Welcome to the March 2010 issue of Keyboard Player which is ready to purchase and download.
Yamaha’s Clavinova digital pianos have been both a popular and groundbreaking range over the years and a new top-end model is always an event. Andrew Gilbert gets to grips with the new CVP-509 and discovers that it represents quite a serious update on the previous series. Read his 7 page in-depth review in this issue.

Tom Petty’s keyboard player, Benmont Tench is this months Key People interview and he gives a fascinating insight into life over the past 30 years with one of rock’s most enduring bands as well as the many names he has worked with as a session musician.

Orla are perhaps best known for their organs and digital pianos, but in the KX10 they have produced a mid-price keyboard that should compete well with the industries bigger names. Andrew Gilbert finds that it packs an awful lot in for the price and presents a genuine alternative to the opposition. Check out his review.

In Computer Music this month we look at Spectrasonics Trilion ‘Total Bass Module’ which amalgamates a vast range of bass sounds into one virtual instrument. Andrew Gilbert is highly impressed with this module and believes it out on its own at the present time.

With a bumper Classnotes this month including sheet music for Handel’s ‘Arrival of the Queen of Sheba’ plus news on Yamaha’s forthcoming CP1 stage piano, this then is Keyboard Player for March 2010 which we hope you’ll enjoy.

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The Yamaha PSR-S910 is an update of the S900 which came out in 2007. Andrew Gilbert is pleasantly surprised at the number of new sounds and the many improvements included in this new model and finds himself in a quandary regarding updating his own keyboard set-up.

The ‘Keytar’ - a keyboard with a guitar neck – has been around since the 1970s. Roland who are not new to this concept having launched the SH-101 in 1982 have now decided they are back in fashion with the new AX-Synth which John Bates finds highly individual and very desirable. Read his in-depth review in this issue.

Two contrasting virtual instruments are featured in Computer Music in issue 345, with Zero-G’s Vocaloid 2 Prima which is based on the vocal characteristics of a operatic diva. The other featured software is the self-explanatory Chris Heins Horns Vol. 3 Muted Brass. Elsewhere there is more experimenting with the Mantovani project using Garritan GPO for string ensemble sounds.

Let’s start the new decade with a bit of luxury. For most of us space and money make the possibility of owning a grand piano somewhat of a dream but there’s nothing wrong with wishing and Andrew Gilbert doesn’t hesitate in putting the new Yamaha AvantGrand N3 on his wish list. Highly impressed with the stunning looks, sound and touch of this digital grand, read his in-depth review in issue 345.

For those of us with a more modest budget, Casio pianos usually offer superb value and their top-of-the-range Privia PX-830 is no exception. Read Andrew Gilbert’s review in issue 344.

A double software review looks at Modartt’s Pianoteq Pro advanced piano-modelling software and Acoustica’s virtual piano program, Pianissimo.
Two more software reviews feature in Computer Music. Garritan’s Personal Orchestra 4 and Steinberg’s Grand 3. So in both hardware and software, very much a piano based issue 344.

Korg SV1 - Casio AP Digital pianos - Roland HP Digital pianos - Roland DP 990 - Yamaha Clavinovas and Stage Pianos