Questions tagged [digital-piano]

A digital piano is a modern electronic musical instrument, different from the electronic keyboard, designed to serve primarily as an alternative to a traditional piano, both in the way it feels to play and in the sound produced. A digital piano has weighted touch-sensitive keys and the sustain pedal. Instruments without these features should be tagged with the [Keyboard] tag instead.

A digital piano (sometimes incorrectly referred to as an electric piano) is a modern electronic musical instrument, different from the electronic keyboard, designed to serve primarily as an alternative to a traditional piano, both in the way it feels to play and in the sound produced. It is meant to provide an accurate simulation of a real piano.

While digital pianos may fall short of a real piano in feel and sound, they nevertheless have other advantages over acoustic pianos. A digital piano may or may not be designed to look similar to the acoustic piano.

(from Wikipedia)

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Why digital piano has more polyphony voices than there are keys on the keyboard?

My digital piano has 88 keys and the manual says it provides 128 voices of polyphony, and this seems not a particular exception or unusual feature. I even cannot imagine how it would be possible to press all 88 keys all at once or even in a close…
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What to test a used digital piano for?

I want to learn playing the piano. Between my schedule and the expensive labour around here, it seems I'll be better off buying a used instrument and learning on my own, rather than starting with courses. But as I don't know if I will stick with it…
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I accidently plugged my sustain pedal jack into AUX output, will it brick my brand new digital piano?

I finally saved up enough money and bought a new Yamaha P125 digital piano, and I made the error of plugging the sustain pedal jack into one of the AUX outputs and switched the piano on as I couldn't see the labels from the angle I was looking. Now…
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How does a keyboard help in a band?

First time playing keys in a band, guitarist asked me to transpose down one tone, this threw me off for playing the chords I learned and reduced me to a lot of one finger playing. I read many articles about not playing too much and even tying your…
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Tri-Sensor Scaled Hammer Action vs Fully Weighted keys (Graded Hammer Standard), what is the difference?

What is the difference between the following? I am mainly interested in the difference in terms of how they feel when you press a note. "Tri-Sensor Scaled Hammer Action" And "Fully Weighted keys (Graded Hammer Standard), Hard/Medium/Soft/Fixed…
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Digital Piano Software vs Sound Module

I am currently using a cheap digital piano, but will be purchasing a decent one in next week or two. I have narrowed my choice down to the Yamaha P105 or the DGX 650. What attracted me to the DGX 650 was that it had a lot of different sounds built…
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digital piano has plastic clunking sound

I've had the Yamaha Digital Piano P-45 (~$500) for about seven years now - and it's fine, except that while playing (and recording with an iPhone nearby), I can prominently hear the plastic keys plunking - almost as loud as the speaker. Do all…
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Need keyboard that sustains like an acoustic piano

I have always hated playing even nice keyboards, because I want to play them as a piano. The problem is always the same... the sustain is not at all like it is on an acoustic piano. I don't care about all the synthesizer options. I just want a…
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If I only care about playing, is high end home digital piano better than high end stage digital piano?

The range of prices for the high end stage piano ends at Yamaha CP 1 and Viscount Physis somewhere near $5000. The range of prices for instruments marketed as "home digital piano" ends at least twice as high, with most expensive Yamaha CVP 709GP…
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Proper Connections between Digital Piano and Audio Interface

One digital piano I have has an Aux-Out L/+R and R connection (1/4 inch). I'm looking to use a 2i4 or UR242 interface. Would it be wise to use to 2 cables (balanced?) and connect to the 1 and 2 inputs of the interface, or is a single cable out from…
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What Yamaha Touch Setting Should I Use?

I just received a Yamaha DGX-660 and was going through the manual when I stumbled on the "Touch Response" setting. Below are the available options word-for-word from the manual. Soft With a soft touch, the instrument produces a loud sound.…
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Carly Comando - Everyday. Do I need to use right pedal?

I am currently learning such a beautiful song like Everyday by Carly Comando. I have Kawai CN24 at home. The way it sounds is different from the original song that is why I have some concerns that probably I do not use pedal properly. Could you help…
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Soft touches not recognized

I have a Yamaha P-80 which seems to not recognize when I play the keys softly. I need to touch them quite firmly in order for it to play a note. Is this normal behaviour or is mine broken? Edit: The difference to an actual acoustic piano is quite…
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Casio digital pianos: issue with layered piano tones

I have a Casio CDP S150, which allows the capability of layering tones. I noticed something strange happens when I layer the different piano tones on each other (standard piano tone+mellow piano tone, or any other combination). If I play 16 keys…
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What do I need to record a digital piano?

I know there are many questions similar to this. But I want to check if there are differences. I have a Kurzweil CUP 310 - 320 digital piano and I want to record the original piano audio. Currently I have a MIDI - USB cable, the one from the…
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