Akai Miniak Piano Sound

plurp1000 · Post by **plurp1000** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:25 pm

Does the Akai Miniak have an acoustic piano sound/preset?

ozy · Post by **ozy** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:55 pm

no.

it is a virtual analogue (it emulates moogs, ARPs, and the likes)

it has no acoustic instrument emulations, be them pianos or trumpets

and it has 32 keys, which would be silly for playing piano anyway

kimu · Post by **kimu** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 8:56 pm

if you want a synth in the miniak style with sounds that can be similar to acoustic piano, have a check to ultranova, if i am not wrong, it shall also have some sampled waveforms of acoustic instruments

CharlesFerraro · Post by **CharlesFerraro** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 9:44 pm

MicroKORG XL has a PCM sampled piano.

xmlguy · Post by **xmlguy** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:06 pm

The MicroKorg XL indeed has a piano sound. It is a single, non-velocity switched, monophonic sample that is stretched for the whole note range, with a maximum of 8 polyphony. In other words, a $100 Casio or Yamaha Consumer arranger that you get at K-Mart has a better piano on it and higher polyphony of 32-64 notes, with a stereo multisample.

The X50, on the other hand, has several pianos, including a velocity switched, stereo, multisample. It has 62 poly, 16 timbres, GM Midi sound sets, and 40 drumkits, none of which the MicroKorg XL have. They are different beasts of course, as the X-50 is a hybrid ROMpler based on Trition TR engine and ROM, while the MicroKorg XL is basically a cut down version of the R3, which is a cut down version of the Radias.

ozy · Post by **ozy** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:28 pm

xmlguy wrote:The MicroKorg XL indeed has a piano sound. It is a single, non-velocity switched, monophonic sample that is stretched for the whole note range, with a maximum of 8 polyphony. In other words, a $100 Casio or Yamaha Consumer arranger that you get at K-Mart has a better piano on it and higher polyphony of 32-64 notes, with a stereo multisample..

yes.

and you forgot mentioning the mikro's keys

why the heck should anybody mangle the piano sound like that?