Topic: Pianoteq with Yamaha P250
Hello all,
I am looking to acquire Pianoteq to enjoy in my own music room. I play a Yamaha P250 which has fairly good built-in speakers. I was toying around with the Pianoteq demo to get a feel of how it interfaced with the P250 and have a couple of remarks. I am using a new Macbook Pro 15 if that matters -
1) Velocity curves seem easily enough to match up, and the playing experience seems pretty competent without any noticeable delays, disconnects, etc.
2) To use the built in speakers in the P250, I can run audio in to a two 1/4" jacks on the back of the keyboard, and crossfade the computer sound with the internal keyboard sounds via a convenient fader. In doing this, I noticed that the Pianoteq sounds were considerably flatter, less punchy, maybe even muffled, compared to the internal sounds. I was simply running a cable from the computer headphone jack to the 1/4" ins.
3) Would purchasing a quality audio interface result in better sound quality going back to the P250? Likewise, maybe it is just a matter of matching the Pianoteq EQ to mesh well with the Yamaha system? I get plenty of bass and volume for my in-home needs out of the P250, so I know it is capable, it just doesn't sound quite right so far.
Thanks for your input!
Cheers