Hello;

By now I have had my Yamaha PSR-SX900 for almost 5 months. I’m a bit disappointed that the keys became noisy really quickly, I expect that adding some grease would fix the problem, but I’m not ready yet to bring it to the service.

But even with this shortcoming, I tend to think that this is the best option I can have right now.

For a long time I considered Yamaha MODX7 to be my best option, yet I failed to buy it twice. First time I thought that Roland Juno DS76 would be enough, bought that one, although I am still playing it, I regretted a bit that I didn’t buy MODX7 instead, and when I finally got enough money for MODX7, I found a good deal for PSR-SX900 and took it, thus rejected the MODX again.

What surprised me later when I was studying Data Lists for MODX and PSR-SX900, that SX900 actually has a larger collection of “Seattle Strings” than MODX does. I guess it’s because the SX900 was released later.

I guess, the reason why I chose PSR over MODX was that while listening to them on YouTube I concluded that traditional music like BossaNova was still closer to me than some experimental electronic stuff. And while MODX is suitable for all the genres, I have a feeling that it’s more about synthetic stuff and arpeggios, while the PSR line is more about acoustic instruments.

I recorded a small “concert”; this way I try to figure my relationship with arranges myself, still don’t have a conclusive feeling about it.

What I can say, is that 76 keys would be nicer. But even with 61 keys, the SX900 gave me the refreshment I needed after my old PSR-S950; with new drums all the styles sound differently, while new guitars and electric pianos, strings and choirs have really opened a new chapter for me, so even without being perfect it helps to keep the enthusiasm alive, which is the whole point anyway.

Kabinopus, your playing does the Sx900 justice. I keep thinking how the emotion happens in your mind, and it comes out in your fingers. Nice!

Thank you for sharing your music, John C.

Thank you, John :-) I guess it’s the same way as emotions usually come out from
people’s mouths :-) and I’m not usually expressive verbally, so in a way keyboards help me to be more open to people :-)

Nice sounding keyboard and wonderful skills Thanks for sharing your talent.

Lovely, Kabin… are these straight improvisations, or do you you have a roadmap before you start? They have a lovely flow… ❤️

If you don’t mind me making a suggestion, the pianos sound like they are being played fairly hard, seldom sounding like they are getting much below mf. If you aren’t already, try setting the keyboard velocity curve for the piano (but not the pad, if it’s a different Part) to as hard as it goes. You’ve got a good pianist touch, and it sounds like you are losing quite a bit of dynamics at the low end. That type of music and playing really needs to leverage as much dynamics as possible.

You can hear it on the Wurlitzer sound as well. There’s a velocity switch from the cleaner to the slightly distorted samples, and it sounds as you don’t hit the cleaner one very often!

The final compressor will pull everything together nicely for recording, but the piano will sound more intimate, I think… 🎹😎

By the way, your hand angle looks a bit uncomfortable… perhaps bring the keyboard a bit higher or sit a tad lower? In the long run, over years, that bent wrist angle may lead to carpal tunnel or other problems, not to mention short term fatigue. Try sitting at a piano bench in front of a real piano and note your wrist angle as you play, then try to recreate that with your stand and seat. That posture has been tried and tested over centuries and found to be the best!

I truly enjoyed this video. So nice to hear some straight PLAYING here…! 👍🏼😍

Thank you, Zuki and Diki for your attention,

It is mostly improvisation, except for one Russian song at 18:18.

As for the piano sound, I might try some different velocity curve setting, but I have a suspicion that PSR’s pianos don’t really have proper samples for soft touches. My Juno DS is a bit better when you want the piano to sound dark and blurry, but the transition from “piano” to “forte” is a bit unexpected there, so it’s hard to say which is the lesser of two evils.

As for the way I sit I do get this recommendation from time to time. I used to play an acoustic piano at restaurant for 3-4 hours per night and it was too obvious that if I wasn’t sitting high enough I couldn’t play the way I wanted.

Since I didn’t have any formal training, I guess, I can say that I don’t follow any recommendations :-)

So nice! I am feeling all calm and content for a moment.

Class performance from a class person.

So glad to know you, friend.


Russ

captain Russ You are very kind, Russ, thank you! Glad to know you too!

Whatever works for you, works for you Kabin..! I just wanted to warn you about long term effects you may not see for years. There’s no doubt you love playing, and no doubt you have many decades in front of you, and I would hate for wrist problems to make the final decade or so uncomfortable. I know several elderly pianists who play rarely any more because of the pain.

You may not have to go completely to standard keybed/bench heights, good piano benches have a way to adjust the height a few inches, so there is always room to go up a bit and still be legit, but every inch or two upwards on the keyboard or lower on the seat reduces that wrist angle a bit, and may be sufficient to avoid those long term problems.

It might take a bit of time to get used to, but I guarantee that it will be less time than you might find yourself in pain for in your final years. That seems like a good tradeoff! It’s difficult at your age to realize just how long you may be old for, but with luck it’s decades, and that’s a long time to be in pain for, trying to do something you love… 🎹❤️🎹

Hello my Russian fried. Once again, thank you for another spectacular performance - you are so incredibly talented. However, as noted by Diki, your position over the keyboard will eventually place a lot of stress on your forearms and wrists.

Many years ago, when I was very young, my piano teacher provided me with some very useful position information. Your back should be straight. your legs should be positioned as if you were sitting in a chair and when your hands are on the keys, your forearms should be parallel to the floor. For this reason, I purchased a fully adjustable stool, one primarily used by guitar players doing solo acts.



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Good Luck,

Gary