there really is no gain in action from an ok digital piano to anything but a decent grand piano. There is no in between.

What i mean is that if you aren't practicing on a medium to full size piano, the way you can control tone is not there, so it doesn't matter. Use a digital, or an upright, a 500 keyboard is as good as anything up to a 20 000 piano.

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A controller keyboard with a decent action is still infinitely better than one with a bad action though. My Mum still has the grand piano I learned on as a kid. Maybe i'll nick that and wire it up as a MIDI controller.

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But there really is not any improvement once you hit the adequate mark which hovers around 500

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True dat

I think i'm just gonna grab a Pro Keys 88 off ebay and then get an LDP8 or something for knobbage.

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i got a cme controller keyboard around a year back - beautiful looking thing metallic silver with wireless midi

thing is it plain didn't work out of the box and i had trouble sending it back

never again

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Originally posted by chris marsh i got a cme controller keyboard around a year back - beautiful looking thing metallic silver with wireless midi thing is it plain didn't work out of the box and i had trouble sending it back never again

Sealed the deal for me I think.

I'm gonna go for a nice vanilla M-Audio Prokeys 88 with an Akai LPD8 sitting on top to give me a couple of knobs to tweak with.

Actually, I'm probably going to get a desktop Ti as well, I suppose that could act as a knob tweaking controller?

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nice!

im after a Ti desktop too

i got a snow to try it out - was a bit skeptical to start with - and now im hooked and want more voices!

Are you going new or used?

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Originally posted by tehlord Actually, I'm probably going to get a desktop Ti as well,...

I thought you hated the TI?!

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Interesting opinion I read on someone's blog:

"Something you wouldn't think of and most people wouldn't think to mention - when you use a keyboard of some substance which has internal speakers, because the sound is created inside the keyboard there is a slight vibration you can feel through the keys as you play them - a sensation which feels a little more natural like the resonance generated by the strings of an acoustic piano."

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Originally posted by chris marsh nice! im after a Ti desktop too i got a snow to try it out - was a bit skeptical to start with - and now im hooked and want more voices! Are you going new or used?

Definitely used. I had one before and they change hands regularly on Ebay for less than £1k, some even closer to £800. I'm in no rush so I can pick a weakling!

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Originally posted by cryophonik I thought you hated the TI?!

Nooooo, you misunderstand. I always said I'd buy another one if I had the money to spare, and soon I will.

What I always get frustrated at is the idea that the Virus is special or essential in some way, or the idea that nubs seem to have that it's a holy grail device that will magically transform them into a tarnce God.

I'll probably still sell it again after six weeks like last time though!

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Originally posted by Mel David Interesting opinion I read on someone's blog: "Something you wouldn't think of and most people wouldn't think to mention - when you use a keyboard of some substance which has internal speakers, because the sound is created inside the keyboard there is a slight vibration you can feel through the keys as you play them - a sensation which feels a little more natural like the resonance generated by the strings of an acoustic piano."

I'd file that under snake oil

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Originally posted by tehlord What I always get frustrated at is the idea that the Virus is special or essential in some way, or the idea that nubs seem to have that it's a holy grail device that will magically transform them into a tarnce God.

Wait....what? It's not?! Shit.

Yeah, I hear ya. As a Virus owner, even I get annoyed at that.

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