[net.music.synth] Good piano sounds

bottom@katadn.DEC (05/07/85)

If your budget is a little flexable I'd recommend trying the Roland
Jupeter 6 ($2395). It has about the best piano sound I've heard in a
synth, excluding the higher(est) priced units.

					*db*

peterb@pbear.UUCP (05/08/85)

Another choice is the Ensonic Mirage. It has a very nice sound to it,
and its cost is only 1695$. It is MIDI, so a Roland Key Controller
would make a perfect match.

ima!pbear!peterb
ihnp4!inmet!pbear!peterb

rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Arthur Pewtey) (05/10/85)

> If your budget is a little flexable I'd recommend trying the Roland
> Jupeter 6 ($2395). It has about the best piano sound I've heard in a
> synth, excluding the higher(est) priced units.
> 
> 					*db*

I've heard that the piano program in the SUPER JUPITER (a modular box costing
about $2K for use with Roland's MIDI keyboards, which also go for about $2K)
is the same program.  It's far superior to all of the piano programs on the
Planet-P module also designed for use with the MIDI keyboards.  (Actually,
I think the non-weighted though touch sensitive version of the MIDI keyboard
costs a bit less than $2K.)
-- 
"Ya dee apockety, rum fing f'doo.  Ni, ni, ni, YOWWWWWWWWWW!" 
				Rich Rosen 	ihnp4!pyuxd!rlr	

shep@datacube.UUCP (05/17/85)

The super jupiter from Roland -does- great piano sounds. A velocity
MIDI keyboard is required; as a lot of the feel comes from the
velocity modulation. Without a velocity keyboard, you can still get
some amazing patches, but they are a bit more aseptic.

	datacube!shep