Jan 21 2011

Roland RD-300NX Digital Piano

Roland RD-300NX Stage Piano Overview

The RD-300NX stage piano possess an advanced SuperNATURAL Piano sound engine, , a recently developed Ivory Feel-G keyboard with Escapement, E.Piano sounds based on SuperNATURAL technology, a unique Sound Focus feature, and more.

Roland RD-300NX

Roland RD-300NX Digital Piano

Roland lifted the stage-piano bar with the RD-700NX. Nowadays, the world-famous SuperNATURAL sound and expression of the flagship RD is available at a lighter weight and more affordable price. The Ivory Feel-G keyboard include Roland’s most advanced sensor, escapement mechanism, and Ivory Feel features. The keyboard gives the better touch and sensitivity, in a packed in and lightweight design, which is a great advantage for musicians who desire to travel light.

The RD-300NX’s acoustic-piano sounds are resultant from Roland’s highly praised SuperNATURAL Piano sound engine. With SuperNATURAL Piano technology, three vital elements are significantly improved, they are velocity response, note decay, and key-range behavior which resulting in smooth, natural sound and response. Read more »

Jan 15 2011

Kurzweil PC361 Keyboard

Kurzweil PC361 Ultimate Performance Controller Keyboard

The Kurzweil PC361 provides 128 voices of mind-boggling sound quality along with a host of influential, easy to use features with a sleek new look on the exterior, and a store of Kurzweil’s latest cutting edge chip technology under its hood. The PC361 keyboard provides a full range of world class orchestral sounds, including Kurzweil’s fresh String Section ROM bank, making it perfect for film-scoring and soundtrack projects.

Kurzweil PC361 Keyboard

Kurzweil PC361 Keyboard

Every type of expression, every shade has been captured, with samples of full and divisi sections of violins, violas, cellos, and double bass. The 61-note PC361 is Kurzweil’s ultimate performance controller keyboard, with a huge collection of dazzling sounds combined with all-inclusive real-time controller functions. The PC361′s latest Dynamic V.A.S.T. architecture is an enormous move forward in synthesis with improved processing power, flexibility and ease of use.

Dynamic V.A.S.T. picks up where the K series left off. Containing up to 32 layers per program means that emulations of actual instruments can be extremely detailed and precise, while the synthesized sounds can be extremely great and complex. The PC361 offers a huge sound set of over 850 programs, raising the bar once again for both audio quality and selection. With the finest samples in the industry, and a powerful, responsive synth engine breathing life into them, you’ll feel like you’re playing a real instrument, not just playing samples. Under the hood of the PC361 is just the most powerful synthesis engine ever created by Kurzweil. Read more »

May 22 2010

Yamaha NP-30 Portable Grand Digital Piano

Yamaha NP-30 Lightweight Piano

The Yamaha NP-30 Portable Grand provides Yamaha’s digital piano sound and simplicity in its super slim design and minimal weight of 12 pounds makes it the most compact performer in the digital piano family of instruments. It includes a graded action is one of the primary features required by pianists in their digital instruments.

Yamaha NP-30 Portable Grand Piano

Yamaha NP-30 Portable Grand Piano

The new Graded Soft-Touch keyboard is the first of its kind bringing different levels of resistance without the extra weight of moving hammers. The key contributor to the NP-30′s fighting weight of only 12 pounds, results in a very playable action that will appeal to pianists who desire to take their music anywhere, and 6 AA batteries are needed to power up and start playing immediately. . The Yamaha’s NP-30 piano has a built-in metronome and even has multiple time signatures (3/4, 4/4, 6/8…) to opt from. The NP-30 includes a Dual Voice mode allows you to combine and play two Voices at once. You have to hold down the Voice Select button and choose the two you’d like to listen to for a selection of combinations. Read more »