I don't get this V piano
19 Feb 2009, 15:39I have a bit of musical experience, have been playing the piano for 26 years now. I've played a fair bit on various acoustic "classics" such as the Petrof, Bosendorfer, Bechstein, Bluthner and the like. I'm also familiar with the Kawai and Yamaha acoustic sound.
So I do appreciate a good sound.
Have to say by watching the videos here and on youtube (by the way, good job Roland, the videos are very good and sell the product qualities well), am still very confused as to who this product actually targets.
The sound seems to be very good, and capabilities of tuning are impressive, however, I'm not sure that me, as a pianist, would ever need to change/tweak all those bits... I mean once I'll get a sound that satisfies me, I'll stick with it.
The sound changes can be extremely subtle, so using the V piano in a band I consider pointless, nobody would hear the difference, unless one goes to extremes.
So that leaves for me single performance, but for that price.... am really not sure. Already in the 6000 range one can get pretty decent acoustic pianos. And there will never be comparison. On V Synth I guess monitors will do half the job anyway.
And I'm guessing this is not very light either...? So, bottom line, while it's a great machine, for me is not clear what the overal purpose is... I used to have an electric upright from the Roland HP series, which was not brilliant, but a whole class above Yamaha, not to mention cheaper brands like Casio, etc... For indoor performance, appartment, etc, it was excellent. And costed around 1000 EUR.
To be fair, it seems a product done just because technolgoy allowed it... personally I'll chose a 6000$ acoustic over a 6000$ electric any day or night
peace, I'm still a Roland fan
So I do appreciate a good sound.
Have to say by watching the videos here and on youtube (by the way, good job Roland, the videos are very good and sell the product qualities well), am still very confused as to who this product actually targets.
The sound seems to be very good, and capabilities of tuning are impressive, however, I'm not sure that me, as a pianist, would ever need to change/tweak all those bits... I mean once I'll get a sound that satisfies me, I'll stick with it.
The sound changes can be extremely subtle, so using the V piano in a band I consider pointless, nobody would hear the difference, unless one goes to extremes.
So that leaves for me single performance, but for that price.... am really not sure. Already in the 6000 range one can get pretty decent acoustic pianos. And there will never be comparison. On V Synth I guess monitors will do half the job anyway.
And I'm guessing this is not very light either...? So, bottom line, while it's a great machine, for me is not clear what the overal purpose is... I used to have an electric upright from the Roland HP series, which was not brilliant, but a whole class above Yamaha, not to mention cheaper brands like Casio, etc... For indoor performance, appartment, etc, it was excellent. And costed around 1000 EUR.
To be fair, it seems a product done just because technolgoy allowed it... personally I'll chose a 6000$ acoustic over a 6000$ electric any day or night
peace, I'm still a Roland fan
