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I'm after a Piano but I'm staying in a mates house at the minute and he's not got the room so I was wondering if someone could point me in the right direction in terms of weighted keyboards with quality sounds or another good alternative.
Is the Grand any good? Would there be any benefits in buying a dedicated piano keyboard other than using software and a controller keyboard?
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08/15/07
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sAMsKi
NI akoustik piano is meant to sound great. i have it as part of komplete 4 but haven't fully installed it, as it requires 15GB, for the samples alone. I looked into full size weighted keyboards (with one or two 'pianos' built in). There used to be a fairly cheap one but I am afraid I can't find details on it and I fear they are all pretty spenny now. all depends on how much you want to spend i guess as you might be able to find an old upright for a few quid...so long as you are willing to pick it up.
dunno if this helps at all. just an early morning waffle.
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daswesen
I have a clavinova, one of the simple ones, and i <3 <3 <3. The weighted keys definitely make a huge difference. It doesn't like a piano still, in that you know it's electronic, not "real", but the playing feeling is great.
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Fredo
Honestly, I don't think any virtual pianos can even compare. It's hard enough to record a real piano properly. Too much is lost in the detailing of the keyboard with all it's velocity sensitivities. Consider that these are a bunch of vibrating strings which, when played in different combinations, effect eachother's vibrations with subtle beauty. Having individual samples of the strings being struck individually just doesn't do it! And recording quality-wise, the very low octaves and very high usually suffer the worst. That said, there are some ok packages... The Vienna Symphony Bosendorfer Imperial is supposedly really great. It's 54 gigs, though, so you kind of have to have a whole hard drive just for the samples!  At 330. smackers it's also a bit pricey. I recommend you get a less expensive one and then rent a studio with a piano to do the final recording when you are finished with the composition.
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sAMsKi
yeah. uncle fredo speaks the truth.
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electrodan
any benefit? I would think so, then you'd have an actual instrument to play.
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Radio909
Cheers guys, I'm gonna try my best to convince my house mates to get one. If that faills I'll probably do what you said Fredo and rent a studio when I've got the finished songs.
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