Here's two very shot sound clip demos of the Yamaha NP-30's two grand pianos. They're short, but give you an idea of what they sound like. Also it's MP3 so it's not CD quality. The demos are Grand Piano 1 and Grand Piano 2. You'll notice on Grand Piano 2.., there is some slight frequency ringing on a few of the higher notes.

I just banged these demos out real fast.., didn't have too much time. I'll try to go into some good demos over the next few days if I can.

Squeak
http://www.esnips.com/doc/fc96180f-350a-480c-b682-3bef8a4236a8/NP-30

Very nice demo Squeak, for a rush job.

I'm quite impressed with the Piano 1, and a little bit less with Piano 2 which sounds a little "harder" and probably better for banging out Rock and Roll.

Thanks.

Ian

That's exactly what Piano 2 is for. It's more for Rock, or even some Pop music. It's not as polished as the Grand 1.

Squeak

very nice, thanks squeak
yeah, I noticed that ringing, isn't that bad, but it's noticeable.

Take all the time you need for harpsichord if you're going to make some samples


ok, you have convinced me

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Squeak... EXCELLENT!
Thanks for posting some demos at least you have the Knads to do so unlike many here on the SZ who love to talk the talk ...
but Cant walk the walk!
I enjoyed listening to your selections, Well Done, the NP30 certainly sounds good for its price range.....
hope to hear more from ya in the furture...

Thanks again!

I just got like 10 emails asking what the first song was. That was one of the many versions of John Legends "Ordinary People". There must be a 1000 versions of that song out.

Glad you like it Dnj. When I get home from work this evening I'll try and put some more up.

Squeak

thanks a lot for the demos!
Could you please, when you have the chance, record a demo of the Electric Pianos?

Thanks!

I'm heading out to work shortly... If I can't get any up tonight I'll have some EP demos up for ya tomorrow.

Squeak

Thanx for the demo, sounds good. Interestingly enough the 2nd song sounded better to me. Maybe the song and the notes played made a difference, but for the demo #2 get's my vote.

Maybe will sound different to me in person.

Also, makes me wonder what people are using for speakers on their computers etc. I am running mine through my Harmon/Kardon tuner receiver and 4 speaker cabinets. So, mayber it would sound different through regular computer monitors

Scott

I liked # 2 better myself.
My computer has Logitec Z2300 playing sounds.
You do play beautifully Squeak. I would like to hear more of your classical work. I played classical for my first 7 years and jazz for the next 64 years but I still like to listen to that style of classics.
Best to you and keep up the good stuff.
Bebop

Thanks Squeak_d

My vote goes to Grand 1, much more detailed and balanced than Grand 2.

BTW, i'm using a pair of studio monitors.

Luis Santos

Squeek,
Thank you for the demos. Sounds pretty nice for $299 can't go wrong! And I know you're lovin that keybed.



Ok, Donny, I've uploaded 5 tunes to esnips.
None have me playing kboards.
2 are Heidi singing and 3 I am singing.
Will start new thread and post link.
hope it works.
Jim

Would you care to run the Purgatory Creek MIDI file through it, and see how it stacks up?

Very enjoyable as usual, Squeak. Isn't it amazing how good low-end keyboards can sound? It wasn't too long ago that you'd only get this kind of quality sound on high-end boards.

Taike

Squeak and OldNewb,
I can't get esnips to work for me I tried a couple of times both with IE and Firefox. If it's possible and not a big problem and anyone would like to email a couple of the files I'd love to hear both of you.

Hi mikeathome
Are you using any download software, such as download accelerator etc, as some sites won�t let you download unless they are disabled?
Also make sure your ISP has not activated anything on your account to prevent downloads. (Have a look in their FAQ)
Hope this helps

Bill

thanks for the reply. I don't use download software and I can download from every place else, even limewire. I'm thinking it might be the McAfee firewall that came with my dsl but overall everything else is working fine so I don't want to mess with it.
I did get on to the site and I see the player but nothing is playing and I don't see anything downloading.
Is there a way to download the file?
As soon as I click in esnips the browser stops responding and I have to close it.

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squeak, is there any chance of you posting a SHORT .wav instead of MP3?

I can't tell if that aliasing noise comes from the piano or from the MP3 encoder, but if it is from the piano, that makes it completely unacceptable IMO...