Hello! I’m from Mexico. He adquirido Dexibell Stage Piano S9 y es una maravilla de máquina. Al principio pensé que me había equivocado al no comprar Nord Stage 3 pero, ahora he quedado MUY satisfecho con Piano S9. Sonidos increíblemente realistas.
Dexibell frente a Nord Stage 3 sale perdiendo por goleada. Los sonidos de piano son más calidos, los organos ni hablar. El Nord tiene incluido un sintetizador virtual analógico. El Nord tiene todos los botones, perillas y drawbars que un músico necesita para editar a su antojo cada sonido. Dexibell apenas tiene los Drawbars con sonidos de órgano de muy mediana calidad y del resto prácticamente nada. Lo siento pero te equivocaste de compra.
Would be a nice idea from Dexibell to have an official forum. All the major brands have one: Yamaha, Nord, Korg, Roland, etc. (or at least do like Uli Behringer, who is really active on Gearslutz, and open to suggestions and improvements while their products are still in development). They do listen to fans and musicians' needs, and have made a lot of improvements not based on what their as a company think, but actually from what the fans demand. As from the youtube comments, one of the most requested is the Dexibell VIVO and XMURE for Windows and Android. That really needs to be implemented prior S3/S7 pro.
@@nicolasarianos9731 I would assume it's noisy. Any keyboard that uses Fatar action keybeds tend to be really noisy. I have a Nord, and I'm really disappointed with the noise the keys make for their price tag. I already replaced my Nord with another brand new one, and it still gave me a clicking/plastic noise
@@shahesta6711 thanks for your reply... I want to by Dexibell vivo H10, because i the piano sounds of Dexibell... And that's why I sold my YAMAHA piano... But I'm worry about the key action...
@@nicolasarianos9731 Which Yamaha piano did you have? Honestly, if noise isn't an issue to you, go ahead and buy the Dexibell. A lot of people don't care about noise, plus, you'll be plugging in your headphones (since there aren't built-in speakers), or playing live. As far as my experience goes, you shouldn't worry about the action of fatar keybeds, they're still really fun to play and the noise they make do not affect their performance, they're still fully-weighted and feel like acoustics (great action imo). However, I understand the frustration with wanting this piano because of its sounds, but not being satisfied with the noise. My advice to you is don't buy something you're not 100% satisfied with. It'll always be in the back of your head, and especially if its a long term decision, and you're going to invest in an expensive keyboard like this, then it's something you should definitely consider. From my experience with tp400 fatar action keybeds (which Vivo also shares), the noise is beyond frustrating, and I'm already looking for a replacement for my Nord in the future (probably the Roland rd5000 when it's out) fatar keybeds are fun to play, but the noise will get worse the longer you have the keyboard, so it's really something you'll have to think about.
@@shahesta6711 I had YAMAHA CLP 645... I played with Dexibell vivo s7 in store and I surprised about sound quality,, and I liked the key action because it's more realistic than Yamaha action... And i have to buy Dexibell VIVO H10 home version with that included speakers... But still it's not allowed on the stores... And still we don't know wich Fatar key action Dexibell use for VIVO H10...
Can you clarify the layering and splitting capabilities? To me, the manual did not explain it well. They said the 'lower' split the keyboard into two section while the 'pedal' split the keyboard into two halves. Whats the difference??
I'm looking to purchase a digital keyboard and have narrowed my choices to the Nord Grand and the Dexibell S9. Ignoring cost, do you have any thoughts on which one is better? I realize "better" means different things to different people; but, I'm particularly interested in the feel of the keyboard action, the sound, and build quality. I'd also be interested if you think there's another keyboard out there I should be considering, Thanks ... and thanks for this video, it's been a great help!
I would definitely say the Nord Grand is a better keyboard and sound but it is also a fair bit more expensive then the S9! But if you’re after a faithful piano sound then that will be awesome! I would also tell you to research the Roman Fantom 8, which has a superb keybed and some of the best piano sounds in the game, not to mention it’s a fully fledged workstation for the same kind of money as the nord grand! Thanks for watching! Hope you can subscribe!
IMO Dexibell is really competitive in the lower tiers (S1 & S3) not so much on the S9...but it's a young company, I think they will get it right in the next 2/3 iterations.
I loved the video! Thank you for making this! Just a bit of feedback: it would have been better if you cut away the sound of the camera when you played on the piano, so we could hear only the output of the piano. Now it's harder to judge the quality of the sounds, since one could get distracted by the sounds of the keyboard itself.
Yes in retrospect it would have been great to have done that! Definitely gonna remember that for the next video! Thanks, would love it if you could subscribe!
Good review, Chris! I think the S9 is strong in the keys department - but the real strengths lie in the open system that allows sound font files to be imported. Like Nord, the versatility is one of the big strengths. With the S9, compared to the Stage 3 - The S9 has a better action, but lacks the synth and strong samples of the Stage 3. I would feel fine using the S9 with a ventilator or similar leslie pedal, but I don't care for the internal leslie sim (though the new just released type B leslie is a big improvement). I do like the iPad integration the S9 has. Could it one day be a Stage 3 killer? Possibly... the potential is there for sure. Certainly a killer MIDI controller as well. Blessings!
Hey Ben! Thank you! I agree, it has a lot of strong points and the sound fonts are good but the real power will be when they release the software update to link it with mainstage properly!
I'm sorry to say that S7 Pro was a complete disappointment to me, even with the Platinum piano library installed... I had their philosophy and technology widely explained directly by Dexibell CEO and he was actually very convincing but still, IMHO, when you put your hands on a Dexibell instrument you immediately notice lack of details and dynamic sound. It seemed to me that any piano sound was made by just 2 or 3 layers, modulated only in their volume parameter. After returning the S7 PRO I've re-purchased a nord stage 3: the Royal 3D or the white grand represent to me the state of the art in digital piano samples (excluding software libraries). Try before you buy...
I have to agree with you to be honest, I still prefer the Nord to this day. I think dexibell were on to something but they didn't quite follow through.
I've had a H7 for 3 years and just purchased an S9, I can't agree with this at all, so it's interesting to see that a few people are experiencing this with them... ...I suspect, based on my own experiences, that it's related to the keyboard touch settings, which default to a state where it requires an excessively heavy touch requiring about 5x more downward force on the keys than I have ever experienced on a real grand piano >_< I do find that when using the default touch settings it feels like I'm hammering away on the keys with everything i've got and the sound is getting a bit louder but not getting brighter and more strident and percussive as it should. But running it with the keyboard touch set to "light" with a bit of adjustment to the velocity curve, it's really dynamic and expressive under my fingers as a piano should be, and feels much more comparable to the yamaha C7 I use fairly regularly.
@@ChrisMutchJones Great vid. Question - Would you consider the Dexibell to be suitable for studio recordings, replacing an acoustic upright piano? I need to bring it live sometimes too. Most people buy these keyboards for stage, as that is what they are made for. But stage piano's, especially the Nord Stage 3, have a very VERY overly bright sound, to cut through a heavy live mix, I presume. Thats not suitable for studio. However, the Dexibell sounds more mellow, while very very cheap and low quality sounding ONLY in this particular video for some reason, the Dexibell piano preset sounds more mellow and suited for studio. Your thoughts? Or is the piano sound just garbage all around?
completely agree,..it's all smoke in the eyes, I've bought an S9 and re-purchased after half an hour of test!! poor piano sound -vivo grand, germsnn grand platinum all.., ridiculous strings guitar and so on, you buy a master keyoboard of 2800 dollar-euros... try before you buy
I was just about going to order this one but hearing you play this, has made me doubt about it. Just like every Fatar keybed, including Nord boards, the action sounds ‘clacky’. Next to the patches you’re playing, I can also hear the keys. Not my idea of quality, especially for the price tag. Only the Kawai MP11(SE) has a near silent keybed, and the same goes for the Korg RH3. Think I’ll go for the Kronos instead...
Also the piano sound in this video sounds AWFUL. I think the dude accidentally recorded into his DAW in mono. It sounds like my MOXf8 which has a much less nice piano sound than a Nord
What the S9 needs is a more revised library, except for pianos and all of the orchestral instruments. They sound about the most amazing ever found on a keyboard. But some of other sounds almost seem to be a hi res versions based on the godawful DX7. Cheesy and dated. Also, the ouput level of each sound must be inspected as well. At this point, still software companies are giving the best sonics from classic keyboards and synths instruments. Such a pity that hardware instruments aren't up there.
I have a Dexibell and whilst it is good their online support is more or less non existent and there Manual is not the best Ralf Schink does know how to demo it to best advantage but in my view it is far from a customer focussed company and very much into sales of keyboards and high end equipment at the expense of customer service I found it quite difficult to get a Dexibell pedal and have not heard back after many months when I tried to order a spare keyboard mains adapter Relevant to this quite honestly I can’t see the new S9 being worth the money although the S1 and S3 are
I think it must be difficult for a start-up to provide the same kind of service that established companies like Korg, Nord etc have in place. That being said, you're right. It's important to focus on not only selling boards, but maintaining the relationship between client and distributer.
After a quick test at music store i dived into the manual at home.. which made me end up with some severe questions.(and not only about mainstage integration) the 4 midi master zones dont seem to integrate well with the normal splits.. i can’t figure out how to play the bass part(pedal) from the keyboard.. (For quick changes from left hand bass to left hand whatever sound) .. also it seems hat the midi master settings are not part of the performance memmory saves.(making them global, which is a bad idea for my setup) .. this makes it nearly impossible to allign the keyboardsplit with the masterkeyboard splits.. i definately need 3 splits(4zones) Another thing that i dislike is the fact that you an only use usersamples instead of normal samples... i.e. Or adding user samples you need to remove factory sounds from your setup.. altough user samples when using this combined with mainstage is kind of overrated..
Hi mate, sorry I missed this comment until now! Yes, I do think they need to recalibrate their integration with the master zones. I found some discrepancies in my own testing that proved frustrating. However, I do think the mainstage integration (once they get the motorised faders talking to MS) has untold potential! I'm thinking automation on sound parameters etc!
As awesome as this keyboard may be, the little red tenon on the end that is surrounded with a poorly scribed knife marks that look quite shoddy. I can only guess they were trying to make it look more " hand-made. " In any case, sloppy.
@@8T8Keez thanks for your reply... I had Yamaha, and sold it because i want to buy DEXIBELL... You think that may also s7 pro has the same problem....?
@@8T8Keez I did not hear this problem for another... Also 2 Weeks ago i played with the Dexibell vivo s7, was excellent... I enjoyed.... But they didn't have s7 pro, and S9.... May this S9 that you is like this....
Hey there, have you been in touch with Dexibell customer support about this? I have to be honest, I found the piano a bit tinny too and didn't enjoy the T2L sounds much either...
@@8T8Keez interesting stuff! I never noticed a drop off in polyphony in my testing but it sounds like you've went a little deeper! Let me know how you get on with Dexibell!
Thank you! 🥰🎹
You're most welcome! I'm happy to do a follow up review once you've updated it to work with mainstage fully!
Eu quero um desses de presente rsrs
@@camiloneto7760 unfortunately, i didnt get to keep it! Although i would have liked to!
How many sounds can be layered in S10?
This is actually the S9, I’ll hopefully be getting the S10 to do a review on soon!
I have it. It is really amazing piano and organ !!!
Hello! I’m from Mexico. He adquirido Dexibell Stage Piano S9 y es una maravilla de máquina. Al principio pensé que me había equivocado al no comprar Nord Stage 3 pero, ahora he quedado MUY satisfecho con Piano S9. Sonidos increíblemente realistas.
No mames, cuánto te costó? Saludos
Tiene q haberte costado en dólares americanos $4,500 dólares no sé cuantos en pesos mexicanos te salió jijijijijiji
Dexibell frente a Nord Stage 3 sale perdiendo por goleada. Los sonidos de piano son más calidos, los organos ni hablar. El Nord tiene incluido un sintetizador virtual analógico. El Nord tiene todos los botones, perillas y drawbars que un músico necesita para editar a su antojo cada sonido. Dexibell apenas tiene los Drawbars con sonidos de órgano de muy mediana calidad y del resto prácticamente nada. Lo siento pero te equivocaste de compra.
@@abdielrec9148 en topmusic anda en poco más de 60,000 👀
@@blanquis1824 said bullshit
Would be a nice idea from Dexibell to have an official forum. All the major brands have one: Yamaha, Nord, Korg, Roland, etc. (or at least do like Uli Behringer, who is really active on Gearslutz, and open to suggestions and improvements while their products are still in development). They do listen to fans and musicians' needs, and have made a lot of improvements not based on what their as a company think, but actually from what the fans demand. As from the youtube comments, one of the most requested is the Dexibell VIVO and XMURE for Windows and Android. That really needs to be implemented prior S3/S7 pro.
I just purchased this lovely piano.
hi..how about key action? its too noisy?because in this video looks that its too noisy...thanks...
@@nicolasarianos9731 I would assume it's noisy. Any keyboard that uses Fatar action keybeds tend to be really noisy. I have a Nord, and I'm really disappointed with the noise the keys make for their price tag. I already replaced my Nord with another brand new one, and it still gave me a clicking/plastic noise
@@shahesta6711 thanks for your reply...
I want to by Dexibell vivo H10, because i the piano sounds of Dexibell... And that's why I sold my YAMAHA piano... But I'm worry about the key action...
@@nicolasarianos9731 Which Yamaha piano did you have? Honestly, if noise isn't an issue to you, go ahead and buy the Dexibell. A lot of people don't care about noise, plus, you'll be plugging in your headphones (since there aren't built-in speakers), or playing live. As far as my experience goes, you shouldn't worry about the action of fatar keybeds, they're still really fun to play and the noise they make do not affect their performance, they're still fully-weighted and feel like acoustics (great action imo). However, I understand the frustration with wanting this piano because of its sounds, but not being satisfied with the noise. My advice to you is don't buy something you're not 100% satisfied with. It'll always be in the back of your head, and especially if its a long term decision, and you're going to invest in an expensive keyboard like this, then it's something you should definitely consider. From my experience with tp400 fatar action keybeds (which Vivo also shares), the noise is beyond frustrating, and I'm already looking for a replacement for my Nord in the future (probably the Roland rd5000 when it's out) fatar keybeds are fun to play, but the noise will get worse the longer you have the keyboard, so it's really something you'll have to think about.
@@shahesta6711 I had YAMAHA CLP 645... I played with Dexibell vivo s7 in store and I surprised about sound quality,, and I liked the key action because it's more realistic than Yamaha action... And i have to buy Dexibell VIVO H10 home version with that included speakers... But still it's not allowed on the stores...
And still we don't know wich Fatar key action Dexibell use for VIVO H10...
Can you clarify the layering and splitting capabilities? To me, the manual did not explain it well. They said the 'lower' split the keyboard into two section while the 'pedal' split the keyboard into two halves. Whats the difference??
Have you ever tried Numa GT piano? With keys does feel better comparing with Vivo S10? What are the differences?
I'm looking to purchase a digital keyboard and have narrowed my choices to the Nord Grand and the Dexibell S9. Ignoring cost, do you have any thoughts on which one is better? I realize "better" means different things to different people; but, I'm particularly interested in the feel of the keyboard action, the sound, and build quality. I'd also be interested if you think there's another keyboard out there I should be considering, Thanks ... and thanks for this video, it's been a great help!
I would definitely say the Nord Grand is a better keyboard and sound but it is also a fair bit more expensive then the S9! But if you’re after a faithful piano sound then that will be awesome! I would also tell you to research the Roman Fantom 8, which has a superb keybed and some of the best piano sounds in the game, not to mention it’s a fully fledged workstation for the same kind of money as the nord grand!
Thanks for watching! Hope you can subscribe!
@@ChrisMutchJones Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it!
Fantastic!
IMO Dexibell is really competitive in the lower tiers (S1 & S3) not so much on the S9...but it's a young company, I think they will get it right in the next 2/3 iterations.
Hopefully! I really like Dexibell and would love to see them become more successful! Thanks for watching!
Great review! I think more product exclusives will be coming your way ;)
Thanks mate!
I loved the video! Thank you for making this! Just a bit of feedback: it would have been better if you cut away the sound of the camera when you played on the piano, so we could hear only the output of the piano. Now it's harder to judge the quality of the sounds, since one could get distracted by the sounds of the keyboard itself.
Yes in retrospect it would have been great to have done that! Definitely gonna remember that for the next video! Thanks, would love it if you could subscribe!
Good review, Chris! I think the S9 is strong in the keys department - but the real strengths lie in the open system that allows sound font files to be imported. Like Nord, the versatility is one of the big strengths. With the S9, compared to the Stage 3 - The S9 has a better action, but lacks the synth and strong samples of the Stage 3. I would feel fine using the S9 with a ventilator or similar leslie pedal, but I don't care for the internal leslie sim (though the new just released type B leslie is a big improvement). I do like the iPad integration the S9 has. Could it one day be a Stage 3 killer? Possibly... the potential is there for sure. Certainly a killer MIDI controller as well. Blessings!
Hey Ben! Thank you! I agree, it has a lot of strong points and the sound fonts are good but the real power will be when they release the software update to link it with mainstage properly!
@@ChrisMutchJones hey chris! i’m looking to buy a decibel , have they fixed the mainstage comparability?
I don’t know, I was in talks with them about getting another board to do a follow up video but nothing ever came of it.
Where the Ikea lamp I usually see in piano keyboard videos?
I'll have to source myself an IKEA lamp for the next video! 😜
Chris Mutch-Jones Nice!!!
I'm sorry to say that S7 Pro was a complete disappointment to me, even with the Platinum piano library installed...
I had their philosophy and technology widely explained directly by Dexibell CEO and he was actually very convincing but still, IMHO, when you put your hands on a Dexibell instrument you immediately notice lack of details and dynamic sound. It seemed to me that any piano sound was made by just 2 or 3 layers, modulated only in their volume parameter. After returning the S7 PRO I've re-purchased a nord stage 3: the Royal 3D or the white grand represent to me the state of the art in digital piano samples (excluding software libraries).
Try before you buy...
I have to agree with you to be honest, I still prefer the Nord to this day. I think dexibell were on to something but they didn't quite follow through.
I've had a H7 for 3 years and just purchased an S9, I can't agree with this at all, so it's interesting to see that a few people are experiencing this with them...
...I suspect, based on my own experiences, that it's related to the keyboard touch settings, which default to a state where it requires an excessively heavy touch requiring about 5x more downward force on the keys than I have ever experienced on a real grand piano >_< I do find that when using the default touch settings it feels like I'm hammering away on the keys with everything i've got and the sound is getting a bit louder but not getting brighter and more strident and percussive as it should. But running it with the keyboard touch set to "light" with a bit of adjustment to the velocity curve, it's really dynamic and expressive under my fingers as a piano should be, and feels much more comparable to the yamaha C7 I use fairly regularly.
@@ChrisMutchJones Great vid. Question - Would you consider the Dexibell to be suitable for studio recordings, replacing an acoustic upright piano? I need to bring it live sometimes too. Most people buy these keyboards for stage, as that is what they are made for. But stage piano's, especially the Nord Stage 3, have a very VERY overly bright sound, to cut through a heavy live mix, I presume. Thats not suitable for studio. However, the Dexibell sounds more mellow, while very very cheap and low quality sounding ONLY in this particular video for some reason, the Dexibell piano preset sounds more mellow and suited for studio.
Your thoughts? Or is the piano sound just garbage all around?
completely agree,..it's all smoke in the eyes, I've bought an S9 and re-purchased after half an hour of test!! poor piano sound -vivo grand, germsnn grand platinum all.., ridiculous strings guitar and so on, you buy a master keyoboard of 2800 dollar-euros...
try before you buy
the question is does it play as well as it looks
What kind of computer soft do you use?
I was just about going to order this one but hearing you play this, has made me doubt about it. Just like every Fatar keybed, including Nord boards, the action sounds ‘clacky’. Next to the patches you’re playing, I can also hear the keys. Not my idea of quality, especially for the price tag. Only the Kawai MP11(SE) has a near silent keybed, and the same goes for the Korg RH3. Think I’ll go for the Kronos instead...
@@8T8Keez i want to buy s9 , but i am not sure for the keybed... also for the s7 pro...
@@8T8Keez thank you so much for your reply...
Also the piano sound in this video sounds AWFUL. I think the dude accidentally recorded into his DAW in mono. It sounds like my MOXf8 which has a much less nice piano sound than a Nord
What the S9 needs is a more revised library, except for pianos and all of the orchestral instruments. They sound about the most amazing ever found on a keyboard. But some of other sounds almost seem to be a hi res versions based on the godawful DX7. Cheesy and dated. Also, the ouput level of each sound must be inspected as well. At this point, still software companies are giving the best sonics from classic keyboards and synths instruments. Such a pity that hardware instruments aren't up there.
Nord stage 3 or S9?
Stage 3 all the way!! No contest! ;)
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Nord!...
I have a Dexibell and whilst it is good their online support is more or less non existent and there Manual is not the best Ralf Schink does know how to demo it to best advantage but in my view it is far from a customer focussed company and very much into sales of keyboards and high end equipment at the expense of customer service I found it quite difficult to get a Dexibell pedal and have not heard back after many months when I tried to order a spare keyboard mains adapter Relevant to this quite honestly I can’t see the new S9 being worth the money although the S1 and S3 are
I think it must be difficult for a start-up to provide the same kind of service that established companies like Korg, Nord etc have in place. That being said, you're right. It's important to focus on not only selling boards, but maintaining the relationship between client and distributer.
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I love u
Haha love you too Steve-o!
S9 the best
After a quick test at music store i dived into the manual at home.. which made me end up with some severe questions.(and not only about mainstage integration) the 4 midi master zones dont seem to integrate well with the normal splits.. i can’t figure out how to play the bass part(pedal) from the keyboard.. (For quick changes from left hand bass to left hand whatever sound) .. also it seems hat the midi master settings are not part of the performance memmory saves.(making them global, which is a bad idea for my setup) .. this makes it nearly impossible to allign the keyboardsplit with the masterkeyboard splits.. i definately need 3 splits(4zones)
Another thing that i dislike is the fact that you an only use usersamples instead of normal samples... i.e. Or adding user samples you need to remove factory sounds from your setup.. altough user samples when using this combined with mainstage is kind of overrated..
Hi mate, sorry I missed this comment until now!
Yes, I do think they need to recalibrate their integration with the master zones. I found some discrepancies in my own testing that proved frustrating.
However, I do think the mainstage integration (once they get the motorised faders talking to MS) has untold potential! I'm thinking automation on sound parameters etc!
As awesome as this keyboard may be, the little red tenon on the end that is surrounded with a poorly scribed knife marks that look quite shoddy. I can only guess they were trying to make it look more " hand-made. " In any case, sloppy.
NOT to mention - it's a noisy keyboard.
are you play with s9?
@@8T8Keez thanks for your reply...
I had Yamaha, and sold it because i want to buy DEXIBELL... You think that may also s7 pro has the same problem....?
@@8T8Keez I did not hear this problem for another... Also 2 Weeks ago i played with the Dexibell vivo s7, was excellent... I enjoyed.... But they didn't have s7 pro, and S9.... May this S9 that you is like this....
Hey there, have you been in touch with Dexibell customer support about this? I have to be honest, I found the piano a bit tinny too and didn't enjoy the T2L sounds much either...
@@8T8Keez interesting stuff! I never noticed a drop off in polyphony in my testing but it sounds like you've went a little deeper! Let me know how you get on with Dexibell!
Messi ?
Nope haha
@@ChrisMutchJones hahaha