Hardware (Instruments and Effects) • Re: Yamaha P225 piano as a MIDI Controller

You can always check what curves for keybed is set?
- hard will make it hard to get fortissimo
- if normal linear too hard, set to lighter

Numbers is one thing, but will you actually feel loss of dynamics?

I did a lot of adjustments for my drum pads to get light enough for ghost hits on snare up to get full hit feel.
- so it feel as authentic as possible

Loads of settings
- lightest velocity was starting at 15 or so, and set max to whatever
- set loudness gain min and max too
- set curve between what result become

But have not seen so many settings for piano, especially on budget ones.

Listen for feel more than looking at numbers.

My Kawai MP7SE has a whole bunch though.
- filters touch on velocity to get a more mellow for lower velocity
- same with loudness
- and general curve and envelopes
- you can adjust volume of every key individually
- same with stretch tuning so to avoid harmonic beating doing certain chords

I've had 4 Yamaha pianos and none had these kind of settings, up to same price range.

But this could be done with midi plugins in a daw, adjusting to a piano instrument if not using the built in sounds in piano.
- any sampler would have this
- but using bought instruments like in Kontakt this can be locked behind passwords
- looking at Pianoteq it depends on how expensive engine you buy

Statistics: Posted by lfm — Fri Jun 14, 2024 3:39 am

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