Re:Roland's 50th Anniversary Concept Piano makes use of dron...
by tshaddox on Thursday January 05, 2023 @11:39PM
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I’m not extremely concerned with sound quality, both because I intend to play around with lots of VSTs and because I‘ll be upgrading from a Roland RD-700SX which has served me incredibly well but which is very outdated when it comes to the sound engine!
Re:Roland's 50th Anniversary Concept Piano makes use of dron...
by FlyingRobot on Friday January 06, 2023 @12:30AM
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Sounds like a good approach to me. Buy for the best action your budget will allow. With VSTs you can tailor the sound to your liking. I don't have a stake in Pianoteq, but if you aren't aware they claim that version 8 is going to be brought to iOS soon.
If you use a decent quality open back headphone, I feel like this is even more true, because the onboard sound becomes irrelevant.
Re:Roland's 50th Anniversary Concept Piano makes use of dron...
by tshaddox on Friday January 06, 2023 @01:55AM
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I used Pianoteq on PC many years ago, and I just heard that they’re possibly coming to iOS soon. I’m looking forward to it.
Re:Roland's 50th Anniversary Concept Piano makes use of dron...
by adrusi on Friday January 06, 2023 @11:15AM
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For anyone price-sensitive, I highly recommend getting the cheapest 88-key hammer-action keyboard you can find and hooking it up to Pianoteq Stage rather than buying a dedicated digital piano.
Exception if you're going to travel with it. Built-in sounds save you on setup time.
I've noticed there is also fierce debate between digital pianos that are based on sampled sounds versus modeled. I believe most Roland digitals are modeled with Fourier series, while all/most of their competitors are sampled (not sure about Nord). That said Pianoteq is a popular after market VST that will bring a very convincing top tier modeled sound to even a low end digital piano.