices. I would be totally unplayable if 128 voices were still scarce.
#376458 - 11/26/1311:04 AMRe: What is the best Portable Digital Piano and why?
[Re: Dnj]
musicforyourday
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Go the Casio. It is the new 5 s unit it is white it sounds great and has good decay I tested it the sample rings for over 25 seconds with holding down sustain ped this is a good way to find out how much depth the sample has Best vale and sound in it class by far I had Rd series from roland this will blow it away And good other synth sounds as well and it works as a controller as well. You won't be disappointed with this unit. If I was in market for stage piano this is the one I buy all the way list 999.00
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#376493 - 11/26/1305:23 PMRe: What is the best Portable Digital Piano and why?
[Re: Dnj]
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it a good choice as well Donny the Casio a bit more and can do a lot more but you got the s 950 you can Midi both together they work very well together it will be a nice combo .
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#376494 - 11/26/1305:39 PMRe: What is the best Portable Digital Piano and why?
[Re: Dnj]
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Donny, the P-105 is a great choice if you don't need dedicated midi ports. I went with the Yamaha P-95 as it has dedicated midi in/out ports and is not USB based.
It has basically the same action as the P-105.
I use the P-95 with the Tyros4 (mainly to play solo piano using T4's sounds) and to control some synth modules in my friend's studio.
Ron, the Casio PX-5S is high on my list for next year.
I have no intention of using it "connected" to another KB so no concern there,....just a studio 88 scratch pad to keep here to work out projects, write songs, rehearse, etc,... I think it will be just fine for my needs.
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