#Kawai vpc1 pianoteq full
This key length is the fundamental flaw in the VPC1! Is there any keyboard (apart from MP11 for example) with full length keys? There was the Vax 77 ( not sure if this is the correct model?) that never really worked out production wise, and the M piano (Alpha keyboard I believe), again still doesn't appear to be available and also very expensive. I have been slightly tempted by the VPC1, but the more I read, the more I am concerned of their quality, and the compromise of shortening the keys, when they simply could have made the properly long, and have begun to read more confirmations that they too, when one plays deep into the keys, are problematic, and the posts in this thread also are not comforting!Īlthough it is possible to lighten the VPC1 action through modification, as you say, the keys are not long enough. And supposedly the lighter of the two SL88's, it was unbelievably heavy.Įspecially if you played anything in C# Major, such as Bach's Prelude in C# Major WTC I, or even the D Major Prelude from WTC I, where you have to play deep in the "back of the keys" in the rapid passagework, it was utterly unusable!Īround a half-decade ago, there was someone who was making a controller keyboard, according to a preview website, that was going to be a full piano keyboard that was MIDI-ized sadly that seems to have never happened Kawai's VPC1 is a total compromise and while it almost sounds good as a compromise, it's an expensive compromise.too expensive, all things considering.īut yes, the Studiologic SL88 - all of the instruments based on the FATAR keybed are all too heavy, especially if you are playing anything in keys that are not in C Major. I couldn't find one on display, so I purchased one using my Guitar Center trade-in guarantee on a Casio that broke. I also tried the Studiologic SL88 Studio, which someone on Pianoworld forum described as having an action "equivalent" to the lighter action of an upright, and the SL88 was like a grand. I tried a Studiologic sl 88 Grand, which I find to be too noisy and having a too heavy action for my taste. It's my impression that quality control for production of the Kawai VPC1 is poor. Ten minutes after connecting the keyboard for the first time I put it back in the box and returned it. But first i have to make sure that the problem is actually in the weights. I was planning to calibrate the weights by soldering extra lead onto some weights and taking some metal out from the others. I will take a closer look at the key dip tonight, thanks!
I also restored the factory settings, which had no effect. Don't try any wild adjustments here to try to achieve a faster or lighter playing experience, just make sure the key dip is all uniform. In this case adjust the capstan to achieve the same key dip as the other keys. The capstan adjustment only serves one purpose, to set the key dip, before adjusting press/hold down several keys (flat hand across keys) and see if the key dip/travel distance is the same, if any key is higher this will have a shorter throw and would result in low velocity triggering. Have you looked at the VPC 1 editor, the offset might have been changed from all values set to 0? Regarding calibration to the weights I'm not sure how you would do that. Looks like there have been units with exact same problem before: In my case A2 will have ~20 points higher value (first major jump on the plot). Besides the fact it's louder, it obviously plays the "louder sample" thus altering the piano's sound.I measured the MIDI output of each key with ~140g weight, results are alarming:Ĭan any fellow VPC1 owner please sanity-check my results - press G#1 and A2 simultaneously and look at the MIDI output. when playing the VPC1 vs the NS3HP, you immediately notice that the samples are played much louder. No impact when changing the parameter pedal noise in the NS3. the pedal noise when using the VPC1 triple pedal is LOUD.
I tried the different sustain pedal options. I do NOT have this issue when hooking the VPC up to Pianoteq so i guess it's not a physical problem. I mean that the NS3 notes keep on sounding. the VPC1 triple pedal (connected to the VPC) hangs regularly. I finally made the dream purchase: a Kawai VPC1 (with triple pedal) and a Nord Stage 3 HP.
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