🎹Roland FP90 vs Yamaha P515 Review, Demo, & Comparison - PHA50 vs NWX Actions🎹

Sound - 2:40
Action - 13:43
Features - 19:00

🛒 Get the Yamaha P515 Digital Piano▸https://geni.us/Yamaha-P515
🛒 See More Yamaha Digital Pianos▸https://geni.us/Yamaha-Digital-Pianos
🛒 Get the Roland FP90 Digital Piano▸https://geni.us/Roland-FP90
🛒 See More Roland Digital Pianos▸https://geni.us/Roland-Digital-Pianos
💕 Subscribe to Merriam Pianos HERE ▸ http://bit.ly/SubscribeMerriam
🔔 Click the 🔔 bell to be notified of all videos! ▸ http://bit.ly/SubscribeMerriam

Alternative Options - Comparable Digital Pianos

🛒 Kawai ES8▸https://geni.us/Kawai-ES8
🛒 Yamaha P125▸ https://geni.us/Yamaha-P125
🛒 Roland FP-60▸https://geni.us/Roland-FP60
🛒 Casio PX-560▸ https://geni.us/Casio-PX-560
🛒 Kawai MP7SE▸https://geni.us/Kawai-MP7SE
🛒 Yamaha CP88▸https://geni.us/Yamaha-CP88
🛒 Nord 6D▸https://geni.us/Nord-6D
🛒 Dexibell Vivo S1▸ https://geni.us/Vivo-S1
🛒 Yamaha YDP-164▸https://geni.us/Yamaha-YDP164
🛒 Yamaha - P121▸https://geni.us/Yamaha-P121

#RolandFP90 #YamahaP515 #DigitalPiano

Hello, thank you for joining us for another comparison video here at Merriam Pianos. On the heels of our Kawai ES8 vs Yamaha P515 comparison video, today we’re going to see how the P515 stacks up against Roland’s flagship all-in-one portable piano, the FP90.

While this isn’t really an apples to apples comparison since the FP90 rightfully costs quite a bit more than the P515, this is still going to be a relevant comparison for lots of folks out there looking for a top of the line all-in-one portable piano.

If this is the first time to the Merriam Pianos channel, please subscribe, we’d really appreciate the support.
Tone Engine and Sound:

Starting with polyphony, the Yamaha P515 boasts a robust 256 note polyphony capability, 40 on-board voices, and 40 watts of speaker power.P515’s sound engine is an 88 note sampled sound engine, which features samples from the Yamaha CFX concert grand and Bosendorfer Imperial. The rendering is very good on these various samples.

This brings us to a huge difference with the FP90 right off the bat; as opposed to a sampled sound engine like the P515 and the majority of most digital pianos, the FP90 uses a modelled sound engine, the SuperNATURAL Piano Modelling engine. A modeled sound engine utilizes a computer algorithm to synthesize a digital reproduction of piano sound. In theory, this actually allows the player substantially more control over every minor detail of the piano sound. The fully modelled engine boasts a staggering limitless amount of polyphony, and when switching over to other tones, 384 notes.
Piano Action:

When viewing the specs and each company’s marketing material, you might think these actions are going to be very similar. This couldn’t be further from the truth. The P515 uses Yamaha’s NWX piano action, which features a triple sensor, wooden white keys and plastic black keys. The FP90 utilizes Roland’s PHA50 key action, which uses a wood and plastic hybrid structure , triple sensor key action. It’s apparent right away the Yamaha P515’s action is very heavy, seemingly heavier than even an acoustic grand piano. The FP90 is comparatively much lighter, so they of course feel very different from one another.

An interesting thing worth noting is that while the specs for both instruments indicate escapement, and while the escapement is very apparent in the FP90, it’s very difficult to feel in the P515, to the point where we had to double check the specs sheet to confirm that the NWX action features escapement. Like we mentioned in the ES8 vs P515 video as well, while we often recommend getting out to compare the pianos in our reviews yourself, we need to emphasize that if you’re looking at both the P515 and Roland FP90, you owe it to yourself to play both before making a purchase since you’ll undoubtedly prefer one over the other.
Piano Features:

Like we mentioned in the intro, the significant price gap between these two instruments exists for a reason - the Roland FP90 has a lot of features you won’t find in the P515, such as a mic input, auxiliary input, bluetooth MIDI and audio, on-board EQ, general MIDI 2 to name a few.
Conclusions:

Again, much like the Kawai ES8 vs P515 review, these pianos are inevitably going to be compared by anyone shopping for an instrument of this quality, so do your best to get out to the piano stores and compare them for yourself.

Kawai ES8 vs Yamaha P515: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8q5zDY4lcRk

Connect with Merriam Music:

● Website ▸ https://www.merriammusic.com/
● Contact Us ▸ https://www.merriammusic.com/contact/
● Instagram ▸ https://instagram.com/merriammusic/
● Facebook ▸ https://www.facebook.com/MerriamMusic
● Twitter ▸ https://twitter.com/merriammusicinc

Видео 🎹Roland FP90 vs Yamaha P515 Review, Demo, & Comparison - PHA50 vs NWX Actions🎹 канала Merriam Music