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Nothing is the same, it's true, but for serious practise a digital can be better. The key response and weighting will be consistent (good luck getting that with
by fredley 14y ago
Nothing is the same, it's true, but for serious practise a digital can be better. The key response and weighting will be consistent (good luck getting that with an old instrument) and the tuning spot on.
I used to be a sceptic, but playing the latest digitals which acoustically model the soundboard, strings and action of a piano, the experience is very impressive. It genuinely does feel like playing the real thing, even if the sound comes through speakers. If I come to buy my own piano, I'd go digital.
- dman 14y agoAny recommendations for digital?
- gtani 14y agohttp://www.reddit.com/help/faqs/piano#ChoosingaKeyboard http://www.reddit.com/help/faqs/piano#ChoosingaKeyboard
- gtani 14y agoAlso for parts and service down the road, I tell people to stick with Yamaha, Roland and Korg for < $1200 instruments. You're not likely to find a Kurzweil or Nord used in that price range. Casio's play pretty well, but they've only been making decent weighted key (hammer action) digitals for a few years. Lots of info at that subreddit FAQ. Also this, about how Yamaha makes lots of models with Graded Hammer Action http://www.reddit.com/r/piano/comments/x4mw3/need_an_advice_on_choosing_between_few_models_of/ http://www.reddit.com/r/piano/comments/x4mw3/need_an_advice_...
- niels_olson 14y agoYamaha. Even an older Yamaha will play well. The proof: try finding a used Yamaha. After watching Craigslist for months, we ended up buying one new for our son, who had been hacking away at a keyboard in the garage for a year, and put in another 6 months of lessons. We waited something like 3 months to get it because of parts shortages in Japan.
- DrPhish 14y agoGet a good quality MIDI controller and use the plethora of awesome physical modelling software to generate any sounds you like. ZynSubAddFX is my personal favourite.
- fredley 14y agoWe have a Roland HP307, which is already a few years old. It's fantastic - every aspect is customizable, and the modelling is spot on - you can press notes down silently and the strings will resonate when you play other notes.
- mechanical_fish 14y agoI'll have to try a new digital. Part of the problem is that they're a moving target. I am probably judging digitals by the standards of eight or even ten years ago, and that's a mistake.