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I own a 2005 Roland RD700Sx stage piano. Its a great piano but I need to add more pianos and electric piano sounds to it via a sound module. My budget it limited to $500-$600 (aust).I'm not concerned about which brand of sound module/tone generator.
I don't have the need to add a 2nd keyboard,I just want to add a module to the piano for simplicity sake.I have a home studio so I don't have a lot of space.
My equipment consists of:
Roland RD700SX stage piano.
Tascam DP03 portastudio 8 track digital recorder.
(it replaced a 4 track Tascam cassette deck about 5 months ago.)
Roland KC350 amp.
What sound modules do use that offer a variety of pianos/electric pianos,etc?
Thanks.
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Hi Denv and welcome
I use Synthogy Ivory Grands which is a software module and gives fantastic reproduction of Steinway D, Bosendorfer and Yamaha Studio 7' (over 70Gb of sampled sound information). I did a lot of research before I selected this as my choice. Other sounds are available.
However, I also did carefully investigate Sampletekk esp. the 7CG - Seven Seas Grand Yamaha C7, and also TruePianos. In my view the Ivory was the better selection, but I don't currently have any electric piano sounds for it. Some others included these in their packages. There are also hardware solutions such as the Kedtron SD2 and Roland Sound Canvas, but I'm not sure that the Piano Sounds are as good as the ivory.
Hope this gives you a starting point for your research.
Regards
Trevor
BIAB & RB2024 Win.(Audiophile), Sonar Platinum, Cakewalk by Bandlab, Izotope Prod.Bundle, Roland RD-1000, Synthogy Ivory, Kontakt, Focusrite 18i20, KetronSD2, NS40M Monitors, Pioneer Active Monitors, AKG K271 Studio H'phones
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Have you considered using sampled piano's via soft synth as opposed to a hardware solution?
My only use for a keyboard now days is to use it to enter the midi data into my DAW. All sounds are "in the box" using samples and soft synths. The quality is superb and there are many nice and inexpensive sample libraries available for piano these days....
Last edited by Guitarhacker; 01/01/14 07:26 AM.
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What sound modules do use that offer a variety of pianos/electric pianos,etc?
Hi Denv12, I've been able to "update" the sounds of older keyboards to really great sounding pianos using the Ketron Klavi Pro. It is very small, hardware unit that always is ready to go, no software fiddling, no need for separate computer, easy to hook up, matter of fact I keep one attached to the top of one of my older 88-key weighted action Yamaha pianos from days gone by, attached to the top of the piano with a couple of stick-on hook and loop fasteners, with MIDI cable from the piano to the Ketron Klavi Pro always attached. If you are not interested in full GM banks of instruments other than basic pianos as used in gigs, this is one very nice sounding solution IMO. Here's a link I binged that is an AUS dealer: http://www.ketron.it/index.php?option=co...20&lang=eng This link is to demo soundfiles of the three included piano types: http://www.ketron.it/index.php?option=co...37&lang=eng Most users wouldn't pay for "just" a few piano sounds, but sometimes having just those great sounding keyboards available like this is just what the doctor ordered for the consummate pianist. And the Rhodes is divine in live work IMO. Very responsive. The Grand Piano, when used with an appropriate weighted keyboard, is a dream on the live gigs. Another option, for the keyboardist wanting to update ALL the internal sounds of their older keyboard would be the Ketron SD2 sound module. Great sounding instrument patches of all types to include one of the best sounding GM banks I've used, plus many Upper Bank patches that are of use to keyboardists as well. Again, small, simple, great sounding samples. PG Music sells the Ketron SD2 on their website and so would any authorized AUS dealer. --Mac
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