From ken@kenhall.ca Wed Jan 03 04:58:20 2007
Subject:RE: CP-33... To accompany my XK-1???

Peter,

I bought a Roland RD 300SX piano and I am very happy with it. It's light
but has an excellent graded hammer action, and has quite good MIDI
controller implementation. Very good piano sounds, decent EPs and good
strings etc. I would recommend it.

Ken

> Thanks, Steve. I don't have access to one to try out right now. Could
> you please tell me a little bit about the e-pianos, clavs and
> piano/string combo? How do they measure up would you say to the same
> sounds on the Motif? (I'll be needing to use those sounds as well and I
> have an ES6 at home so I'll be able to relate to whatever you have to
> say about them). Also, do you have a case for your CP-33?
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Peter Previte
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Peter,
>
> I ordered a CP-33 after trying one out at GC. It had a great feeling
> and sounded nice in the store, even up against the CP-300 (they had both
> going through the CP-300's speakers).
>
> When I first played the CP-33 at home, again it sounded great through
> the headphones - very inpsiring. However, played through my Barbetta
> amp, the mono piano didn't really do much for me... kind of mid-rangy.
> It might be a different story if you run stereo, but I've got a mono
> setup. Also, offboard EQ might help a bit (there's only a "brilliance"
> button to switch between mellow/normal/bright).
>
> I ended up keeping the CP-33 because I love the action and it's a pretty
> light board (lighter than my XK-3!). I still use my Motif rack for
> piano though...
>
> -Steve
>