When I was little I used to play the piano, I got to fur elise level and my life took another direction, now at 25 I got back to it again, I got a small midi keyboard https://www.amazon.com/Alesis-VI25-Controller-Assignable-Production/dp/B00IWVL3SW . I thought it would be sufficient for my needs, as I wanted to have some full sized keys and thought that the stuff I play would be sufficient in this 25 key range, I wanted to play jazz, rock .. maybe metal and classical songs and I thought the pads and knobs will be very cool and I will use them..well... now this 25 key range doesn't catch what I want to play at all... I barely use the knobs and pads, I just pick some sound font, run a drum machine on the PC and play ... So I think of upgrading to a bigger keyboard . I live in a place where I can not test these products and have to just order them over the internet. The question is ... digital piano or MIDI?
Priorities:
how it Looks: 0 interest
size and price: don't have the space, money and proper neighbors for grand piano, have enough space to get a stand and put an 88 keys, potentially plug headphones in it.
proficiency: I don't consider playing any advanced stuff (e.g. Chopin) . Doing it just for fun ... maybe I will play with friends some time,
SOUND: I am interested in a good sound . I have a good headset but will I get a better sound if I have a digital piano rather than a MIDI
Keys: I find a slight difference in playing on a real piano vs playing on my midi but mainly in the dynamics capabilities. I am not sure how important is this to me.
MIDI: I think I would like to play my instrument with midi through my PC
pedals: I might want to use a sustain pedal.
I am considering only 1 MIDI https://www.thomann.de/gb/studiologic_sl88_studio.htm . It looks like the idea of this product is to have piano capabilities
This digital piano looks cool but I don't know if it's an overkill for me https://www.roland.com/us/products/fp-30x/
So I am considering the cheaper alternatives:
https://www.kawai-global.com/product/es110/
https://www.musicworld.bg/en/m_2570127/i_77752/Roland_FP_10_BK.html
Do you have any experience with these products, what do you think of these ?