Musical Instruments Review

The Gem PRP-800 Deluxe Performance Portable Piano and Pak is an ideal tandem that provides you maximum product satisfaction. Aside from the portable piano, you also have to get the piano bench, the metal-tube stand for the keyboard and the pedals.

It is important the get the triple pedal unit as it is responsible for the functioning of the Damper Physical Model technology which makes it easier for you to control the 16 different action levels when using the piano. Make use of the pedal to produce the real string sound of an acoustic piano.

The piano boasts of 50 songs that are built-in the unit. Plus, you get a song book that will come in handy during practice time. Sift through the chosen pieces of Chopin, Mozart, Beethoven and other great classics. The built-in demos will be a big help and will also help you relax when you get tired of playing.

Connectivity is great with midi connections but it is quite difficult to reach them when you position your piano against a wall since the ports are on the back.

The Yamaha YPG-625 88-Key Weighted Action Portable Grand Keyboard is an excellent instrument both for practice, live playing and even for recording. It is reasonably priced too at $699.99.

Yamahas’ YPG-625 has 500 realistic instrument voices and 150 accompaniment styles. If you want expressive playing then the hammer-action 88 keys that are weighted will make your playing more natural. Plus, the keyboard’s databse can hold as many as 267 song records allowing you to set the keyboard to a specific genre.

Connectivity is great and with the USB you can easily connect your keyboard to your PC. You can also use the USB connection to use the memory stick storage. With these features you can efficiently create your own songs.

There is also a Yamaha Survival Kit 88 to add to your purchase which woudl entitle you to a watch&learn DVD, stereo headphones, grand piano key cover anda three-year extended warranty.

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The Dave Smith Instruments Prophet ‘08 Synthesizer is feature-packed but reasonably-priced at $1999. This keyboard has a sonic character, 100%$ analog signal path and an 8-voice synthesizer. Expect every performance to be great with thus analog synthesizer’s aftertouch and velocity.

The Prophet ‘08 boasts of a 5-octave keyboard, 256 programs that are fully editable consisting of two layers of sepearate sounds for each program. It has an arpeggiator, 16×4 gated step sequencer, two analog oscillators that are digitally controlled, white noise generators, three envelope generators and one analog curtis low-pass filter per voice.

Connectivity is not a problem with his keyboard as it has ports for MIDI in, out, thru and Poly Chain, main stereo audio output, output B stereo audio output, sustain pedal input, headphone output and pedal/CD input.

The Nord Electro 2 Sixty-One Stage Piano/Organ is the perfect keyboard for musicians who want them weighing light but heavy on the sounds. And since it is very light at only 17 pounds, you can bring the Nord Electro anywhere whether for practice or for gigs.

Nord Electro’s organ boasts of being based on the digital simulation of the B-3 organ’s mechanical tone wheels. It can imitate the B-3 sounds plus it can offer the user some very innovative solutions. Among these is the complex digital modelling innovation which was made available in the original vibrato scanner and chorus of the B-3.

The Nord Elector’s drawbars are easily seen thanks to the up and down buttons as well as the LED bar graphs. The appropriate settings of the drawbar is automatically seen when you change your presets making your adjustments more precise and efficient.

And don’t forget that the Nord Electro also has a piano section which consists of multi-sampled electric piano instruments. You also get an acoustic grand piano as a bonus. Connectivity is great thanks to the USB interface which allows you to easily download new piano sounds.

The Kurzweil PC1X Performance Controller Keyboard is an affordable musical instrument that boasts of a controller with 512 programs. It has the much-talked about Orchestral collection by Kurzwell and is compatible with GM1. This Kurzwell has a 64-voice polyphony, 88 keys, and 64 setups.

This mono-pressure keyboard has dual effects engines, an EQ that’s user-controllable, pitch and mod wheels and an arpeggiator. It also has a 32MB sample ROM which is capable of being expanded. Connectivity is not a problem with the balanced stereo analog output, expression pedal input, headphone jack and a super ribbon controller input.

The best thing about the Kurzweil PC1X Performance Controller Keyboard is its connectivity given the USB interface which allows you to connect the keyboard to a computer. It paves the way for more data storage and easy operating system updates.

This 88-note Kurzwell piano has fully weighted hammer action and the voice of a Triple Strike Grand Piano. With the touch of a button, you get a variety of sounds including strings, EPs, pianos and voices.

If you are a serious piano player then this keyboard will stay with you to provide that 64-polyphony continued quality sounds even when subjected to pressured performances.

If you are into practice and serious song writing then this paino is for you.

The Yamaha PSRE313 has a lot of features like the piano-like touch, bass ports, 2-track recorder, backlit LCD screen and a Flash ROM. It boasts of 482 GM and XGlite voices compared to the only 375 voices installed in the PSRE 213. This keyboard also has four chorus effects and nine digital reverb plus 106 accompaniment styles to choose from.

This keyboard can very well function as ana coustic piano which gives you a loud sound when yous triek the keys so hard and a soft sound when you strike it softly.

One of the features that beginners will love about this keyboard is the 2-track recorder which allows you not only to record two parts but also to play along with what you have recorded. With a 5-song capacity at 10,000 notes per song you will really have a grand time practising and recognizing your strengths and flaws.