Re: pianos

>I've played a lot on cheap synths and very little on pianos. I much
prefer >the synth keyboard, mostly I'm sure through familiarity but also
because my >hands are fairly weak and not up to piano keys.

Piano keys should not be heavy or hard to push down. A properly-regulated
piano's keys are actually lighter than un-weighted synth action keys.

>The point is, don't write off those synth keyboards just because you were
>trained with something else.

I wasn't trained on something else. I've had both since I started to play.

>As regards the sounds, most synths do sound crap, but they can be
>improved much like pianos can.

I agree, and said so.

With Kyma running a clever additive patch or physical model, you could get
pretty close.

C.

Carl Lumma wrote,

>Piano keys should not be heavy or hard to push down. A
properly-regulated
>piano's keys are actually lighter than un-weighted synth action keys.

Huh? That seems contrary to all my experience (and the very definition
of un-weighted)! Of course "lightness" is subjective, but it's
definitely easier (for me) to play unweighted synth after playing piano
for a while than to play piano after playing unweighted synth for a
while.