How to record digital piano to reel to reel recorder? Advice on purchasing keyboard?

roddick1993

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Looking to buy a digital piano. Just wondering what specs I should look for to record digital piano to reel to reel tape? I'd appreciate any advice. I have a fostex a8 recorder, tascam m308 mixer, isa one focusrite mic preamp, tons of mics, etc. I'm interested in purchasing the roland fp-30 but it only has usb connection to record. Looking to get that Bruce Springsteen piano sound without purchasing a grand piano haha.
 
Hey,
Welcome to HR!


You have a few options here.
You can buy a digital piano and use microphones to capture the sound,
buy one with line outputs and capture directly,
or buy one with midi out and use a virtual instrument, assuming you have a computer, then capture that via line outs.

I have an old Yamaha Clavinova here offering me all three options but I always use midi and a virtual instrument.
The patches just sound better, to me, and having the option to fix up the performance here and there does no harm either.
 
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