Which Brand Has The BEST Rhodes Piano Sound? - Nord Vs Yamaha Vs Roland Vs Keyscape

[@trevvorgorman7985]

I could listen to this guy play Rhodes for an entire day with no breaks.

[@mrguitar2106]

yeah, me too !

[@twerpantine]

me too but a real one

[@jonnreyna1]

Me too!!! Finally at last the player is most important. A great musician like Mike can make anything sound good! Wish I could hear him on my Crumar Seven! kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4eweX6GjrWolbc

[@jacksmusic9465]

yes

[@ferox965]

Same.

[@lukedrysdale]

I have played them all and Keyscape is the most realistic in my opinion. If they incorporate the Keyscape sounds into a module it will be a big seller

[@ChurroLightyear]

Big agree. I'd buy it in a heartbeat

[@museonfilm8919]

If someone released something in the format similar to the old Alesis Nanopiano, but with Keyscape quality sounds - then wow, it would be a big seller.

[@PaulaBean]

@AD4 A synthesizer without keys. You send MIDI to it, audio comes out.

[@chipwilliams6236]

Neo soul sounds

[@AndertonsKeyboardDept]

Looks like we made a little typo in this video & referenced the Yamaha Reface DX instead of the Reface CP. Thanks to those of you who spotted & we have now changed the description links accordingly. We hope that you all enjoyed this shootout as we've got plenty more to come! 🤘 For more info on the Yamaha Reface CP please check the link here | tinyurl.com/y2qr8mc3

[@BIGFATMALLARD]

We use the Reface CP for our Rhodes sound. For the price, it is unbeatable.

[@gtoger]

Sometimes I can hear Mr Rodgers talking to me when he plays.

[@DJJusJay]

YESSSS!!!

[@jacksmusic9465]

yrs

[@kennygsmooth83]

That's hilarious AND very true 🤣🤣🤣

[@margix1172]

check RAYOWA and PARCELS to discover great newsoul-pop-disco sounds with lots of Rhodes

[@andersjeppsson8499]

Yes!!!!! I’m personally blown away by my Nord Grand EP’s. Sparkle top and the Nefertiti are just soooo inspirational, responsive and with the easy tweakable effects it’s hard to stop playing.

[@gregorythomasmusic]

agreed!

[@andrewnibbi]

I do wonder if it’s just the keybed or a lovely red paint job, but for whatever reason Nord boards just keep me hooked from the moment I touch a key. More so than any of the keyboards I own, I just find myself entranced in the sound and feel of the Nord, and I’m always surprised and what I play with them.

[@mysticsailor9]

Agreed..I was concerned about the price of my stage 3, but forgot all about it after 10mins.. pianos, ep and organs are just outstanding

[@joshjamesuk]

Can we appreciate just how difficult it is to play like that blindfolded. Mike is a beast.

[@bobthegoat17]

its light work honestly you should get a little better

[@merlinoner]

Ray Charles and Steevie Wonder disapprove your message :)

[@pjbpiano]

@@merlinoner, yes. Because being partially and completely blind for most of your life is similar to being blindfolded for an hour.

[@sandscribbler]

I need to get me a pair of those magic red goggles! (Oh...It turns out those aren't what made the music sound so great. It sounds even better without them!) This video is closest thing I've watched to a legit test of the various keyboards. Even then, it's hard to control for all the variables. The Reface benefited from the Montage keybed. And as Jack pointed out, we're just listening to one basic sound - without any effects or amp simulation. Still, I loved it. Mike is an amazing player. Plus, he's honest and a really good sport. Thank you, Jack and Andertons!

[@eanroad]

One of the best Anderson's vids I've seen (and I've seen a lot)! Cheers!

[@AndertonsKeyboardDept]

Haha, that means a lot! Thanks for watching. 🤘

[@glakius2914]

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[@michaelarkorful7497]

I want that montage🥺😥

[@WalterDiamond]

I'll echo the comments regarding the lack of a Korg SV1/2. I've owned three Rhodes (including a super rare Executone which I made a video of on youtube) and the SV1 default is by far the most realistic Rhodes simulator I've ever played, and I've played a bunch. None of the emulators in this wonderful comparison videos were even close, IMO. That said, thanks for this terrific comparison!

[@jeanlucchapelon]

I have one and agree with you

[@MusicZtorm]

+1

[@henrikseglemgrydeland6490]

+2

[@rohayek8492]

I also have an sv1 and it sounds awsome

[@Luigi1984]

thanks for this comparaison first choice Keyscape second choice Yamaha YC61

[@shookstylez]

"Nr. 1 is Keyscape. You know? Innit" - Jack 2021

[@jackduxbury1632]

🤣 Yes Bruv (Awful!!) 🤣

[@kb1337]

What Mike thought about the Reface CP at the end is true - it's definitely tuned to its small action, and if you try to play it over a bigger weighted one, you'll always land a bit on the soft side unless you dial in a velocity curve. (but: it's still one joyful little thing, that one, and one of my favourite purchases)

[@samlindt1364]

Just got the Yamaha CP and true they are a level above (1 have a Nord and keyscape too). Cheers Andertons and awesome video. Waiting for more!!

[@lorenzogiovagnoli]

You forgot the italians dexibell and crumar/gsi, both simply amazing

[@jlh1637]

man that guy is a monster.

[@W_H_M]

You guys should look into native instruments scarbee mark 1. Absolutely amazing tones from that e.piano vst!!

[@anthonybrett]

Nothing tests a musicians "bullshit" meter more than blindfold testing.

[@seanfromdaheights1508]

@ Brett Anthony FACTS

[@koreanfriedchildren]

This guy owns a Nord Electro 6D

[@anthonybrett]

@Spud Chuffington jones Apologies. Fixed. In my defense, I'd just downed 5 Wild Turkey Bourbons.

[@bazjaddley6369]

@@anthonybrett now I want 6 wild turkies. Mind you I'm a chronic alcoholic

[@anthonybrett]

@@bazjaddley6369 lol...you and me both!

[@elderinmoi1571]

Like your shootout series. Great musicians and the audio quality of your production is also great. That makes it such a joy to watch and listen.

[@schillischote]

I feel like he was jammin out on "just the way you are" by Billie Joel at least half of the time

[@callierens7796]

have not heard jack for a long time welcome back

[@englishguy9680]

In terms of bang for Buck the little Yamaha Reface CP sounds awesome, although the tiny keyboard is not useable but if you hook it to a larger midi keyboard it’s great

[@AndertonsKeyboardDept]

We were shocked by how great it stacked up to compared to some of the other keyboards. Not bad for a £269 compact piano!

[@englishguy9680]

@@AndertonsKeyboardDept I used to go to my local music shop and play all of the keyboards and I could never get over how good it sounds

[@peterkenney9158]

Would love to have heard you pit Keyscape against the Scarbee EP-88S which as another brilliant Rhodes VST. And I’ll be checking out Mike’s music. Wonderful playing.

[@okolekahuna3862]

Mike plays so beautiful, I forgot we were doing a comparison test. LoL. I love Keyscape patches for solo patches, however, when mixing with an ensemble, I find myself thinning the Keyscape track a bit.

[@ceephaxx]

Fantastic idea! More shoot-outs, please. Old school synths vs clones vs VSTis.

[@ceephaxx]

Might be worth recording a short MIDI sequence and playing it through each for a more direct comparison, too.

[@AndertonsKeyboardDept]

Great ideas! We definitely want to continue this series with more comparisons & shootouts.

[@qix6424]

Kind of preferred the yamaha myself.

[@lousehr]

Anyone else notice Mike doesn't use his 'pinkies'? Amazing!

[@eboyeman8457]

I noticed the same thing too. I wonder why

[@lousehr]

@@eboyeman8457 That was the way he learned to play,I read his backstory

[@eboyeman8457]

@@lousehr how do I read his backstory myself

[@lousehr]

@@eboyeman8457 “I started playing for the school choir. That’s where it started. Before long, I ended up being that kid at school who played everybody into assembly. Piano was just something I picked up naturally. I felt sometimes that it was more of a gift than anything, because I never had lessons, it was more a thing of being around music. In church, you had like 30 seconds to pick up a song. When you don’t know what you’re doing, you still kind of had to play anyway!” As school came to an end, Mike’s love for piano began to become a central passion in his life. “After school, I said to my mum and dad that I wanted to study music more. My dad expressed that he ‘couldn’t see how music’s going to put food on the table’, so instead, I studied Graphic Design at college, which was quite interesting and still sometimes useful to me. I finished that though, and still felt the drive to do music.” In the end, Mike headed to Middlesex University and started doing a Classical BA in music. “The problem was I couldn’t read music,” Mike recalls. “I was an instinctual player really, so I jumped into theory and bought a bunch of books before the course and started getting my head around it. So by the time the course started, I wasn’t too bad - but I always dreaded reading.” The big smoke Though he learned a significant amount from the course, Mike’s career success really developed in a more organic way than through academia. “I really didn’t like the course, and I left after a year. So I started living in London and playing in different outfits and at different music events. One of my mates’ friend’s bands had a keyboard player who got into an accident. They asked me if I could play quite last minute and I’d seen a fair few of their shows and knew their songs, so jumped on and ended up playing as cover, basically. This lead to them saying: ‘You’re pretty decent’. It was a lucky opportunity that was a bit of a springboard to other things.” Mike got to know musicians in London, and ended up getting regular work playing keys in different sessions. “Slowly, over time, more people would speak to me and offer me work. A friend of mine came up to me and said: ‘I’m organising a tour, and you’d be really good for it. The way you play would suit this artist’s music.’ I was free to do it, so was enthusiastic. He said: ‘If you can survive this tour, you can survive anything.’ It turned out it was a stint playing keys for Dappy [of N-Dubz fame]. So that was the first tour I did.”

[@earlem9771]

Poor technique

[@TimMoney]

Winner sounds a lot like an MKS20, which of course Eric Pershing always loved.

[@chris.dillon]

There are a lot of real Rhodes'. The Keyscape patch doesn't sound like the real ones I've played but to each their own. He's inspired by the Keyscape patch, go for it.

[@berniem.6965]

You already said it, each Rhodes (except for the new ones) sound differently. Not only is it part of their design (you can modify the whole thing), the classic ones are also old and aged over time which changes the sound drastically. The instruments chosen for Keyscape were hand picked. They searched for instruments in the best possible (or unique) condition, had technicians optimize or even restore them before they stated sampling them. You can be sure, the Rhodes you hear when playing Keyscape did very much sound like that in reality and I would assume it was in almost pristine condition, close to when it was new decades ago.

[@eedleate]

Yeah. The keyscape Rhodes sounds are pretty much what I always wanted my suitcase 73 to sound like. Don’t get me wrong, the real thing is the real thing, but the choices and versatility on keyscape are difficult to beat. I’ll give ya 10 to 1 odds Mike came up playing in church, some of those cats come out of that school incredibly good.

[@jondo2010]

Definitely going to crib some of those licks, sounds so good!

[@haeretean9012]

Wish I could play like this even without the blindfold

[@RayyMusik]

I don‘t quite understand the selection. No Roland RD-2000/Fantom, not the Montage‘s own sounds? All of these are better than the ones used here. Keyscape would win nevertheless, but by a smaller margin. Kudos to Mike, he‘s brilliant.

[@RayyMusik]

@Bloom Bloom I swapped my JP-80 for a MODX7: less than half the weight and lightyears ahead sound-wise.

[@henrik2308]

goosebumps all over, when mike playes the La custom at the end...amazing combo, the man and the sound !!!!!! :)

[@the_trevoir]

Any of them are spectacular, if you have that guy come to play them.

[@WillsJazzLoft]

I dunno ,.... each one does a Rhodes sim very well. And of course Mike plays very well

[@museonfilm8919]

Yes, you could fit each one into a piece of music, it's just a question of your own preference!

[@TheFjMartinmusic]

Love Keyscape off course but I love Velvet 2...hear it please and keyscape vs Velvet 2 competition

[@amoricanseth8320]

In the track listing with the times of each segment, I think you mean to say “Yamaha Reface CP” not DX. 😁 nice video excellent work as always

[@BaileyHeredge]

what even style of keyboard playing is that. it's bangin

[@glakius2914]

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[@BravuraLeeVim]

This is how most so called "Black" people play Gospel and R&B.

[@warp9988]

It’s exceptional keys playing

[@kensmechanicalaffair]

Gospel & jazz

[@adamredmond6255]

Mike, Amazing playing bro....absolutely Fantastic!

[@thelinkofperfectioncharity9469]

Spectra sonics captured the soul

[@rwesreal]

Have to say it…The best sounding Rhodes will always be an original since no single Rhodes ever sounds the same ..living and breathing organic instruments!! Thank you Harold!!

[@arthurcrime]

Marvellous player, really enjoyable piece.

[@spareplanet]

Terrible test, to be honest. Different notes at different velocities for each instrument. Like comparing TV pictures that are tuned to different channels. So... #1) Wouldn't it be much more revealing to record and play back a single MIDI performance? That way, each instrument would receive the identical set of notes and velocities, and the differences in how they respond would be more apparent. #2) I would have also included 9 distinct sections in that one recorded performance. A light touch, medium touch, and heavy touch, in the lower, middle and upper registers of the keyboard. #3) And how about playing a single chord, with sustain pedal, to listen for differences in decay? Those are the kinds of nuances that the instrument creators sweated over. Great playing, Mike

[@MrEMann]

Im confused. Why didn't you use any of the Rhodes sounds on the Motif?

[@freddieblue6351]

I almost bought a Roland vr-730...I mean the cabinet and action are nice, but the sounds...to me, they are not suited to my musical style. I saw Jack do the Roland ds61 on here...and yeah I got a DS76...way more affordable,, but better tones than that vr-730....great tight synth keybed... Good presentation.

[@roaldl]

It would have been nice to add Scarbee's samples. I have one of the first Nord Electros (2001), Scarbee and a real Rhodes. While Scarbee is more detailed and nice ("breathy") in a studio setting, the feel and presence of the Nord is unbeatable in a band, Scarbee does not come even close. All instruments played here sound nice, but the question is how they -feel- under the fingers. Also: 2 Rhodes can be set up to sound dramatically different (bell-like, woody, somewhat hollow, gritty,..) so whatever instrument is "closest" is impossible to say.

[@nathancarterkeys]

I think they all have their different applications. If you’re in a studio setting where all the nuances of a rhode sound are going to be captured, then Keyscape will probably be your best option. But in a live setting, especially in a church setting, the nuances get lost in the mix. In my opinion, you want something that’s a bit more flat that still has some character like the YC-61

[@dmb9603]

Honestly the LA Custom Lush one sounds good enough for me to consider buying Keyscape for that alone…

[@rahard]

the way he plays, it's just so clear that no #1 wins. it makes it "simple" to choose. ha ha ha

[@LWmusik]

I can hear that the keyscape one has a few slightly "bad" keys, very similar to my real rhodes. I think spectrasonics understood that a "perfect" rhodes sound simply isn't very attractive, because there's so much character and life in tasteful imperfection. All the other ones sound very one-dimensional in comparison

[@ladyapp-titude]

The problem with this is that it is comparing ROMpler with software. Of course, the deeper sampling of the computer is going to win. Do this again comparing all software Rhodes, like Keyscape vs. Scarbee etc.

[@f.ziegler9950]

I often play a Nord Rhodes sound through a Yamaha Keybed via MIDI - and I always use a velocity converter as the two actions don't match very well. Using always the same keybed for all sound engines is NOT neutral at all. You would need to do some adaptation as the middle velocity values are quite different for the different brands.

[@alextirrellRI]

Awesome playing! Really surprised that the Nord sounded so flat, but there are so many different Rhodes sample sets I guess that could be a bum one? Would have loved to hear some Kurzweil in the mix--they're very good about adding in that realism but it varies greatly by patch. This is getting so hard when even every real Rhodes sounds different from another.

[@museonfilm8919]

I owned a Nord Electro 6 - initially it was nice, but it started to sound very tiring (the EQ was never really that great, to my ears). IMO I think physical modelling gives more realism, whereas just samples (even if there are lots of them) limits the sound.

[@ChrisFotopoulos]

Keyscape is fantastic !!!

[@Steril707]

Wouldn't the Yamaha Reface CP be the better choice to compare?

[@anthonysmissions]

It would nice to be comparing with Korg Kronos II in these video comparisons.... You have Nord, Yamaha, Roland & VST but no KORG

[@dallasstiles118]

Informative and fun right on guys

[@Blueguitar007]

Nord Nefertiti is muddy, Nord has "bright tines" and "sparkle top" also if sparkly Rhodes is your be thing - I personally like the barky in between tones, not bright or muddy. You should have just done the MK1 or Mk4 for all.

[@Goettel]

Expected the Electro to end low, it's so overrated. For the money, the Reface did great. Great days when a 'toy' keyboard can hold its own next to a 'pro' keyboard.

[@angelog.spicolaiii8021]

Somebody needs to start a uh company & call it ProToys dude.

[@Elazarko]

Korg sv2sp it is?

[@museonfilm8919]

I had an Electro 6 - got suckered in by the hype, and too many hours watching demo's here on YT! IMO Nord Electro's are overly expensive sample-players. If the keyscape was a hardware keyboard (or even a pocket module!) I'd be there!!!

[@Draakjedodo]

I come here back often to hear him play.

[@mediawolf1]

Great playing btw.

[@StratsRUs]

Keyscape towards the end.Headphones. Sounds great

[@froogmaster7869]

What were some of the songs he played?

[@GeneralTarik]

Nice! The Nord sounds like a cross fade between a classic Rhodes simulation and an FM Rhodes. It was definitely my least favorite.

[@PulaPaul]

Why the blindfold? Can he see midi? ;)

[@RayyMusik]

I also wondered 😆

[@stevefigueroa8350]

Perhaps because some of the keyboards are hardware and not software based, and he would have seen which keyboard was MIDI'd to his Montage. Although they could have hid the keyboards behind a barrier of some kind so he could at least see the Montage keyboard. Although it didn't really seem to affect his playing! He still sounded great even with the blindfold!

[@gingataff]

Is Mike the Entertainments Officer on the Starship Enterprise?

[@madisont3123]

that really is an amazing sound at the end

[@jamiepastman5594]

sorry, IMHO Korg Kronos beats all here. I'm a 40 year professional key player, full time. played them all. just my opinion. curious, why not included test?

[@testohtoby]

You put Keyscape as a vst, why not Arturia and Moddart too ?

[@jackduxbury1632]

Good point Toby, Andertons sell the boxed up version of Keyscape. Please forgive us for only demoing things the store sells 🙏

[@testohtoby]

@@jackduxbury1632 fair point, I don't buy Keyscape just cz it's like a ton of samples and my poor pc can only handle lightweight vsts XD I solved my issues with a super 80s rack; the TX81Z which I use for e-pianos (not quite a Rhodes or a Wurli but still...)

[@pdxfunkjunkie]

I owned & played an early - '70s Fender Rhodes, sadly no longer in my arsenal. Regardless of amp, it NEVER had the low end that I hear in the Keyscape here. Not saying I don't like the Keyscape sound - it's addictively good. But bass-heavy to my ear on this recording.

[@Tigerex966]

They should make a sound module without licensing or laptop needed.

[@tehedx]

Well at least it has a buy-once license, not one of those nasty subscription models.

[@museonfilm8919]

Absolutely - not everyone wants yet another set of keys and a metal chassis to fill up their limited spaces! I'd be there right away if Keyscape produced a module, nice pocket-sized one - like the Alesis Nanopiano.

[@Tigerex966]

@@tehedx this morning s so true, yet just hate having to prove I spent have needs more of dollars for software licenses, especially when upgraded operating systems, or the installation Ng in my laptop desktop and older computers. It's like they suspect everyone has f being a thief even those who pay hard earned money. The programs others have with a USB key are an automatic no but from me as I got burned by cubase and others when it did not work, with an is upgrade solution but the newer ilok key, and by the latest upgrades for all the sofftware ... No thanks.

[@SpectrasonicsVIDEO]

@@Tigerex966 That’s not how Keyscape’s license works at all…no problem to install on multiple systems you have and to reinstall. No hassle! :-)

[@timporter6775]

Wow. This guy is a good player.

[@danielcolfer4671]

Love keyscape. The Nord has great organ and clav and the acoustic pianos have come along way but the action ruins it for me for Rhodes and piano. Roland sounds ok but not as real. My Korg Kronos has a great Rhodes too. I would say it’s right up there with keyscape.

[@tuneunleashed]

The Korg has amazing Rhodes I will give you that best Rhodes when it comes to hardware

[@museonfilm8919]

@@tuneunleashed Yeah, I checked out the modelling for the Rhodes and Wurlitzer on the Korg Nautilus (same engine as the Kronos) - super impressive. Now, if they released those sounds into a pocket-sized module, I think it would be a winner!!

[@dachanist]

Every musician should own a Yamaha Reface CP and keep it at their desk next to their computer keyboard.

[@mosun8848]

There are no comparisons for the virtual Rhodes, KEYSCAPE is the most real of any other brands

[@ВадимМінка-п6б]

wow that was cool💪💪👍👍👍,you are man really great musician,thanks for goood mood

[@TshimxMuaj]

Damn everyone else talking about a different Rhodes I thought of another Rhode

[@andywilliam367]

I herd Yamaha YC61 as the best of this competition. It has raw sounds, body and growl. 2nd will be Roland, 3rd Yamaha reface, 4th Keyscape. 😆

[@jazzpote4316]

KRONOS is missing

[@zorlgublehaut]

Hi, and what about Dexibell?

[@jackduxbury1632]

Don't stock them sadly. Good shout though X

[@thelachster]

I don't know how you guys can manage to not mix these different keyboards and voices to uniform volume.

[@jackduxbury1632]

Greag idea for a video, thanks 😊

[@ColocasiaCorm]

Yea one was really quiet

[@brianthompson4480]

keyscape had a lot more bass so it's good for solo piano bit in a group it might get lost???

[@guinngarcia8433]

I actually loved that nord 6d

[@bartlindhout3208]

Wow, he doesn't use his right pinky

[@jelanimcpherson5126]

just like stevey wonder and Terrence shider

[@BurkhardusX]

Korg Kronos was missing. It has the best EP simulation in the market and was used by Herbie Hancock on his live concerts.

[@museonfilm8919]

Also, the Korg Nautilus has the same EP sound engine and that sounds sweet (once you remove the tons of chorus and reverb that Korg's sound designers like to throw on!)

[@BurkhardusX]

@@museonfilm8919 Very well explained my dear friend.

[@jeffreyreid6981]

He should’ve play the theme song from taxi Angela that’s a good Rhodes song

[@Simrasil_]

I'd love to learn playing like that, what would you call that style? And what are some good pianists or songs to look at?

[@Iszkiewicz]

Amazing! He kills it for me at 8:30 to 9:14 what key is he in or what progression chords are those? Hope somebody can tell

[@Mashplay]

Keyscape!

[@bwalkeri]

“Let’s see if I can play” literally every musician that says that destroys the keyboard

[@jacksmusic9465]

ges

[@margix1172]

check RAYOWA and PARCELS to discover great newsoul-pop-disco sounds with lots of Rhodes

[@halcyone8363]

This guy sounds fantastic on keyboards across the price range. The real best sound clearly comes from practice, note choice and taste. On another note, I love how well the little reface holds up!

[@virgilebeats3041]

Well said

[@margix1172]

check RAYOWA and PARCELS to discover great newsoul-pop-disco sounds with lots of Rhodes

[@Noiretranquility]

It didn’t hold up though

[@pte1808]

Rhodes-sound gives me so warm feel. And this guy really has the right style to play it. It's like I'm back in seventies and life is still ahead.

[@thenateyoulove]

Life is still ahead

[@meaviad]

Keyscape rocks! Eric Persing - you are genius

[@bazjaddley6369]

The low end on that thing is ridiculous.. surely no real Rhodes could do that. I wonder if it's one of those things that's incredible in solo but needs a lot of work to sit in a mix.. which Roland stuff seems to do right out of the box? Still, sounds fkn amazing so .. there's that

[@RobertWrightOneManCovers]

My Rhodes has all that bottom and has no problem finding a home in a mix. I still believe I would take Keyscape over my real Rhodes, however.

[@largepoodle6036]

@@RobertWrightOneManCovers dude, deal. I'll trade you my keyscape account and serial for your rhodes. Assuming your rhodes is a 73 suitcase model

[@RobertWrightOneManCovers]

@@largepoodle6036 Aw, too bad. It's a Stage 88.

[@dashaunsneed4130]

Yeah he know Jesus

[@score311]

Lol

[@itsatune]

When you say "Yamaha Reface DX," did you mean to say "Yamaha Reface CP?" Because the DX is an FM synth, while the CP is the rhodes clone....

[@jackduxbury1632]

Spot on Itsa, typo on our behalf, we'll try sort it as soon as. Thanks for letting us know my G x

[@arthurmcevoy2799]

Was about to say the same thing haha

[@itsatune]

@@jackduxbury1632 All good. Any plans to take a look at the Korg SV-2 in the future?

[@chrisanthony5501]

The photo of the models used actually shows a DX reface as well lol

[@musicbyflipper]

the DX isnt FM

[@G1Z]

In my experience Rhodes have so much character that a Rhodes doesn’t sound like a Rhodes sometimes! But this was a cool shootout and good reason to buy all of the libraries for different flavors!

[@etpslick100]

I agree. All Rhodes don’t sound the same. It’s nice to have as many options. But I am impressed with Keyscapes

[@angelog.spicolaiii8021]

@@etpslick100 Ditto dude.

[@matthewgaines10]

There is plenty of depth and breath on a single Rhodes piano. A single tone or voice isn't going to cover that.

[@coscrupi]

He broke Jack's heart when saying Nord wasn't as realistic

[@LuisFlores-xr5bu]

That's actually true, I was mad about it but in the PA the nord sounds like butter, I think that they modelled the rhodes for these purpose. But I agree, keycape it's the most realistic, the downgrade it's to have a machine that runs it totally fine with no latency or glitching

[@jacksmusic9465]

yes

[@margix1172]

check RAYOWA and PARCELS to discover great newsoul-pop-disco sounds with lots of Rhodes

[@kvmoore1]

​@LuisFlores-xr5bu I just came back from a music store comparing the sound quality and character of the Rhodes piano samples in Keyscape versus a Nord. I have to admit they both sound equally good in my opinion, but in their own way. They both have their own character in which an individual may prefer one over the other. The Rhodes samples used for each instrument have a fundamentally different tone. To be honest, I think using the Nerfetit model in the Nord for the comparison in this video was not such a good idea. To me, the other models in the Nord sound much better and have a much fuller tone with lots of character. With that said, Keyscape sounds amazing and also have lots of detail and character as well. I do think Keyscape wins in regards to emulating the details of the mechanical noises of the Rhodes instrument. In regards to the tone of the harmonics of the Rhodes, I honestly can't say one is better than the other because they both sound excellent and they're tones are fundamentally different. I will say I do prefer the bassier tone of the Nord if I could only pick one over the other. Ideally, I'd like to have both. BTW, the Nord has Dyno filters (and eq) as well as brighter sounding models that give it a much fuller and less muddy tone than the Nerfetiti model. You can actually hear the bell-like overtones in the other models. In fact, the Nerfetiti model which is number 8, is my least favorite model out of the other Rhodes samples I've heard from the Nord. If you try the brighter tines model and throw the Dyno filter on it along with that beautiful chorus, you will get very lush tone that very comparable to the one from the Keyscape patch used during the outro of this video.

[@Begbiespintpot]

​@@kvmoore1Doesn't the Stockholm patch replace the Nefertiti now as the go to?

[@jdwhoa]

There's a great video of Greg Phillinganes doing a demo of keyscape and he seems to like it. I probably watch it once a week lol

[@crnkmnky]

*Yes!* There’s another demo with Greg on their new software, jamming with The Pocket Queen on drum kit. Currently listening to every podcast he’s ever been on. 🎹

[@DavidMeslin]

@@crnkmnky I hope you like the story of Stevie mistaking Greg’s playing for his own. He loves to tell that one (understandably)!

[@baklap141]

Yeah Ive seen it a couple times too ,that guy is great. He's also a lot of fun to watch and I love his style.

[@greggoso600]

these two guys could conquer the world with a keyboard

[@AndertonsKeyboardDept]

That's next week's video... 😉

[@greggoso600]

@@AndertonsKeyboardDept finally! what took you so long? jeeez

[@Renzsu]

@@AndertonsKeyboardDept Please do, ruling the world with pleasant sounds :)

[@strangersun7721]

What a wonderful would that would be.

[@jacksmusic9465]

yes