Hello all, I am buying a stage piano. So far I've been (almost) satisfied with Roland E-16, but I think the bands I play in require something more sophisticated. What I need: 88 (weighted) keys a good piano sound (for classic, ragtime, jazz and accompaniment) A LOT of organ sounds (rock, hammond, rotary, jazz, anything possible, for pop, blues, jazz, folk and church music) (I hate those blasphemously untrue strings, voices, guitars etc. Wouldn't mind having them, but would never use any. I also don't need any features of workstations like stored arpeggios, rhytms, etc.) For stage performance, I also want the options to store settings so I don't have to spend 3 minutes adjusting sounds for each song we play - like split point, upper/lower sound, volumes, effects, ... it may take some time. Price range: €1000 - €1600 So far I have in mind Kawai MP 6 (too expensive for its value (?), bad samples (someone told me that?), yamaha PS300 (not enough organ sounds) and Kurzweil SP3X (again, the organs are a bit pathetic). What would be your recommendation? Thanks in advance - please keep in mind that I'm a bit outdated (~15 years since I last bought my Roland) so any information will be very welcome.
Im new to this site to, so this is just an observation IMO... It just seems to be a lot too ask of a single SP. I just recently sold my second Kurzweil SP ( one of the the cheaper ones) and I was really ready for a new piano sound. Not that Kurzweil aren't great. I was just bored with it. Tried the Fantom, the Motif, the new Kurz, and a few others. Now the CRAZY part... LOL! I was hooked on the M-Audio 88SX after playing it in stereo through a couple of JBLs. so I bought two of them. The last one the store had, and 1 off of eBay. And I have it interfaced with the Roland 5080 for all the other sounds including hammonds, ( it has the leslie effect you can hear speed up and slow down) with the Studio pro card.( think thats what that card is called) But I cant say enough good things about the SOUND and feel of the 88SX, so maybe you could go try one of the M-audio pro keys with the WEIGHTED KEYS? just a thought.. or go all out and buy the NEW very expensive Kurzweil...
thank you for your reply, but i hardly believe i am asking too much since there are only 3 things i want... as far as the sample quality is concerned, i think that organ is not a problem, piano is. i own a "real" piano and i know how it sounds and i also know that no electronics come close, so i see no point in wasting money just to get a slightly better but still far from authentic sound. i wonder if for certain models sounds can be downloaded from the internet (i spotted some hammond samples on ebay) and loaded into synth - how do i see from specs if i can do that that? edit: does Roland RD-700 have all the stuff i want? it's not exactly in the price range, but... you know
The RD 700 has the hammer action,and a great ROLAND piano sound. The organs didn't sound as good as the pianos... but thats probabaly a personal preference thing The one I looked at was $2500.00
ok, just before i buy the RD-700: what's the difference between NX and GX versions? Does GX also have drawbar simulator? It's somewhat cheaper (I could get it for around €2000).
No clue bra... LOL!!! €2000...? thats about $3000.00... right? As I wrote, I was shopping exclusively for a digital Stage Piano. Onstage I have 3 stacked, the SP, a Roland synth/controller above that, and the Moog Little Phatty on top. I was only replacing my dedicated SP. Don't know if the RD700 I played was GX or NX, but it definitely didn't have any ORGAN style drawbars, what it did have was a few great piano sounds. And it was 500 dollars out of my price range. *** "BUT!!!" *** I did a google search 4 U! and here is a review from Sound On Sound: http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec10/articles/roland-rd700nx.htm that does include a comparison of sorts... it might help you.
