Thanks for watching! If you fancy supporting my work by buying me a coffee in return for my endless piano tinkling, you can do so here: ko-fi.com/petshopboyspianocovers Thanks for your kindness and support! If you have any requests, just leave a comment, and remember to subscribe to this channel so you don't miss out on new covers. Enjoy the music! 🎹🎵
This song sounds like it could have been on an Electronic album, very New Orderish. BTW, what model keyboard is that? Does it have 88 keys? I am thinking of learning again thanks to your inspiration and Mr. Lowe's work.
Thank you, and very pleased to have inspired you! It's a Roland FP-10 88-key digital piano, although I'm actually just using it as a controller keyboard to trigger MIDI notes into my computer. The actual piano sound you hear in the videos is from a virtual studio instrument called Pianoteq (version 8). This just gives me more control over the sound, and means that in the video, you only hear the piano, rather than me breathing, the noise of the keys and the pedal, traffic outside, etc. 😀 The Roland FP-10 has some good built-in piano sounds, though, and an authentic, weighted feel... Nice to play - I'd recommend it, or alternatively a Yamaha digital piano... Good luck with it!
@@psbpianocovers - You're welcome and thank you for the info and inspiration. I guess PSB must do the same thing with MIDI and keyboards and computers. I just get confused if using machines or software is the way to go. When Chris Lowe plays, I don't know the difference between what one keyboard does compared to the next plus keyboards have such extensive libraries/menus with so many sampling capabilities. It seems intimidating. Is it made in Japan?
@EM.1. If you just want to play piano, you're fine with just a digital piano - no need for music software. If you want to record/sequence music (i.e. with multiple parts - drums, bass, pads, piano, etc.), then by far the easiest way to do this is with music software, so just make sure the digital piano has MIDI connections (which will be most likely be via USB). Back in the old days, PSB used a combination of synthesisers and samplers (e.g. with the Fairlight) to make their music. These days, I think they tend to use mainly soft synths (i.e. computer-based) and will just use keyboards to trigger those sounds via MIDI. That said, for Nonetheless, James Ford apparently re-played a lot of the parts from their demos on old analogue synthesisers. Roland is a Japanese company, but not sure where the digital piano was made...
@@psbpianocovers - I've been a long-time fan of electronic music/New Wave/Dark Wave for many decades. I used to spend a lot on "Imported CDs" from not only PSB but various German banks: Wolfsheim, Hubert Kah, Camouflage, and now Skuppin. I also like the old Depeche Mode with Wilder; old Erasure. Anyway, I wanted to always be like Mr. Lowe or Heiko Maile of Camouflage. Now that I have some time I want to make it my goal to first learn piano and become another MIDI guy, lol.
Thanks for watching! If you fancy supporting my work by buying me a coffee in return for my endless piano tinkling, you can do so here: ko-fi.com/petshopboyspianocovers Thanks for your kindness and support!
If you have any requests, just leave a comment, and remember to subscribe to this channel so you don't miss out on new covers.
Enjoy the music! 🎹🎵
This song sounds like it could have been on an Electronic album, very New Orderish. BTW, what model keyboard is that? Does it have 88 keys? I am thinking of learning again thanks to your inspiration and Mr. Lowe's work.
Yeah, definitely...
Thank you, and very pleased to have inspired you! It's a Roland FP-10 88-key digital piano, although I'm actually just using it as a controller keyboard to trigger MIDI notes into my computer. The actual piano sound you hear in the videos is from a virtual studio instrument called Pianoteq (version 8). This just gives me more control over the sound, and means that in the video, you only hear the piano, rather than me breathing, the noise of the keys and the pedal, traffic outside, etc. 😀 The Roland FP-10 has some good built-in piano sounds, though, and an authentic, weighted feel... Nice to play - I'd recommend it, or alternatively a Yamaha digital piano... Good luck with it!
@@psbpianocovers - You're welcome and thank you for the info and inspiration. I guess PSB must do the same thing with MIDI and keyboards and computers. I just get confused if using machines or software is the way to go. When Chris Lowe plays, I don't know the difference between what one keyboard does compared to the next plus keyboards have such extensive libraries/menus with so many sampling capabilities. It seems intimidating.
Is it made in Japan?
@EM.1. If you just want to play piano, you're fine with just a digital piano - no need for music software. If you want to record/sequence music (i.e. with multiple parts - drums, bass, pads, piano, etc.), then by far the easiest way to do this is with music software, so just make sure the digital piano has MIDI connections (which will be most likely be via USB). Back in the old days, PSB used a combination of synthesisers and samplers (e.g. with the Fairlight) to make their music. These days, I think they tend to use mainly soft synths (i.e. computer-based) and will just use keyboards to trigger those sounds via MIDI. That said, for Nonetheless, James Ford apparently re-played a lot of the parts from their demos on old analogue synthesisers.
Roland is a Japanese company, but not sure where the digital piano was made...
@@psbpianocovers - I've been a long-time fan of electronic music/New Wave/Dark Wave for many decades. I used to spend a lot on "Imported CDs" from not only PSB but various German banks: Wolfsheim, Hubert Kah, Camouflage, and now Skuppin.
I also like the old Depeche Mode with Wilder; old Erasure. Anyway, I wanted to always be like Mr. Lowe or Heiko Maile of Camouflage. Now that I have some time I want to make it my goal to first learn piano and become another MIDI guy, lol.