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Question about the Alesis Ion

  • 21-08-2006 12:46PM
    #1
    Numina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,258 ✭✭✭


    Can you actually get a normal piano sound, because I don't have much of an idea how to play piano, so If ever I wanted to learn stuff on it thats on a piano, i could use it.


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  • #2
    jimi_t
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,578 ✭✭✭jimi_t


    You wouldn't be able to get a decent acoustic piano sound out of it, no.
    The Alesis Ion (and micron) are both Virtual Analogue Synthesisers. They're designed to replicate the old tones you'd get from the likes of the old analogue Moog, Sequential Circuits, ARP etc... synthesisers. It also has a half-size keyboard, lacks performance polyphony and is a bit cluttered for traditional piano playing.

    HOWEVER, if you really wanted to buy one (and I think they're absolutely class tbh) you could always get a small external module you could hook up via MIDI to get piano sounds (The Alesis NanoPiano for example).

    Another alternative would be the Alesis Fusion 6HD - it will give you most of the synth functions of the Ion but let you load it up with real piano samples as well - which would destroy any rack module for real tone.


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