Hello everyone. I'm a new member of the forum. I'm a musician and I teach piano at the music high school in my hometown, Padua. I work a lot with orchestral libraries like the Hollywood Orchestra and especially the Vienna Symphonic Library.
I've had an Arturia Keylab Essential 61 keyboard since February. Unfortunately, I'm not happy with it because the touch response is truly disappointing and problematic with these orchestral libraries. To achieve a forte, I have to press hard, and if I reduce the pressure even slightly, the sound becomes very weak. I've tried changing the keyboard's response curve and adjusting some dynamic range and sensitivity parameters in the virtual instruments, but the situation doesn't improve much.
So I'm thinking of buying another keyboard. I've had the opportunity to try an M-Audio Hammer 88, and it works wonderfully with the piano, but unfortunately I haven't been able to try it with orchestral sounds. I'm very satisfied with the touch response.
And along with that, I was able to try a Studiologic SL73 Studio with a Fatar TP 100 keybed. I'm a little more satisfied with its touch feel and keybed than with the M-Audio, and the touch response is excellent on piano. It was connected to a Korg keyboard. But when we selected the Korg violin sound, I was disappointed. There was no smoothness in the velocity changes. It took very little to go from a velocity like 40 to one like 90. No smooth transition. But I thought it had something to do with the Korg keyboard. We also tried to change the response curve of the SL73 but couldn't find a way to do it.
So I'm asking for some advice and information. Do you think I'd be comfortable buying one of these two keyboards? A friend of mine who works with the Vienna Symphonic uses the Hammer 88 and has no problems.
However, I like the SL73 a little better, and it's also the perfect size, while the Hammer 88 is much larger and I can't seem to organize the space.
The information I'm looking for is this: I'd clearly get the SL73 MK2, which has a TP 110 instead of a TP 100. Is there a significant difference between the two? What exactly are the differences? Thank you in advance for any advice you can give me.
Many thanks.
I've had an Arturia Keylab Essential 61 keyboard since February. Unfortunately, I'm not happy with it because the touch response is truly disappointing and problematic with these orchestral libraries. To achieve a forte, I have to press hard, and if I reduce the pressure even slightly, the sound becomes very weak. I've tried changing the keyboard's response curve and adjusting some dynamic range and sensitivity parameters in the virtual instruments, but the situation doesn't improve much.
So I'm thinking of buying another keyboard. I've had the opportunity to try an M-Audio Hammer 88, and it works wonderfully with the piano, but unfortunately I haven't been able to try it with orchestral sounds. I'm very satisfied with the touch response.
And along with that, I was able to try a Studiologic SL73 Studio with a Fatar TP 100 keybed. I'm a little more satisfied with its touch feel and keybed than with the M-Audio, and the touch response is excellent on piano. It was connected to a Korg keyboard. But when we selected the Korg violin sound, I was disappointed. There was no smoothness in the velocity changes. It took very little to go from a velocity like 40 to one like 90. No smooth transition. But I thought it had something to do with the Korg keyboard. We also tried to change the response curve of the SL73 but couldn't find a way to do it.
So I'm asking for some advice and information. Do you think I'd be comfortable buying one of these two keyboards? A friend of mine who works with the Vienna Symphonic uses the Hammer 88 and has no problems.
However, I like the SL73 a little better, and it's also the perfect size, while the Hammer 88 is much larger and I can't seem to organize the space.
The information I'm looking for is this: I'd clearly get the SL73 MK2, which has a TP 110 instead of a TP 100. Is there a significant difference between the two? What exactly are the differences? Thank you in advance for any advice you can give me.
Many thanks.
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