Korg or Yamaha

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A great piano player told me that he always gets Yamaha over Korgs because
their sound is so much closer to a real piano. Is this true? He also said
that the action is better.

Is the weighted keys, and hammer action just as good on a Korg as it is on a
Yamaha?

I really want to get a synthesizer soon, so I want to make up my mind.

Would you trust an internet company to mail you one? I can save on taxes.


Thanks for the help

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In addition to what Henry said, if you are a 'real' pianist you might want
to consider buying the piano action keyboard controller that has the best
feel to you and then getting a synth module that has the most realistic
piano sound to you. Make sure you try them out together for the best match.

In addition to the Yamaha and Korg check out Kurzweil and especially the new
Roland Fantom X series. I just got the Fantom XR module and it has really
impressive acoustic piano sounds. Go to this link and click the 'Launch
Product Demo' for some samples :
http://www.rolandus.com/products/d [...] antom%2DXR

Best of luck!

John L Rice
Drummer@ImJohn.com


"song writer" <iwritesongs@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:BDC6E6F2.1D420%iwritesongs@verizon.net...
> A great piano player told me that he always gets Yamaha over Korgs because
> their sound is so much closer to a real piano. Is this true? He also said
> that the action is better.
>
> Is the weighted keys, and hammer action just as good on a Korg as it is on
a
> Yamaha?
>
> I really want to get a synthesizer soon, so I want to make up my mind.
>
> Would you trust an internet company to mail you one? I can save on taxes.
>
>
> Thanks for the help
>

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On 11/22/04 12:44 AM, in article BDC6E6F2.1D420%iwritesongs@verizon.net,
"song writer" <iwritesongs@verizon.net> wrote:



Thanks to all of you for your excellent feedback.
I was shopping a little more today, and I get a little more confused each
time. Now I realize that I want not only the weighted key feel, but also
the hammer action of the keyboard. That is a very important quality for the
keyboard to have. However, the salesmen said I will not get the hammer
action on synthesizer workstations like Yamaha, Rolland, or Korg, but only
the weighted keys. On the other hand, the hammer action works great on the
digital keyboards. Sigh... Since I plan on writing music and recoding the
synthesizer workstations are the route I should take. I can't see myself
spending more money for a sequencer box at this point. However, I do want
that nice acoustic piano sound, along with the other timbers that the
synthesizers offer. So my questions is this: does the Yamaha offer the
hammer action on it?

I hope I'm not making a pest out of myself. I love, and I mean love the
piano. I have been trying to teach myself for years, and now I am finally
getting the hang of it. I also dabble in guitar.
Music is my love. I am a flash/web designer by trade, but music is my long
lost passion.

Thanks

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Although i'm a Korg user I do find
Yamaha's Piano to sound best and
the action too. You can find that
the weight changes from heavy for
the lower notes to light for the higher
notes.. that's how it is for a real piano too.
So i guess the action is more accurate.

"reddred" <opaloka@REMOVECAPSyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:18adnT_y8qpVmDncRVn-jQ@adelphia.com...
> IMO the yamahas have the most-piano like action, if that is what you want,
> while the Kurzweils (K and PC series, but not the SP series) have the most
> piano-like sound.
>
> jb
>
>
> "song writer" <iwritesongs@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:BDC80CA5.1D51B%iwritesongs@verizon.net...
> > On 11/22/04 12:44 AM, in article BDC6E6F2.1D420%iwritesongs@verizon.net,
> > "song writer" <iwritesongs@verizon.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks to all of you for your excellent feedback.
> > I was shopping a little more today, and I get a little more confused
each
> > time. Now I realize that I want not only the weighted key feel, but
also
> > the hammer action of the keyboard. That is a very important quality for
> the
> > keyboard to have. However, the salesmen said I will not get the hammer
> > action on synthesizer workstations like Yamaha, Rolland, or Korg, but
only
> > the weighted keys. On the other hand, the hammer action works great on
> the
> > digital keyboards. Sigh... Since I plan on writing music and recoding
the
> > synthesizer workstations are the route I should take. I can't see
myself
> > spending more money for a sequencer box at this point. However, I do
want
> > that nice acoustic piano sound, along with the other timbers that the
> > synthesizers offer. So my questions is this: does the Yamaha offer the
> > hammer action on it?
> >
> > I hope I'm not making a pest out of myself. I love, and I mean love the
> > piano. I have been trying to teach myself for years, and now I am
finally
> > getting the hang of it. I also dabble in guitar.
> > Music is my love. I am a flash/web designer by trade, but music is my
long
> > lost passion.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
>
>

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On 11/24/04 8:52 PM, in article
933507b.0411241752.3000d4a9@posting.google.com, "Mirek"
<mirek_kukielka@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I don't think either Korg or Yamaha will sound and play better than
> Roland RD or A-series keyboards. In fact, there is one on e-bay right
> now:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d [...] 64806533&r
> d=1&ssPageName=WDVW
>
> I'd seriously consider looking into it. The one listed on ebay will
> accept several synth boards as well:
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d [...] 64422462&r
> d=1&ssPageName=WDVW
>
> I didn't care much about either Korg or Yamaha's piano sounds, nor did
> I like the action at all. The A90 feels very, very close
> (action-wise) to the real thing and it offers just about any midi
> controller feature you'd ever need.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Mirek
>
> song writer <iwritesongs@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:<BDC6E6F2.1D420%iwritesongs@verizon.net>...
>> A great piano player told me that he always gets Yamaha over Korgs because
>> their sound is so much closer to a real piano. Is this true? He also said
>> that the action is better.
>>
>> Is the weighted keys, and hammer action just as good on a Korg as it is on a
>> Yamaha?
>>
>> I really want to get a synthesizer soon, so I want to make up my mind.
>>
>> Would you trust an internet company to mail you one? I can save on taxes.
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the help


I would like to thank you all for your feedback.

Tonight I purchased a Yamaha ES 8 Motif. A co-worker highly recommended it.
He is a vidographer as well as a keyboardist. He let me here what he created
for our client for background music, and I was very impressed.

I figured if I didn't make up my mind soon it might be another year before I
purchase a keyboard/synthesizer. So now I have one; and I'm glad!

Thanks for all your help.
Cheers