Which digital piano is best for value and money?
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bongman
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I like the EX7 so much that I want an EX5 instead,
maybe I'll sell the EX7 later and buy a Motif ES.
Buying it from a mutual friend.
I'm helping him to clear some stuff so
maybe he gives me good price.
So did you download patches from www.ex5tech.com ?
This is another reason I want an EX5, so I can use the
patches from this site.
The www.motifator.com also has lots of patches for download,
may get a Motif end of the year.
maybe I'll sell the EX7 later and buy a Motif ES.
Buying it from a mutual friend.
I'm helping him to clear some stuff so
maybe he gives me good price.
So did you download patches from www.ex5tech.com ?
This is another reason I want an EX5, so I can use the
patches from this site.
The www.motifator.com also has lots of patches for download,
may get a Motif end of the year.
bongman
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Yes, EX7 is 64-note polyphony and EX5 is 128-note polyphony;
besides EX7 is a lite version of EX5 without the VL (physical modelling)
synthesis built to create modelling sounds altogether with FSDP and AN.
Try downloading some AN patches from www.ex5tech.com and play them.
I played a patch from this site called 'Lucky Man' which is exactly the same as the one I hear from the CD (Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake and Palmer). Fanastic evolving analog lead patch !!!
EX5 shld be better than EX7 besides polyphony. It has 2 AN modes where EX7 only one, and the VL included in EX5 will create a better of mixture of synthesis sound.
Go, download some the patches from EX5Tech !!!
besides EX7 is a lite version of EX5 without the VL (physical modelling)
synthesis built to create modelling sounds altogether with FSDP and AN.
Try downloading some AN patches from www.ex5tech.com and play them.
I played a patch from this site called 'Lucky Man' which is exactly the same as the one I hear from the CD (Lucky Man - Emerson, Lake and Palmer). Fanastic evolving analog lead patch !!!
EX5 shld be better than EX7 besides polyphony. It has 2 AN modes where EX7 only one, and the VL included in EX5 will create a better of mixture of synthesis sound.
Go, download some the patches from EX5Tech !!!
bongman
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piano boards
http://www.yamahasynth.com/products/plg150ap/index.html
The sound seems warm and real, what's your say???
Yamaha just launch S90 ES, go hear demos!
Since we are talking about piano expansion board, anyone tried the Yamaha PLG150-AP Acoustic Piano exp. board ???Cheez said:
http://www.yamahasynth.com/products/plg150ap/index.html
The sound seems warm and real, what's your say???
Yamaha just launch S90 ES, go hear demos!
Cheez
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I'm never too keen about Yamaha's pianos. They are all a little too bright. Bright is good - great for jazz and rock. But Yamaha is more than just bright - I think it has something to do what the post-recording processing. The higher registers doesn't sound real. The loop is too short.
The PLG150-AP also sounded like that. I'm glad that they extended the loop, but still it lacks depth. Hard to judge by the demo - must try it out.
I think they sampled the Yamaha C3 Grand, which already tend to be bright. It is probably the same original sample set from the S700 3-velocity layer piano, except they lengthened the loop in this case, but I could be wrong. I don't like the S700 at all, but that's my personal preference.
I personally feel that if they sampled with more depth (a Bosendorfer, or Steinway which is brighter but still more mellow than the Yamaha C3), obtaining a brigther sound can always be adjusted by EQ. You don't lose too much clarity. But if the original sample is already too bright, EQing to make it darker doesn't work quite as well as the depth of the sample is already lost no matter how you EQ it. It was never there in the original sample in the first place. That's why I prefer the Roland pianos to the Yamaha's - synth-wise.
What do you think?
As for the S90 ES, they added the S700 piano. Too bad - nothing much new in it.
Still having said that, I probably would still get a Yamaha keyboard compared to a Roland just for the touch. Sound wise can always midi to a softsampler or a module (Roland, perhaps). If only we can mix and match our custom keyboard...
The PLG150-AP also sounded like that. I'm glad that they extended the loop, but still it lacks depth. Hard to judge by the demo - must try it out.
I think they sampled the Yamaha C3 Grand, which already tend to be bright. It is probably the same original sample set from the S700 3-velocity layer piano, except they lengthened the loop in this case, but I could be wrong. I don't like the S700 at all, but that's my personal preference.
I personally feel that if they sampled with more depth (a Bosendorfer, or Steinway which is brighter but still more mellow than the Yamaha C3), obtaining a brigther sound can always be adjusted by EQ. You don't lose too much clarity. But if the original sample is already too bright, EQing to make it darker doesn't work quite as well as the depth of the sample is already lost no matter how you EQ it. It was never there in the original sample in the first place. That's why I prefer the Roland pianos to the Yamaha's - synth-wise.
What do you think?
As for the S90 ES, they added the S700 piano. Too bad - nothing much new in it.
Still having said that, I probably would still get a Yamaha keyboard compared to a Roland just for the touch. Sound wise can always midi to a softsampler or a module (Roland, perhaps). If only we can mix and match our custom keyboard...
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