Looking primarily to learn piano, but would sacrifice SFX of most boards to get midi; any downside to getting a midi to learn on?
2063064
Not at all. Most of the sound effects and things that you would eventually want will be available through software on your computer. Just note that this keyboard itself won't emit sound. Just MIDI commands. The sound will come from your computer.
1944003
I play acoustic piano. On gigs, I use it to play bass/drums rhythm tracks and it does well. I plan to get another and chain them for a fuller sound, but one has been enough for me so far.
1496300
It's easy to use if you've used other MIDI controllers with your DAW before. The biggest thing that you'll have to learn is about mapping the individual knobs, sliders, and buttons to your DAW if you're not using Ignite which comes with it. Also getting around the HyperControl can be tricky, but Google and YouTube are your friend for that situation.
1053960
The standard midi out doesn't work unless you get the (not included) power cable. Definitely get that first.
1116322
Yes you can, whatever you are using As a MIDI you may need to go online and find the mapping for it, or you can map whatever the media is yourself, Google should be a great help on step by step setup
974695
Siyu, Can you check this site: http://digitalpianoreviewsite.com/yamaha-p105/ As you know MIDI is a HW and SW standard. Though I never tried it, it seems that the SW is available on the P105. Good luck to you.
2052125
Can't be positive about this as I don't use vocoder, but there is no "audio mic" input that other synths have for this capability. Best uses this MX49 has - easy portability with the Motif patches (essentially the pianos), and USB connectivity with flash drives. I was able to load performances that I had stored from my "ancient" Roland Fantom X6 onto flash - into the MX's USB - list appears immediately and you can scroll through it.
306739
The Q88 is a very nice synthesizer. It will sound like several different instruments. Set it on stereo piano at the "00" setting and you have a real nice practice piano. This unit has to be plugged into an amplifier with speakers or you could use an old stereo receiver with an auxiliary input for your sound system. Again, the Q88 is a professional sounding band instrument and is still used by many recording artist! There should be a headphone jack on the back for private practice. I would start there! I owned one of these keyboards for years!
2150805
Yes. The music rack does a good job. Yesterday I went to my local music store and compared other digital pianos to my DGX-640C with the three pedal unit, and decided I could find no better instrument for my needs. To me it offers me the ideal home instrument from which to play other digital or acoustic pianos wherever I go.
1686090
I think so. A plus of this digital piano is that as you play you see the notes apear on the LCD window and you can buy teaching software to teach yourself. Changing the piano sound to other instruments is fun. This piano won't have the exact feel (in pressing the keys) that pianos costing several thousand dollars have, but I think that is unimportant.
802078
A MIDI controller does not produce its own sounds; it primarily controls MIDI information only. For example, I have a Korg N5ex keyboard and software instruments on my computer. The MIDI controller can control the sounds on either the Korg keyboard or the computer software, but it does not have sounds of its own. I could not use the MIDI controller as a stand-alone performance keyboard. One of the advantages of using a MIDI controller is that if you already have the sounds on another keyboard, sound module, or instrument software, you may only need the keys. You can easily save hundreds, if not thousands of dollars for just buying the controller. A fairly decent 88-key MIDI controller can be had for around $500, whereas an 88-key workstation or digital synthesizer/piano can run you into thousands of dollars.
1070149
If you plan to transition to a real acoustic piano, I would go with something with weighted keys, something like Casio's Privia PX-130. Otherwise, I imagine you will become very frustrated.
2007997
If you are looking for something to play around with, the Privia should be fine. If you are looking to learn how to play a piano it is important to get a keyboard that has the best piano feel which would be the Yamaha. I think the single most important thing about getting a keyboard has to do with the feel of the keys; more important than features or even sound.
114886
Any soft with MIDI compare (cubase. logic. etc)Its mean you can use it not only with computer soft if you have MIDI connection and great desire to explore:)
770096
This is a MIDI Controller and therefore has no built-in sounds. You would need to attach it to a computer via USB. Furthermore it's pretty heavy for a 49-key controller and would probably not fit easily in an overhead compartment.
306744
this keyboard is a type that has no "on-board" sounds. That's why the price is so low. It is only a controller that must be connected to either a sound module (like from Roland company) or a computer that has software with sound samples. It also has a very light action, very much unlike that of an acoustic piano. Even with the proper added sound source, it is not a good keyboard to learn piano skills because of the light action.
2092347
250 different "sounds" or instruments, but it excels at the piano sound. I am not crazy about the others. It has 128 notes of polyphony, which is good, but somewhere around 200 would be ideal for advanced players if you don't want some sustained notes to drop out during complex pieces. As far as key noise, there is a little, but not noticeable unless you have on headphones, and others are just listening to "key noise". Not really a problem. Overall I give it a 7 of 10, but if I were to do it again, would probably spend more on a more advanced keyboard without all the superfluous bells and whistles.