25 Jun
2008
25 Jun
'08
7:05 a.m.
Veronica Merryfield wrote:
If this is any help, I got a used weighted touch
sensitive master
keyboard and went with soft synths. I spent my money in a focused way
- decent keyboard that didn't tie me to any sound hardware then a
decent soft synth, and now many.
Just a thought.
Thanks. I want to have a elektr. piano/ keyboard which sounds like a
piano (without the use of a computer). I don't need a whole lot of
sounds (a hammond organ and rhodos sound would be nice)... So I think
that's what youre talking about too. What is the keyboard you have, if I
may ask?
Dirk
25 Jun
25 Jun
7:16 a.m.
New subject: Hardware: elektr piano / keyboard
schoappied wrote:
Veronica Merryfield wrote:
So I think this one is more usefull for me:
http://www.thomann.de/nl/yamaha_np30_b.htm
Then this one http://www.thomann.de/nl/yamaha_psre313.htm
for example...
Can I connect all the elektr. pianos and keyboards to a computer (maudio
audiophile 24/96 and maudio dmp3) and work with MIDI?
If this is any help, I got a used weighted touch
sensitive master
keyboard and went with soft synths. I spent my money in a focused way
- decent keyboard that didn't tie me to any sound hardware then a
decent soft synth, and now many.
Just a thought.
Thanks. I want to have a elektr. piano/ keyboard which sounds like a
piano (without the use of a computer). I don't need a whole lot of
sounds (a hammond organ and rhodos sound would be nice)... So I think
that's what youre talking about too. What is the keyboard you have, if I
may ask?
Dirk
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26 Jun
26 Jun
11:55 a.m.
New subject: Hardware: elektr piano / keyboard
Hello Dirk,
So I think this one is more usefull for me:
http://www.thomann.de/nl/yamaha_np30_b.htm
I've got this one and i like it. It has good enough sounds for simple
things like accompanying a choir in a small chapel or home and the touch
is reasonble especially for that kind of money.
Then this one
http://www.thomann.de/nl/yamaha_psre313.htm
for example...
These keyboards are pretty usuable but the touch responsitivity is much
less than with piano's and you pay a lot of money for many sounds and
styles you probably don't need and will never use. If you want good
pianosound and -feel I wouldn't choose this one, but of course that's
just my opinion.
Can I connect all the elektr. pianos and keyboards to
a computer (maudio
audiophile 24/96 and maudio dmp3) and work with MIDI?
If your keyboard or piano has USB midi it's very easy to connect
multiple instruments. If they use the (older) midi Din plugs (like the
Yamaha NP 30) you may need something like a M-Audio Midisport.
The M-Audio Dmp3 goes into your audio interface so this one has nothing
to do with midiports.
Regards,
Bert
12:22 p.m.
New subject: Hardware: elektr piano / keyboard
Bert Visser wrote:
Hello Dirk,
Thanks for the information!
I have a maudio audiophile 24/96 isn't that enough to connect (multiple)
instruments?
About the sounds, what are sounds which are used a lot in 'light' music?
I know and like the hammond organ sounds and the Rhodes sounds.....
Is there a piano / keyboard which can make those sounds too?
And how does software sounds on linux (inclusive commercial) compare to
sounds (modules) of keyboards?
Can you compare the rhodes soundfont with such a sound made with a (not
to expensive) keyboard?
So I think this one is more usefull for me:
http://www.thomann.de/nl/yamaha_np30_b.htm
I've got this one and i like it. It has good enough sounds for simple
things like accompanying a choir in a small chapel or home and the touch
is reasonble especially for that kind of money.
Then this one
http://www.thomann.de/nl/yamaha_psre313.htm
for example...
These keyboards are pretty usuable but the touch responsitivity is much
less than with piano's and you pay a lot of money for many sounds and
styles you probably don't need and will never use. If you want good
pianosound and -feel I wouldn't choose this one, but of course that's
just my opinion.
Can I connect all the elektr. pianos and
keyboards to a computer (maudio
audiophile 24/96 and maudio dmp3) and work with MIDI?
If your keyboard or piano has USB midi it's very easy to connect
multiple instruments. If they use the (older) midi Din plugs (like the
Yamaha NP 30) you may need something like a M-Audio Midisport.
The M-Audio Dmp3 goes into your audio interface so this one has nothing
to do with midiports.
1:24 p.m.
New subject: Hardware: elektr piano / keyboard
Thanks for the information!
I have a maudio audiophile 24/96 isn't that enough to connect (multiple)
instruments?
This card (like most cards) has only one Midi I/O so if you want to
connect more instruments you need some kind of midimerger like a
Midisport, that is when you're using Din cables. With USB everything is
much simpler. Unfortunately the NP 30 does not have USB.
About the sounds, what are sounds which are used a lot
in 'light' music?
I know and like the hammond organ sounds and the Rhodes sounds.....
Is there a piano / keyboard which can make those sounds too?
I'm in no way an expert on this but I do know that almost every keyboard
has quite a lot of this sort of sounds onboard. Yamaha's keyboards, even
the small ones, usually have 7 or 8 different piano's and about the same
amount of e-piano's like Rhodes sounds and also a variety of organ
sounds including Hammond.
Mind you, the Yamaha NP 30 has a lot less: 2 grand-piano's, 2 e-piano's,
2 churchorgans (no Hammond!), strings, 2 harpsichords and vibraphone.
Most digital piano's have only this smaller amount of voices, because
they focus more on action than on hundreds of sounds.
And how does software sounds on linux (inclusive
commercial) compare to
sounds (modules) of keyboards?
Can you compare the rhodes soundfont with such a sound made with a (not
to expensive) keyboard?
I've only once fiddled around a bit with a Rhodes soundfont (jRhodes3)
and I liked it but I hardly ever use it. To me it sounded quite like the
sounds on my keyboards (Yamaha PSR 540 and Roland EXS 3s) but I don't
feel myself qualified to really compare these. I did find the dynamic
range of the build-in e-piano's far greater than the soundfont's one;
maybe other soundfonts are better in this way.
Regards,
Bert
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