I want to run Pianoteq through my monitors as well as my onboard speakers, but my keyboard doesn't have an audio in jack (I have a Yamaha DGX-620). Is it possible to open up the keyboard and wire my own connection? The guys at my local music store say it can't be done, and I'll probably damage my gear and waste time and money trying. Does anyone have any experience with this or know of any information that I could use?
Nope, don't even think of doing that. It's easier to get a better keyboard. Or a dedicated mixer.
If you want to do that, the connection should be at the speaker cable on your yamaha, and with a speaker signal off course.
And it should be done with a jack input that disconnect the wire from the Yamaha build-in amp when you plug in a jack connector.
But you wont have a separate volume control then.
I agree with both of these guys. It's a LOT of trouble, plus the amp in your Yamaha is rated 6 watts per channel, and the speakers have been picked to sound good with the Yammie, nothing more.
You would do better with an inexpensive pair of powered computer speakers, IMO.
Why would you want to run Pianoteq through monitors and the keyboard's speakers at the same time?
Is it because you want to try routing the separate channels from the mic set up in Pianoteq?
Why would you want to run Pianoteq through monitors and the keyboard's speakers at the same time?
Is it because you want to try routing the separate channels from the mic set up in Pianoteq?
Yes, to create a wider sound, but I guess it does make sense to just buy another smaller set of speakers to accomplish this. I remember listening to some heavy rock through my friend's Roland HP207 and it sounded like crap, so yeah, the speaker being selected only to make the instrument sound good makes a lot of sense.
I have a Casio CDP100 and have thought about rewiring the built in speakers so that I could hear Pianoteq through them. The reason for wanting to do this is because I have noticed that I enjoy playing more when I can feel the vibration of the sound in my finger tips. Needless to say the Casio built in sound is no good but even when I have it turned up slightly, with the primary sound coming from Pianoteq out of the monitors, it feels much more real. By rewiring the speakers I could get rid of the Casio sound samples.
You may want to look into a tactile transducer, sometimes called a bass shaker:
http://www.parts-express.com/pe/showdet...er=300-388
or search for Tactile Transducers on PartsExpress.com or Google.
Attached to your keyboard controller, stand, or chair, it might provide the vibration feedback you are after.
I want to run Pianoteq through my monitors as well as my onboard speakers, but my keyboard doesn't have an audio in jack (I have a Yamaha DGX-620). Is it possible to open up the keyboard and wire my own connection?
It can definitely be done... By someone who is familar with electronics and soldering. But this is a piece of (partial reverse) engineering, and if you don't want to pay an engineer or severely impose on someone's friendship, drop this idea.
Yeah, I'm looking at a Roland FP7-F...might buy one this week!