Donner DEP-20 - Comprehensive Overview / Review of the perfect beginner piano!

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** CLICKABLE VIDEO INDEX **
00:00 - Start
00:06 - Intro Piano Song (“Forgotten” - Copyright © 2013, Charles Gilmore - All Rights Reserved)
00:47 - Opening Dialog
03:10 - Sound Quality
03:48 - Hundreds of Instrument Sounds, Rhythms & Demo’s
04:17 - The Sound Chip
04:28 - Polyphony Explained
06:11 - What’s Included
07:19 - Options
07:44 - Key Action
08:02 - Physical Attributes
08:28 - Built-in 25-watt speakers
09:16 - Back Panel
10:38 - How I’m recording the sound
11:09 - 2 Headphone Jacks
11:29 - Front Panel
12:08 - MP3 Control
13:17 - Changing Sounds
14:01 - Grand Piano
14:16 - Demo/Playing the various 238 Sounds
24:11 - Getting back to the Grand Piano Quickly
24:46 - Effects Button
26:34 - Rhythms
27:19 - Adjusting / fine tuning the different rhythms
28:31 - Demo of some of the rhythms
30:09 - Synchronized rhythm play
30:56 - Transpose
32:07 - LCD Display
32:24 - Demo Mode
33:20 - Key Touch Setting
34:14 - Effect Button
34:39 - Split Button
35:16 - Double Voice (Layer)
35:39 - Drum Switch
36:20 - Metronome Switch
36:45 - Record & RePlay Switches
38:20 - Using as a Controller
39:20 - Closing Remarks

Пікірлер: 41

@geoguitar1950 Ай бұрын

Just bought this, delivery tomorrow. Can't wait! Thanks!

@PianoManChuck Ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

@JamesRoberts-hn7hn Жыл бұрын

I searched and searched for information on how to use it. I found very little. Mostly reviews. You did! You went through the it all (almost. Why did you skp the "chord" function. I can't figure that one out.) Novetheless, great job. The manual was of little help. Now I can operate the piano. Thanks so much. You were a life saver!!!

@frankie5671 23 күн бұрын

I'm gonna buy this for my birthday thanks to you liked and subscribed thank you ❤

@raydelrosario2366 Жыл бұрын

I did a lot of research on more affordable EPs with weighted keys and this is the one I chose. Thank you for reinforcing my choice as you are a very credible piano man ;-)

@iviadiviax 7 ай бұрын

Thorough, insightful and informative. Thank you! 😎

@slkent5122 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic review- so helpful and was really fun to watch! Thank you!

@inthesunbythebeach Жыл бұрын

This is the best explanation of polyphony that I have heard. And I listen to a lot of keyboard review channels. Thanks Chuck!

@PianoManChuck Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@jeancoppieters9591 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for Led Zep chords in Strings section...

@jazzweather Жыл бұрын

Excellent in-depth review, thank you very much!

@PianoManChuck Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@dkainer Жыл бұрын

Brilliant review Chuck! We’re getting one of these for our slightly corporate office - times are changing! Means that people can break out and let some steam off/ increase their creativity. Although I have a Hammond SKx Pro at home, I can’t wait to play this. Much love from England and keep up the good work 😊

@tonistuart1710 2 жыл бұрын

Just got mine today I love it and the review help a lot. Great review

@PianoManChuck 2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@him91360 Жыл бұрын

You sold me - nice job !

@teresas683 7 ай бұрын

Very helpful - thanks!

@Easyyumcook Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Really help!

@CDeeThinks Жыл бұрын

Thanks Chuck, you,re great! This is just what I was looking for. I'm an over 50's lady just learning to play, along with my teenage boys, and on a tight budget!

@PianoManChuck Жыл бұрын

Glad this helped you out!

@desoconnor7445 Жыл бұрын

Chuck thanks for the super review , I’m very impressed by this instrument and I can report I’m rapidly becoming a fan of the Donner range of products. I currently use the Donner midi pad controller , which I use for transport control of the daw and also to control expression and various additional Cc items ….it’s really good and all for the price of few beers and substaial Pizza 😂. If you are serious about recording piano or other instruments you really do need to have a velocity sensitive keyboard and performance wise weighted keys of course make all the difference. This piano seems to meet these requirements at a bargain price so as my aging Korg Sp 240 spirals to incept date , I will be keeping the Donner clearly in mind 🙏🙏🏿👍🎩✨🦄

@hardtruth4459 Жыл бұрын

Awesome demo especially the voices/demo pink Floyd the doors Stevie wonder etc.. all in character.

@joelyao7680 2 жыл бұрын

Great review! What is the chord button for?

@geu6270 Жыл бұрын

Great review as always! Surprised you did not seem to really subjectively review the action though. Just ordered one as a backup DP (fully weighted, 128poly, 24watt, etc). Seems like a price bracket killer at about the 500 dollar 5-11 or so watt 68 poly, ~, keyboards from Yama, Roland, Casio, ~. Glad I found it. I was about to go with a 700 dollar Kawai ES110 (14 watt 🤣) and I did not like the action at the price compared to my 2 Ca49's GFC (of course...). At sub 400 ES110 would compare.... maybe :).

@cjc4765 2 жыл бұрын

Just beautiful Chuck! Whether you're playing "Forgotten" on a $300 piano or a $5,000 piano, it sounds just as good. It's one of those tunes you never get sick of hearing. Other memorable numbers that I never get sick of are the choral from Beethoven's 9th and "Walk Away Renee" ( because I was with Tony Sansone when he wrote it (most likely the reason why) "Lady Jane", Ruby Tuesday, and "God only Knows " ( even though the BB's weren't great in concert, they recorded well) I'd say you're in great company! Hope the lady of the house is recovered and doing well! In my prayers always, Thanks for your hard work, it's well appreciated here. You're the best of the best Chuck!!

@PianoManChuck 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks as always CJ... very much appreciated!! Yes, the lady of the house is doing much better now... very slow recovery but definitely on her way.

@cjc4765 2 жыл бұрын

@@PianoManChuck Great to hear! Baby steps work! Stay well my friend!

@nancymontgomery4087 Жыл бұрын

Is there a such a thing a comprehensive cord button? My second how do you change the beat tone while playing a song?

@pisderata Жыл бұрын

hey chuck are the keys noisy? held up well with time? too tall? (if you have it around, how much is the height bottom to keybed without counting the spesakers) what's your recommendation under 400$? right now I can get it at 308€ which is 50-130€ less than the other ones

@salvinorandazzo 5 ай бұрын

Hi Chuck, thank you for this great review and greetings from Italy. I have a specific question for you. I'm 70yo and I'm studying piano since a couple of years, with a great pleasure. At home I have a small keyboard, paid less than 100$, with soft light keys. The problem is that when I go to the school I find there a Kaway acoustic coda piano that is quite hard to play, and my teacher always says "you should study on a real piano digital piano, with good weighted keys". Here comes the question: does the DEP-20 piano have a real good weighted keyboard? I mean, is the weight similar to a real coda acoustic piano? And is it progressive, as a weight, going from right to left? In short, is this digital piano a good study tool? I don't care too much about the sound quality, as you can guess I'll never go play on stage at my age. But I just would like to feel good passing from this digital piano at home to the coda piano at school. Thanks a lot.

@Kukurio 2 ай бұрын

I'm considering this or a DDP 100 ... Please recommend which one sounds best / feels best. Is the DDP 100 worth the extra $$?

@sppoch 8 күн бұрын

Would you recommend me to buy this one or the yamaha P143?

@KragonPebble 11 ай бұрын

Great review, thank you! Can we get a source on Stereo keyboards using 2 notes of polyphony for every key pressed? The output may be stereo but the actual midi signal should only count as 1 note towards the polyphony count. Can you verify? 5:11

@PianoManChuck 11 ай бұрын

MIDI has absolutely nothing to do with polyphony at all. MIDI is simply a protocol to tell the sound engine what keys are struck, how hard/soft, etc. Polypyhony is how many notes the sound engine can reproduce at the same time.