Hello,
Does someone tried the Casio PS5X Pro ? Do you think it is a nice piano for use with Pianoteq to play mainly classic music scores.? Do you know the data for the velocity curve ?
I ask these questions because I found this piano on the second hand market in very good condition and at a good price, I am thinking about to buy it. On this website, there is no velocity curve for it and it seems no people play it.
I've been playing a Casio PS5X for 6 years with Pianoteq and have recorded an album of classical-esque pieces (http://edwarddiehl.bandcamp.com) with it using Pianoteq. Looking at the Casio website I don't see that there is a " PS5X pro" version, only PS5X. I think Casio has a very nice action at their price-point. I've been quite satisfied with it. However, I understand that many of the Casio models use the same keybed, so you may be able to get a cheaper piano with the same action, if you are not interested in the all features of the PS5X. If you are able to play the piano before purchasing that would be best, that way you can gauge if the action suits you (and also determine if the keyboard is fully functional). I don't use a special velocity curve, but have been happy with the default linear curve. Again, this is a matter of personal taste.
Thank you for your answer. You are right, it is not Pro but Privia. I will buy this keyboard. I listen your pianoteq recording, nice work, you play good.
Thank you for your answer. You are right, it is not Pro but Privia. I will buy this keyboard. I listen your pianoteq recording, nice work, you play good.
Yangyang,
You wrote to me earlier asking about harpsichord music, so with apologies for writing this in a thread on a different topic, let me share one good source for classical sheet music. As I wrote earlier, piano music for the Baroque period is perfect for the harpsichord. I'm using the free KiVir harpsichords here on Pianoteq.
I use various resources for sheet music, but one I'd highly recommend is Virtual Sheet Music -- www.virtualsheetmusic.com -- a fabulous online service. Some of the sheet music is free, and for a very small charge (about $37 the first year and less after that) you can download almost everything for free. Especially, nearly all of the classical music, which is of the highest quality.
The Founder and CEO of VSM is Fabrizio Ferrari, a concert violinist, conductor, arranger, composer, etc. Scores are available for everything from the piano to entire orchestras. He also answers his e-mails personally, and is an amazing person. It is a site you should check out if you are not already familiar with it.
Hello, BarbaraRB,
Thank you for shared the address of the website. I did not know it. There are scores for the harpsichord very nice.
Hello, BarbaraRB,
Thank you for shared the address of the website. I did not know it. There are scores for the harpsichord very nice.
So glad to hear that! I sometimes think that if I know something everyone else must know it as well.
Hello,
Does someone tried the Casio PS5X Pro ?
Not exactly. However, I used to have a Casio Privia PX-560 which is the PSX5's tarted up sister. I did not care for it. The plastic keys were noisy and didn't afford the level of control that I was looking for. Also, the pedal unit was based on cheap on/off switches. And the so call triple sensor key position feature was poorly implemented. I sold it almost immediately and bought a Kawai MP11SE. I'll probably replace it with a Kawai CA99. If I was a more accomplished player, I wouldn't think twice about buying a Kawai Novus NV10S.
It's PX-5S, not PS5X.
Is it possible to play piano scores with a harpsichord ? If yes, how to do ?
You just play the same notes as you would on the piano.
Thank your for your answer but in fact it is more complicated. I asked this question on this forum because I never studied the harpsichord. The harpsichord and the piano are two different instruments even it they share a keyboard with the same layout of the keys. The harpsichord does not allow sound nuance, it has a only one level of sound for each key. The musician always plays mezzo forte. At the contrary, the piano allows a lot of different nuances, from piano to forte and even more. Generally a pianist play the melody more loudly than the accompaniment. Play a piano score on the harpsichord gives a really bad result. Did you try it ?