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stompboxjon « Performes well »
Published on 05/22/12 at 11:22If you are looking for realistic piano sounds than the Alesis NanoPiano could be just what you have been looking for. The device itself is pretty small and its not rack able. Just looking at it made me wonder how they got all those good pianos and organs into this little device. The module itself doesn’t have a screen like other modules it just has a few simple knobs but the knobs will still give you control over how you want it to sound just not 100 percent control over it. Its also kind of weird to navigate through sounds with a knob. Instead of having a small LED screen and scrolling you just turn a knob that looks like a lot of knobs on an audio interface. Actually the whole module looks like its an audio interface at first glance.
UTILIZATION
Set up is really easy, no manual was needed at all you would only need that if you need to learn how to set it up in your DAW but if you know how to do that you will have no problem getting it work right.
SOUNDS
Sounds are realistic, especially some of the pianos are very clean and natural sounding. I don’t think there are enough effects just because I love to use a lot of effects In my music but I guess if you don’t like effects than this will work with just some basic reverb and such. I think all the sounds are pretty decent I really don’t have any that I think are bad. There are some room for improvement though.
OVERALL OPINION
Overall, for the price (that it is now not when it came out) its worth it. Back when it came out I didn’t buy it because I could use that money for a more useful piece of gear. So I purchased it years after it came out just out of curiosity when I saw it at the music store. I am still an owner of it and still love it.
UTILIZATION
Set up is really easy, no manual was needed at all you would only need that if you need to learn how to set it up in your DAW but if you know how to do that you will have no problem getting it work right.
SOUNDS
Sounds are realistic, especially some of the pianos are very clean and natural sounding. I don’t think there are enough effects just because I love to use a lot of effects In my music but I guess if you don’t like effects than this will work with just some basic reverb and such. I think all the sounds are pretty decent I really don’t have any that I think are bad. There are some room for improvement though.
OVERALL OPINION
Overall, for the price (that it is now not when it came out) its worth it. Back when it came out I didn’t buy it because I could use that money for a more useful piece of gear. So I purchased it years after it came out just out of curiosity when I saw it at the music store. I am still an owner of it and still love it.