Ditto: just because there is nothing else to talk about

Del Vento

https://articles.roland.com/the-future-never-ends-the-history-of-roland-pianos/

In my opinion, such instruments should be upgradable: change the action, change the sound module, change the speaker systems (perhaps this is the most difficult part). It does not make sense to have such large and expensive devices and be stuck with them.

PS: Yes I do plan to work on my DIY Mybrid project this weekend

CyberGene

I was thinking about the N1X and how upgradeable it is. Personally I would not mind paying a premium of $1000-2000 for a sound engine update (motherboard or something, whatever is needed) if there was such a possibility but I hardly doubt it would ever be possible. And that's pretty sad considering how expensive the instrument is and how the engine, despite being really nice and without any apparent weaknesses, will become obsolete in a few years.

Del Vento

CyberGene I was thinking about the N1X and how upgradeable it is.

That's exactly my thought. Now, for the N1X, that is probably even more complicated than it would be for this "concept piano" which is nothing else than a slab with a fancy "cabinet-like" thing. But it's a shame that no digital pianos worth (say) more than x thousands ever plan for such an upgrade path. Even more so because you could (say) decide that the Novus is better and switch brand, whereas Yamaha could "lock you in" with an upgrade path, e.g. when they did from the update from N1 to N1x.

Theophilus Carter

I've wondered to what extent my GP609 could be upgraded over the years. I like to think if they action needed replacing at some point, that wouldn't be too difficult. That would be my main concern, but I'd certainly be interested if there were further upgrades / refinements in the sound engine.

Frédéric L

Since I have a PC near my N1X, I can use it as an expander with fine virtual pianos… With virtual pianos, I won’t take advantage of the multichannel amplifier (spatial sampling), but since I use mostly headphones, that doesn’t matter.

I guess the N1X successor will measure velocity and acceleration, something which is impossible with the design of the N1X. I don’t know how efficient it is on the CLP7xx.

I guess it is a pity that Vixano and Synthogy haven’t produced their Ivory expander as planned. I guess there could be a market for such a product. It was planned to be priced below $1500… quite expensive, but if it gives a second life to an expensive DP…