![]() ![]() Pedals are pure rubbish - they are so annoyingly loud and cheaply made that it is a disgrace for this otherwise beautiful instrument. You feel that you squeeze plastic with your foot, you hear the squeaking… It's so bad that I literarily use less pedal in my music because I don't want to touch it so often! It's a cheap and ugly plastic case with ugly sticker that wasn't even aligned properly. The look of the actual instrument… It's the best looking electronic instrument I have ever seen. It's a beautiful sculpture that was complimented many times by my guests. Keyboard is very nice, it didn't wear for me after maybe 400 hours of play time. Sometimes I do notice slight misalignments of the key when I touch them during practice (and of course when I look at them up close), so it is somehow noticeable (very very slightly!), but nothing that would annoy me and I am rather picky and snobby about the quality of things I own. ![]() I bet that most complex instruments especially wooden ones do have similar very slight flaws. Good/bad thing about the keys - they are rather heavy, which at first hurt my ability to play, but now it made playing on every other piano much easier. On the other hand - keys go rather deep, so when I play on uprights with shallow keybeds I need some adjustment time.I had a look at the Piano Marvel website - looks like a cool product, though pricey. $15 / month? If I buy something I don't want to keep having to pay for it every month, and always-on internet requirement is kind of redic as well.Īnyway, it seems that its sound output consists of accompaniment and metronome. The piano sound is produced by your piano. So if you wanted to use the VPC1, you'd need a software piano running at the same time on your computer. The problem with this is that Asio4All drivers won't let you play 2 sound sources at once. This can be solved by using an external audio interface, like the UR22 (which I have), Focusrite 2i2, etc. I just checked, and there's no problem playing 2 outputs at once. It's an extra expense that you would have to factor in. Obviously, the VPC1 doesn't have speakers, so you'd need some external speakers anyway (2.1 computer speakers will sound pretty decent, or you could pay more for studio monitors). Just to be clear, the VPC1 does not have a wooden action. The ES7 and alternatives like the Roland FP80 and Casio PX350 all have very good actions, and might be worth getting for the convenience of built in sounds and speakers, and not requiring an audio interface. ![]()
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