For example, when you depress the sustain pedal, the earliest played notes continue to sound while you’re adding new ones and the piano needs more memory to keep all the notes sounding. While they’re slightly lighter than those found on acoustic pianos, they are a decent approximation of the real deal and work great for practice. In addition to household electrical power, the CDP-S supports battery operation, allowing players to freely enjoy performing anywhere.

Casio has applied its highly compact construction technologies to achieve a size that is even smaller than previous CDP series.They have a little different character, and out of the box the CDP-S350’s sound may seem a bit dry, but with some reverb, it does sound great, and I actually prefer its sound over the CDP-S100. P45 is another case where I have spent mere seconds on that model, but have played other models quite a bit (including the P95 which was a kind of P45 ancestor, among others). While a few of the competitions offer more voices, if you primarily use this for piano practice, these 10 voices are adequate.

Our goal is to assist music makers in every step, from choosing the right instruments and equipment to understanding how to get the best out of them.I have played some Casios that I thought played well, and others that felt distractingly exaggerated. Well, the piano sound on the CDP-S100 is overall a bit on the “flat/bright” side, but I’m not sure I understand the problem you’re referring to, as I don’t have a CDP-S100 at hand to check this, unfortunately. You may also want to play around with all the available piano tones (there’s a Mellow Piano, which may be more to your liking) as well as different reverb settings.

The harpsichord is passable at best, lacking the key-off samples that emulate a real harpsichord’s response to keys being released. Chordana Play also lets you control some functions on the keyboard, like switching between sounds and controlling metronome tempo. Auto Power Off: Approximately 4 hours (AC Adaptor) / 6 minutes (batteries) after last operation; can be disabled.I had a grand piano and also am incredibly impressed with how much digital keyboards have improved over the years in terms of touch and action.

Was I just spoiled by an older CDP piano that sounded nicer by lacking this ‘simulated hammer noise feature’, and I would find the same thing on any modern digital piano? I found that most sounds worked best with the subtle level 1 and 2 settings, with higher levels being a bit too much for my taste. You obviously may have your favorites since sounds are very subjective as I’ve mentioned many times. The benefit of feeling more like a real piano is that you can play with far greater expression and dynamic range.Additionally make sure your User-Agent is not empty and is something unique and descriptive and try again. This hampers the otherwise excellent playing experience and feels like a sacrifice that ends up hurting the CDP-S100.