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Published on 04/12/04 at 05:34
Value For Money :
Excellent
88-key half-weighted keyboard
8 sounds (with the possibility to combine two at a time and adjust their respective volumes)
Polyphony: 28 voices
2 effects: Chorus and Reverb
Possibility to record (1000 notes)
11 arrangement programs
Metronome
Tuning + transpose
Midi in/ Midi out
2 Inputs/2 Outputs on mono jacks (which means 1 stereo input and 1 stereo output)
2 pedal inputs (Damper and Soft)
2 headphone outputs (stereo)
Amplification 2x5W
Dimensions: 43.5 ft x 12.5 ft x 3.7 ft
Weight: 33 lbs
The features are all right for a digital piano.
It doesn't have many sounds and the arrangements are amusing a couple of minutes, but since you can't edit anything, they are useless.
The input is practical to play with an accompaniment, for example.
UTILIZATION
The piano doesn't really have a realistic keyboard, but it's nevertheless pleasant. I don't know how to explain it: It is well-conceived, very intuitive...even my "pianist" friends had to admit after a couple of minutes that it isn't bad. But it remains a "plastic" keyboard, which ends up cruelly lacking really weighted keys.
I think it's all right for people who play for their own pleasure, because you don't need too much strength in the fingers.
Very easy to use.
It doesn't have too many functions, but it was certainly conceived in a very intuitive way.
Very simple.
The documentation is very comprehensive. There are even musical explanations for people who aren't musicians.
I have used MIDI a bit and haven't had a problem. The implementation seems comprehensive enough, if you believe the booklet included (it comes with the piano).
I'm not always kind on the buttons and they are still in their place. The plastic shell is solid.
SOUNDS
The pianos aren't bad, in my opinion. It's true that they are a bit old, but they remain all right, considering its secondhand price.
The combinations and extent of the piano allow very interesting things: I used the combinations and fiddled with the lows (really low) to play a very metal song and, and the harpsichord became very aggressive!!! I love it!
Unfortunately, it is a bit limited for a more varied use.
The effects are well-conceived. Just like the velocity of the piano.
OVERALL OPINION
I bought in late 1997.
The piano is really well-made. I simply had to dust the contacts. When you open it you can see that it really has good electronics inside (unlike my cheap '80s casio)
It is really solid. I had to move it several times and it is still in one piece and in excellent condition. The plastic shell doesn't scratch easily, but impacts will leave their marks on it.
I repeat: Mine has traveled in unfavorable conditions and it has a misleading look, in my opinion.
I don't know if I would buy it again: It is my first real piano. My brother and I bought it together and, in the end, we were very ill advised...but I don't regret having bought it.
At the end of the day, it is a nice and affordable piano.
8 sounds (with the possibility to combine two at a time and adjust their respective volumes)
Polyphony: 28 voices
2 effects: Chorus and Reverb
Possibility to record (1000 notes)
11 arrangement programs
Metronome
Tuning + transpose
Midi in/ Midi out
2 Inputs/2 Outputs on mono jacks (which means 1 stereo input and 1 stereo output)
2 pedal inputs (Damper and Soft)
2 headphone outputs (stereo)
Amplification 2x5W
Dimensions: 43.5 ft x 12.5 ft x 3.7 ft
Weight: 33 lbs
The features are all right for a digital piano.
It doesn't have many sounds and the arrangements are amusing a couple of minutes, but since you can't edit anything, they are useless.
The input is practical to play with an accompaniment, for example.
UTILIZATION
The piano doesn't really have a realistic keyboard, but it's nevertheless pleasant. I don't know how to explain it: It is well-conceived, very intuitive...even my "pianist" friends had to admit after a couple of minutes that it isn't bad. But it remains a "plastic" keyboard, which ends up cruelly lacking really weighted keys.
I think it's all right for people who play for their own pleasure, because you don't need too much strength in the fingers.
Very easy to use.
It doesn't have too many functions, but it was certainly conceived in a very intuitive way.
Very simple.
The documentation is very comprehensive. There are even musical explanations for people who aren't musicians.
I have used MIDI a bit and haven't had a problem. The implementation seems comprehensive enough, if you believe the booklet included (it comes with the piano).
I'm not always kind on the buttons and they are still in their place. The plastic shell is solid.
SOUNDS
The pianos aren't bad, in my opinion. It's true that they are a bit old, but they remain all right, considering its secondhand price.
The combinations and extent of the piano allow very interesting things: I used the combinations and fiddled with the lows (really low) to play a very metal song and, and the harpsichord became very aggressive!!! I love it!
Unfortunately, it is a bit limited for a more varied use.
The effects are well-conceived. Just like the velocity of the piano.
OVERALL OPINION
I bought in late 1997.
The piano is really well-made. I simply had to dust the contacts. When you open it you can see that it really has good electronics inside (unlike my cheap '80s casio)
It is really solid. I had to move it several times and it is still in one piece and in excellent condition. The plastic shell doesn't scratch easily, but impacts will leave their marks on it.
I repeat: Mine has traveled in unfavorable conditions and it has a misleading look, in my opinion.
I don't know if I would buy it again: It is my first real piano. My brother and I bought it together and, in the end, we were very ill advised...but I don't regret having bought it.
At the end of the day, it is a nice and affordable piano.