Fantom-X8 and weighted keys - sound going through floor!

[walzmusic]

OK I love my new Fantom-X8... amazing.....

BUT as I was wailing away with headphones, my neighbor knocked on the floor (his ceiling.)

Apparently the weighted keys are so heavy, they are pumping sound THROUGH my stand and into the FLOOR! Crazy!

Does anyone have any idea how I can best dampen the sound? I was thinking a towel under the stand, but I thought I'd poll everyone.

Thanks!

[tzoid]

Hi, and welcome to the clan!

Sounds like you have some heavy action going on. Try to get hold of a rubber mat. It is less slippery than a towel, and dampens better, I presume.

[walzmusic]

Ya or very thin floors... Thanks for your advice. Rubber mat... hmmmm. I'll look at the hardware store.

Thanks for the welcome - it's good to be here. I hadn't upgraded my keyboard in 10 years... scary! I had a Peavey... they don't even make keyboards anymore!

It will be a learning curve but what I like best about the instrument is that it is very intuitive and organized.

[xone]

I have had the same thing happen and thought that my downstairs neighbor was an ass. I guess now after hearing it happened to some one else maybe I should not have told him where to go. Any way I solved my problem by moving above an old deaf lady. I work usually until midnight and come home and crank up the music and I get no complaints.

[walzmusic]

Ya I was in the middle of playing better than I have in years... totally unhibited... and now I'm all worried every time I play, which leads to bad playing... shoot!

I usually play at night and I don't want my neighbors to hate me, so I'm going to go look for a nice rubber mat and see if that works.

This thing was reeeaaally hard to get up the stairs so I'm sure it really packs a punch... I was really shocked that each key sends a vibration through the floor... wow, physics...

[cuborg]

Hey, I have same problem when I lived at condominium. I did 2 things: thick carpet under stand plus I put thick foam directly under the keyboard. Still I guess it can be not enough, so at night I played "light". It sucks, USA standards are so cheap and low as in south Africa. I came to US from Europe and never had problem like that there. My floor in Europe house is 2 feet thick so I can ride a horse at home and neighbor wouldn't' notice...

you can do also this: buy motif X7, excellent keys feel and very, very quite.

or...to make your neighbor happy switch from keyboard to trumpet...

another idea: hang your fantomX on ropes to the celling, just a floor from the floor.

[chrisfry]

Would love to know where in South Africa you were, as I live in South Africa (From Cape Town, now living in Port Elizabeth), Lived on the top floor of an apartment block, and NEVER got a problem from a neighbour (I own an X8 too!)

I would agree with the carpet under the stand. I live in a house, the room's got laminated flooring, and the carpet is a good dampener.

[walzmusic]

I am buying a pro mat - same kind they use for exercize equip and washing machines... we'll see!

For now I put a bunch of cork board and carpets... no complaints but not pretty.

THanks for your help!

[bobschm]

Move to a basement apartment.

Seriously though, try and find a sound dampening mat. Not just any rubber mat will due. Maybe one of those mats for workstations where people stand all day.

"Some rubber is harder than others." - Rubber World Magazine.

http://www.rubberworld.com/bsrwmag.asp

Boston Bob