Fantom Users or Anyone Who Has Played On A Grand

[Mrandrew]

On the fantom you have piano mode, which allow you to raise and lower the lid, so my question is on a grand how open would have the lid to produce a good sound?

[under13]

I like it open half way or mostly closed, but I think its a matter of personal taste, as I like darker sounding piaons

[organman88]

yea it depends on u i personaly like bright and mid sounding piano so i would have mine all the way up or half way

[T-Block]

To produce a good sound, you need it open at least a little bit.  You don't want that muffled piano sound. I like mines open all the way, but half-way is fine as well.

[Fenix]

Definitely half opened. When the piano is half opened it has a very smooth sound...not too bright and not too muffled.

[PhilliPhil]

3 or 4 i like it bright but not too bright

[Mrandrew]

Thanks, I'll experiment with it to see what sounds best to me.

[violist2009]

Meh never played on a full grand(I think i used a 10'?) but i only used the smallest prop(i guess this is considered halfway?) I really liked the way it sounded.

[themidiroom]

Doesn't it depend on the location of the mics?  I mic the piano at church with the mics inside so it tends to work better with the lid closed.

[berbie]

Anybody notice that the Roland Fantom family of keyboard pianos,(acoustic) have a kind of mid-rangy "honk" in the sound that is really difficult to tune out? Not a really unpleasant sound but one that I attribute to the nature of the Roland beast. Sounds like the piano is hoarse. I keep my piano half way open. It sounds better to me that way.

berbie

[themidiroom]

Anybody notice that the Roland Fantom family of keyboard pianos,(acoustic) have a kind of mid-rangy "honk" in the sound that is really difficult to tune out? Not a really unpleasant sound but one that I attribute to the nature of the Roland beast.

I think part of that has to do with the type of pianos they sample from to create their sounds.  Roland has a new digital piano out that doesn't use samples at all.  The demo sounds really good.  It is very expensive however.

[sjonathan02]

I think part of that has to do with the type of pianos they sample from to create their sounds.  Roland has a new digital piano out that doesn't use samples at all.  The demo sounds really good.  It is very expensive however.

What's the name of the new Roland?

[under13]

What's the name of the new Roland?

There was a whole thread on it a few months ago, but I cant find it. But it was like $5000 or somethin like that

[themidiroom]

What's the name of the new Roland?

V-Piano
http://www.rolandus.com/products/productdetails.aspx?ObjectId=978&ParentId=87

[under13]

http://www.learngospelmusic.com/forums/index.php/topic,63513.0.html

[sjonathan02]

There was a whole thread on it a few months ago, but I cant find it. But it was like $5000 or somethin like that

Oh yeah, that's right. 5 gr., eh? No thanks. 

[themidiroom]

Oh yeah, that's right. 5 gr., eh? No thanks. 

Yeah you might want to get a mixer stand before you go out and buy a V-piano   

[sjonathan02]

Yeah you might want to get a mixer stand before you go out and buy a V-piano   

We need a new keyboard more.