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Old 9th August 2004   #9
keyboardman
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No single action will be good for everyone just like no single piano sound will be good for everyone. You have to chose the one that is least unacceptable. I prefer the action of Yamaha's weighted keys. The others are not to my liking...especially the cheap "studio controllers". To me, they might as well be unweighted.

I haven't played a single "virtual" piano capable of tricking me into thinking its real while playing. There are several very acceptable ones that sound good playing back from MIDI. Heck, in the right context, they can sound very convincing. But while playing, I'm not fooled into thinking its the real thing.

The Yamaha "GranTouch" thing is pretty cool in that the sound seems to come from a similar place as a real piano but its not good enough to justify lugging it around to a gig.
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