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Remdrums play a demo on his Yamaha DGX 620 Keyboard
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Casio PX-100 Privia 88-Key Digital Piano $699.99 Casio PX100 Privia Digital Piano - High-quality, versatile tone, with layer and split and grand piano tones, Privia also includes strings, pipe organ, and other tones, 10 in total. A layer feature allows simultaneous play of two tones and a split feature lets you split the keyboard between two different tones.Lesson function is a collection of functions that provides for a more productive practice... |
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Casio PX-400R Privia Digital Piano with 88 Full-Size Keys and Grand Piano Touch (Stand Included) $799.99 The PX-400R combines beautiful tone and first-rate piano touch with Auto Accompaniment and a host of other useful features and functions. It's the perfect choice for everything ranging from home use to professional applications. New Elegant Design The PX-400R features stylish design on par with fine audio equipment or other well-crafted objects. Compact and lightweight, the PX-400R can be use... |
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Akai MPK88 Hammer Action USB Keyboard Midi Controller Bundle $844.95 |
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Akai MPK88 Hammer Action USB Keyboard Midi Controller Bundle $849.95 |
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Akai MPK88 Hammer Action USB Keyboard Midi Controller Kit $849.95 |
How playable is a four octaves keyboard?
Hello. I'm planning to buy a Keyboard/MIDI controller for my PC, but I also hope to learn to play piano on it. I'm between the M-Audio Oxygen 49 and 61:
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Oxygen49-main.html
http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/Oxygen61-main.html
I previously owned a shitty organ that I never used because at three octaves it was just a toy. The Oxygen 49 has four i.e. only one more, but this digital things also feature octave traspose up/down keys. Should I buy the 49 (cheaper) or save for the 61?
Also, what means "semi-weighted" and "hammer action"? (Neither of these have it)
You should definitely save and get the 61 key version. Every piano teacher I ever spoke with told me you should have at least 5 octaves, and after playing for 12 years, I agree. Keyboards with fewer keys can be useful as well, but those are usually better suited for synth sounds as opposed to piano. Octave transpose can be useful in some applications, but will be of no help while you are actually playing.
Semi weighted is basically the cheapest method of giving a keyboard a piano-like feel. The action is always light. Hammer action is where the keys actually share similar mechanical qualities to a real piano. Neither of these are important at first, although you will probably want something with touch sensitivity. All this means is that the loudness increases as you play harder, but the key action is not necessarily realistic feeling.
