Hi, are you Kawai James from PianoWorld forums, by any chance? If i' m right, i would like your opinion on me thinking that, as of todays August 2016, it' s not too early to expect, at least, an announcement for the upcoming successor on Kawai' s Mp11 stage piano (nothing more than 2 or 3 months)... You' re a really Kind, Polite and Competent person, by the way. When i will have my hands on my personal Mp Stage piano (because i willl without doubt, be it an mp11 or newer model), i will probably get in touch with you on Pianoworld, asking for your competence to clear the dubts and mystakes in getting the most from such a beautyful instrument, caused by my incompetence. : )
Kawai digital pianos are not renowned for the realism of their digital sounds, but rather for their amazing piano action. You could try using virtual piano software such as the modeled "Pianoteq 5" (if you want to enjoy better response), or something like the sampled "Synthology's Ivory II" (which emulates a Steinway D i.e., if authentic sound is more important to you than quality of response). Both those options will give you a much better sound than the MP11's on board piano patches: a sound to match that quality action.
_«Kawai digital pianos are not renowned for the realism of their digital sounds»_ I don't agree with you. And a lot of people also won't agree with you. Personally I like KAWAI's piano sound more, than Roland or KORG for example.
@Oleg Kawai only samples their own acoustic pianos. If you could have any new acoustic grand, would a Kawai be your first choice? Probably not. So samples from more coveted instruments are a good thing.
@Oleg he is right, Kawai Digital Pianos are renowned for the piano action, not for their sound.You should do a little of research, i have a CA97 and almost every VST or Kontakt library has a better sound.
Thanks for the informative video. I've been looking into this piano for months and am looking to shell out the cash for one here pretty soon. Just wondering, what speakers are you using in this video? My apologies if you mentioned the model name in the video, I must have missed it. I'm living in a small space and was looking for monitors small enough to rest on top of the MP11 as you have it, instead of getting separate monitor stands.
LOL you are so patient :D If I was you, I would just straight up pull the piano out of the box and play it as fast as I could :D Although I would prefer the mp7 se, which is basicaly the same but has more sounds. I dont really know why the mp11 with fewer sounds is more expensive
The mp11se's action is presumably more like grand piano's, while the mp7se has plastic keys and is more "synth-like", nonetheless both are really good.
Do u have to have speakers or headphones hooked up for it to turn on? My brand new mp11 won't turn on but I don't have speakers attached. And yes power is not going on at all as nothing is lighting up...or is it broken? Thanks!
***** Apparently quite a few people are having problems with the MP11. There are some threads on the Piano World forums describing the issues (RUclips won't let me post the link...)
Thanks for this video. I am wondering if this piano can make a vintage piano sound. I am putting on a show where I will need something along the lines of an old pianoforte sound -- something that will harken to what Mozart or Beethoven played. I know that I can get this with the Pianoteq program but I hate to have to add a computer to my set up. I have watched many demos of this piano but no one will go through all the different piano sounds, which is what I'd like to hear.
Lisa Murphy okay, since I wrote that message above I bought this piano and the answer is Yes. I can turn mellow piano on and also have Harpsichord on with it. Voila! I've got a piano that sounds like something from the 1800s. Well, obviously more powerful, but it will do nicely for my show. I'd also like to mention, this thing weighs close to a hundred pounds. One person really can't move it. Also, you need either a mixer to connect your desktop speakers, or, powered speakers. I got powered speakers at my local music store. With powered speakers you get the advantage of one less piece of hardware between piano and speakers.
Pianomanchuck (who loves this keyboard) has a RUclips demo where he goes through all 40 sounds on it. There are no Mozart pianos or real vintage sounds, although there is one harpsichord. If your specialty is baroque music, Roland made a dedicated harpsichord and vintage (Mozart) piano instrument. But most stage pianos don't have this sound. Of course, you could get a sampling keyboard (like a Korg Kronos or Kurzweil PC3K) and add the samples in yourself.
My first impression is "wtf, why are the keys so noisy?" :) And I can't think of anything sillier than deliberately imitating the irksome alien noises of a real piano. Why not untune it also and add some extra 500 kg to make it more realistic in every aspect)) Some faulty keys and chattering strings wouldn't harm either to add some retro charm. BTW, thanks for the video!
+Lee Hayes I really love it. It's basically the last master controller you'll ever need. The sounds are truly amazing, but it takes a LOT of tweaking and very good speakers/headphones to get the most out of it. It's kind of like a real acoustic piano, in that it doesn't really arrive in your house ready to go, but needs voicing and regulation by the user to their taste. The Virtual Technician is powerful. My only gripe is I wish Kawai had added some of the functionalities of the MP7/8 onto it, like more sounds, performance options, etc. Not a big deal, since it lives in my studio. I've since added a second rack to the stand where it lives with a Nord Electro 5. This is a winning combo so far.
Sounds like its really working for you :) I am a fan of the Nord instruments as I have the Nord Stage 2, also Kronos X and various other keyboard synths and then lots of analogue stuff and digi box's but then again I run a professional music studio. I was interested in how the MP11 was a few people I know have one and one loves it and one hates it. It seems to be a Nord / Kawai divide somewhere. In all fairness I have never played on one but I hope to soon, key action is not a must for me rather the way the keyboard operates I find is the key (no pun intended) from a sound engineering and production perspective. On a side note I saw some people were knocking you on your lack of being classically trained and not reading music etc. Just ignore them, as I am trained myself, I find the best musicians are not classically schooled as they are for more creative and make the music come to life other than a robotic automaton copy of a rendition that sounds soulless so just keep self practicing and do what you do. They are only jealous because you make it sound sweeter and not clinical and a good musician would never put down another...
I can tell you one thing, it isn't magic: merely the infatuation of a melody stuck in your inner ear, and the persistence to trial, error, and flourish. Also it's sort of like how a guitarist learns to improvise/build songs: he learns the shape of his chords, and the patterns that emerge from moving between them, and then builds off of those patterns in addition to the chords. Also you have to want to make noise, and accept that it won't always be beautiful/perfect. (Not saying you don't!
I am currently trying to do stuff by ear for a change, because I know I have to train my ear too. Listening and finding single note during flute playing is sort of possible (with a lot of errors and getting "lost" if I hit too many similar sounding notes). But I have 0 clue how to "listen" for a chord of multiple notes, let alone finding those among them 88 keys. :D As for sheet music: by the time I am able to play the piece decently, I usually no longer need the sheet that much. Mainly for stuff like "how long are my rests / what are the others doing during my rests" because these values are the first go be eliminated by my memory again. PS: I'm at beginner level (1.5 years of flute, 0.3 years of keyboard dabbling), so fluently reading while playing is hard to impossible. Esp when I have to process unknown rhythmic structures and tone height. Typically the "decoding" takes place over the course of a few weeks, slowly learning the piece.
The pedals are the ones Kawai packs in with the instrument. Admittedly not an impressive accessory. I will probably look into replacing it if I can. Considering it does Una corda and sustenuto I don't know if its actually proprietary.
rattusvulpes chromatic scale going up: thumb after black notes. chromatic scale going down: thumb before black notes. middle finger can go on black notes. So starting on C going down: index finger, then thumb on B, then middle finger, thumb, middle, thumb, middle, index, thumb, middle, thumb, middle, and finish on C. It's pretty self explanatory just try it out.
Great job, thanks for posting!
Regarding the reverb/efx/amp operation, you can also press and hold the relevant button to jump to its settings screen.
Hi, are you Kawai James from PianoWorld forums, by any chance?
If i' m right, i would like your opinion on me thinking that, as of todays August 2016, it' s not too early to expect, at least, an announcement for the upcoming successor on Kawai' s Mp11 stage piano
(nothing more than 2 or 3 months)...
You' re a really Kind, Polite and Competent person, by the way.
When i will have my hands on my personal Mp Stage piano (because i willl without doubt, be it an mp11 or newer model), i will probably get in touch with you on Pianoworld, asking for your competence to clear the dubts and mystakes in getting the most from such a beautyful instrument, caused by my incompetence. : )
My dream piano
Kawai digital pianos are not renowned for the realism of their digital sounds, but rather for their amazing piano action. You could try using virtual piano software such as the modeled "Pianoteq 5" (if you want to enjoy better response), or something like the sampled "Synthology's Ivory II" (which emulates a Steinway D i.e., if authentic sound is more important to you than quality of response). Both those options will give you a much better sound than the MP11's on board piano patches: a sound to match that quality action.
_«Kawai digital pianos are not renowned for the realism of their digital sounds»_
I don't agree with you. And a lot of people also won't agree with you. Personally I like KAWAI's piano sound more, than Roland or KORG for example.
He's right. Pianoteq 6 sounds better.
@Oleg Kawai only samples their own acoustic pianos. If you could have any new acoustic grand, would a Kawai be your first choice? Probably not. So samples from more coveted instruments are a good thing.
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@Oleg he is right, Kawai Digital Pianos are renowned for the piano action, not for their sound.You should do a little of research, i have a CA97 and almost every VST or Kontakt library has a better sound.
laughed at how you play the chromatic scale LOL
I play it 45454545. my pinky knuckle is the size of a walnut from it
Thanks for the informative video. I've been looking into this piano for months and am looking to shell out the cash for one here pretty soon. Just wondering, what speakers are you using in this video? My apologies if you mentioned the model name in the video, I must have missed it. I'm living in a small space and was looking for monitors small enough to rest on top of the MP11 as you have it, instead of getting separate monitor stands.
get some behringer monitros with ribbons. you did great to get a mp11 !! awesome beaste
Convinced me I should probably get an MP11 and never buy Google Glass :) Thanks for the vid!
did u get it? what do you think? considering mp11se now
So it does not have build in speakers????
No it does not
Are you using some sort of glasses- camera with lenses , by the way ? 🙏🏽🤗
LOL you are so patient :D If I was you, I would just straight up pull the piano out of the box and play it as fast as I could :D Although I would prefer the mp7 se, which is basicaly the same but has more sounds. I dont really know why the mp11 with fewer sounds is more expensive
The mp11se's action is presumably more like grand piano's, while the mp7se has plastic keys and is more "synth-like", nonetheless both are really good.
was there a plastic sticker protecting the string when it was new?
Do u have to have speakers or headphones hooked up for it to turn on? My brand new mp11 won't turn on but I don't have speakers attached. And yes power is not going on at all as nothing is lighting up...or is it broken? Thanks!
Scott Stycz71 I'm having the same issue today. Any suggestions?
***** Apparently quite a few people are having problems with the MP11. There are some threads on the Piano World forums describing the issues (RUclips won't let me post the link...)
Thanks for this video. I am wondering if this piano can make a vintage piano sound. I am putting on a show where I will need something along the lines of an old pianoforte sound -- something that will harken to what Mozart or Beethoven played. I know that I can get this with the Pianoteq program but I hate to have to add a computer to my set up. I have watched many demos of this piano but no one will go through all the different piano sounds, which is what I'd like to hear.
Lisa Murphy okay, since I wrote that message above I bought this piano and the answer is Yes. I can turn mellow piano on and also have Harpsichord on with it. Voila! I've got a piano that sounds like something from the 1800s. Well, obviously more powerful, but it will do nicely for my show.
I'd also like to mention, this thing weighs close to a hundred pounds. One person really can't move it. Also, you need either a mixer to connect your desktop speakers, or, powered speakers. I got powered speakers at my local music store. With powered speakers you get the advantage of one less piece of hardware between piano and speakers.
Pianomanchuck (who loves this keyboard) has a RUclips demo where he goes through all 40 sounds on it. There are no Mozart pianos or real vintage sounds, although there is one harpsichord. If your specialty is baroque music, Roland made a dedicated harpsichord and vintage (Mozart) piano instrument. But most stage pianos don't have this sound. Of course, you could get a sampling keyboard (like a Korg Kronos or Kurzweil PC3K) and add the samples in yourself.
How much does it cost to buy a kawai 7se in the US?
Shrink tubing on the pedal leads to the way to go.
My first impression is "wtf, why are the keys so noisy?" :)
And I can't think of anything sillier than deliberately imitating the irksome alien noises of a real piano. Why not untune it also and add some extra 500 kg to make it more realistic in every aspect)) Some faulty keys and chattering strings wouldn't harm either to add some retro charm.
BTW, thanks for the video!
Amazing piano what's the name of the first song you played?
Wow you just dumped some cheap nasty speakers on top of your beautiful keyboard like that, why!!!
Because the studio monitors were still in the mail. it was just to give my first impression of the instrument.
+rattusvulpes How have you got in with the keyboard since?
+Lee Hayes I really love it. It's basically the last master controller you'll ever need. The sounds are truly amazing, but it takes a LOT of tweaking and very good speakers/headphones to get the most out of it. It's kind of like a real acoustic piano, in that it doesn't really arrive in your house ready to go, but needs voicing and regulation by the user to their taste. The Virtual Technician is powerful.
My only gripe is I wish Kawai had added some of the functionalities of the MP7/8 onto it, like more sounds, performance options, etc. Not a big deal, since it lives in my studio. I've since added a second rack to the stand where it lives with a Nord Electro 5. This is a winning combo so far.
Sounds like its really working for you :) I am a fan of the Nord instruments as I have the Nord Stage 2, also Kronos X and various other keyboard synths and then lots of analogue stuff and digi box's but then again I run a professional music studio. I was interested in how the MP11 was a few people I know have one and one loves it and one hates it. It seems to be a Nord / Kawai divide somewhere. In all fairness I have never played on one but I hope to soon, key action is not a must for me rather the way the keyboard operates I find is the key (no pun intended) from a sound engineering and production perspective.
On a side note I saw some people were knocking you on your lack of being classically trained and not reading music etc. Just ignore them, as I am trained myself, I find the best musicians are not classically schooled as they are for more creative and make the music come to life other than a robotic automaton copy of a rendition that sounds soulless so just keep self practicing and do what you do. They are only jealous because you make it sound sweeter and not clinical and a good musician would never put down another...
@@rattusvulpes what studio monitors (please tell brand and woofer size) do you use, and how did you place them?
I’m am worried how the fedex guy is gonna deliver....
May I know which stand that is ? Thanks. Very nice and brilliant. Soon would buy, looking at your video it's an amazing buy.
+Christopher Richards
It's this one here:
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0010HDS2O?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage
+rattusvulpes Thanks very much, you are superb.
+rattusvulpes I love you people from Pianoworld.
Does it have Balanced XLR or Unbalanced XLR?
any thoughs on the action feel of the 11 vs the 7 ?
People comment on how great the MP11 action is but I wonder if it just seems great because the sounds are so mediocre, or if it is really great?
It's really good. I had the pleasure of playing one in a store, and it feels beautiful.
How can you play like that w/o being able to read music? Can't even remember simple songs w/o access to notation and learning it that way.
I can tell you one thing, it isn't magic: merely the infatuation of a melody stuck in your inner ear, and the persistence to trial, error, and flourish. Also it's sort of like how a guitarist learns to improvise/build songs: he learns the shape of his chords, and the patterns that emerge from moving between them, and then builds off of those patterns in addition to the chords. Also you have to want to make noise, and accept that it won't always be beautiful/perfect. (Not saying you don't!
I am currently trying to do stuff by ear for a change, because I know I have to train my ear too. Listening and finding single note during flute playing is sort of possible (with a lot of errors and getting "lost" if I hit too many similar sounding notes). But I have 0 clue how to "listen" for a chord of multiple notes, let alone finding those among them 88 keys. :D
As for sheet music: by the time I am able to play the piece decently, I usually no longer need the sheet that much. Mainly for stuff like "how long are my rests / what are the others doing during my rests" because these values are the first go be eliminated by my memory again.
PS: I'm at beginner level (1.5 years of flute, 0.3 years of keyboard dabbling), so fluently reading while playing is hard to impossible. Esp when I have to process unknown rhythmic structures and tone height. Typically the "decoding" takes place over the course of a few weeks, slowly learning the piece.
Did the pedals come with the keyboard or did you buy them separately?
The pedals are the ones Kawai packs in with the instrument. Admittedly not an impressive accessory. I will probably look into replacing it if I can. Considering it does Una corda and sustenuto I don't know if its actually proprietary.
dat chromatic scale
thumbs before black notes man
Never had lessons. I'm self-taught and don't read music. Can you elaborate so I can look up what you're talking about?
rattusvulpes
chromatic scale going up: thumb after black notes. chromatic scale going down: thumb before black notes. middle finger can go on black notes. So starting on C going down: index finger, then thumb on B, then middle finger, thumb, middle, thumb, middle, index, thumb, middle, thumb, middle, and finish on C. It's pretty self explanatory just try it out.
Hey cool thanks I will
Where is the note rack? :-)
could you tell me the model of your keyboard support please?
i like it !!!!!!
Gaither
buy in 2019?
Hi, what piece you play startin at 10:12?
This is an original piece, called Los Angeles Lullaby, here's the post on my other channel
ruclips.net/video/1nXv7-FEn7A/видео.html
Darude Sandstorm
Could you sample it for me? piano pop...i am from brazil, rio de janeiro...please...
is this a piano keyboard or midi? how much was all of it?
ever heard of google
It's a digital piano with built-in sampled sounds (Piano, EP, strings, etc.). It also has MIDI and can be used as a MIDI controller easily.
And they go for about $2700 or so on the street.
Making and viewing unboxing videos is a form of mental illness..