MrNovember wrote:Bartimaeus wrote:I think that the best way to go is get a digital piano with MIDI. That way, you can use it to learn "actual" piano, while also having the option to control sound modules, synths, or computers. One of the piano's greatest attributes is having that huge range available, and losing that really cuts what you can do.
I would get one of the Yamaha stage pianos. I tried tons of digital pianos, but those had the best keys of any of them. My main instrument is classical piano, so finding something with good keys was a must. The Yamaha P95 is great, though I upgraded from that to a Yamaha P155. You could also look into some older models from the P series which are still good, but go for a bit less.
Yeah I was exploring the Yamaha P series earlier. The P155 looks to be exactly what I want (especially the black and mahogany option
) but is way outside my price range.
I'm going to keep my eyes open for anything in that series popping up locally.
Do you by any chance play yours through any effects? (classical piano tells me probably not, being on ILF tells me yeah definitely
)
Hahaha I definitely do use it through effects, tho not for the classical piano stuff! Delay is great for the pure piano sound, as are lofi effects. Some chorus can also be good, generally when used sublty? Trem is v nice for the electric piano. I probably haven't experimented with effects on it nearly as much as I should have, though. An envelope filter would probably be pretty fantastic.
What exactly is your price range, would you say?
bigchiefbc wrote:I guess I didn't realize that they discontinued the P60, that's kinda a shame. It has the exact same keys and weighting as the more expensive ones, just less bells and whistles, which I didn't care about. It looks like they have a P35 now, and it seems to be largely the same features as my old P60. It has midi in/out, the same weighted 88-key board, same polyphony and pretty much the same patches. That's probably what I would go for if I were you, or look for a used P60/P70.
Actually, the more expensive ones have GH (Graded Hammer), while the P35 and P95 have the (GHS Graded Hammer Standard).
Considering that the P95 and P35 have the exact same keys, maybe just go for a used P35? Though it seems that the P60 has the same keys as the P155 and P255 (aside from that the 255's keys are synthetic ivory, which changes only how they feel and now how they play), so if you can track down a P60 it'd probably be a great deal.
