Using Digital Pianos

Today's digital pianos and pro workstations can outperform and outlast an acoustic piano for many reasons. I use mine to loop very high quality drum samples through a sound system on my gigs, while occasionally backing that up with a bass, guitars, strings, and brass sections. Digital pianos sound so authentic because HD samples of the actual instrument are taken at all different volume levels and transferred to the keyboard's internal permanent memory. If you're a keyboardist, you can play almost any instrument imaginable with the keyboard, and when it's recorded, you can't even tell it apart from the real thing without hours of training with someone who tells you what nuances to look out for in the different instruments. Another excellent feature keyboards offer is the ability to multi-track a sequence; therefore, doing all the hard work of playing individual parts before the performance and saving them. When you go on stage, all you have to do press "Play." They can also notate your pitch and rhythm almost instantaneously and be your best friend when you never know what kind of condition the piano will be in at your next club date!

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