#VIRTUAL PIANO FOR THE DAMAGED CODA FULL#

It sounds very good for 'keyboard sounds' such has Rhodes, Clav, Organ and misc. I also still have the Motion Sound KP-200 stereo keyboard amp. You'll probably blow them up by overdriving them trying to compete with the drummer or bass player.

Has mentioned you can't use studio monitors live though. The few times I've run my keyboards through them they sound probably has good has they will sound. I don't play DPs at home very often but for recording I have a pair of the Dyn Audio BM6As MKII. If you can, spend the dough on good speakers-in this area you really get what you pay for. The EVs can cover all the bases from Jazz solo/trio piano stuff to crankin' Rock-R&B. Also has mentioned, the style of music and your volume level comes into play. I run them into an older Mackie 1202 VLZ mixer, not the greatest high end piece of gear sonically speaking, but has great build quality, is super reliable and definitely does the job. Expect to pay around $1600-1900 for a new pair. For its class-weight/price/sound I think they are the best thing going. People go out and spend 2-3K on a keyboard like the Yamaha Motif 8, plug into a Berinnger or Roland KB amp and wonder why it sounds like s.t I would spend more dough on the sound system personally.Ĭurrently I use for my stuff the EV SXA 360s active speakers. I've tried probably every conceivable amp and speaker combination over the years to best try to optimize the sound of my keyboard/DP. For gigging, the 'keyboard amp' is the most convenient but also sacrifices on sound quality. Both live or at your home/studio.Īctive PA type speakers I think are the best way to go. Has already mentioned, you really want to hear the DP in Stereo if possible. I just wrote this on another thread today: The inverter's worth Â£80 alone! Quite happy with that. Got the stagepas 300, the suitcase thing, stands and pole mounts, and a 12v battery, charger, and ac inverter all for Â£400.

#VIRTUAL PIANO FOR THE DAMAGED CODA FULL#

This involved taking a hacksaw to the pa stands, but I'm never gonna use them at full height, so saved a bit of weight. I have the speakers right behind my head, at head height (sitting), for lush stereo. It's also nice to have a pretty decent mixer, and it sounds good to run bass through the mix as well. The yamaha controls my dynamic range so much better, and cleaner, than the keyboard amps. I had endless problems with their horrible response, which always pushed high notes WAY too loud. I had assumed that roland's amps would sound top notch, but no such thing. The first thing I noticed is that the top half of my roland rd300sx piano sounds SO MUCH better with the pa than with my old roland kc150 keyboard amps. Really happy with the stagepas 300, played three gigs now, all bass and piano duo, nothing too noisy. But to my ears, good studio monitors deliver the best and most accurate dynamic range for digital pianos and VI. The speakers are not protected or grilled like a keyboard amp and finding cases that fit these monitors is going to be a challenge when i take them out for a live test. But again, these are studio monitors, mainly designed to do mixing with a flat sound spectrum. I also use a Mackie 1202 mixer to hook everything into and tweak the EQ which offers other possibilities to produce the best sound. The KRK's have produced the best live digital piano samples and various SoundFonts in GarageBand. I also want to experiment with a 10-12' sub for additional bass punch. The bass is quite good without distortion at louds volumes. It really depends on what type of gigs you are doing, the type of music, size of the room and the reproduction of the sound quality of the keyboard.Īs I mentioned in a previous thread, I picked up 2 KRK Rokit 8 powered monitors, 160 watts. They seem to produce a good live sound running a pair in stereo for keyboards. I heard some good reviews about the Roland Cube amps.

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