Yamaha CP1 Ultimate Piano

The Yamaha CP1 88 note digital piano brings to life the exquisite sounds of authentic pianos that can only be truly found on this digital piano of this magnitude in quality.

While this digital piano can be pricey, but like the saying goes you get what you pay for and of course the Yamaha CP1 lives up to that reputation.

We are going to look at some of the features of this keyboard. Yamaha has decided that the CP1 sole focus is to replicate authentic piano sounds and therefore this keyboard takes a minimalistic approach to the set of features.

But despite this approach, this keyboard offers some unique technology that ensures the quality of the individual instrument samples are as genuine as it could possibly be.

Spectral Component Modelling Tone Generation System

SCM is a new technology that faithfully and genuinely re-creates the sounds of 17 acoustic and vintage electronic channels. Using wooden keys like an acoustic piano offers this keyboard the same feel and touch of an acoustic piano. This technology uses a combination of sampling and sound modeling technology which differs from any other keyboard on the market. The reason, is that most other keyboards will utilize one or the other but not both technologies.

Keyboard splitting

The Yamaha CP1′s keyboard can be split into four different zones which allow you to assign the onboard instruments to each his own. And if you have other external musical sound sources, those two can be applied to the four zones.

What this really means is that with the combined technologies of spectral component and modeling you can actually build your own acoustic and electric pianos. How can it be done? Quite simply, you can select various components that make up the sound of account such as piano types, amplifiers and effects.

100 Years of Yamaha

Yamaha has been in the business of building pianos for over 100 years in that experiences packed into each Yamaha CP1 digital piano.

Why is it Made of Wood?

Although this is a digital piano is somewhat different from other digital keyboards in that the keyboard itself is encased in a wooden frame and not plastic. The wooden encasement means it reduces the vibrations often found in lesser keyboards.

The Technical Stuff

The Yamaha CP1 features 128-note polyphony which means you can use this keyboard as an arranger to create your musical compositions or to orchestrate a full band on your own so you don’t need a full band to play with.

In addition to the 128 notes this keyboard comes with 16×3 banks of presets and an additional 16 x 3 banks of user-defined sounds and another 60 x 3 bank for external sound sources using a USB flash memory stick.

This keyboard also features a modulation effects block with 10 different types, 8 power amplifier and compressor types with a five band master equalizer. A built-in pitch bend wheel and 6 master volume knobs complement this keyboard.

Connectivity

This digital piano features a series of connections including a line out L/R mono (unbalanced) and L/R (balanced), stereo headphone jacks, a foot switch router sustain pedal, foot controller, MIDI in, out, and thru as well as USB connections to host or device

Accessories

The Yamaha CP1 is packaged with a power cord, pedal, the owners manual and a DVD-ROM which features CUBASE production software.

What Others are Saying about the CP1

“Best sounding non-acoustic piano on the market”…Sam Samaha

How Much Does it Cost and Where You Can Get it

Amazon has the Yamaha CP1 on sale for $4,999 with $999 off. A 17% saving