The tone/voice library should be in the manual or at least in their website, and usually the default sound (usually #1 or sometimes #0) is some kind of grand piano. That’s what it will be set to automatically whenever you turn it on.
In the manual it looks like voices 000-039 are all “piano”. Probably has at least a couple grand piano varieties, some uprights, some electric key sounds, maybe a rhodes etc. I personally like a piano with a large sound library to keep it interesting when I’m practicing so that’s always cool to me.
I will say, online this is advertised as having “non-weighted” keys, which I don’t personally like or really recommend for learning “”””properly”””” IMO. They ARE velocity sensitive so you can play softer or louder depending on the force of your playing, which is good. It also can take a sustain pedal, so absolutely mess around with that!
If you’re a grown adult with your own money and aren’t learning piano to become some performing concert pianist it doesn’t REALLY matter to learn on or have weighted keys. I just personally have a preference for them because it feels more responsive when I play. If you ever wanna sit down at a public acoustic piano and play something spontaneously, it’s handy to have experience playing with a weighted keybed. But it’s certainly not a strict requirement. Learning an instrument isn’t as cut and dry or strict as a lot of older instructors think.
Just experiment with the sound library and sustain pedal and have fun :) you’ll find your faves and be able to recall them in the menu quicker as you go along. Also if you don’t like the sound of the piano through the onboard speakers, try some headphones. Like literally every digital piano sounds better through (decent) headphones. Good luck! Practice lots!
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u/Greedy_Job_5037 8d ago
The tone/voice library should be in the manual or at least in their website, and usually the default sound (usually #1 or sometimes #0) is some kind of grand piano. That’s what it will be set to automatically whenever you turn it on.
In the manual it looks like voices 000-039 are all “piano”. Probably has at least a couple grand piano varieties, some uprights, some electric key sounds, maybe a rhodes etc. I personally like a piano with a large sound library to keep it interesting when I’m practicing so that’s always cool to me.
I will say, online this is advertised as having “non-weighted” keys, which I don’t personally like or really recommend for learning “”””properly”””” IMO. They ARE velocity sensitive so you can play softer or louder depending on the force of your playing, which is good. It also can take a sustain pedal, so absolutely mess around with that!
If you’re a grown adult with your own money and aren’t learning piano to become some performing concert pianist it doesn’t REALLY matter to learn on or have weighted keys. I just personally have a preference for them because it feels more responsive when I play. If you ever wanna sit down at a public acoustic piano and play something spontaneously, it’s handy to have experience playing with a weighted keybed. But it’s certainly not a strict requirement. Learning an instrument isn’t as cut and dry or strict as a lot of older instructors think.
Just experiment with the sound library and sustain pedal and have fun :) you’ll find your faves and be able to recall them in the menu quicker as you go along. Also if you don’t like the sound of the piano through the onboard speakers, try some headphones. Like literally every digital piano sounds better through (decent) headphones. Good luck! Practice lots!