Thomann's Cool Online Guides: Digital Pianos
Choosing a digital piano actually involves many of the same considerations as choosing a real piano.
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Beginnings
- 3.Casing
- 4.Sound
- 5.Action
Welcome to our Digital Piano Online Advisor.
While for the utmost in authentic piano sounds, there’s still no substitute for the real thing, the best modern digital pianos sound astonishingly realistic - indistinguishable from an acoustic piano to most ears, especially when recorded. We’'re fortunate that we now live in a world where great sounding pianos are affordable, portable, and fit in a small room. Better still, they can be played at modest volume levels, or even on headphones, they very often come with not only a choice of piano sounds, but many others as well, and some even have the facility to record your performances.
So unless you’'re a die-hard purist, digital pianos make a great choice for anyone from a beginner to a gigging professional musician. In this guide, we’'ll try to give you the information you need to choose the right one for you.
Our Online Advisor extends to several pages - you can jump from section to section using the index below or the navigation at the bottom of each page.
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Active Monitor System 4.5" Woofer, 0.75" Tweeter, 60 W class D amplifier (2 x 30 W), Optimised for desktop applications, Front volume control, Frequency range: 88 - 20,000 Hz (-3 dB SPL), 60 - 20,000 Hz (-10 dB), Max....
Amp Modeling Interface 24-Bit / 96 kHz, 10 x 4 Amp Modeling Audio Interface, 2 x Combo inputs mic / line with Audient Class A microphone preamp (60 dB gain), Instrument input with tube preamp including 12AX7 tube and...
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Eurorack Module Sampler / Sample Player for live performances, Two identical channels (A / B) allow recording, playback and editing of samples, 6 Encoder knobs for real-time editing, Various playback modes, tuning, VCA, AD envelope and effects per channel...
Pitch Correction Plugin (Download) Software for automatic intonation correction in real time, Easy and fast pitch correction, Based on the algorithms of Auto-Tune Pro, Simple parameter set for easy operation, Low-latency for live applications, Compatible to Antares Auto-Key (Article...
Audio MIDI sequencer (DAW)Upgrade from Cubase AI 6 or later 32 Bit Integer and 64 Bit Float, Unlimited number of simultaneously usable audio and MIDI tracks, Supports up to 256 physical inputs and outputs, 5.1 Surround...
Effect Pedal for Electric Guitar Guitar Synthesiser, Eleven mono-synthesizer sounds, Eleven programmable user presets, Controls: Vol Dry, Vol Synth, Sens, Ctrl, Type, LED: effect on, Footswitch: Preset, Bypass, Connections: Input (6.3 mm jack), EXP (6.3 mm jack), Synth Output...
Piano Monitor Specially designed for optimal dynamic playback of the Nord Piano Library, Optimized for near field, Additional auxiliary audio input to connect a laptop or smartphone, Power: 2x 80 W, Loudspeaker equipment: 3/4" Tweeter and 4 1/2" woofer,...
Compact Guitar Amp with Audio Interface Compact, battery-powered guitar amplifier with integrated audio interface, 1 x 4" Fullrange speaker (4 Ωs), Output power: 15 W (mains operation), 7.5 W (battery operation), 3 Analog channels: Clean, Drive and Lead, EQ...
V3 Sound V3 Grand Piano tone generator - Modelling Sounds, Strings Resonance, Note off sample, Pedal noise, 4 GB flash memory, 254 voice polyphony, 16 Midi Channels, 600 programms, 12000 Samples, connection: MIDI In/Thru, USB to host, sustain pedal (half...
Positive Grid BIAS FX 2 Standard (ESD); guitar effects plugin; Guitar Match technology simulates specific guitars, which can be played wiht regular guitars; contains Guitar Match-Essential with 2 guitars, 45 effect pedals and rack processors as well as 30 classic...
Plugin Bundle (Download)Crossgrade from any registered iZotope product (except DDLY, Moebius and all freeware plugins) Three reverb effects for natural, non-modulated and effective, modulatable reverberation as well as a multi-effect plug-in, Consists of Phoenix Verb, R4,...
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