[LAU] looking for midi piano keyboard with "natural" piano touch

[David Santamauro]

On 12/08/2017 04:44 AM, Cedric Roux wrote:

> Is there any regular piano player (say one hour per day)
> using this kind of devices with a linux setup?
> I'm looking for people playing classic music
> (Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, this kind of things).

Yes ... I practice daily, revisiting Debussy Arabesque I now, to be exact.

> If you fit, what do you think about midi master
> keyboards? Do you use one of them to practice
> your piano? And does it "feel" like the real
> thing? Do you use it with joy, like "mmm, what to play
> today? the piano or the midi keyboard?" Or is it more
> like "oh, it's late, I can't play my piano, let me
> switch to this inferior alternative for today,
> hopefully tomorrow I'll come back from work earlier
> and I'll have my full dose of fun with this horrible
> prelude on the piano."

More like: "I can't afford a 9' Steinway and really have no place to put 
it if I could ..."

I currently have 3:

   1) Yamaha Clavinova CLP series (older 511 model)
   2) Yamaha S80
   3) Korg SP170

The Korg is mainly used for notation input if I'm transcribing or 
orchestrating something and sits close to my DAW but it has really nice 
weight, feel and hammer action and I find myself going off on tangents 
with it occasionally. Both the yamahas get extensive real-time play, 
from practicing and improvisation to mundane tracking. The clavinova has 
a usb-to-host connector that I never used, rather, I send all 3 MIDI 
in/out to a midisport-4x4 (Korg only has out). The Clavinova is my main 
instrument ... from the action and weight of the keys to its look and 
feel, stability and even the notation stand--but it just isn't 
comparable to an acoustic piano. I agree with Tim that there really is 
nothing like playing a real piano. Nevertheless, I have thoroughly 
enjoyed playing both yamahas for the last 15 (s80) - 20 years (clavinova).

My suggestion is to simply go to a few music stores and play, play, play 
... Every chance I get I sit down at digital pianos in music stores to 
test the new technology but nothing ever impresses me enough, beyond 
what I already own, to lay out the cash.

Sorry for rambling ...

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