Dr. Mix, your fans can also not thank YOU enough for bringing us along on this tour to appreciate the creation of these beautiful quality instruments. Truly the high performance Italian sports cars of the keyboard world!
Great vid, thanks. Kudos to Fatar/Studiogic for keeping their manufacturing in Italy and not outsourcing to China. I have several keyboards with Fatar keybeds and a studiologic sl88 controller; excellent company.
I am an American of Italian descent and I am also glad that Fatar continues to manufacture in Italy. I am aware of the instrument manufacturing tradition of Castelfidardo and Recanati. As a young musician most of my music store purchases were from a very well known and loved music store in Philadelphia known as Cintioli's. I believe that the owner, Benito (Benny) Cintioli, (now sadly passed on) was originally from Castelfidardo. He used to sell his own Cintioli brand accordions in the store along with anything else a pro musician could want. Cintioli's was legendary to all Philly musicians for over half a century. All four of my grandparents (as well as my mother) emigrated to the USA from Italy in the 1920s and my father's family is from Ascoli Piceno which is in the same region (Marche) but about 20 miles south. I have owned a number of synthesizers of different makes that all had Fatar actions (it was hard to find one not named Yamaha that DIDN'T have a Fatar action.) I also owned four different QuikLok keyboard stands that were all manufactured in Recanati--unfortunately it seems they have moved most of their manufacturing to China--at least for their products that are sold in the USA. I am here today because I have been considering and SL73 and/or a Numa. This video was fascinating and very interesting. Thanks to Doctor Mix for making it available!
I m not so happy with my 88er Studiologic SL88 Studio 😮. I play it only in my Studio, not on Tour and after 1,5 Years Key C2 hase contakt failure. Give it to Waranty Repair and get back well, and now after 1 year Key C2 had same contact problems 😢.
This was in my opinion the best insight in a keybed and synth factory on your Channel - and its a european Brand, really great. In every step it could be seen the passion and professionality of a keybed manufacturing market leader. What I never thought is, that every keybed must be calibrated. I own a new Fantom 8 with wooden keys. I hope that the Roland keybed has not the same problems which had the wooden Fatar keybed in the past. But the Fatar CEO said, the Problem is already fixed.
One of your best videos 👍👍👍 That factory and the Italian passion that goes into the products is amazing - probably just the opposite of a "clinical" Japanese product ( love them both though ) 😃
Un plauso a Claudio e ai ragazzi della FATAR per aver girato tutto il video in inglese invece di affidarsi a un comodo italiano con sottotitoli... sono sicuro che gli iscritti al canale abbiano apprezzato. Bellissimo tour come sempre!
I'm a bit disappointed that the whole tour was in English. I would have liked to hear them speak in Italian. If you are a proud manufacturer of Italian keybeds, be proud of your language too and promote it! I think it's not too much to ask of viewers to read subtitles, if you don't understand the language. (I do understand Italian, but even if this was a tour of, say, Yamaha's factory in Japan, I would prefer to hear the native language and would happily read the subtitles).
@spotlight-kyd Yeah, I agree. I understand why he did it, but I was hoping (and expecting) to hear everyone speaking Italian. Very interesting and fun, nevertheless. Btw "viscount" is pronounced VY-Count 😼
Thank you so much for such an amazing tour. I’m manufacturing engineer and love music, it was extremely interesting for me to watch this tour. Now I wanna work at this facility 😊. So cool 😎
As italian I am proud to see a winning combination of craftsmanship and industrial management. Linked with love of music. As an owner of an SL73 Studio, and Mixface, I am happy to confirm that everything works perfectly and gives an extremely good final product. I recently tested a NumaX Piano GT and I think that the key feeling is the best on the market. I hope they will keep on with this method, because it works perfectly.
This is the most valuable 'inside-industry' video I've ever watched. Thumbed!👍🏻 Not because it's posted by DrMix. But for it's the first one this type and really informative. Thx DrMIX~
What a great video production and natural storyline all the way from leaving your place till the end. Everybody likes a scaling family businesses lead by experience but most importantly, passion. 😍
Fascinating and amazing. Here's a Q - I got the impression, although not specifically mentioned , that there may be different qualities of synth (not weighted) keyboard. Is that right?
I'm a proud owner of SL73 midikeyboard. Being the cheapest in Studiologic family yet it delivers a very nice feel and velocity control. Perfect for your terabytes of sampled piano libraries.
That was quite enjoyable and educational. I didn't know I've owned so many Fatar keybeds. My 76 key SL midi controller was one of the few hammer action 76 key controllers and it was lighter than my Roland 76 key midi action controller at the time. Those wooden end caps look really nice.
Great video! As an engineer who worked in former times in production engineering I love to see which machines they use and how they automate testing and quality control. There is too little appreciation in this world for the great technology achievements in modern production engineering..
Great video! Whilst watching, I noticed my SL73 ease itself toward our TV screen. I'm sure I saw it shed a little tear as the factory tour progressed. 🎹
I was already a fan of Fatar keyboards. With this factory tour and seeing the passion of people, I'm even more fan than ever. Thank you Claudio, and thanks to the people at Fatar.
The last statement at the end hits the core! This is the European way to make high quality things in a factory. With passion and empathy for the workers while of course keeping in view the customers and what it’s all for - in this case passionated musicians and finally a heavenly thing: music
OMG, I've been a keyboardist since high school which was in 1980's, this was a great info video for me. I did not know how much work is put in making Synth keyboards, for this I thank you for this video and all the workers in this company. WOW
Thanks Dr - another fantastic tour! I just purchased a SL88-Grand and received it yesterday. Really interesting to see the factory and process where it was made and shipped from. Gotta say -- the touch, feel and quality on my new SL Fatar keybed is exceptional. No wonder, watching this video.
Studiologic, the creator of Fatar keyboards, is one of our Italian prides installed in every prestigious brand worldwide. They are the Ferraris of keyboards. Moreover, products like Numacompact 2x, NumaPiano, and Sledge are phenomenal objects. These design and production realities need to be defended with determination and promoted. A national pride 🇮🇹
I just found out they were the makers of the Sledge and it made me cry, since that's the synth I had my eye on. Ordering next week. A lack of Fatar keys is the ONLY instant no-sell for a keyboard synth for me.
FATAR is a bit like the Ferrari of keyboards in product and corporate ownership/management sense. Italian people dedicated to their craft, doing one thing and doing it well. Congratulazioni anche a FATAR e all'Italia!
One week after reiceving my Numa 2x, I mistakenly plugged it to the wrong AC adapter: 30 V (from my vacuum cleaner) instead of 12 V. Result: black smoke. Surprisingly, the keyboards was still functioning when plugged to USB-C, but I lost the ability of using the speaker and to connect it to the PC as a midi controller. I then opened the keyboards, detected a burned capacitor, swapped it, and the keyboard is now fully functional. I can say that the keyboard is very well done, and easy to disassemble and fix.
Very fun and interesting video. It's really impressive that they're still able to manufacture keybeds and full keyboards in Italy still in 2023, even hand building them, and still remain competitive. I'd love to get a StudioLogic SL88 Studio at some point in a near future to replace my crappy M-Audio midi-keyboard. Perhaps next year ^^ I think I've probably hit the limit for what my boyfriend will accept of new gear acquisitions this year 🤣
Claudio ❤😊 absolutely brilliant, probably my favourite Dr mix video of all time! Taking us to witness the gold standard of keybeds in the making. So inspiring and reassuring, thanks so much, I will be moving up from the SL88 studio to the Numa piano, your great documentary has confirmed my choice. ❤👍
Hey Caludio tnx heaps for that video, as an industrial designer myself I'm always amazed by the sophistication of collective work, an the sheer boundless ingenuity of humans (and your music too). Is just unbelievable how much thought goes into anything is designed and produced. I think if people had more understanding of how much work requires to produce things they'll be more mindful and less wasteful with their own stuff. Love your work! keep it up!
Great video thanks so much!!! I REALLY wish Studiologic would start making organ keyboards again like the Numa Organ; or even a proper organ style MIDI controller (Fatar TP/80 semi-weighted waterfall keybed) with faders to map to drawbars, and buttons and switches to map to rotary, vibrato etc. There is NO waterfall keybed MIDI controller on the market today which I don't understand, with so many great organ VST's out there!
Wow! Having come from an electronics manufacturing and technical background this is an amazing state of the art process, and I really appreciate the expertise, attention to detail, and quality that goes into each instrument. Thanks for all the time and expense you put into sharing this tour with us 😺🤘
I enjoyed this video so much I was inspired to comment for the first time. What an incredible factory, I could feel the passion. I'm inspired, thank you.
Curz -wile One of my 'life moments' was a business lunch with one of his(then) employees after meeting Ray K himself in Boston... the employee? a certain Bob Moog! Time period - post 1000 series, pre 2000, K250 with 4 expansions, K150 still a product (Fourier+++++) - (I was Uk Product Manager for the importer)
Olá Doc! Gostaria de expressar minha pessoal gratidão por trazer todo este conteúdo fantástico, muito obrigado. Admito que possuo uma certa dificuldade em acompanhar seus vídeos por conta da diferença de nossos idiomas, mas, fico extremamente feliz com todo este conteúdo mágico da música e seus instrumentos. Seu canal foi para minha vida um divisor de águas onde pude aprender ainda mais. Sou apaixonado pela boa música e você a traz para perto de nós. Novamente, muito obrigado por seu trabalho. Um forte abraço do Brasil!❤
Thanks for the tour! Fatar is an amazing company. Coming from the classical piano playing, I love their keybeds, both piano and synth. I use SL88 Grand (TP/40WOOD action) and it's amazing! I once contacted Studiologic's support and it wasn't just premium, it was ROYAL. Gianni Giudici, one of the best European performers on the Jazz organ, answered to all my questions himself!
Cool! I also have a Fatar Studio 88 plus midi keyboard, built in a flight case… in fact I do have the very same one yiu had in the picture fir one… that’s my Fatar Studio 88 plus. It used to belong to Kebu, the synth wizard, whose web page has the image of the keyboard. I bought it from him a long time ago (I think over 2 decades ago at least). I used it in my home studio and for gigging with the band alot. But unfortunately it doesn’t work properly anymore, every octave has a dead key, so it’s something ekectrical or a wiring related, I just haven’t found anyone to fix it for me or dared to try to fix it myself… but that was MY Fatar Studio 88 plus in the photo… :)
Love your videos. I have to say that I recently bought a StudioLogic SL73Studio. I absolutely hate it. The keys feel so sluggish. I should have sent it back, but I tried to get used to it and meanwhile, a piece of the hardware broke off. So, so much for sending it back now. I did however give a positive review of the product on Sweetwater. The action is simply not for me though. It feels like an old Rhodes. It claimed to have had a "Piano" feel. Feels nothing like a piano. I stopped trying to even use it. Over $500 down the drain. All I'm saying is, be careful when buying one, it may not be what you expect.
My thrift-store M-Audio USB keyboard convinced me more than anything that; the Fatar keys are the most important part of making a synth feel good to play. This was a great video bro.
Fatar è una di quelle eccellenze italiane che tutto il mondo ci invidia! Quando sentirò ancora qualcuno lamentarsi di una master keyboard (SL-88 grand) che costa quasi mille euro, gli farò vedere questo video. Le loro keybed sono le migliori del mondo, e quelle che più si rassomigliano ad un pianoforte tradizionale. La TP-110, la TP-40 e la TP-400 sono dei capolavori. Chi dice il contrario non ha mai suonato un pianoforte in vita sua. P.S. Gianni Giudici è un MOSTRO!
Confermo! Ho avuto per poco tempo una Studiologic vmk188 con meccanica tp-40GH ed era stupenda, oserei dire unica, cosa ne pensa della TP-100? Non l'ho mai provata.
This is the most informative video on keyboard research that you will ever find. It's mind boggling to think about escapement measurement and key velocity. Simply breathtaking. Thank you Dr. Mix. This only adds to the education of musicians and their instruments.
Nice video, Dr.Mix! 👏 Not technical and dry but showing the people behind Fatar. I had an Ensoniq EPS-16 sampler with a Fatar keybed in the 90's It was good then but it can't compare to my old Yamaha CP-33 Stage piano. I find the Nord keybed is light. I hope I can try the Studiologic SL Grand midi controller. It's reasonably priced.
Fatar keybeds are just gorgeous! When they are married to a Studiologic keyboard/controller they have so much 'feel'. You get so many nuances out of them. I really love how this company concentrates on the primary interface between a player and their instrument. I've played some truly awful keybeds that are spongy or springy (and I mean like flicking a ruler on a desk) in my time and it really makes a difference. Their organ keybeds are awesome too!
Excellent, my favorite keyboards ever! Super interesting tour of this awesome company, a *key* part of many instruments we love. We need more videos like this!
Thanks to Fatar and much Love goes to them. Brilliant video, thanks to doctor Mix Background: I get an old Grand piano from my Grandfather , which was build in Berlin. I played it every day for around 10 years (not as classic player just as music lover and learned compsing) in my 20qm Childs room Then I started work in music shop and get in touch (away from home and reference) with many big brands (Roland, Yamaha, Korg etc) in the 90ies, but all this was away of my learned feeling of keys. In the year of 2000 I found a masterkeyboard from Kurzweil (with Fatar Keyboard inside). It was for me very near to the feeling I learned. And I still use this great piece of Fatar now over 20years - and it still works. as a professional DJ I was, as composer I am , as keyboard teacher i was for Yamaha school (and never get warm with Yamaha keys, who also do a lot mechanical simulation of piano keys and I never get warm with) I am so thankful to Fatar and my next will be again a Fatar Piece Love snd Thanks to FATAR! ❤
A very good tour. Thank you. I appreciate that it was done in English. because subtitles make it hard to pay attention to the scene that’s being talked about. And I very much appreciate the workers trying to do their job in spite of the interruption of the tour… I hope some of them see this and know that their frustration was appreciated and hope their work quota was not damaged.
Wow! Such a cool factory, and some very nice and gifted staff too. Thank you for showing us this - much appreciated! 😃
Thank you FATAR for allowing us to see inside your factory and thank you Doctor Mix for taking us along.
Dr. Mix, your fans can also not thank YOU enough for bringing us along on this tour to appreciate the creation of these beautiful quality instruments. Truly the high performance Italian sports cars of the keyboard world!
Great Doctor Mix. My next digital piano will be a STUDIOLOGIC NUMA X PIANO GT👍
Great vid, thanks. Kudos to Fatar/Studiogic for keeping their manufacturing in Italy and not outsourcing to China. I have several keyboards with Fatar keybeds and a studiologic sl88 controller; excellent company.
I am an American of Italian descent and I am also glad that Fatar continues to manufacture in Italy. I am aware of the instrument manufacturing tradition of Castelfidardo and Recanati. As a young musician most of my music store purchases were from a very well known and loved music store in Philadelphia known as Cintioli's. I believe that the owner, Benito (Benny) Cintioli, (now sadly passed on) was originally from Castelfidardo. He used to sell his own Cintioli brand accordions in the store along with anything else a pro musician could want. Cintioli's was legendary to all Philly musicians for over half a century.
All four of my grandparents (as well as my mother) emigrated to the USA from Italy in the 1920s and my father's family is from Ascoli Piceno which is in the same region (Marche) but about 20 miles south. I have owned a number of synthesizers of different makes that all had Fatar actions (it was hard to find one not named Yamaha that DIDN'T have a Fatar action.) I also owned four different QuikLok keyboard stands that were all manufactured in Recanati--unfortunately it seems they have moved most of their manufacturing to China--at least for their products that are sold in the USA. I am here today because I have been considering and SL73 and/or a Numa. This video was fascinating and very interesting. Thanks to Doctor Mix for making it available!
I m not so happy with my 88er Studiologic SL88 Studio 😮. I play it only in my Studio, not on Tour and after 1,5 Years Key C2 hase contakt failure. Give it to Waranty Repair and get back well, and now after 1 year Key C2 had same contact problems 😢.
This was in my opinion the best insight in a keybed and synth factory on your Channel - and its a european Brand, really great. In every step it could be seen the passion and professionality of a keybed manufacturing market leader. What I never thought is, that every keybed must be calibrated. I own a new Fantom 8 with wooden keys. I hope that the Roland keybed has not the same problems which had the wooden Fatar keybed in the past. But the Fatar CEO said, the Problem is already fixed.
One of your best videos 👍👍👍 That factory and the Italian passion that goes into the products is amazing - probably just the opposite of a "clinical" Japanese product ( love them both though ) 😃
Un plauso a Claudio e ai ragazzi della FATAR per aver girato tutto il video in inglese invece di affidarsi a un comodo italiano con sottotitoli... sono sicuro che gli iscritti al canale abbiano apprezzato. Bellissimo tour come sempre!
I appreciate that!
I'm a bit disappointed that the whole tour was in English. I would have liked to hear them speak in Italian. If you are a proud manufacturer of Italian keybeds, be proud of your language too and promote it! I think it's not too much to ask of viewers to read subtitles, if you don't understand the language. (I do understand Italian, but even if this was a tour of, say, Yamaha's factory in Japan, I would prefer to hear the native language and would happily read the subtitles).
Questa azienda fa parte di quelle oramai poche realtá italiane di cui andar fieri! Anche a me ha fatto piacere che sia stato girato in inglese, bravi!
@spotlight-kyd
Yeah, I agree. I understand why he did it, but I was hoping (and expecting) to hear everyone speaking Italian.
Very interesting and fun, nevertheless.
Btw "viscount" is pronounced VY-Count 😼
@@spotlight-kydThe damages of globalization...
Amazing tour! The manufacturing technology they use, QR code inspection data, optical comparators… beautiful Italian floor workers… Great vid!
gives me a new appreciation of my own NUMA X, thanks Dr for the upload, it was wonderful to get to know the crew in Italy!
Very nice manufacturing keyboards. Quality is inside. Fatar studiologic must go on!
I know now why my X705 Elka organ is still alive (42 years old).
My goodness.. Doctor Mix, You just keep rolling out the great videos!
This was super interesting!
Thanks for Sharing!
Thank you so much for such an amazing tour. I’m manufacturing engineer and love music, it was extremely interesting for me to watch this tour. Now I wanna work at this facility 😊.
So cool 😎
As italian I am proud to see a winning combination of craftsmanship and industrial management. Linked with love of music.
As an owner of an SL73 Studio, and Mixface, I am happy to confirm that everything works perfectly and gives an extremely good final product.
I recently tested a NumaX Piano GT and I think that the key feeling is the best on the market.
I hope they will keep on with this method, because it works perfectly.
This is the most valuable 'inside-industry' video I've ever watched. Thumbed!👍🏻 Not because it's posted by DrMix. But for it's the first one this type and really informative. Thx DrMIX~
What a PHENOMENAL VIDEO!!! thank you so much Claudio!! you're a ROCK Star!
Manufacturing videos are a nice change of pace from time to time.
Bellissimo tour!!! ❤❤❤
What a great video production and natural storyline all the way from leaving your place till the end. Everybody likes a scaling family businesses lead by experience but most importantly, passion. 😍
Claudio!!! Great video, my friend. This is bonkers, man!! It's amazing to see what goes into creating these instruments. Wow, have the times changed.
As an engineer I always love seeing manufacturing processes. The mechanics of the key bed are quite intriguing to see.
Amazing how it's produced!🎹
Fascinating and amazing. Here's a Q - I got the impression, although not specifically mentioned , that there may be different qualities of synth (not weighted) keyboard. Is that right?
Great Video and great company !!!
Sono cosi orgoglioso di questo video! Grazie!
I'm a proud owner of SL73 midikeyboard. Being the cheapest in Studiologic family yet it delivers a very nice feel and velocity control. Perfect for your terabytes of sampled piano libraries.
That was quite enjoyable and educational. I didn't know I've owned so many Fatar keybeds. My 76 key SL midi controller was one of the few hammer action 76 key controllers and it was lighter than my Roland 76 key midi action controller at the time. Those wooden end caps look really nice.
Great video! As an engineer who worked in former times in production engineering I love to see which machines they use and how they automate testing and quality control. There is too little appreciation in this world for the great technology achievements in modern production engineering..
I love my Waldorf stuff even more now.
Great vid, next time I play on my K2700 I'll think of the guys in Italy.
Great video! Whilst watching, I noticed my SL73 ease itself toward our TV screen. I'm sure I saw it shed a little tear as the factory tour progressed. 🎹
I was already a fan of Fatar keyboards. With this factory tour and seeing the passion of people, I'm even more fan than ever. Thank you Claudio, and thanks to the people at Fatar.
The last statement at the end hits the core! This is the European way to make high quality things in a factory. With passion and empathy for the workers while of course keeping in view the customers and what it’s all for - in this case passionated musicians and finally a heavenly thing: music
OMG, I've been a keyboardist since high school which was in 1980's, this was a great info video for me. I did not know how much work is put in making Synth keyboards, for this I thank you for this video and all the workers in this company. WOW
Thanks Dr - another fantastic tour! I just purchased a SL88-Grand and received it yesterday. Really interesting to see the factory and process where it was made and shipped from. Gotta say -- the touch, feel and quality on my new SL Fatar keybed is exceptional. No wonder, watching this video.
I have to say that the prices are not bad for keyboards which are made in the way as you saw in this incredible video 👍
Very cool tour! You gotta love companies like this that is filled with history, pride of quality and accomplishments! 😛👍
Brilliant to watch the processes involved and also the history and passion 👍👍👍
Studiologic, the creator of Fatar keyboards, is one of our Italian prides installed in every prestigious brand worldwide. They are the Ferraris of keyboards. Moreover, products like Numacompact 2x, NumaPiano, and Sledge are phenomenal objects. These design and production realities need to be defended with determination and promoted. A national pride 🇮🇹
...I just bought a Numacompact 2x
I have always liked the way the Italians approach the things they make.
I just found out they were the makers of the Sledge and it made me cry, since that's the synth I had my eye on. Ordering next week. A lack of Fatar keys is the ONLY instant no-sell for a keyboard synth for me.
FATAR is a bit like the Ferrari of keyboards in product and corporate ownership/management sense. Italian people dedicated to their craft, doing one thing and doing it well. Congratulazioni anche a FATAR e all'Italia!
One week after reiceving my Numa 2x, I mistakenly plugged it to the wrong AC adapter: 30 V (from my vacuum cleaner) instead of 12 V. Result: black smoke. Surprisingly, the keyboards was still functioning when plugged to USB-C, but I lost the ability of using the speaker and to connect it to the PC as a midi controller.
I then opened the keyboards, detected a burned capacitor, swapped it, and the keyboard is now fully functional. I can say that the keyboard is very well done, and easy to disassemble and fix.
Mr Doctor Mix!
RESPECT!!!! You do/make HISTORICAL videos! Thank you!
Very fun and interesting video. It's really impressive that they're still able to manufacture keybeds and full keyboards in Italy still in 2023, even hand building them, and still remain competitive. I'd love to get a StudioLogic SL88 Studio at some point in a near future to replace my crappy M-Audio midi-keyboard. Perhaps next year ^^ I think I've probably hit the limit for what my boyfriend will accept of new gear acquisitions this year 🤣
😎😎😎,,, thank u for doing this. Love it, I always wondered how it was made, and its Italian even better, love the craftsmanship,
Claudio ❤😊 absolutely brilliant, probably my favourite Dr mix video of all time! Taking us to witness the gold standard of keybeds in the making.
So inspiring and reassuring, thanks so much, I will be moving up from the SL88 studio to the Numa piano, your great documentary has confirmed my choice. ❤👍
Hey Caludio tnx heaps for that video, as an industrial designer myself I'm always amazed by the sophistication of collective work, an the sheer boundless ingenuity of humans (and your music too). Is just unbelievable how much thought goes into anything is designed and produced. I think if people had more understanding of how much work requires to produce things they'll be more mindful and less wasteful with their own stuff.
Love your work! keep it up!
Great video thanks so much!!! I REALLY wish Studiologic would start making organ keyboards again like the Numa Organ; or even a proper organ style MIDI controller (Fatar TP/80 semi-weighted waterfall keybed) with faders to map to drawbars, and buttons and switches to map to rotary, vibrato etc. There is NO waterfall keybed MIDI controller on the market today which I don't understand, with so many great organ VST's out there!
Wow! Amazing advertisement for Fatar though it's too bad there's not a disclaimer in the description.
Wow! Having come from an electronics manufacturing and technical background this is an amazing state of the art process, and I really appreciate the expertise, attention to detail, and quality that goes into each instrument. Thanks for all the time and expense you put into sharing this tour with us 😺🤘
absolutely cool
I enjoyed this video so much I was inspired to comment for the first time. What an incredible factory, I could feel the passion. I'm inspired, thank you.
Now I am completely convinced that the S88 keyboard is worth every penny. It is not easy to get access to a factory. Thanks for sharing.
Man, this is absolutely amazing! Thanks to Studiologic for making this great work.
Great show. We all appreciate FATAR keys for quality build and feeling.
Bel video Claudio, grazie!
I'm touched. So much passion and love for the musical instruments. It warms my heart to see people like this! :) Thank you for the documentary. :)
Curz -wile
One of my 'life moments' was a business lunch with one of his(then) employees after meeting Ray K himself in Boston... the employee? a certain Bob Moog!
Time period - post 1000 series, pre 2000, K250 with 4 expansions, K150 still a product (Fourier+++++) -
(I was Uk Product Manager for the importer)
Really great video! This is so interesting. Thanks, Claudio for showing us.
Claudio, great video, thank you, and thank you to FATAR for allowing you to tour the factory and for producing the best keyboards.
Great to see how passionate they are about building the best keybed
Thanks doctor mix for this great content 🙌
Awesome video and props to Fatar for allowing that much access to their assembly workline. 👍
Olá Doc! Gostaria de expressar minha pessoal gratidão por trazer todo este conteúdo fantástico, muito obrigado. Admito que possuo uma certa dificuldade em acompanhar seus vídeos por conta da diferença de nossos idiomas, mas, fico extremamente feliz com todo este conteúdo mágico da música e seus instrumentos. Seu canal foi para minha vida um divisor de águas onde pude aprender ainda mais. Sou apaixonado pela boa música e você a traz para perto de nós. Novamente, muito obrigado por seu trabalho. Um forte abraço do Brasil!❤
Sou um brasilieiro super fan também!! Neste vídeo além do inglês britânico temos que nos virar com inglês italiano kkk
Another Greetings from Brazil! Cheers!
I never intended to buy x piano..
But after this show?
SOLD!
Thanks for the tour! Fatar is an amazing company. Coming from the classical piano playing, I love their keybeds, both piano and synth. I use SL88 Grand (TP/40WOOD action) and it's amazing! I once contacted Studiologic's support and it wasn't just premium, it was ROYAL. Gianni Giudici, one of the best European performers on the Jazz organ, answered to all my questions himself!
I love it! Thank you so much Claudio and Fatar! This was so cool to see. For my next keyboard, I will make sure it's a Fatar.
Bravo Claudio e bravi Fatar! Proud of you both 🇮🇹
Amazing keyboards from amazing people. Thank you Fatar and thank you Claudio for this gem!!!!
FATAR Studiologic Orgoglio Italiano! 💚🤍❤🎹
Cool! I also have a Fatar Studio 88 plus midi keyboard, built in a flight case… in fact I do have the very same one yiu had in the picture fir one… that’s my Fatar Studio 88 plus. It used to belong to Kebu, the synth wizard, whose web page has the image of the keyboard. I bought it from him a long time ago (I think over 2 decades ago at least). I used it in my home studio and for gigging with the band alot. But unfortunately it doesn’t work properly anymore, every octave has a dead key, so it’s something ekectrical or a wiring related, I just haven’t found anyone to fix it for me or dared to try to fix it myself… but that was MY Fatar Studio 88 plus in the photo… :)
Love your videos. I have to say that I recently bought a StudioLogic SL73Studio. I absolutely hate it. The keys feel so sluggish. I should have sent it back, but I tried to get used to it and meanwhile, a piece of the hardware broke off. So, so much for sending it back now. I did however give a positive review of the product on Sweetwater. The action is simply not for me though. It feels like an old Rhodes. It claimed to have had a "Piano" feel. Feels nothing like a piano. I stopped trying to even use it. Over $500 down the drain. All I'm saying is, be careful when buying one, it may not be what you expect.
My thrift-store M-Audio USB keyboard convinced me more than anything that; the Fatar keys are the most important part of making a synth feel good to play. This was a great video bro.
AMAZING
I love the sound from thwie keyboards, but I wish they made a smaller range. 61- 48 keys would be perfect!🙏
What timing my Numa GT is being delivered on Thursday and this tour of the factory is just icing on the cake. Thank you for a great video.
Fatar è una di quelle eccellenze italiane che tutto il mondo ci invidia! Quando sentirò ancora qualcuno lamentarsi di una master keyboard (SL-88 grand) che costa quasi mille euro, gli farò vedere questo video. Le loro keybed sono le migliori del mondo, e quelle che più si rassomigliano ad un pianoforte tradizionale.
La TP-110, la TP-40 e la TP-400 sono dei capolavori. Chi dice il contrario non ha mai suonato un pianoforte in vita sua.
P.S. Gianni Giudici è un MOSTRO!
Confermo! Ho avuto per poco tempo una Studiologic vmk188 con meccanica tp-40GH ed era stupenda, oserei dire unica, cosa ne pensa della TP-100? Non l'ho mai provata.
Great to see the passion of this small business - lucky they are in the EU
I love my studiologic sl88 grand! Thanks for the opportunity to look at their kitchen
This is the most informative video on keyboard research that you will ever find. It's mind boggling to think about escapement measurement and key velocity. Simply breathtaking. Thank you Dr. Mix. This only adds to the education of musicians and their instruments.
I really hope studiologic will put the new keybed in numai x gt on a controller.
Since I'm a proud owner of the Studiologic SL88, this was a fantastic insight into the making of the keyboards from Fatar.
Nice video, Dr.Mix! 👏 Not technical and dry but showing the people behind Fatar. I had an Ensoniq EPS-16 sampler with a Fatar keybed in the 90's It was good then but it can't compare to my old Yamaha CP-33 Stage piano. I find the Nord keybed is light. I hope I can try the Studiologic SL Grand midi controller. It's reasonably priced.
Wow! Really impressive. So clever, and the attention to detail is amazing. Fascinating to see. Thanks for the tour.
Fatar keybeds are just gorgeous! When they are married to a Studiologic keyboard/controller they have so much 'feel'. You get so many nuances out of them. I really love how this company concentrates on the primary interface between a player and their instrument. I've played some truly awful keybeds that are spongy or springy (and I mean like flicking a ruler on a desk) in my time and it really makes a difference. Their organ keybeds are awesome too!
Excellent, my favorite keyboards ever! Super interesting tour of this awesome company, a *key* part of many instruments we love. We need more videos like this!
A very interesting film. I have an Italian MIDI keyboard from the 80s - bit MIDI MASTER KEYBOARD
So much Italian going on here. Talking with the hands. Extra a's between words. Hugs. Just missing nona's sauce.
brother! you have made the best keyboard related chanel in TH-cam!! Congrats!
Won't touch anything but a FATAR.
And oh well, I own a sledge. Yes. The yellow one. Keep up the good work Claudio!
One of the best video I have ever seen!
B.B.C. level! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
It would be great to hear ITALIAN LANGUAGE and NOT english in ITALY!!!
Such a great video ❤ Always wanted to know more about Fatar - thank you 🙏
I love the nord electro 6d semi weighted waterfall keys, what’s the closest midi controller?
Great! Great! Great! Thanks a lot for this documentary. 💓💓💓💓
i like very much the sledge synth ,Fatar make great keyboards
Thank you for providing such an organized and entertaining look into the artistry of the FATAR's Studiologic factory!
Thanks to Fatar and much Love goes to them. Brilliant video, thanks to doctor Mix
Background: I get an old Grand piano from my Grandfather , which was build in Berlin. I played it every day for around 10 years (not as classic player just as music lover and learned compsing) in my 20qm Childs room
Then I started work in music shop and get in touch (away from home and reference) with many big brands (Roland, Yamaha, Korg etc) in the 90ies, but all this was away of my learned feeling of keys. In the year of 2000 I found a masterkeyboard from Kurzweil (with Fatar Keyboard inside). It was for me very near to the feeling I learned. And I still use this great piece of Fatar now over 20years - and it still works.
as a professional DJ I was, as composer I am , as keyboard teacher i was for Yamaha school (and never get warm with Yamaha keys, who also do a lot mechanical simulation of piano keys and I never get warm with)
I am so thankful to Fatar and my next will be again a Fatar Piece
Love snd Thanks to FATAR! ❤
Loved this video so much - great to see the people behind the amazing instruments. Thanks Dr Mix and the team from Fatar
Your happy mood is really contagious! Loving your videos!
This is why a guitarist like me is subscribed to this channel: I learn things here.
Great video (as usual). Thanks.
Yeah, this is education and entertainment! Great! 👍🏻🇬🇧😎
To be a CEO of a world important factory it will be update his pronounce! 😂
Wow! It’s really impressive the level of modernization they apply to the process and the factory itself. Thanks for showing us this pearl of industry!
A very good tour. Thank you. I appreciate that it was done in English. because subtitles make it hard to pay attention to the scene that’s being talked about. And I very much appreciate the workers trying to do their job in spite of the interruption of the tour… I hope some of them see this and know that their frustration was appreciated and hope their work quota was not damaged.