Privia digital piano offers exceptional sound quality along with an elegant design that gives users a complete ease of carrying. These portable digital pianos by Casio feature superb variations of sounds sampled from various instruments along with an exclusive touch and response action with its new Tri-Sensor 88 note scaled hammer action keyboard. Some of the Privia digital pianos weight only around 25 pounds so they can carried anywhere around your house, practice studio or on stage according to need and convenience. You will find most of the digital piano models quite affordable and are worth for the price they are offered at.
Features of Casio Privia Digital Piano
Casio Privia digital pianos were first launched in 2003 by Casio and this gave rise to a new concept in digital pianos offering 88 tri-sensor keys, realistic tone and voices at an affordable price. First model of Privia was PX-100 and this one was appointed with digital sound source with sampling of both hard and soft grand piano tones.
Some of the features that you can find exclusively with Casio Privia digital pianos are mentioned below. These features make these pianos an appealing choice for both beginners’ as well professional pianists.
1. Portability
Privia digital pianos are known for being light weight and extremely portable. Even with the light weight, you get a completely realistic feel and response with the weighted action keyboard. These instruments are extremely portable and their models like PX-130 and PX-330 weighs only at around 25 pounds. These slim design keyboards can be easily carried along.
2. Keys action and feel
Privia digital pianos are appointed with new tri-sensor 88 keys scaled hammer action keyboard. The keyboards of Casio pianos are redesigned for improved touch and feel. New ones have simulated ebony and ivory keys that give you an amazing touch experience along with AiR sound source that gives a completely outstanding combination of touch to sound only possible with a real acoustic grand piano or a Privia digital piano.
These keyboards are well-engineered with realistic resistance. When you play lower end of the keyboard, you will find keys heavier while on the high end, you will find them lighter. This grand piano like experience give pianists confidence of playing and when you switch to a real piano, you won’t find it different or difficult to play once you have had your hands over Privia. Moreover the tri-sensors of the keyboard capture your performances really well with each detail and nuance is taken care of just like an authentic piano.
3. Realistic and expressive sound sampling
New Privia models offer realistic grand piano sounds with four dynamics layering integrated with the Casio’s Linear Morphing System. Unprecedented range is ensured with simulation of sound with open strings when dampers are in raised position with the use of pedal. This action is called Advanced Damper Resonance Simulation. Such impressive sound is difficult to find in the price range at which Casio digital pianos are offered.
4. AiR Sound Source
In order to ensure finest reproduction of acoustic piano sound, Casio has incorporated its proprietary sound source system, the AiR sound source (Acoustic and Intelligent Resonator). In comparison to previous models by Casio, this processor accesses around 3 times more of the memory and the memory are utilized by the processor for grand piano sound recording at four dynamics sampling. Thus a natural reproduction with accurate decays and expressions is ensured. Further piano playing experience is amplified for pianists by adding realism with simulation of open strings with dampers raised as described earlier.
5. Sound will deliver all dynamics
Different models of digital pianos by Privia offer varied range of tones of different instruments. Some pianos offer 16 different tones while some have hundreds of them including instruments like electric pianos, organs, strings and more). The most vital sound reproduction and sampling that Casio Privia delivers is that of a grand piano sound with complete dynamics and expressions. Privia sound will deliver all dynamics whether you are playing a rock number, a classical track or jazz.
6. USB MIDI connectivity
Casio has been providing this feature in other digital pianos and has continued to provide class compliant USB connectivity with Privia digital pianos too. This feature enables piano players to connect their instrument with computer systems (Mac or Windows) and there wouldn’t be a need of downloading drivers. This makes transfer of recordings from instrument to system simpler. Also the USB MIDI connectivity enables users to use this instrument as a controller for their Apple iPad. You can control functions with the use of device’s camera connection kit.
Conclusion
Casio Privia digital pianos are rated among some of the best digital pianos that are offered at a reasonable rate with exceptional sound quality and user-friendly features. 4 layer stereo grand tones along with Linear Morphing sound technology and graded hammer action keyboard gives you feel and action of a grand piano. At a reasonable rate, you can get sound effects and feel comparable to other digital piano competitors in market such as Yamaha, Kawai and others. Get one of the leading models by Casio Privia now and enjoy complete musical package in the form of an instrument.