| I did exactly that
recently bought the RD700GX - because out of all the digital pianos out there atm, I personally liked the feel \ action of that one the best - and although its Ivory Feel is an improvment, NOTHING beats the feel, sound, experience, perfomrance of the real thing
filled the RD full of every Roland exp card possible (for latency reasons), and although these cards provide a wide variety of samples, I found the stock default AA01 piano - I think its called Expressive Grand - to be the best sounding
I have recorded my old 20\30's upright and even though it sounds old (like those saloon piani's in the picture shows), it sounds more authentic and carries itself with more of a resonance than any sampled piano
if you were a concert pianist or piano was the main instrument in the song, I would not recomend recording with a digital piano or vsti - the differences are neglible in a big mix, but are very noticable when listened for and just downright digtal sounding on their own, no matter how much cool OTB processing I apply...
2nd hand piano prices have always remained fairly constant, upright, out of paper, move it yourself - or get pro's to move it....couple hundred at most, then just get it tuned, doesn't take up much space, you'll have it for life |