Topic: Acuna88 Review
Today I picked up my new keyboard, an Acuna88. While I was in the music shop, I played a few notes, (volume off), of a Yamaha NU1. The touch felt really very heavy and, dare I say, almost muddy. I could only just feel the escapement when playing the keys very lightly.
Now, I got my Acuna88 home and unboxed it. I played a few keys, silently and they also felt heavy. I hooked it up to PianoTEQ, chose the most "realistic" velocity curve within the Acuna88 for authentic piano touch as advised in the Acuna88 manual, and to my delight, found that the touch sensation on the Acuna88 is very similar to that if the feeling when playing the keys of the Yamaha NU1!
Also, the amount of control I am able to get from the Acuna88 is the best I have ever gotten out of a keyboard so far. Studiologic do state on their site that the TP100LR keybed as found in the Acuna88 enables the pianist to get a better dynamic control an in this case, it proves to be just the case. Added to this, the velocity continuity is much, much better than on my NUMA Nero. Looks like Studiologic having teamed up with Waldorf is a good thing!
CORRECTION:
Synthax audio UK, the UK supplier for Studiologic has reliably informed me that Waldorf ONLY supply the 'wibbly' sound engine for the Sledge. Waldorf do not in fact have a hand in anything else Studiologic.
Sorry for any confusion
To conclude, the Acuna88 is by far the best keyboard I have ever played, let alone, owned! I am so very pleased with it and look forward to knuckling down to playing again at last!