9 Aug, 2011
Electronic Keyboards
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Yamaha’s new Piaggero NP series NP31 Keyboard features 76 full-sized keys with Graded Soft Touch, Advanced Wave Memory (AWM) Stereo Sampling technology, built-in Stereo Speaker System, Max. 32-note Polyphony, Effects; Reverb – 4 types, 10 Preset Voices; electric piano, organ, harpsichord, strings and vibraphone and Preset Piano songs; 10 voice and 10 piano demo – each with dedicated Voice select buttons, battery power or AC adaptor, eco-friendly mode.
The Yamaha Piaggero NP31 is compact, stylish and ultra-portable. Weighing just 12 pounds and operating on just 6 AA batteries, makes it an ideal choice for gigging musicians. The NP31 gives you the look and feel of a quality stage piano without the price tag. It has 76 Graded Soft-Touch keys that, although not having a true piano feel, offers a more realistic feel and tone than many other models in the price range, thanks to Yamaha’s Advanced Wave Memory Stereo Sampling technology. With Yamaha’s Dynamic Voice Allocation, 32-notes is all a pianist needs to play and sustain notes naturally. In addition, with built-in ultra-natural piano voices, the NP31 can be use as a MIDI controller for home studio.
The NP31 has a very tidy pair of six-watt amplifiers for the stereo speakers means you can plug in your portable instrument or load it with batteries and start playing straight away. The NP31 is also user-friendly, at the front panel a recessed power button and rotary control for the volume give you a smoother and more delicate touch to how loud you want to play, and dedicated buttons for each voice. Furthermore, Yamaha have included an eco-friendly mode feature that turns the keyboard off after 30 minutes of inactivity. This new and robust 76-key digital piano pleases the piano purists – demanding portability, interactive features and superior piano Voice quality, for performing or practicing piano anywhere…
Yamaha NP32 76-Key Lightweight Portable Keyboard, Black
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Das Keyboard High-Performance Mechanical Keyboards
The World's First Cloud Connected Keyboard.
25 Jul, 2011
The mini-keyed Korg microPiano digital piano features 61-key Natural Touch mini keyboard, 61 varied sounds – including 25 Short Phase Sounds; like electric pianos, harpsichords, accordion, celeste, organs, clavs, toy pianos, and many more, Max. 120 notes Polyphony, 40 demo songs, built-in speakers, battery power option. Build on ‘micro’ concept, the mini keyboard is surprisingly playable, and could be use as a serious instrument in the studio and at gigs.
The microPiano with up to 61 onboard sounds – changed by holding the sounds button and pressing any of the keys – the highlights include the piano, electric piano and the piano/string layers. They are great and inspiring to play, with its simple concept and general sound, and can be battery powered too. However, other onboard sounds like pipe organs, toy pianos, a clavinet, celeste, vibes, steel pans and some phases and demo songs are not as useful but, may appeal to the home piano users. The built-in speakers are a little underpowered but opening/shutting the lid enables you some extra options in terms of projecting the sound.
The Korg microPiano really does sound great for what looks like a toy, with some good pianos and electric pianos onboard. Use it on a gig or at a live performance. Perhaps, the Korg microPiano short fall is limited connectivity – no MIDI and no USB port therefore, the instrument is unable to integrate with computers and other studio gear. Weighing merely 11. 46 lbs, the portable keyboard is compact and looks great.. Additionally, the microPIANO is also an ideal choice for a child’s piano practice.
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Digital Pianos
Electronic Keyboards
Organs
Pianos
Player Pianos
World Instruments
Electronic Music
Audio Samplers
Audio Sequencers
Drum Machines
MIDI Interfaces
Production Stations
Sound Modules
Tabletop Synthesizers
Das Keyboard High-Performance Mechanical Keyboards
The World's First Cloud Connected Keyboard.
10 Jul, 2011
The Roland JUPITER-80 Synthesizer is akin to a story of two synthesizers. The Jupiter-80 focuses on being a live-performance synthesizer for live playing, and a synthesizer with an array of sounds. It features 76-note semi-weighted synthesizer keyboard with SuperNATURAL sound engine, Behavior Modeling technology, max. 256-Voices Polyphony, color touchscreen, USB-MIDI/Audio interface, Tone Blender, D Beam controller.
What sets Roland Jupiter-80 apart from the synthesizers today? Normally, when a keyboardist is trying to reproduce sounds other than a traditional keyboard instrument on the synthesizer, the typical sound engine inside cannot truly “interpret” an expressive keyboard performance done on keys into an authentic guitar, trumpet, or violin performance. Similarly, in other big computer sample libraries you will find all sorts of tricks for key switching and sample variations and other ways of providing the full range of instrumental articulations on a keyboard. The SuperNATURAL synthesis engine makes those massive sounds more playable, thanks to Roland’s newly developed Behavior Modeling technology. Behavior Modeling takes care of the interpretation by constantly analyzing the keyboardist normal, natural keyboard performance, and instructs the ultra-realistic SuperNATURAL sound engines inside the Jupiter-80 to “play” and constantly “articulate” the reproduced sound just as the “real” performer would based on the keyboardists timing and interval between notes, the strength at which the various keys are struck, or if the keyboardist is pressing a pedal to sustain notes. These actions, among others available to the keyboardist, are translated by the behavior model for the selected sound being reproduced into an authentic plucked or strummed performance in the case of a guitar, aggressive or smooth bowing in the case of a violin, and the sharp or smooth pitch changes created by the valves on a trumpet and the pressure of the trumpet player’s breath. These are some of the articulations with behavior modeling.
Additionally, the Jupiter-80 architecture enables the use of four tones, each with its own effects block, each with independent controls, on each of two layers – upper and lower – plus solo and percussion voices. The upper and lower voices each have reverb – solo and percussion have compressor, EQ, and delay. Touch-button access makes it relatively easy to mix sounds. Start with splits and layers, and you are ready to use the massive sound content to produce big hybrid textures while Tone Blender then enables you to work more with movement. The Roland JUPITER-80 is a dream come true for live-performers and gigging musicians love this powerhouse synthesizer.
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