I ordered my piano on July, 24, 2020 and today we are October, 19, 2020, and already the left speaker is blown. Static noises comes out of it.

The piano took quite a long time to get delivered and we ended up having to cancel and reorder the product. Once we canceled and reordered, the keyboard was delivered within the week. The quality of the piano is pretty good and sounds professional! We love the added options to add in other sounds/beats and is a great option for someone who doesn’t want to spend an arm and a leg on a full size keyboard ! Overall very happy with the produc

I liked this keyboard very much. It felt well built. Because I am a beginner, I used it with very low volume or with earphones. I did want to have “casualties” in my family due to my boring repetition. The volume-quality might be an issue for some “advanced” buyers, not for me at this point of my learnings. For the price? I vote for it!

Es muy completo para quienes estamos aprendiendo a tocar. Estoy muy satisfecho.

Negatives, well niggles really: Limited instrument options with just 12, tad muted on top keys, and one of the heavier keyboards – but none of that costs it a rating star.
Positives: Overall this is great value, great action, really nice tone for on board speakers. line out + phones / USB and peddle complete the picture. The addition of simple tonal controls, bright, reverb, chorus, modulation keeps up the interest plus on board metronome helps with the learning,. And just for crazy you can split the keyboard instruments to have one instrument on left hand and another on the right.

If you just want a full 88 keyboard to learn and play with no MIDI then this is great value.

pro: easy to use. good build quality, nice sound. passed the first 24h endurance test with my 5yr old kid.

con: noisy-ish hammer mechanism, no sustain pedal included, no wood stand available to buy, just generic metal ones.

Love this piano. Great onboard sounds although I use my computer software sounds more but all in all it’s a great piano

It works very well. It has a small button to make it make the sound last longer or a bit shorter so make sure you set up it the way you like it.

Present for son who is grade 7 piano he bought an additional pedal and uses it at gigs. He thinks it’s great value for money. Pleasant sound not over complicated with unnecessary stuff. Very pleased. Sounds as good as his mates keyboard that was twice the price!

La sensacin de las teclas es muy similar a la de un piano acstico

Mixed bag, the hammer action is a bit off putting when compared to normal piano.
But I can see the benefit of it being there versus a non hammer piano.
The metronome and record function is quite useful for me.
My biggest drip and its not terribly big, is that there is an extremely high pitch,but quiet noise whenever a key is pressed.
I may have sensitive ears, I didn’t notice it at first but once I did, I can’t stop noticing it.
So if you’ve been enjoying this piano and didn’t notice it, you’re welcome.
Speakers seemed quite quiet for me, I do have some yamaha monitors, I’ve yet to plug them in so may update on sound quality through good speakers.

Tengo un piano elctrico Yamaha Clavinova del ao 92 y el piano Alesis tiene mucha mejor pulsacin y tacto que mi Clavinova viejo. El Alesis es muy ligero, tiene un buen sonido de piano y estoy contentsimo por mi compra. Lo recomiendo

At the beginning, I received a wrong package without any keyboard. I contacted amazon customer service and they reordered another one for me and it was delivered in 2 days (I’m not prime).
The quality of this keyboard is amazing. I have been playing the piano for more than 10 years. To be honest, it still doesn’t feel like the real piano keyboard but it’s already really close. The sound is great and there are many different tones you can choose. It is really fun and I really like i

I absolutely love this! It feels and sounds so big quality, it makes me excited to play.

The only negative was the European adapter that it came with

bought it as a reward for a great year of piano lessons for our daughter. its a massive step up from her toy like beginner keyboard. she loves playing it. Hoping to hook it up to our computer soon to let her learn how to record herself and play it back through my PA

Beautiful digital piano. My son takes lessons and the weighted keys are great for piano/forte practice.

Ich bin sehr begeistert von diesem E Piano. Der Tastenanschlag ist wirklich kaum von einem Echten Piano zu unterscheiden. Der Klang ist meiner Meinung nach sehr gut. Das Piano ist perfekt fr Anfnger und Gebte, ein Berufspianist knnte sich natrlich unzufrieden geben. 1 Stern Abzug, weil die Tasten ein Eigengerusch haben, dass etwas leiser sein knnte. Das ist aber auch Meckern auf sehr hohem Niveau.
Ich kann es jedem empfehlen, der viel Piano fr nicht zu viel Geld haben mchte.

The Alesis Recital Pro is my first ever piano and I’m very happy with it. I knew I wanted something as close to a real acoustic piano, reasonably priced, good reviews, and a few special effects to play with. With the Alesis Recital Pro I feel like I made the right choice and all the boxes are ticked. Nice classical piano sound, fair price, a few special effects to play around with, a headphone jack which is great for late night practice for those insomniacs out there like myself. Overall I’m very happy with my purchase I would recommend the Alesis Recital Pro for a first time piano student without hesitation. You won’t regret it.

The only things I don’t like about the Alesis Recital Pro are that the keys have these somewhat sharp edges that you often feel when your fingers brush against the sides of the keys. Why they chose to go with these keys and not just smooth ones with no abrasive sharp corners is kind of puzzling.

The other only negative is that it only comes with a 1 year warranty. In this day and age that is very small, so hopefully the unit holds up.

Oh and like many others said, the max volume isn’t going to blow you away with these onboard speakers. I have mine in a one bedroom apartment so it’s fine for me, and I think anyone serious about performing would use a quality amp anyway.

Update***

So sadly, I think I’m returning this unit for a different manufacturer. I was considering buying the cheaper non pro Recital version but I know they probably use the same key designs on that model too. I really like the Recital Pro and for $350 it’s a great first digital piano for beginners like me, but I can’t get over the sharp key edges. I know it’s not a $3500 piano but even for $350, I should have to be distracted from lessons and playing music because my fingers are brushing up against sharply cut plastic keys. It’s a real shame because I thought I could ignore it and just focus on the good aspects of the piano but it’s not possible. Every now and then as I’m playing and practicing, I feel the keys, literally every lesson the keys sharpness offer a distraction which takes me out of the moment, and I decided I’m returning the recital pro before my return window closes. It’s a shame, because had it not been for the keys, I would have had no reservations in keeping the Recital Pro and giving it a 5 star review. My other options now are the Amazon exclusive Yamaha P71 or the Korg SP170S, and which I end up going with, it will mainly be a switch due to the keys.

Es un excelente producto, las teclas pesadas con sensibilidad son muy buenas, el tono que genera se asimila bastante a un piano de cola. Me pareci una excelente compra, el maestro de piano dice que es muy bueno para principiantes e intermedios.

Mi hija encantada con este producto, yo no se de msica en s pero mi hija dice que los tonos que da y la fidelidad del sonido son de lo mejor… lo recomiendo al 100.

Bought for my husband as he’s been learning on something smaller that just wasn’t doing the job. He’s thrilled with it. It has so many functions and sounds beautiful. It’s been worth every penny to see how far he has come since upgrading to this digital piano. 10/10!

I will keep my review simple. I’m a first year Berklee student who is currently taking Theory classes. This keyboard was meant to be along with me for a music journey through theory and composition. Since I have gotten it, I have not had any problems. I use it for learning classical pieces and even creating compositions. My favourite features are the metronome, the strings, synth, harpsichord, and acoustic bass. The hammer weighted keys are a good workout for my hands when I am practicing Czerny and Hanon. I can feel the stretch. Overall, I’m more than happy with this keyboard. No regrets.

Un beau piano lectrique au toucher suffisamment lourd pour pouvoir nuancer son jeu.
Le son sortant des deux enceintes intgres est d’assez bonne qualit. Le clavier offre galement une palette d’instruments intressante (piano lectrique, orgue, violons, etc.) sans tre renversante pout autant.
Quelques fonctions activables via la petite interface ou les boutons viennent enrichir les possibilits du piano (effets, superposition de deux instruments, ‘split’ du clavier en deux…).
J’insiste bien sur le fait qu’il ne s’agit pas d’un outil pro (comme l’indique d’ailleurs son prix) mais d’une trs bonne alternative pour un budget limit.

The first thing you notice when unboxing is the sheer weight — nearly 33lbs (14.8kg). This is no lightweight keyboard of the type you see in Youtube demos of instruments being carried in one hand with ease, or tucked under an arm. Make no mistake — this is a serious piece of kit in every way. Once positioned on your stand, it’s not going anywhere as long as that stand is itself very stable, and it certainly won’t jiggle or slide around if you get carried away. (More about stand stability later on).

The excellent and detailed product descriptions provided by Amazon give you all the basic information so I see no point in duplicating those here. What I do want to say is that this is an excellent instrument that’s not bedevilled by a plethora of voices, rhythms, functions and options which can be very distracting and not always all that useful, necessary or advisable. This is a keyboard with a strictly limited (but very ell chosen) set of voices. My only personal niggle would be that I wish the ‘Organ 1’ voice had been more of a rock organ sound rather than that of a rather lush Hammond but that’s me being picky.

What I want to stress is the effectiveness, USEFULNESS and ease-of-use of those additional options which are provided via the single ‘Function’ control. With this you can easily adjust and set such features as the bpm and volume of the metronome — the types of reverb, chorus and modulation that can be applied — the type of EQ balance preferred – the Hi/Lo volume parameters — touch sensitivity of the keyboard and so on. To make changes, you select the parameter to be changed and press ‘Function’ again. By turning the ‘Value’ button you make your alterations. Very usefully, these can be tested and heard in real time. When you’re happy, just press ‘Function’ again. Once adjusted, your preferences are retained after switching off — although this doesn’t seem to apply to ‘Transposition’.

Of the four possible settings for ‘Touch’ sensitivity (Off, 1,2,3 with 3 as the hardest), the default is 2 whereas I preferred 1. I changed this in less than 5 seconds.

Having a hammer action with weighted keyboard feels VERY different to a standard digital instrument — not surprising as this instrument is meant to feel like a traditional acoustic piano. The option to vary the ‘strength’ of that ‘feel’ is therefore very valuable, especially for beginners or those transferring from something like, say a Yamaha 365 or any other similar instrument.

As for sound quality — this is excellent and in my opinion stands note-for-note against almost any Yamaha or Casio keyboard. There are the usual options to use earphones or a separate amplifier and, in reality, you wouldn’t want massive levels of volume for home use when using the built-in twin speakers. If used in a public performance, you’d use an amplifier or DI into a rig. The quality of sound from the inbuilt speakers is excellent without any trace of distortion and if you want to tweak the Hi/Lo volume levels there’s always that Function button.

For anyone wanting a plethora of voices, rhythms and effects, this is NOT the instrument for you.

Possible considerations might be –

(1) An adapter if your earphones use a small 3.5mm jack. The Alesis earphone socket uses a 6.33mm (1/4″) socket.

TISINO 3.5mm to 6.35mm Jack Plug Adaptor, 1/4 inch Stereo to 3.5mm Headphone Adapter Jack Converter Gold Plated – 2 Pcak

(2) A suitable cover for an 88 key instrument. I chose a Jamber Stetchable cover, but there are many other makes available in a wide range of colours.

JamBer Stretchable Electronic Piano Keyboard Dust Cover for 88 Keys Keyboard, Black

(3) Earphones. Again there are a wealth of possibilities, depending upon the quality you want. I opted for fairly basic, but very effective foldable ones by Sony (MDRZX310)

Sony MDRZX310 Foldable Headphones – Metallic Black

(4) Personally, I dislike the usual ‘X’-type stand as I often find them to be a tad unstable and also prone to being pushed by your knees when playing. (Remember — this is a HEAVY keyboard. You need a strong and very stable platform on which to place it). My preference is for a model made by Neewer. It’s not desperately easy to repeatedly assemble and dis-assemble and then carry around in pieces, but if you’re most likely to keep your keyboard at home, then it’s worth careful consideration.

Neewer Heavy Duty Z-Style Keyboard Stand with 23.2-35.4″/59-90cm Adjustable Height and 24.6-40.9″/62.6-104cm Adjustable Width

(5) If you really want to go overboard, I thoroughly recommend the height-adjustable piano stool by Popmazing. I also gave that a 5 star review.

Popamazing Height Adjustable Deluxe Piano Stool Keyboard Bench with Storage 56x34x48-58cm

I am attaching 3 photos. One shows my setup with all items in view. The other two show the Neewer stand.

So, in conclusion, if you want a truly excellent, solidly built and well designed digital piano with hammer action weighted keys — this Alesis is well worth really serious consideration.

It’s worth adding that there are two other 88 key Alesis pianos which might be of interest if cost is a factor

(a) The Alesis Recital 88 beginner Digital Piano/Keyboard with semi-weighted keys and 5 voices.
(b) The same keyboard sold as part of a bundle with ‘X’ stand, bench and sustain pedal.

Great Beginner Keyboard. Ton’s of fun to play. The action is good, and the sound is great. Really easy and simple to use. Skoove that comes with it is alright too.

It is a very good Piano/Synthesizer but I have got to buy some music book from music shop to be able to play it well. I taught myself to read music but I annoyed the neighbours while learning as I had a Yamaha portable organ with base pedals and a Korg synth. on top + a Casio 230s on top of them both. I used to do parties and old Peoples parties but I do need to have music to be able to play. Neighbours hammered on wall on Xmas morning so I threw it all in the skip, Good wasn,t it.