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Clavinova Piano Orchestra at Your Fingertips.

Advantages: Sounds like a real piano - well several differents ones. Many other instrument sounds.
Disadvantages: Takes a lot to learn about the inbuilt technology..

...instruments are produced using what Yamaha calls the AWM (Advance Wave Memory). This is where various instruments that are loaded into the CVP405 are recordings taken from the original instruments. This means that trumpets really sound like trumpets, guitars really sound like guitars, a cathedral organ will really sound like a cathedral organ and its majestic sound will really shakes the walls of your house if you want it to! And there are hundreds ...
...I am somewhat biased towards Yamaha as I have played so many of them professionally and they are one of the biggest, if not biggest, makers of musical instruments in the world. They are well-established having been founded by Torkuso Yamaha in 1887, so I feel there is not a lot they don't know about musical instruments For anybody who is thinking of learning to play a piano or having their kids learn to play, with a professional music teacher, the ...

derek-j-a 22.11.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Yamaha Clavinova CVP405

Kaossilator- the mini synth thats REALLY for on The go

Advantages: Portable -X-Y touch interface, Can stack sounds, Make loops, Over 30 different scales
Disadvantages: 100 patches is a bit limiting, No MIDI implementation, comes with no AC Adaptor

The Korg Kaossilator has really proved to be worth the money. Although only containing about 100 different patches, (grouped as 20 Lead, 10 Acoustic, 20 Bass, 10 Chord, 20 SE [Special Effects], 10 Drum, and 10 Pattern), its portability(uses four AA batteries for on the go usage) and simplicity (if you can slide your finger, then you can be a master on this machine) for a synth cannot be matched. It's worked by you basically picking a sound, whether ...
...sliding your finger across the pad to make different pitches with the sound. You can combine or "stack" beats and notes to make a loop which you play your melody over. There are thousands of combinations to be explored and used. It is really simple I can be on a bus, plug my earbuds into the headphone jack, and make crazy beats and melodies with the push of my index finger! Yes, its MIDI compatibility is lacking, and more serious electronic music ...

gratuitousP 03.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Korg Kaossilator Mini Phrase Synthesizer

The Yamaha EX7 Workstation Synthesizer experience

Advantages: Versatile, Endless potential, timeless, a very powerful instrument
Disadvantages: Can take a while to learn

...touch screen interface. The Yamaha is very complex compared to that, and almost bordering on scientific. Its not the easiest to interact with as well with a turn knob and button presses. With its interface, it can take a long time and patience to learn how to use the sequencer let alone modeling your own voices. But then, that being said there is plenty of built in presets you can access very easily and start using straight away without having to ...
...independent control over each. Yamaha AN Synthesis (Analog Physical Modeling) offers all the benefits of traditional analog synthesis with the stability, reproducability, and precise control of digital technology. It is capable of accurately reproducing the sound of classic analog synthesizers without patch cables, setting charts, or the frustrating instability that was the bane of the analog age. A standard (Poly) AN voice can have 1 AN element ...

mokeyb 17.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Yamaha EX7

Korg microKorg a great sounding Synth even with limited polypony.

Advantages: amazing sounds, with real depth and realness
Disadvantages: limited polyphony and memory bank, small keys

I have seen this piece of kit on stage with so many musicians ranging from the killers to my humble self. This instrument does come with some limitations, but what do you expect for something so small. Sometimes as a 4 note polypony but if you combine oscilators this can quickly turn into a single note instrument. but the range of sounds are amazing and after a quick flick through the manual youll find something you love. When creating digital music ...
...enjoyed using the arpeggiator and the build in effects. the only problem i have with this instrument is the keys are very small and seem cheap compared to the rest of the instrument, but this can easy be midi controlled by another keyboard of ful size. i have played too much with the vocoder part so i cant comment. ...

stejohn 24.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Korg microKORG

Edirol pcr m50 keyboard

Advantages: 27 fully assignable midi controls, high quality keyboard mechanism, v-link (for visuals)
Disadvantages: quite complex to set up assignable controls.

My experience I have been dabbling in music since the age of fifteen ( ten years) starting off deejaying with a view to producing my own music, over the last year i have found myself with more time to enjoy this part of my life and therefore borrowed some hardware from a friend, step up the "edirol pcr m50". Its a midi controller/ synthesizer with 49 keys, 12 velocity curves 27 assignable controlls ranging from roatrys, sliders switches and even ...
...pitch bend / modulation lever 15 memory set locations and midi input and output ports . Setting up and installing was easy although i didnt have the original driver disk the website was easy to manouvre and find the drivers i required. I linked the product up with my software of choice and although i struggled to set up the faders and rotary knobs i did have a more competent friend to help me with this part. the keyboard its self felt and looked ...

Gerryatrix 24.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Edirol PCR-M50