While the ONE Smart Keyboard Pro does not have a soft demo nor can play the barking dog Jingle Bells without help, it can teach you or your children to play the piano. The stylish keyboard has 88 weighted keys that simulate a real mechanical piano and connects to your phone so you can learn to play at your own pace.
The Pro keyboard costs $ 799 and is essentially a compact teaching keyboard. It can connect to your iOS or Android devices via a strange-shaped USB B cable and once it's paired with the app, you can run simple songs – think about Greensleeves – and more complex partitions. This keyboard is weighted but not progressive, which means that each key offers the same resistance, a consideration that could be important for some more experienced players. In addition, you can connect a USB cable and connect the keyboard to your computer for use as a MIDI controller.
Again, it's a very austere keyboard. It does not do much more than teach you how to play, which in the end is what most of us need. Because it does not have the expansive bells and whistles of a Casio and because most intelligences are in the application itself, it is a little difficult to sell for most people. However, if you are looking to learn, the ONE works.
This larger and more complete version of One Smart Keyboard offers quality work and design. The entire system is surprisingly sparse with nothing but a power button and a volume on the front of the keyboard. There is an input for a sustain pedal as well as some output jacks for headphones and that's about it all. Do not expect to choose instruments or pitch changes with this keyboard. Once you launch the application, you have access to teaching exercises and games that allow you to follow on the keyboard lit by LEDs while you run through the songs and scales. Finally, you can buy sheet music for $ 3.99 or more to learn how to play on the ONE. There are also free sheet music for those who want to play a little classical.
I found that the whole system was pretty usable and my kids, once they figured out how to slow down the music, jumped just by learning little songs. Nothing can really teach you how to play the piano as a human teacher – there's not enough intelligence in this app to make adjustments based on your skills – but that's the # 39 electronic equivalent to buy a Teach Yourself Piano book and sit in front of old right. I am particularly pleased with the quality of the keyboard. I've already had some MIDI keyboards over the years including the Casio and Yamaha models and this one is on par with these. The teaching feature is the main drawing here, as I have already noted, since there is not much else to do with this keyboard right out of the box. box. However, if that's what you're looking for in a keyboard and you do not want to listen to body sounds, you can play Clair De Lune Farting at the school's talent show, this could be the model for you.