Good Digital Piano / Midi Controller?

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Posted by Quinders on Jun-09-2008 09:50:

Good Digital Piano / Midi Controller?

Could anyone recommend a good digital piano that also doubles as a midi controller? It has to have it's own speakers though. I've looked at the Yamaha p85 and it looks good but it has no knobs/ faders etc. Any suggestions appreciated. Ta.

Posted by Eldritch on Jun-09-2008 09:56:

A digital piano with built in speakers as well as assignable knobs/faders?
I really don't think they exist.

Posted by Quinders on Jun-09-2008 10:52:

Yeah, that's what I thought! Looks like I spotted a niche in the market!

Posted by DeZmA on Jun-09-2008 13:50:

now you'll have to kill us all
Or wait until our piano-monitor-controller is in production

ontopic, I think m-audio has some semi weighted keyboards but only up to 61 keys.

speakers onboard is not a good idea anyway I think

Posted by Quinders on Jun-09-2008 15:33:

It's just that I wanted the onboard speakers so I could practice piano playing through them without much hassle. I think the Yamaha P85 is the way to go but I was thinking of the Casio px320 mainly because of more features and usb connectivity but the 'Casio' brand name puts me off. BTW Dezma, what is your piano-monitor-controller thingy?

Posted by kevin shawn on Jun-09-2008 16:14:

Build one and then profit??

Posted by Sanguis Mortuum on Jun-10-2008 16:37:

Why would you need built-in speakers, surely it would be much better to send the output to a pair of decent speakers rather than have a pair of horrible tinny built-in ones?