So you've decided to go with a digital piano instead of acoustic. Congratulations, you made the initial choice. But this is only the first step. The choice of a digital piano can be overwhelming. There are so many digital pianos on the market, you must ensure that the model is right for you. You do not want to pay for features you will never use, and do not want to omit features that are important to you. This article will help you find the bestDecision.
What is important to you?
What do you want with the digital piano that you could do with an acoustic guitar? Portability can be an important feature. If yes, go with a "digital stage piano." This is in contrast with the portable digital pianos in cabinets or in digital pianos that are stationary.
If you are just starting to play a digital piano that feels like a sound move. This is important so that you can use to be the feeling of a piano "true", if you contact yourInstructor home or in a public place like a church. I would also recommend, not too much. You may decide that the piano is not for you after a while ', and do not want to spend too much money until you are sure that you are here to stay. There are cheap (less than $ 600 or $ 500) digital pianos, acoustic pianos, such as touch and sound decent enough for the beginner.
How does it feel?
Most digital piano owners want the feeling of an acoustic piano. Many have weighedButtons that mimic the effect of striking hammers of acoustic pianos. But they can feel different from a digital piano to another. So try some out. There is no point in going into the details of how individual producers to simulate an acoustic sensation. The quick and dirty explanation is sufficient.
Acoustic piano with a hammer mechanism. Press the button, which causes a hammer to strike the strings. Some keyboards use digital simulation mechanisms hammer to emulate that feeling. These areweighted hammer-action keys. These digital pianos feel more like an acoustic piano. The nearest airport is easy with weighted keys. The keys have a weight in them, would have to simulate the resistance of an acoustic piano key, but the system does not contain striking hammer. Finally, there are no weighted keys. These are like a typical synthesizer or an organ. They feel nothing like an acoustic piano.
You play an acoustic guitar to get the feel of it, then you have something to compareif the right feel forgotten for a piano.In digital, plus the feeling of the keys, you do not feel the pedal. Many digital pianos with a pedal that does not seem cheap or as it is a real piano pedal. The pedals are cheap some difficulty and frustration, the players, because sometimes like pushing your foot movements. This can be very annoying. It is worth to invest in a pedal that is hard and firm. Make sure that if your digital pianodoes not come with one, that the manufacturer is one that is adaptable to sell your piano.
Some digital pianos supports multiple levels of pedals to simulate an acoustic piano. On an acoustic guitar, you can make the different levels of sustainability, achieving a sustain pedal to be more or less. Some digital pianos imitate this. The most economical are only allowed on / off sustain pedal, pressing means, and it is on. There is no halfway.
How it worksSound?
Digital piano makers use different techniques to sample sounds. Your digital piano plays the recording of sampled sounds. Since manufacturers use different techniques to use all the pianos sound a little 'different. If you are one who sounds like an acoustic guitar wants to play a beep in the store and immediately confronted with drag digital piano into account in the same shop.
Some questions to keep in mind:
1) How many speakers are used and what size are they?In general, the more the better.
2) How strong is the amp? Louder is better in general. Although there is no need to play very loud, the sound quality will be better if the charge amplifier is not of himself.
3) decay of the note lists. He hit a note and hold it down hard. Listen to how long it takes to "disappear" the note. Note disappeared as an acoustic piano is that?
4) How sound through headphones? If you are going to playHeadphones to avoid disturbing the neighbors or family members to ensure that sounds good on headphones.
5) It 's like an acoustic piano sound? You have to hear is an acoustic piano and digital sound to see how close to one another. If you can not tell a big difference that a good thing.
Polyphony
Polyphony is the number of notes that can be played simultaneously on the digital piano. Mine has 32 voices of polyphony, but some go up to 128 digital pianos and more. We only10 fingers, but with the sustain pedal, you can avoid notes. Need more than 10 voice polyphony. You do not want to lose the notes, when you hold the sustain pedal, because your polyphony too low.
If you are 32 voices of polyphony, are likely to be in order. In addition to using new digital piano models, advanced algorithms, starting to see what notes to fall, when the maximum polyphony is reached. This means that, in the rare case that you exceed the maximum polyphony, the keyboard, which determineInformation can be dropped unnoticed.
If you do, or sequence of different voices in the recordings on the keyboard, you may need more than 32 voices of polyphony, as each new item is to play the maximum amount of notes on the keyboard once it will help. Of course, if there are more advanced techniques like these, you probably already know this and choose a keyboard with more polyphony.
Design and Display
The design is important whenFunction as a piece of furniture as well as a tool. Very important for space to get much traffic. If the plan is in a room that is little traffic to be, this is probably not a problem.
Also make sure that the keys set in a logical manner. You want easy to use. Make sure that none of the keys could be hit accidentally while playing the keyboard. This could change the settings in the middle of a performance. How embarrassing! Get a good look at the digital pianoand layout. Here are some videos from digital pianos [http://www.digitalpianoguide.com] Our projects have button and formats that appeal to you.
We want to make sure you have a good LCD. It helps you to see which functions are in use. My digital piano has not been read on an LCD display. This was frustrating at first, when you set the metronome at a given clock. However, a quick look at the manual solved. In addition, because it is a featurewhich is often, as soon as I did not see the need to store it manually.
The point is if you make sure that all of the features that you want to use paid easier than dealing with a well-organized LCD. If saving money and one without the LCD (like me), then you read the manual carefully to learn the keys on the keyboard to manipulate to achieve the desired result.
Bells and whistles
What are the other qualities we look for in a digital piano?Many are equipped with bells and whistles than some of you may have some that are not, and some that you think are "cool" at first, but never use.
Most have multiple instrument sounds or voices. You should have at least 10 different voices with a typical digital pianos. You can also:
Recording functions Split keyboard skills (half of the keyboard plays an instrument, while the other half plays the other) Voice-stratification (play two instruments at once) Metronome Pre-recorded songs Teaching techniques (such as the silence of the left part of a pre-recorded song so you can learn, while the recording continues to play the part of the right hand) And other features ... I hope this has helped you in finding the right digital piano.
