[sdiy] Other resonator designs

[David G. Dixon]

Jurgen,

Let me simplify the decision for you:

Digital pianos sound wonderful over good headphones, but it is next to
impossible (in my experience) to make them sound good over any sort of
keyboard amp or sound reproduction system, particularly in a home situation.
Also, even if the timbre isn't total crap, the fact that the sound is
disembodied spatially from the piano is disconcerting.

Do yourself a favor: buy the real piano!  If you have money left over, then
get a decent digital model and use it for digital recordings and night
practice (used Yamaha P80s can be obtained for $500 or less these days, and
they make great MIDI keyboards as well).


> >It's certainly interesting territory.  This may be anathema to sdiy
> types, but this sort of thing can be much more deeply explored
> >in software.  I have found some >piano soundboard, violin, viola, etc.
> impulse responses and I think that these (as well as FFT
> >equalizers) can give a more intense and interesting (to me) effect than
> >the sort of stuff that's easily achieved in the analog
> >domain.  Of course, I'm only speaking of fixed formant filters; I'm not
> discounting other applications of filter >banks and
> >multiple voltage controlled bandpass filters.
> 
> It's very interesting what can be done in software (or in digital
> hardware) today.
> I think about spending a considerable amount of money for a piano,
> probably an Essex EUP-123E
> (http://www.steinway.de/instrumente/essex/klaviere.html) which is designed
> by Steinway and sounds *phantastic* for an upright piano
> in that price range. But then again, that Roland V-Piano looks tempting
> just from the description and the demos - it's remarkable
> what modern technology is capable of. Superb digital emulation of a grand
> piano, or wonderful real piano which is "only" an upright,
> for about the same price? That's a hard decision! - I don't know if I'm
> going to spend that money at all, but knowing myself, if I
> do, I'll probably go for the real thing, the Essex.
> 
> JH.
> 
> 
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