Piano World Home Page Forums Our Most Popular Forums Digital Pianos - Electronic Pianos - Synths & Keyboards New Kawai CA-95 video...

...and it's in English

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2aj-LDw-Ag

Also noticed a CA-65 and ES7 video uploaded in the last 24 hours...exciting new demos

CA-65
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTz0...kdonQe8NBqw&index=2&feature=plcp

ES7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD6X...kdonQe8NBqw&index=5&feature=plcp

nice !

It sounds spectacular!

BTW: what is last melody, it looks Beethoven?!

Very professional. Rolandisque. Great videos.

And for the CA65


In English


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bKsgPVn5zY

Yes, some nice videos, thanks for posting the links.

I believe that's the new upright piano sound in the boogy-woogy work out at the end of the German CA65 video.

Cheers,
James
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James

Kawai makes mention of "88 Individually Weighted Keys"

Does that mean, like others, each key is weighted differently? Or, are there 3-4-5 banks of weights, each bank having the same weight?

Oops, my bad lol

The melody at the end is from the same piece from the beginning of the video (Chopin - fantasie impromptu)

THX!

Actually, "88 Individually Weighted Keys" was not something that I was aware of on the new CAs. I will have to double check this point with Kawai Europe.

Kind regards,
James
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The exact words are " ... offers individually weighted keys ... " at 4:30.

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The intro piece is also one similar to what Yoki Wada used in the Yamaha "Clavinova CLP Series Demonstration Movie" on YouTube. The CLP-380PE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uijdYyYZUGI

Interesting ...

The piece is Chopin's 'Fantaisie-Impromptu'.

I see they've dug that same bloke up again; the one with the hideous pinky ring! Germany - the land that taste forgot!

I must be getting more fussy in my old age. The new ones sound ok for what they are. But nothing special. But honestly is any hardware DP really special?

And funnily enough they sound nothing like a Kawai acoustic. They (the Kawai acoustics) tend to have warmth and character that can be very beguiling. These DPs sound a bit thin to my ears.

I'm getting bored with DPs...

I've played a few acoustics lately and I'm under the spell of the dark side.

What's the difference between the ca65 and the ca95?
The main difference I see is greater speakers in the 95.

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Honestly Dave I really think I've heard enough now to know that there isn't a DP that will make me happy. Until I can build on the back of my house I think I'm going to buy an upright piano - played a Yamaha U3 the other day - decent but very modest when compared to a good grand - but even that just stimulates all the senses in a way that is entrancing to someone who has played almost exclusively digitals. Kawai K series or Yamaha U series is what I'm mainly considering. Just got to find a sensible way to offload the AG. Then when the room is built a 6' grand is the plan.

I'll keep a stage piano for my little project room. Still liking the feel of the MP10 and still liking the sounds of the Nord Piano. But they lack so much! If I could be happy with the sound of a V-Piano that is what I'd choose because it's so much more dynamic than the others.

Anyway, back to my piano planning....

Perhaps the Physis then , as a competitor to the V-piano ? It's supposed to provide for a good keybed and dynamic physical modeling . But still no replacemtpent for an acoustic, simply because it isn't an acoustic ;-)

However, since it not sample based , it may have a more natural and dynamic connection between keybed and produced sound and be more lively than a sampling based piano. The rest can't be mimmicked , because it has no resonating body and acoustic casing that distributes the airwaves throught the air in a physical (natural) manner. Speakers can never replace that, neither the physical feedback a real instrument gives you for each small nuance. To have that 100% covered , you need a 100% acoustic ;-)

I personally regard a digital piano as an entity in its own, with it's own weaknesses and strengths and not as a true replacement for an acoustic. Usually the choice for a digital is purely pragmatic anyway; controllable volume (neighbours) , headphone possible, lightweight, not much space needed, no tuning necessarily , price...if everyone could have a concert grand in their house without problems regarding space, price, neighbours, maintenance and you could even fold them up and carry under your arm to a gig, the DP would not exist at all.

Perhaps the Physis then , as a competitor to the V-piano ? It's supposed to provide for a good keybed and dynamic physical modeling . But still no replacemtpent for an acoustic, simply because it isn't an acoustic ;-)

However, since it not sample based , it may have a more natural and dynamic connection between keybed and produced sound and be more lively than a sampling based piano. The rest can't be mimmicked , because it has no resonating body and acoustic casing that distributes the airwaves throught the air in a physical (natural) manner. Speakers can never replace that, neither the physical feedback a real instrument gives you for each small nuance. To have that 100% covered , you need a 100% acoustic ;-)

I personally regard a digital piano as an entity in its own, with it's own weaknesses and strengths and not as a true replacement for an acoustic. Usually the choice for a digital is purely pragmatic anyway; controllable volume (neighbours) , headphone possible, lightweight, not much space needed, no tuning necessarily , price...if everyone could have a concert grand in their house without problems regarding space, price, neighbours, maintenance and you could even fold them up and carry under your arm to a gig, the DP would not exist at all.