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[Kalahari Inkantation]

hi boyah

i have a ~$500 budget for a digital piano

(i absolutely despise the term """keyboard""" because of the ambiguity)

Anyone have any experience? Anyone have any recommendations?

[Mando Pandango]

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR

as long as it has at least 5 octaves and is velocity sensitive, it'll probably fit your needs. the thing about instruments is that if you plan on practicing, you need to be sure it's an instrument you enjoy playing. go to a music store and try some out

[Kalahari Inkantation]

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR

idklol the best possible high-quality beginner-friendly one with cool synth features within like okay maybe ~$600

velocity sensitive

w-what does this mean

Like, the force of the keystrike?

go to a music store and try some out

oooooohhh this is a brilliant idea

i was just gonna hit up djeff bezos lol

[Mando Pandango]

Velocity sensitive means you can play loud/soft by hitting the keys harder/softer that's all

[Kalahari Inkantation]

oh yes

oh yes oh yes it's not a piano without sound modulation

that's a definite must have lol

[strongbad]

What Pepsi said sounds good but also bonus points for midi so you can use as a synth controller if you so desire

[Kalahari Inkantation]

What Pepsi said sounds good but also bonus points for midi so you can use as a synth controller if you so desire

What does this mean? How does this work?

i basically want all the useful features lol i don't want to feel like i need to buy another within two years

[Mando Pandango]

A midi output will let you use it as a controller for software instruments, synthesizers, etc.

[Mando Pandango]

That means it'll be the keyboard and you'll hook it up to another thing that makes the sounds

[Kalahari Inkantation]

a final question before i visit the musical instrument emporium

Digital piano owners, why'd you pick your model over all the others?

oh and also is $500-$600 a reasonable budget

[Kalahari Inkantation]

also lol, even digital piano doesn't avoid the ambiguity since technically every piano ever is digital

these should really be called ePianos, as in

"i am a rising ePianist"

[ikanaide]

i bought a casio recently and it's ok. the tone sounded a bit weird to me at first but i got more or less used to it. the sustain wasn't very good i actually wouldn't recommend it but it's adequate for my level of practice and i was too lazy to return it cuz it's a big heavy thing. it was out of that or yamaha p45 i wish i tried the yamaha now in retrospect

[Mando Pandango]

Tec do you have a teacher? Any kind of a learning plan?

[Kalahari Inkantation]

go to a music store

a final question before i visit the musical instrument emporium

oh btw i momentarily visited Guitard Centre™

Gitaroo Man recommended the ~$550 yamaha p. 45 (WARNING: BEZOSZON LINK)

but i haven't look into it since then lol god i'm way behind on this project

My Next Step:

and try some out

[Kalahari Inkantation]

Tec do you have a teacher? Any kind of a learning plan?

no LOL

i basically just want to be able to do this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIa3QrbEZg4

Can't be that hard, right?

i basically just need a physical algorithm for doing that lol