Numa Compact X2 - In Depth Review! 

Hi Robert ! I made all sounds and the general concept and Musical development, UI etc. I am working on new features that will soon be published, including a way to recall Programs directly and more. Your playing and demo is nice and you can find on RU-vid demos I made... Let's keep us posted and thanks again !

Absolutely love your demos, fantastic playing and wonderful witt and humour Jack!

A great value. I can do more with this sub $1000 board than I can on my Electro 5d. Looking forward to installing the new OS today.

I think I could listen to this guy review just about anything. Just random things. Cheesecake, TV products, really cheap alcohol. I’ve followed Anderton’s for a while. Love Rob and the captain. We need more of Jack 👌🏻

Re...speakers......”Unless you’re playing in a home for the deaf”.........Love this guy! Funny, very good player, character, honest, cheeky,.......gorgeous 😍

Bro, it was because of your video that I had the confidence to buy this instrument today. Bless ya cotton socks! 🔥🙌🏼😎

"You got numbers there, I'm sure they relate to cool stuff" - classic :) Great review, sir :)

And thanks for your nice depth analysis !

I have this beast. Cuts like butter in the Mix. Playing salsa with it. Keybed is great. Piano’s are no different than those of a Motif XF 88. Listening from Any FOH. Dont take the onboard speakers to serious! Those are only to Quickly jump and start. Maybe on your bed or whatever. Or to test an idea instantly. Please Always demo iT with serious external speakers.

Loving the new 'back of the neck' style of presentation. Cant wait to see Lee, Rob and all the others facing away from the audience. Perhaps the news channels will pick up this too... :-(

I love all the sounds sound like sounds that can be used for songs rather than fancy effects

😂 Very entertaining and great playing. Two enthusiastic thumbs up, mate!

Looks like a Nord-killer with the similar feature-set for a third of the cost. Pity the keys aren't true waterfall like the Nords. And why (oh why!) 88 keys? Why would you need a full piano keyboard range for a stage piano? It's not going to be used to teach LCM grades. A 73 or 76 board gives you all the range you'll need for rock, jazz etc, and you can fit it across the back seat of an average european compact car - unlike an 88 key.

Awesome review! Jack, you are the man!

Well done. I enjoyed the on and explore. Good demo of the boot time. No you do not have the same body fat percentage... but you can certainly play. Good mix of styles and patches. Excellent demo of the organ engine. Thanks for honest, entertaining, informative demo!

Great playing jacky boy

Deep review, and still don't know how it works as midi controller :-/ :-/ how about pitch velocity etc

This was supposed to be out in April 2018. Here it is September 2018 and all we can get are a few RU-vid videos but nothing in stores to buy. It doesn’t matter how good it sounds, or how inexpensive it is, if it never is available for sale, then so what?

Tremendous video, thank you, I really like the Numa Compact 2X as a stage keyboard. I would just like to know if the Numa Compact 2X can control DAW like Ableton Live? Thanks in advance

What great sound that little thing has!!! Wow! Impressive!! Yamaha may have some competition!!

Pretty cool. I see this as a 'live' gig board. Portable and functional. Would also like to hear comments about the length of the piano samples etc. Are they still short like keyboards of 20 years ago? These days they can pack substantial gigabites of sounds at a much cheaper cost than it used to be. Is that the case here? How much storage is available for edits? Can you set up presets in advance for quick and eady 'live' access? If so, how many? Do you feel this sound library to be versatile enough for covering a wide variety of tunes? How does this rotary effect compare to, say, Nord's? Especially in the upper region where weaker versions tend to sound more vibrato-like? How are the effects? Perhaps that is asking too much here, but just saying. As subjective as it can be, does this keybed feel quick or sluggish? Despite non weighted keys, do you feel, to a reasonable degree, that you can still play fairly dynamically on them? How do you feel about the screen and it's readability? All these questions came to mind but maybe that's just me. Otherwise, digging the playing and vibe of this keyboard and thanks for sharing the demo. 😊

Amazing at this price point... Nord Stage Compact on the cheap!

I think it sounds great! What a buy!

Jack you are awsome !! Nice playing and ... fun!! One question: what about a comparison between this numa compact 2x and Roland vr09 ? How do they compare one face the other? One is too small (but lighter!!) and with synth keys ( :-/ ). The other is good but too big !

Empezó en español! , pero qué bien dije yo! Jajajajaja

Amazing keyboard skills. I have to start practising!

can the numa compact 2x rig with ableton live via midi?

Please can you do a side-by-side comparison of the Numa Compact 2 X with the Roland VR-09, Nord Electro, Casio MZ-X 300 / 500, Hammond SK1 and Vox Continental. Or at least with 1 or 2 of these... Thanks. It looks very affordable for what it is, with pros and cons with the others. All have the 3 sections and include the organ drawbars. The Y PSR-S770/775 and K PA-700 don't have real drawbars but have virtual ones on screen.

Tanks so much :) What do you think about the sounds quality ?

Only just stumbled upon this video. I was looking for a keyboard to complement my Roland FA-08. I bought a Yamaha MX61 MK2 initially but was very disappointed with the action, not to mention the size (61 keys are not really enough for me, I feel to constrained). Obviously, synth action is not for me so went out to look for a semi-weighted keyboard with at least 73 keys. The Numa was suggested to me by a friend and I was just about to order one when I came across a Roland VR-730 in a store (I know, quite different...). Bought one. However, I've also got a Korg Kross 2 88 and when I feel it's time for a little companion for this board, the Numa Compact 2X is going to be it ! On another note (no pun intended) : I live in Belgium but travel to the UK regularly to visit family (Enfield - Greater London). I'll be sure to pop into Andertons next time I'm over ;-) Love your videos, keep up the good work !

good chops! thank you!

Added in Digital Keyboard Wishlist.!!

Hi,..a good Demo from a a great Instrument.

I love this

How would you rate the key travel? Some are reporting it’s shallow, and feel it should be improved.

Boa noite! esse teclado tem como tocar o piano com o pad e controlar os volumes individualmente ?obrigado

How sturdy (road worthy) is it? At 18:30 Jack is pressing hard on the keys, (checking after touch?) and it looks like the whole keyboard is bending.

Please can you do a comparison between the Ferrofish B4000+ and a Yamaha Reface YC and this Numa Compact X2

Great beard Jack

Thanks men, me has ayudado, God Bless You

what is the keyboardlike? semi weighted ? Can this be used with any vsti library ? What is the price- a general guide will do. Is studiologic good build quality versus , say, maudio ?

This was not an "in depth" review. There was no discussion at all about integration to any software, the outputs, the controllers, USB. Even the mod/bend wheel, and aftertouch weren't mentioned. The feel of the keyboard was barely mentioned. I felt like I was looking at some guy's back while he went through a bunch of presets. :-(

i like it! want one

Finally a good demo guy!!!!!!!!!!

I love that you play What a Fool Believes by The Doobie Brothers

Do the keys feel strong enough to hold up to regular stage/gigging use?

Manual does not indicate mono out from L output. Is there no mono out?

Hey nice demo!! I've read some people experienced some keys tringgering louder notes than the others. Which makes me hesitant about buying this. Has anybody experienced this?

How does it compare to the Nord electro's?

Does it have pitch bend and mod controls? The photos on the website don't really help much.

Some really cool sounds. Pianos not so much but your funky playing saved them.

I almost pressed the back button when he said "Ola, como estas". I thought its gonna be a Spanish review.

poli aftertouch?

I already have an Rd88, when I first discovered this I was questioning my purchase. I wish it had some of the perks this has. Sliders for drawbars and light weight at the expense of fully weighted most notably. That said, if you're looking for authenticity in samples, you get what you pay for.. Don't care so much for the realistic touch as much as the sample quality.

Is their any way of storing your combi's layers/,splits etc? If so how many?

Love your funkiness on the piano mate and an excellent review. I hear that the size of the keys are smaller than the standard. Is that an issue for you? I like the feel of a real piano or close facsimile thereof.

Is this a good option for me who has never played the piano but what to learn, everyone says that I must have I full weighted key piano to start with. But how is it really? Is it idiotic of me to get something like numa compact 2.

Hello, how do you record the keyboard? Do you use a preamp or is it direct to the interface? Thanks from Mexico.

Can someone please answer these 3 questions, this is really important in determining whether I should get this Keyboard or not 1 - When we change the sounds/Instruments live Does it transitions between sounds/instruments SEAMLESSLY? like it will sustain the previous sound/instrument along with its effects when we hold the sustain pedal as we play the next sound/instrument 2 - When we edit a sound that we like and save it in a ''User Registration'' bank, does it appear as a List that we have to scroll through? Are there no shortcuts? 3 - It is stated that it has 99 user registrations, but is there as way for us to save our customized sounds in a USB drive? so we can install/uninstall different batches of those 99 saved user registrations I would really appreciate anyone willing to answer any of these questions as not many people or demonstrations seems to highlight these important questions. Thank you in advance!

Is it heavy key? I mean, is it like an acustic Piano?

This is hilarious, what's Jack's name? He should have a channel

Is the key action better then the MAudio keystation 88se?

Title wrong plz change not x2 but 2x

Ho acquistato la tastiera.numa compact 2x , trovato un difetto di basso volume e suono diverso su una nota ( SI nat.) domanda: e' soli sulla mia tastiera o e' un difetto di fabbrica, se qualcuno mi può rispondere grazie, Oreste NARPELLI profilio facebook o messenger, grazie

Can you please share exactly how many cm long both black and white keys are, because they look like they are "full size" and not full size keys, they look a bit shorter than a fully weighted keyboard's keys. Are they the same size as M audio keystation's fake full size or longer?

"2X" not "X2"

The sound Bank is same to compact2 versión?

the guy must play a lot of weddings.

That moment ay 24:45 ... BTW it's way better to see face instead of back most of the time.

Was that a Mr bean reference? haha

I like you you're super coo l you should come here and run for president man in your piano playing is beautiful she put a solo album or just PL

Yeah :-)

So Jack do you like it or not?

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External power supply?? Really?? Using a wall wart on this Studiologic is a deal breaker for me. I never thought I’d see the day when companies the likes of Kurzweil would be using them on their flagship stage pianos 😔

turn jack around, i do mind looking at his back.

Lol, i was really like oh dang it's a spanish review

That Leslie tremolo is cringeworthy

No.. the sounds are not cutting it. Just same old dated eps and grands in this

May I suggest a little better preparation and make your 27 minutes count showing off and showcasing the strongest points

Don't watch this on acid

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Actual sounds don't sound that good, at least to my ears. Also, when Jack does not spend much time with a preset it kind of reflects that it doesn't sound that great.

Yeah, we hate you just start playing because what about the. Seriously. Connections? Speakers? , PA system? Key board amp? Ok I am out of hear.

Lousy demonstration!

ALWAYS more interesting when you have taken the time to LEARN THE TOOL, FOOL! You aren't even saving me the need to find a retailer that takes returns. LEARN IT and TEACH US, or get off the pot.

If the acoustic piano is shit on an instrument, dont even bother with it. I dont care if it has blows and whistles. And this has a shit acoustic piano sound. Like its beyond horendous. My 20 year old casio I use to play as a little child had a better sounding piano. And when I heard the sound from the speakers :DD OMG I wouldnt pay 5 dollars for that.