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weeeeeeelllll this went down fast .... faster than i tought....... :P

in the end, i was going back and forth in trying to find out a cheap way to tame my mp11se desire ... one thing pulled the other i got a good deal from the shop so i just arrived at home with a nice big cardboard box

i don't even know where to start .. oh yeah .. it's heavyyyyy still have to pull it out have to catch some breath as it wasn't that easy to move it alone., but i'm a big boy so it arrived home safe in the unopened box, now getting it on the stand later will be another story

I'll upload some pictures later, can't wait to put my hands on it

Cheers !

Congrats!

Mine remains greater than I imagined-

cheers,

Jack

So many congratulations. I love mine. It is just so good. We are club MP11SE. Do we allow in the MP11?

Just joking. I've only had mine for a couple of weeks, and I am still in awe.

And damn, it really is heavy. My space is my attic room on the second floor and there is no way I could have carried it there unboxed, but I failed on my first attempt getting it there in its box. I opened the box up, pulled out everything except the styrofoam and the MP11SE, resealed the box, 5kg lights. It seems I can get a 40kg box up two flights of stairs but not a 45kg.

And the fun begins!

Thanks guys !

pics later :P wow this thing is way beyond what i got form the tests i made, everything is at hand & super comfy, sounds are just great. i need to spend some time with it to understand the advanced functions, the keys are just great.

and now lets have some fun

Cheers

Congratulations!

Good choice,
I've had my MP11SE for a few months now, and compared to my other weighted keyboards, it's the closest thing to my Kawai acoustic grand, and the more I play it, the more I love it

Hello all !



Hey Kevin didn't see any pics of your setup in there, although it was a really interesting read so many good advice, great thread.

ok, i managed to get around the piano a bit yesterday and everything is really really great, i still have to try to hook it up via midi but there's time for that, i have to get around the stand which i think is a tiny bit high but no biggie,

i basically love all the sounds, spent some time browsing and going trough settings and effects, yeah i was playing with my new toy :P LOL, it's impressive, i'm good, usability also is great understanding what does what on the left side of the upper knobs is straight forward, very easy, advanced settings are worth imho investing some time with the manual, Imho it's really excellent, it's a tank and heavy to move around it a set and forget piece of gear i like it

I'm not sure about something, i read that some mp11's had keyboard problems, ( i read a thread in here somewhere ) i'm not 100 % sure but i think i have a couple of "strange keys", i'll be checking with kawai, some make a little noise not all the others, i read about some issues in the past on some reviews but that's not the point, Kawai has a great reputation and i'm not worried and sure it will get solved.

playing time i need to get me a teacher now .. no more excuses :P didn't have a personal piano so that would have been pointless right ?

Cheers

Hi Brogh,

There was just the one link to the image of my setup. It is only a bit neater now, this is the link to it as it was. https://1drv.ms/u/s!AoVQ2CmMrkuqv3BZ8TMvR__oPSnQ

Sounds like you are digging into the settings more than I have. I have not gone beyond the piano settings.

I am also returning to default settings. Not always but often now. The sound is a little richer with the default touch and keeping key volume off. The damper noise is still turned down, I found it quite intrusive.

Sorry to hear about the key noise issue. Hopefully it will be resolved or you learn it is nothing to worry about and can accept.

Hi ! ohj i missed that one link but i listened to a tune very nice !

i see i'm not only one who had to squezze it in :), agree on the damper and some noises that are a bit too much, but i't a first impression i need to spend more time on it before tinkering with the settings.

About the keys, my reasoning is that if 81 sounds "thump" and 7 have a little "tick" added, those 7 aren't right, ( curiously C5&B4 - C4&B3 - C3&B2&A2 ) it's not super super noisy, but i'm worried about is that this might be the sign of something strange that might break/get bad/whatever in the future, i'm not worried about the "tick" itself, altough my ocd ( not really :P) wants them to be as the other ones
when the piano is on with some speakers you don't notice it, there is a mp11se unboxing video of ( i believe ) one of the users onboard, altough the audio quality isn't great there's no sign of this "tick" there, again not worried for the moment.

i'm really satisfied with it great piece of gear

brogh, congrats on your new MP11SE!

Personally, as long as the keys are working correctly, I wouldn't worry too much about a little variance in sound when pressed.
If you could mute the strings on an acoustic grand piano, I expect you would here much more variation in sound when playing each key.

Kind regards,
James
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Indeed. I used to have an acoustic K300 ATX2 - and on that I could disconnect the hammers from hitting the strings for silent play using the digital stuff in it.
An acoustic action makes all sorts of noises and there was a fair bit of differences across the keybed.

Oh and congrats on the new instrument - looks like an awesome DP.

You guys are making me wonder whether I should save a bundle and buy an MP11 ... instead of a Novus or an AG.

I've never see an MP11 ... so I guess I'll have to see whether Sam Ash has one. I'll be out that way this weekend. Fingers crossed.

I think it would mostly depend on whether you like the action or not. The biggest complaint seems to be the soft bottoming. That doesn't bother me, neither did the hard bottoming of my Casio. I seemed to be far more sensitive to dynamic weight, the Casio was way too light, I think Kawai's GF is still a bit light on that score but is a huge improvement on the Casio and good enough that with practise I think I'll be able to achieve the regulation I desire.

I suspect the key action and the sound of both AG and Novus will be significantly better again.

I might in the end get some custom thing made that hides what is underneath and behind it.

So from my own personal experience I can only recommend it. I like the default sound. I did buy the exact same model I tested in the showroom, so I new for sure I wasn't getting one without key problems.

Been playing my MP11SE every day for over a year now, it's rock solid. As for the soft key bottoming, it happens if I have the action set to "heavy." There is something in how the software simulates a heavy action by delaying the sound a split second that makes the keys feel rubbery at the bottom. Back on the "normal" setting, and the rubberiness goes away.

I think it's a great keyboard. Welcome to the club, Brogh!

That's an interesting effect!

I think the issue I and others are thinking about is the fact that the stop is a bit soft on the MP11. When you press the key down all the way to the felt, you can still press it down some more (kind of like a synth aftertouc effect), whereas it's more normal to have a hard, punctuated bottoming out. It's noticeable with the DP completely off.

There's been some discussion as to whether the front rail felt is soft/deep on the MP11, or if it has something to do with being able to apply extra pressure to the hammer... In any case I've always taken it as a necessary effect to have the quietest digital action out there.

I think Kawai have partly made a problem for themselves. By having such a quiet action, any noise becomes more noticeable and people like me start worrying when we shouldn't.

In my short time of usage, and I think more so because I had the action set to heavy for the first two weeks, the soft bottoming for keys in the middle feels less obvious. Like the felt is being flattened a bit.

Ah, thanks for the clarification Gombessa. Do you know if the front rail felts are the same felt disks they have on their acoustic grands? If so, and if you can remove the keys easily, a set of Wurzen conical felts may help. I swapped them on my Kawai acoustic grand, and it feels slightly harder now when the keys bottom out.

IIRC they're not discs. The front rail is empty. Instead there is a step of green felt that runs in front of the front rail, and another strip between the front rail pins and some intermediate stabilizing pins.

I do recall Kawai claiming that the felt is the same type that they use on their acoustics, though.

Would be interesting to see if you can regulate the keyfeel by replacing the strips with the traditional discs And yes, the keys are very easily removed if you were so inclined!