breezybellows
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(copying from another thread for more visibility)
These are my thoughts after playing for a couple of hours.
Thanks to Greg Vee (V music IN), I got my Fisa Suprema delivered yesterday. I played it for a couple of hours. Here are my first thoughts. I have been playing my Bugari Evo for about 4 years now. So, most of my comments will be in comparison with the Evo.
1) The straps ends have velcro instead of buckles (identical to the Evo and Roland). My Evo straps are very comfortable and this looks and feels exactly the same.
2) Weight and dimensions: The first thing I noticed after I put it on was that it was very very light.
3) A small buzzing sound: When I press a button or a key, I hear a small buzzing sound. At first I thought it was a defect. But I guess its a motor that goes off after it senses a button/key being pressed.
4) Bellows action: Significant improvement over Evo. The Evo has a knob that adjusts the bellows sensitivity. On the Evo, I never found a setting that I liked and always used the most resistive setting. On the Fisa, the bellows move more easily. At times I didn't even pay attention to how the bellows were responding. That is a good thing. But its still different from an acoustic instrument's bellows. I'll need more time to find out how much I like the bellows action.
5) Key width and Key action: This was one of the biggest concerns I had with the FISA suprema. The specs mentioned that the keys are wider. The velocity sensitive keys in the FISA also have a deeper action than the EVO. I absolutely love the keyboard on the EVO. Prior to that, I've played a Roland FR-4x and I never liked that keyboard. For the 2 hours that I played the FISA, there wasn't anything major that bothered me wrt keyboard action. There were times when I missed notes because of not pressing the keys deep enough. I'm relieved that my concern with the deep key action didn't end up as a problem. I have a feeling that I'll get used to it in a few days.
6) On board speaker sound quality: To be honest, I found the sounds to be very tinny. I've felt the same with the on board speakers of any digital accordion. I was playing it for a few minutes and my wife told me "Its sounds good. Sounds more like a real accordion". That was surprising, because she usually doesn't like digital accordions. After playing for a while, I did find some sounds that were impressive. I particularly liked the Basson sound. Even through the on-board speakers, It replicated the cassotto sound better than the Evo.
7) Sound Quality on headphones: Just like the EVO, the sound quality on headphones was excellent. I didn't get a chance to try it out on external speakers.
8) Data Entry knob: I had a lot of difficulty with this. Its a wheel that spins (to scrool). It has a 5 way click (up, down, left, right and in). I found it very hard to press enter. I was accidentally clicking it to one of the sides.
9) Ease of Charging: When I plug the EVO in, I also need to press a button to start charging. I've forgotten this so many times, only to get back to an instrument with very low charge. The FISA suprema starts charging immediately after its plugged it (or at least I think it does). This looks obvious, but was a major frustration with the EVO.
10) Bellows shake: I didn't really spend too much time on this. One the EVO I've found bellows shake impossible (or near impossible). The FISA suprema is noticeably better. But its not as easy as in an acoustic.
11) Learning Curve: I still haven't created any of my own programs (I guess UPGs are now called scenes). I see that there's a synth and soloist option on top of the Accordions (1 and 2), Orch (1 and 2) and Organ. Didn't really play around with that yet.
These are just my first thoughts. I am excited to see how my opinion changes as I spend more time with it.
These are my thoughts after playing for a couple of hours.
Thanks to Greg Vee (V music IN), I got my Fisa Suprema delivered yesterday. I played it for a couple of hours. Here are my first thoughts. I have been playing my Bugari Evo for about 4 years now. So, most of my comments will be in comparison with the Evo.
1) The straps ends have velcro instead of buckles (identical to the Evo and Roland). My Evo straps are very comfortable and this looks and feels exactly the same.
2) Weight and dimensions: The first thing I noticed after I put it on was that it was very very light.
3) A small buzzing sound: When I press a button or a key, I hear a small buzzing sound. At first I thought it was a defect. But I guess its a motor that goes off after it senses a button/key being pressed.
4) Bellows action: Significant improvement over Evo. The Evo has a knob that adjusts the bellows sensitivity. On the Evo, I never found a setting that I liked and always used the most resistive setting. On the Fisa, the bellows move more easily. At times I didn't even pay attention to how the bellows were responding. That is a good thing. But its still different from an acoustic instrument's bellows. I'll need more time to find out how much I like the bellows action.
5) Key width and Key action: This was one of the biggest concerns I had with the FISA suprema. The specs mentioned that the keys are wider. The velocity sensitive keys in the FISA also have a deeper action than the EVO. I absolutely love the keyboard on the EVO. Prior to that, I've played a Roland FR-4x and I never liked that keyboard. For the 2 hours that I played the FISA, there wasn't anything major that bothered me wrt keyboard action. There were times when I missed notes because of not pressing the keys deep enough. I'm relieved that my concern with the deep key action didn't end up as a problem. I have a feeling that I'll get used to it in a few days.
6) On board speaker sound quality: To be honest, I found the sounds to be very tinny. I've felt the same with the on board speakers of any digital accordion. I was playing it for a few minutes and my wife told me "Its sounds good. Sounds more like a real accordion". That was surprising, because she usually doesn't like digital accordions. After playing for a while, I did find some sounds that were impressive. I particularly liked the Basson sound. Even through the on-board speakers, It replicated the cassotto sound better than the Evo.
7) Sound Quality on headphones: Just like the EVO, the sound quality on headphones was excellent. I didn't get a chance to try it out on external speakers.
8) Data Entry knob: I had a lot of difficulty with this. Its a wheel that spins (to scrool). It has a 5 way click (up, down, left, right and in). I found it very hard to press enter. I was accidentally clicking it to one of the sides.
9) Ease of Charging: When I plug the EVO in, I also need to press a button to start charging. I've forgotten this so many times, only to get back to an instrument with very low charge. The FISA suprema starts charging immediately after its plugged it (or at least I think it does). This looks obvious, but was a major frustration with the EVO.
10) Bellows shake: I didn't really spend too much time on this. One the EVO I've found bellows shake impossible (or near impossible). The FISA suprema is noticeably better. But its not as easy as in an acoustic.
11) Learning Curve: I still haven't created any of my own programs (I guess UPGs are now called scenes). I see that there's a synth and soloist option on top of the Accordions (1 and 2), Orch (1 and 2) and Organ. Didn't really play around with that yet.
These are just my first thoughts. I am excited to see how my opinion changes as I spend more time with it.
