Yamaha P50-m - piano module from the 90's

[@mattmilford]

I miss my old Clavinova Pf P100. That piano sound was amazing at the time!

[@machiwoomiapoo]

Sounds beautiful!

[@marcoballa]

yes, considering it is a 20 years old machine :-))))

[@Perenbarn]

This thing sounds amazing

[@marcoballa]

Yes, agree! 80 euros for a great sounding "vintage" piece of gear 😊 Thanks for comment 👍

[@Perenbarn]

@@marcoballa I got it for 30 Euros. WIll pick it up today. It sound better than many new VSTs.

[@marcoballa]

Wow!!!! Great buy 👍👍👍👍👍

[@jokeyman2943]

D*** good piano demo-shows depth of lower registers and articulations in the mid and upper, well done! hard to believe this module was this old, sounds pretty amazing even in 2022. I bought one after listening to your beautiful playing. What sound system did you put this through to record this demo on KZbin? and what are using as a controller? I am using a TP40 Fatar action and a Korg RHII in another. Thanks.

[@marcoballa]

Ciao! Thanks for your comment... As you can understand from the video I'm not a pianist 🤣😁 I just wanted to let everybody listen to the sound 😁 Yes, this old module is still "sincere" in 2022. And its strength comes out in live concerts: it is always present with all other instruments! Here it was direct into pc soundboard. As controller I used a Studiologic SL 73 (just the TP 100 keybed, not efficacious as the TP40)

[@jpdesroc]

Do you experience the same 'REVERB SEND' problem I do with my P50-m ? If I want some reverb applied to the active voice I have to crank the REVERB SEND setting to max (127) to hear some reveb effect.. I read the P50-m uses cheap BBD IC's for the inside reverb.. So I-it the same with you module ? Thanks for replying.

[@marcoballa]

ciao, thanks for comment. I never experienced this kind of problem, but I used it many years ago, during the 90's 🙂, so maybe I do not remember... (and recently - 4 years ago - I turned it on just for this video, using factory presets). sorry, I do not have it anymore, so I'm not able to make experiments...

[@djmarco589]

Mi piace:-).

[@marcoballa]

Marco Gamberi strumento degli anni '90 tuttora decisamente efficace :-)

[@SilviaU]

😍😍😍😍😍

[@marcoballa]

SILVIA URSO grazie!!!! (strumento di 20 anni fa 😁😀😁😁). Immagino che tu abbia colto un paio di citazioni...

[@SilviaU]

marcoballa Anche più di un paio!!! Grazie per questi revivals 😘

[@Jack-fs2im]

lovely what speakers did you use.

[@marcoballa]

Ciao, No speakers here... Direct line out to recorder (Zoom Q4n camera) and headphones... 👍

[@Jack-fs2im]

@@marcoballa I enjoyed it thanx

[@marcoballa]

@@Jack-fs2im thanks to you 👍👍👍👍

[@johnbishop5316]

On that intro arpegio, the last two notes sound as flat as a pancake. I guess that's why we stretch tune real ones.

[@Zampan0]

I don't think the P50m could be considered a replacement for the acoustic instrument in classical solo applications - but that's not what it's designed for. There's nothing like the real thing, but unfortunately, a real piano isn't a practical option for most people, especially those working in a MIDI environment.

[@marcoballa]

@Zampan0 yes, agree. Considering its age, it still make the job for a live pop/rock group. I remember using it more than 20 years ago and it worked great on stage 👍

[@TranscendentalAirwaves]

9:55 Windows 3.1

[@marcoballa]

:-))))

[@titanogulmanelli8787]

come ti sembra il wurly rispetto al vero che hai sotto? :)

[@marcoballa]

beh, inutile dire che i samples ridotti al minimo sono giusto un vago ricordo sia del suono che del feeling (rispetto agli originali)... vale per wurly, rhodes, clavinet e CP80 (che posso confrontare con gli originali). anche per gli acustici vale lo stesso discorso. ma... per motivi che ignoro, dal vivo questi suoni escono sempre in maniera assurda!!!!

[@titanogulmanelli8787]

@@marcoballa sì infatti, ero curioso proprio per un discorso live. Grazie! :) Secondo te qual è un buon prezzo di mercato per il P50 oggi? Grazie ancora! ;)

[@marcoballa]

@@titanogulmanelli8787 io l'ho avuto anni fa e questo l'ho ripreso recentemente. Tra i 70 e i 90 euro :-)

[@titanogulmanelli8787]

@@marcoballa yo, grazie! :)