Could you please do another quick video showing how to assign other hardware controls to software functions and effects, sidechaining, and some of the other stuff the keyboard does in terms of 'talking to' the computer and vice versa? Cheers. :)

John Drapeau glad to hear it! I know you will love it!

Thanks Bob, I appreciate you saying so!

you prolly dont give a shit but if you are bored like me during the covid times you can stream all the latest movies and series on InstaFlixxer. Been streaming with my girlfriend for the last few months xD

@Gerald Damien definitely, been using instaflixxer for months myself =)

Thanks, Travis! I'm glad it was helpful for you!

Arild Johansen I would love to answer that for you, but I know longer on this instrument so I can’t go check, I’m sorry!

Jeroen Verwijs I personally have Focal CMS 65s, but those have been discounted and soon will not be available anymore. The Focal Shape series would be the next closest thing. For playing live, I use QSC K12s.

Mitch, please email me at Godisopen@gmail...I don't have my RD-2000 any longer but I am happy to help if I can!

@@benallen5967 Thanks so much Ben!

@@benallen5967 Hi Ben, In case you missed initially, I just resent you an email. I would be so grateful for your input... thanks! Mitch

Hi Mitch.. just read your comment.. did you get the solution already.. i use RD2000 as well. Welcome to help and solve your issue in case not solve yet.. Hi Ben, btw your video is quite informative.. good job.. i’m just wondering how to assign any knobs and fader to control any filters and effect inside Mainstage or VST. In case you still remember how to do it eventhough you are not longer use RD2000.. appreciate your feedback..

@@richieringga Hi Richie, I'm really grateful for your feeling to help as I still don't have a solution. My question is really about MainStage. So far, I have been unable to figure out how to assign a MainStage instrument to a specific MIDI channel or assign a channel strip to a specific MIDI channel when using resident MainStage instruments. When I load instruments from Kontakt/Komplete there is an option to do this. My goal is to have MainStage instruments play on different MIDI channels so I can turn them on and off with the Mute Buttons above the sliders on the RD 2000. I can do this with the instruments from Kontakt. There must be some way to do this when using MainStage instruments. If you'd rather email you can get me at: mitch@seeingwithheart.com or let me know if you'd just like to talk. I really appreciate your input! Mitch

It's like Logic but for live performance, specifically keys... on a basic level, you can use it to play VSTs and software synths/pianos, and control it with a MIDI keyboard.

You open up the vast world of virtual instruments - so you are in no way limited to simply the RD-2000 sounds. For example Omnisphere with the RD-2000 is a killer combo.

it is a 15inch MacBook with a touch bar. I am not sure what the specs are? I would like to know too. Having that many numbers of omnisphere and kontakt instruments can bring down a macbooks performance significantly, unless if it is an i7 with enough GHz and ram

The sound will come out from the Keyboard output. You can also set up an external audio interface. Or use the instrument as a sound interface source.

dream piano you could save your mainstage session to a USB drive, but you cannot play the sounds without Mainstage, because the sounds are plugins which run inside mainstage. In this case, these sounds would work in any DAW. Logic, ProTools, Etc.

Hi Audio Gal! I chose the Focal speakers on the recommendation of the my Sweetwater sales engineer. I let him know exactly what I would be doing, and the specific purpose for which I would use my monitors, and he recommended the Focals to me. I have had the chance to listen to several M-Audio, JBL, Focal, and Neumann monitors, but I have not heard the Presonus monitors in person, so I can't make a very informed recommendation in that regard. Personally, I believe Focal makes the best monitors you can get, in any of their price ranges, but this is just from personal experience. Hope that helps! The link for MainStage 3 is here itunes.apple.com/us/app/mainstage-3/id634159523?mt=12

Huw Jones, thanks for the question. Having played the Nord Piano (which I don't own) and then played the Electro 5 MIDI'd to the RD-2000, as well as the CP4, I didn't notice anything radically different about the way the sounds responded. Of course, the triple pedal was not in the comparison above, but I would need a Nord Stage series or Nord Piano series for that aspect to be present in the demos. I actually wrestled with buying a Nord Piano 3, because the sound of the Nord Piano library, is quite good, and very enjoyable to play! However, having previously owned a Nord Piano 2, which had key action problems, then seeing videos and reading about Nord Piano 3 owners who have had the SAME issues, I just cannot bring myself to spend the money on a Nord Piano 3 when I have what I feel is a better key action in the RD-2000, and I already have access to literally the same sounds using the Nord Piano and Nord Sample libraries, with the Nord Electro 5. So, if someone wants to send me a Nord Piano 3 to test, I'll gladly compare it to the RD-2000 and CP4 on video, but I just can't justify having a CP4, RD-2000, and Nord Electro 5 AND a Nord Piano 3.

Karl, thank you so much for the encouragement, I truly appreciate it! I could certainly improvise for hours on the Nord, CP4, or RD-2000 and upload a video of that, though I don't wish to promote myself, and certainly better musicians are out there to listen to! You are correct that I prefer the Nord Piano sounds to those of the R-2000, though each keyboard kills a need for me that the other one does not. I like the suggestion about Keyscape, I do own that and could make a demo video of all those sounds, though I am certain others have already done so, so I'm not sure what I can bring to the table that is not already there! I can do a screen recorded example of Keyscape though, I like that idea! Again, I appreciate the encouragement and compliments, as someone who is not a trained musician (I play by ear and cannot sight read) it is always good to hear when someone likes your music!

would you recommend the Alpha50? shape? or CMS series?

The CMS series has served me very well, amazing sound and built like tanks. However, if I was buying new monitors today, I would get the Shape series, since it incorporates the advances that Focal has made since the CMS series, and the CMS series is being discontinued I was told. However, Alpha, CMS, and Shape, will all be wonderful for playing keys through.

Herman Union yes, though in this video, all you are hearing is what my iPhone is recording, not line in.

Hi Audio Gal. Based on my research, and my own experience, as well as that of those in forums across such well-known sites as Nord User Forums, Piano World, etc, I cannot recommend the Nord Piano 3, though I would love to have one, I feel it a risk. I actually wrestled with buying a Nord Piano 3, because the sound of the Nord Piano library, is quite good, and very enjoyable to play! However, having previously owned a Nord Piano 2, which had key action problems, then seeing videos and reading about Nord Piano 3 owners who have had the SAME issues, I just cannot bring myself to spend the money on a Nord Piano 3 when I have what I feel is a better key action in the RD-2000, and I already have access to literally the same sounds using the Nord Piano and Nord Sample libraries, with the Nord Electro 5.

is the rd2000 is far better than the FP90 for the money? can't decide between the two.. i'm not a performer, but i do like quality and wide range of options and layering... any thoughts?

If you were going to get an FP-90, I would say the RD-800 is a much better choice for the options it offers, and if you really like all the extra layer possibilities, the RD-2000 is even better. FP-90 is quite heavy too.

by the way.. are you familiar with a top quality set of headphones as well? do you use them? you know of hd800/hd800s? also i'm curious where are you from?

i forgot to mention that my speakers are against the wall, i dont have so much space on my desk, and so i need a room correction option, and preferably bass port on front or side.. can you tell me which one from the focal can be put against the wall, has nice soundstage, and not boomy, with controlled bass? and acoustic tuning?