Alesis Recital – 88 Key Digital Piano Keyboard with Semi Weighted Keys, 2x20W Speakers, 5 Voices, Split, Layer and Lesson Mod

4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars | 13,861 ratings

Price: 229

Last update: 01-11-2025


About this item

An Electric Piano That’s Tailored to You - Feature-packed Electric keyboard with 88 premium full-sized semi weighted keys with adjustable touch response to suit your preferred playing style
Premium Sounds - 5 voices (Acoustic Piano, Electric Piano, Organ, Synth, and Bass), built-in FX: Chorus, Reverb, and two built in 20W speakers that deliver crystal-clear, room-filling sound
All The Right Connections - ¼” sustain pedal input (pedal not included), ¼” stereo headphone output for private practice and stereo RCA outputs for connection to speakers / amplifiers
Play the Keyboard Wherever You Go - Power via the included power adapter or 6 D cell batteries (not included) for professional piano performance anywhere
Powerful Educational Features - Standard, split, layer, and lesson modes with 128-note max polyphony and Skoove 3 month premium subscription for expert interactive online piano lessons
Interactive piano lessons included - 30-day Premium subscription and 100 virtual lessons from Melodics to hone your skills for any genre or technique you want to master

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Top reviews from the United States

Kenneth Calhoun
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent intro digital piano, sound quality & action is solid - it's a winner
Reviewed in the United States on September 20, 2016
New -- check out the recent youtube demo video they posted:
youtube dot com/watch?v=Wpbj9Mi4AAA

This is a super value, a full-size 88-key digital piano that works very well. Sound quality is excellent; the piano & other patches are solid. Key action is in between a keyboard & hammer-action; good spring action. It's full-size fun. At 15 pounds, it's solid and doesn't slip around, it's built strong and sturdy.

I've been a lifelong keyboard player, since my Roland D-50 and Alesis HR16/MMT8 in the 80s (all of which still work fine).

I was looking for a starter digital piano, and this one is a new release. I normally never buy new-release Anything with no reviews. but I thought I'd take a chance on this, and I'm glad I did. Just got it today and thought I'd write this to help anyone on the fence (and as a thanks to Alesis, I've enjoyed the HR16/MMT8 drum mach/sequencer for decades).

The 2 main criteria I wanted are:

a) piano sound: how realistic, the timbre and depth? This one is as good or better than my $1k pro keyboards. I'll likely make a review video soon so you can all hear. Much better than expected piano sound; pro-quality at a consumer price, super value.

b) key action: how solid, responsive, playable? I'm impressed, very pro build quality, solid and fun to play. I've just played it 2 hours today and am thrilled. Solid, responsive and sounds great. And I really like they are full-size keys, a must.

I like the ease-of-use in layering 2 patches (like piano/synth), for different sounds; for variety, though mostly all I care about is the piano sound, which is superb. . Walter, your product review video sold me; thanks Alesis team for an affordable high-quality dp. Also the velocity sensitivity is excellent, a must-have for a digital piano.

Highly recommended, very good playability, tone, features & value. Bravo Alesis, thanks. Worth a lot more than they're asking, it's a very satisfying instrument at a great price.

-Ken
Lazaro N Valdes
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United States on September 12, 2024
I thought it had more voices when I purchased it, so I was disappointed that it only had 5 voices. But the sound is phenomenal it has a true deep piano sound and the keys have excellent response and feel, they have true piano-like resistance making it feel like you're on a traditional piano. I'm extremely happy with it.
Ray
5.0 out of 5 stars Great keyboard
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2024
I missed playing piano and this keyboard was perfect for getting back into practice. I've had it for over a year and it's still working fine. The keys do tend to stick a little every time I start playing after a while, but they unstick after being pressed once.

I don't know how this would hold up for any serious/professional players, but it's perfect for my occasional playing.
Robert Pearson
4.0 out of 5 stars Edit to My Second Review
Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2024
I must apologize - to the manufacturer and to those who read my first review. In that review, I heavily criticized the lack of volume when playing several keys at either end of the keyboard. The apparent fault was not actually a fault at all. I simply was not striking the keys hard enough. It seems to me that the keys at either end require a stronger strike than the other keys but, with that being accomplished, the volume is quite comparable with all others.
The edit to this review:
Just so you know……this electric piano is, in my opinion, a very good selection as a beginner’s model. It’s not “perfect” in all respects, and for the money it is well worth it. However there is one fault that seems to be present with this model. When the organ voice is selected, the volume of the lower keys is very much lower than that of the higher keys. So much so that when lower and higher keys are played at the same time, the lower keys are virtually unheard. At first I thought I had received a defective unit and I returned it. (Marie at customer service was extremely pleasant to speak with and went beyond my expectations in the help she provided). The second unit arrived and it also carries the same fault as the first. All other voices operated well. My personal desire is to learn how to play piano so this fault, while irritating, is of little consequence in that respect.
Mike Locke-Paddon
5.0 out of 5 stars Very nice starter keyboard for beginning students.
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2020
I purchased this keyboard for beginning piano students. That is important as I will be judging this keyboard based on it meeting the criteria for a beginning student.

I played through all the keys up and down and on all the select instrument options. I heard no rattling of the shell, very little clicking of the keys. It's solid and seems well built.

The sound is not professional quality, nor even close, but it's good enough that it doesn't sound excessively fake. I did not like the other instruments (Electric Piano, Organ, Synth, and Bass). The organ sound especially doesn't sound like an organ to me, and is completely ineffective in the lower register. Same with the synth and somewhat with the bass. These are small problems to me, as the piano registers clear throughout the range but does seem a little faint in the upper register. This Alesis keyboard is designed to be a low-end professional keyboard, hence it doesn't have the myriad synthesized sound options that most keyboards have. However, at a professional level it falls very short. They should have just added more instruments anyway. My only regret is that my beginning students won't be able to play around with the many synthesized instruments that other electronic keyboards have.

Others reviewers have had trouble with volume. I haven't encountered that yet. Still testing.

The keys are springy, they do not feel like a piano at all, but they are much better feeling than most synthesizers. For a student practicing scales, arpeggios and other technical studies the instrument will serve much better than most keyboards. The fact that it is 88 keys is helpful, but not necessary for beginners. It's a plus.

I have played some other inexpensive low quality keyboards, and so far this one is the best bang for the buck. I am happy with it, though I am thinking that it might be too expensive for a starting student. However, it meets all the criteria that I needed for my students, and so 5-stars.

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