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I am trying to connect to zoom for my lessons online.
So far I connected from my FP90X USB to my iPad with a lightning adapter. It doesn’t seem to work. When I get home I will try and see if it will work on my laptop but I would prefer to have work on my iPad.
I would rather not use an audio interface like focusrite if I can do it directly from the FP90X.
Anyone else tried this/ or suggestions?
Both my iPhone 12 and iPad Pro connect through usb for midi and audio. They just work.
I’m not sure how zoom fits into that picture.
Some apps you have to connect to the fp90x
Yeah, same here I can connect to my iPhone with the usb on the back of the keyboards.
It won’t work with zoom.
So I check the version (for fun) and my version is 1.0.1 and the latest is 1.0.3, I couldn’t even do the update. I kept getting “no update file”. I will go buy a different memory stick and see if this help.
I don’t think the upgrade will fix my zoom problem but it can’t hurt.
I bought a new memory stick and was able to do the update.
Have also done the update and not noticed any improvements. However, today I played a lot with the headphones on and thought it sounded much better so am beginning to agree that the problem is the speakers.
The problem from the speakers is perhaps from the fact that the 2x30W of the FP90X while quite nice for a portable is not enough.
I have a decent 6x30W (N1X), but some people would prefer a 2x120W + 180W (Piano Phoenix). (Should I add Devialet speakers which sound pretty good : 900W per speaker).
It is quite hard to make speakers which rivals good headphones.
Last edited by Frédéric L; 04/27/2105:03 PM.
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It's not clear to me if any firmware update can fix problems with the speakers, especially since 'the speakers do not sound good' is not much to work on. I haven't managed to make mine sound anything other than normal - you send the sound to them, they reproduce the sound. Mine don't make poor sound sound good, but I haven't heard them making good sound sound poor either.
For me it's just that I struggle to find any piano sound where I like the tone and the low notes don't sound like there's a woolly hat covering the speakers. The mid and high ranges are fine for me.
Today I played with the on board piano designer a bit and that definitely helped. I set the lid higher up and that made a difference for me. So once I find something I am happy with in piano designer I will save it (you can save them, right?!).
I'm thinking of upgrading to the FP90x coming from an FP10 with the PHA-4 standard. Do you guys think the upgrade is going to be significant if I'm after the action? I tried the PHA50 on the Roland GP in a store after hearing so many good things about it and honestly I wasn't blown away with it but I've only been playing for about a year so I'm not an expert. It did feel abit easier and pleasant to play but I didn't really have that immediate OMG this is so much better impression so I wasn't sure if paying about 4 times more was worth it. I'm assuming the PHA50 on the GP will be the same as the FP90x?
Not really interested in other sounds so the piano samples are all I care about. Mostly interested in classical pieces.
The KR-7 has larger speakers and differently mounted, I don't think you'll ever get the same punch out of those in the FP-90x. They're really not comparable pianos.
I like the mellow variants, but that's me. And I'm not a pianist.
Folks/Owners - is there an audio loop back feature on the FP-90/FP-90X, that allows audio from the computer (running a VST) to be played back on the FP-90/FP-90X's speakers?
A man must love a thing very much if he practices it without any hope of fame or money, but even practice it without any hope of doing it well. Such a man must love the toils of the work more than any other man can love the rewards of it. G. K. Chesterton
Folks/Owners - is there an audio loop back feature on the FP-90/FP-90X, that allows audio from the computer (running a VST) to be played back on the FP-90/FP-90X's speakers?
Yes, it has line input, and you must disable "local control".
Mind the speakers are some distance from perfection - the FP90 internal engine sounds much better with Sennheiser over-ear headphones.
Folks/Owners - is there an audio loop back feature on the FP-90/FP-90X, that allows audio from the computer (running a VST) to be played back on the FP-90/FP-90X's speakers?
Yes, it has line input, and you must disable "local control".
Mind the speakers are some distance from perfection - the FP90 internal engine sounds much better with Sennheiser over-ear headphones.
I understand the line in function, but I was looking for what Purdy is saying:
Originally Posted by Purdy
The fp90x has usb audio input so you simply select the fp90x as your audio output device from your computer.
Thanks Purdy. One question though, do I have to change some settings. Like for example, the P515 requires a setting to be turned 'On' for the loop back to work:
A man must love a thing very much if he practices it without any hope of fame or money, but even practice it without any hope of doing it well. Such a man must love the toils of the work more than any other man can love the rewards of it. G. K. Chesterton
Folks/Owners - is there an audio loop back feature on the FP-90/FP-90X, that allows audio from the computer (running a VST) to be played back on the FP-90/FP-90X's speakers?
Yes, it has line input, and you must disable "local control".
Mind the speakers are some distance from perfection - the FP90 internal engine sounds much better with Sennheiser over-ear headphones.
I understand the line in function, but I was looking for what Purdy is saying:
Originally Posted by Purdy
The fp90x has usb audio input so you simply select the fp90x as your audio output device from your computer.
Thanks Purdy. One question though, do I have to change some settings. Like for example, the P515 requires a setting to be turned 'On' for the loop back to work:
I just read this again and the part you are referencing in the Yamaha manual impacts recording from the piano.
I don’t know if there is similar control.
If you are just trying to play a vst through the usb audio, it would seem either piano will work out of the box.
This Yamaha feature seems to be to send the audio input to the output. I imagine you may have a CD player plugged into the input, then you play along with it, and the combined audio is sent to a computer, as opposed to sending only the piano's audio.
But I think OP was simply asking to send MIDI from the piano to the computer, have a VST produce the audio, and hear the audio in the piano instead of the piano sound?
This Yamaha feature seems to be to send the audio input to the output. I imagine you may have a CD player plugged into the input, then you play along with it, and the combined audio is sent to a computer, as opposed to sending only the piano's audio.
But I think OP was simply asking to send MIDI from the piano to the computer, have a VST produce the audio, and hear the audio in the piano instead of the piano sound?
I believe you are correct. I have a Yamaha keyboard with that same loop back and I never use it.
And I do not have to do anything special to enable audio playback via usb from a computer using a vst.
Same on my Roland.
With something like Korg module running on an iPad connected via usb you just plug it in and it works.
With either the Roland or Yamaha.
Of course as already mentioned, you probably want to turn local to off so you hear only the sound from the computer.
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