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CME keyboards.Siht or hit? (pg. 2)
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| Eveline52 |
I'm not really a good enough player anymore to warrant the extra spend. |
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| Looney4Clooney |
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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| tehlord |
| 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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| Looney4Clooney |
| But there really is not any improvement once you hit the adequate mark which hovers around 500 |
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| tehlord |
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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| 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 |
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| tehlord |
| quote: | 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? :conf: |
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| 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? |
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| cryophonik |
| quote: | Originally posted by tehlord
Actually, I'm probably going to get a desktop Ti as well,... |
:eek: I thought you hated the TI?! |
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| 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." |
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| tehlord |
| quote: | 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! :p
| quote: | Originally posted by cryophonik
:eek: 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! ;)
| quote: | 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 :rolleyes: |
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| cryophonik |
| quote: | 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.
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:conf: Wait....what? It's not?! .
Yeah, I hear ya. As a Virus owner, even I get annoyed at that. |
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