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Lou · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:45 am Post subject: RH3 Loud Key-bed? (Video)

I'm no piano player, but listening/watching this video, at 4:00 on,
the key-bed sounds a little louder than I had expected to hear. Is this normal for RH3?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRNpR3rSXLo&NR=1
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Chrutil · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 2:55 am Post subject: Re: RH3 Loud Key-bed? (Video)

Gargamel314 · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 3:00 am Post subject:

agreed - that's similar to the sound my M3-61 makes when i smack the keys really hard (Kronos uses the same keybed as the M3 61)... and that guy is hittin those keys really hard! but when he plays just a little softer, there's no sound. And those keys look like they have more bounce than a weighted keyboard would. It's so hard to tell just by looking at them
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Lou · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 3:08 am Post subject:

Looking at the space from the bottom of the screen to where the keys start, it is clearly a 73 or 88. (Roughly 2")
The 61 has very little space between the bottom of the screen and the keys.

61

73

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Chrutil · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 3:17 am Post subject:

I stand corrected, you are right; that's definitely not a 61.
Well, noisy or not, it's nice to see that they have made some at all Smile

I did try out an SV-1 before I ordered my 88, but didn't notice it being noisy. My Yamaha P-80 however, is pretty noisy on key up fwiw.

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Davidb · Platinum Member Joined: 21 Oct 2002 Posts: 1592

More about the subject:

http://www.korgforums.com/forum/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=61097&highlight=rh3
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Lou · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 3:28 pm Post subject:

Thanks David, very helpful! Wink

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jimknopf · Platinum Member Joined: 17 Jan 2011 Posts: 3374

This does not at all sound encouraging to someone like me considering a 73 version!

The very first thing I would check thoroughly now after receiving a Kronos would be looking for irregular spaces between keys and listening to key noises. I would never accept playing a sloppy keybed, without getting it replaced.

Lou · Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 4:35 pm Post subject:

I'm sure the RH3 keys will be very satisfying for a player.
In the past I have had a bad run on keys and choose to skip even the slightest possibility of being disgruntled with a Kronos purchase.
I've reconsidered and am comfortable, going with the 61. (Not because of the video) Wink

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Davidb · Platinum Member Joined: 21 Oct 2002 Posts: 1592