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Karadoc
Published on 07/15/08 at 14:46
Best value:
Excellent
I will not go into detail, the person who had just put one before me has done an almost exhaustive.
Digital piano (the piano range)
333 + kits percussion sounds
3 connections pedals
2 headphones
MIDI
...
Comes with a pedal (1 / 2 progressive) DP-8.
UTILIZATION
Very nice touch. I had gone to buy a Yamaha P140, the seller advised me to look a bit the other models, and I must say it was live, I much prefer the feel of the FP-4 to that of P-140 ( too soft for my taste).
The manual is very clear (but I was surprised: the seller, it was in French, in my box, it was in English).
The general configuration takes some getting started (everything is done through keystrokes and we saw just a simple 7-segment display * 3 + point, that's right), but it's very effective.
SOUNDS
The sounds are very clean. The advantage of this keyboard on other electronic pianos is that it offers in addition to the banks of keyboards GM2 complete a bank (even if the overall quality is questionable, it is more, it avoids having to carry around with an expander or a second keyboard when it's just for 2 / 3 odds and ends. The piano sounds are very clean, the sheets of strings are really poor (but a priori it is a habit on electronic pianos). Sounds organ are not bad at all (there is a small sound very nice positive, with a very nice transient attack).
I have not tested the advanced effects. I just use a half-pedal, I do not know if the keyboard supports a full-pedal gradually.
I particularly appreciate the opportunity to choose his temperament (this is in this context that I use the sounds of harpsichord and positive for the backup in certain situations).
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for 4 days. For now I have not received the "cabinet" to fix it (which is a bit expensive for three pieces of wood painted [about € 170], but hey ...), so it is placed on trestles . It looks pretty solid, is relatively light. I do not regret that choice at all: cheaper and more enjoyable to me than the Yamaha P-140 (I tried other models from Yamaha P-70, P-140, CLP230, but I could not try his big brother, the FP-7 ...).
The value for money is excellent. It does exactly what I want (I bought one second foot for the "una corda"), but allows me to have a more synth / arranger of good quality.
I chose the BK model, personally, I find the black design much nicer than white (though very successful, the faux painted white is the most beautiful effect), but it is a very personal opinion.
Update: after a short month of perfect use, the keyboard began producing parasites increasingly frequent and noisy, to be completely useless (every 10 seconds, the speakers produce an infernal noise). So it is left for repair (since under warranty). My supplier gave me a another pending FP-4 (new, packaged, was very nice), but I found another weakness of the keyboard: it has flaws sensor 3 buttons: the velocity maximum is even touching the key.
The product is still very good, I like to think that I have not had any luck, but I review my notes feature: 10 to 8. I sincerely hope not to have to decline further.
Second update: this is now over a year I use the one I received back from the workshop. No complaints. Of course it's not a must considering the price, but I really like the feel (which, although not very accurate compared to a "real" piano keyboard, is not soft). It is easy to move (it can only carry around and it comes in a Twingo). The wooden legs are simple but provide a nice comfort (stability, and finish a little cleaner in a salon). I regret just two points: no possibility to set the pedals to a rod (as proposed by some competitors) so they tend to run down, and no hard cover to protect the keyboard from dust and everything you can imagine in a house alive.
Digital piano (the piano range)
333 + kits percussion sounds
3 connections pedals
2 headphones
MIDI
...
Comes with a pedal (1 / 2 progressive) DP-8.
UTILIZATION
Very nice touch. I had gone to buy a Yamaha P140, the seller advised me to look a bit the other models, and I must say it was live, I much prefer the feel of the FP-4 to that of P-140 ( too soft for my taste).
The manual is very clear (but I was surprised: the seller, it was in French, in my box, it was in English).
The general configuration takes some getting started (everything is done through keystrokes and we saw just a simple 7-segment display * 3 + point, that's right), but it's very effective.
SOUNDS
The sounds are very clean. The advantage of this keyboard on other electronic pianos is that it offers in addition to the banks of keyboards GM2 complete a bank (even if the overall quality is questionable, it is more, it avoids having to carry around with an expander or a second keyboard when it's just for 2 / 3 odds and ends. The piano sounds are very clean, the sheets of strings are really poor (but a priori it is a habit on electronic pianos). Sounds organ are not bad at all (there is a small sound very nice positive, with a very nice transient attack).
I have not tested the advanced effects. I just use a half-pedal, I do not know if the keyboard supports a full-pedal gradually.
I particularly appreciate the opportunity to choose his temperament (this is in this context that I use the sounds of harpsichord and positive for the backup in certain situations).
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for 4 days. For now I have not received the "cabinet" to fix it (which is a bit expensive for three pieces of wood painted [about € 170], but hey ...), so it is placed on trestles . It looks pretty solid, is relatively light. I do not regret that choice at all: cheaper and more enjoyable to me than the Yamaha P-140 (I tried other models from Yamaha P-70, P-140, CLP230, but I could not try his big brother, the FP-7 ...).
The value for money is excellent. It does exactly what I want (I bought one second foot for the "una corda"), but allows me to have a more synth / arranger of good quality.
I chose the BK model, personally, I find the black design much nicer than white (though very successful, the faux painted white is the most beautiful effect), but it is a very personal opinion.
Update: after a short month of perfect use, the keyboard began producing parasites increasingly frequent and noisy, to be completely useless (every 10 seconds, the speakers produce an infernal noise). So it is left for repair (since under warranty). My supplier gave me a another pending FP-4 (new, packaged, was very nice), but I found another weakness of the keyboard: it has flaws sensor 3 buttons: the velocity maximum is even touching the key.
The product is still very good, I like to think that I have not had any luck, but I review my notes feature: 10 to 8. I sincerely hope not to have to decline further.
Second update: this is now over a year I use the one I received back from the workshop. No complaints. Of course it's not a must considering the price, but I really like the feel (which, although not very accurate compared to a "real" piano keyboard, is not soft). It is easy to move (it can only carry around and it comes in a Twingo). The wooden legs are simple but provide a nice comfort (stability, and finish a little cleaner in a salon). I regret just two points: no possibility to set the pedals to a rod (as proposed by some competitors) so they tend to run down, and no hard cover to protect the keyboard from dust and everything you can imagine in a house alive.