hi
This is gonna sound weird probably but ,a long time ago a friend of mine that owes a digital piano ,was playing my keyboard with E-mu's Emulator X Grand Piano, and he had being Dazed of its sound.And Emu also have a dedicated Steinway piano library...
My point is this...I do understand the simplicity of pressing the On button & play on electric piano ,and sometimes,feels great...
But
I would go for a great midi piano controller and Emulator X.Don't get me wrong ladies & gents ,after all I AM an E-mu fan.But ,if you decide to buy an electric piano avoid the E-mus ....because you would be disapointed.You just cant cant compare a 2gb+++ Digitally sampled piano to ANY Electric piano.
Bottom line :Emulator X and a great midi weighted controller,is simply the best advice I could give.
Its in front of me as I speak ,so trust me ,I DO know what I'm talking about. [Not to mention I ve tried many electric pianos....].The only downside is you need a computer to run Emulator X ,current version of it is 3 I think....
I would love nothing more than to have a Steinway Baby Grand in my music room plus the space required but I’ll save that for when I win the lotto ))
I’ve been hankering for a piano for a while now and wondered what everyone thinks of these cheaper digital pianos? I’ve been looking at a Yamaha YDP161 Digital Piano as it has 20 Watt speakers apposed to 6 Watt on the cheaper Yamaha YDP141.
It’ll mainly be for practice as well as recording some backing tracks for me to play along to.
My local music shop has a good deal on one with a free stool thrown in as well as installation.
Any other pianists on this forum?