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Digital Piano

Generally since the grand is so large and authentic, it is an expensive piano. For those on a budget looking to make the cost low a digital piano can be advantageous. The digital version helps by providing a compact representation of the regular piano. Typically they have several other bonuses besides portability and they will be looked into for the rest of this article.

A digital piano utilizes a multiple document interface to digitally represent the keys and notes that it is playing. The MDI will usually have a connection or two so that it can interface and play documents and such that are hooked up to it. Since the digital piano is merely replying to touch emphasis on documental frequencies it can record and save inputs. Recording in this way can be done on several different tracks that can be over laid onto the device and replayed together. Minimally, most pianos of this type will be able to record at least two tracks.

Finally, the digital piano can be programmed to play a wide variety of sounds on the keys. Since the output is digitized the input sequence, the keys, can be rearranged to play notes from almost any instrument. The keyboard has one of the largest octave ranges, so it could theoretically play multiple instruments on the same keyboard if you customized it to do so. The digital key settings can also be set to emulate different styles of pianos. For example the same keyboard could play either organ, concert piano, upright, old jazz from the eerily 1940s, all with distinctive different sounds.

 

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