NAMM 2024: Fatar’s Studiologic brand was introduced when the company started creating MIDI keyboards, but in recent years, it’s become just as closely associated with the Numa pianos and stage keyboards. Now we have two new models, Numa Compact SE and Compact X SE - the successors to the Numa Compact 2 - which take four sound engines from the Numa X Piano and put them into more compact and portable form factors.
The two instruments appear to be pretty similar, the main difference being that the Compact X SE has a dedicated set of drawbar controllers but the Compact SE doesn’t. Each has an 88-note semi-weighted keyboard, programmable metal sticks and an OLED display, and is said to have a "contemporary vintage look". Whether that explains the yellowish tinge to the keys, we're not sure - it could just be the way they've been photographed.
