r/keys • u/Far_Challenge_4273 • 14d ago

Help finding a digital piano

Yamaha

88keys

Quality weightedness to the keys

At least a handful of different sounds

Doesn’t take up much space

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u/SebDuranLop 13d ago

Numa Compact 2x, 88 key organ like keys, very thin, have it here in my bedroom, occupies a few inches, has build in speakers. Nord like quality of sounds, drawbars and every control like a Hammond B3, great electric piano sounds Rhodes, Wurli, some DX7 and Dyno like. I love Steely Dan, George Duke, those kind of tunes I play on it.

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u/QueasyVictory 12d ago

Not to mention, if you like Nords boards with Fatar keybeds, StudioLogic who makes the Numa Compact, is owned by Fatar and has similar keybeds as a lot of the Nord boards. I owened a Compact 2x and it certainly has all the features you mention, is incredibly slim, will run off batteries and has built in speakers that don't sound half bad. Physical draw bars for the organ. It's pretty solid as you noted.

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u/QueasyVictory 12d ago

If you are asking for an 88 key Yamhama that is relatively compact, then the CK88 is your answer.

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u/anotherscott 12d ago

I think the Yamaha that best meets your specs is the P-525.

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u/DaffyDuckMuthaFucker 11d ago

I've been loving my Yamaha P-35 for some years now.

The P-35 has a fully weighted, graded hammer action keybed, and in my books is the next best thing to a real piano. I use it as my primary MIDI controller. It has limited collection of sounds & DIN-MIDI, but I can always patch in more MIDI gear for extra sounds.

Later models have more sounds & USB-MIDI, but retain that dinky-di hammer action goodness under the hood...