![]() The VPC1 does not have a matching stand (or bench) and Kawai does not make one.yet. However with it being in a nice looking more formal cabinet top, most people will probably not be moving this piano very much and they'll use it primarily in their home, home studio, church, pro studio, school, or other more permanent locations. The VPC1 weighs only 65 lbs so it not too heavy but certainly heavy enough for one person. Portable but yet durable and heavy weight 3-pedal foot unit for playing traditional acoustic piano style using damper with half-pedal, sostenuto, and soft pedal control. There is even laptop space on top of the VPC1 to fit a computer along with the piano having a music rest, which is not the norm for "controller digital pianos." The piano even comes with a ![]() Stored to a memory preset in the piano (there are five of them), and then recalled without aĬomputer using a simple key control on the piano. Individual setups can be created for different needs and Greater control of their sound setups including advanced Those users, the VPC1 includes a dedicated software editor, providing Software musicians who use virtual pianos (as they are referred to) enjoy customizing their setup too. The VPC1 is designed to make the playing experience using virtual grand pianos quick and painless, but many pianists and In other words, setting up a regular digital piano controller correctly to access the sounds is not an easy task and that is one reason many people have not wanted to use these "virtual piano sound libraries" in the just took too much work, and a lot of times the result wasn't that great for all the expense, time, and effort. No matter what the piano sound sample is by itself and no matter who makes it, it may not sound and play right unless you have a digital piano controller keyboard action that is or can be geared to these individual virtual piano sound libraries and their particular velocity curves and dynamics. A velocity touch curve, generally speaking, is the ability of that piano sound to come out naturally & dynamically in reproducing subtle volume changes from soft to loud as well as the subtle dynamics of the the sound from mellow to bright when pressing the keys. However, the extremely difficult part of reproducing a real grand piano playing experience in a digital piano is not only the having the right key action and key electronics for authentic dynamics, but also having the correct velocity touch curves (left pic on computer monitor) when playing the keys on the digital piano. It's designed to give the piano player the best "key action feel and piano response" (because of its advanced 3-sensor key electronics) you can get in any regular digital piano "controller keyboard." No other brand comes close right now to this model when it comes to controller digital pianos which control external computer based piano sounds that are not inside the digital piano itself. Keyboard base providing extra stability when playing big chords, and yet it is portable (although it is a bit heavy) and looks like a piano without the stand or base. The VPC1's chassis is engineered from industrial aluminum & steel with a reinforced ![]() The VPC1 has Kawai's professional wooden graded hammer piano key action with simulated ivory grand piano keys allowing for a great keytop feel featuring a grand piano let-off/escapement function, new 3-sensor key electronics for authentic sound dynamics and sensitivity, high speed core compliant USB/MIDI connectivity, all housed in an attractive satin black piano style top. ![]() But that is not what you'll find on the VPC1. A true piano controller usually has a control panel on it in a generic looking portable keyboard "slab" and you'll see a variety of on-board functions & buttons/sliders to control external MIDI instruments on other keyboard or sound modules and/or computer or iPad. First of all it has no sounds of its own and no built-in speakers.nothing except a piano key action in a sleek attractive case. The Kawai VPC1 ( $1849 internet discount price) which I have played many times, is from the Kawai piano company and is definitely not for the average digital piano buyer. So it comes as no surprise that Kawai produces a digital piano controller that does a very good job of reproducing a grand piano key action playing experience beyond that of conventional digital piano controller keyboards which connects to virtual grand pianos (computer software generated piano sounds) giving you that 9' concert grand piano sound experience. ![]() □ UPDATED REVIEW | Sept 1, 2021 - Kawai VPC1 88-key Digital Piano Controller | Recommended | Kawai is well known throughout the world for building high quality upright and concert grand acoustic pianos and they even produce a line of pianos called "Boston" for the Steinway piano company. ![]()
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