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Yamaha CP4 is designed by Yamaha for specific purpose, stage piano. It’s light weight, focused function, and simplicity. Unlike other workstations and synthesizers, Yamaha CP4 has intuitive and convenient button layout and LCD indicator. Yamaha CP4 contains sound of vintage electric piano to Yamaha’s current best grand piano CFX, CFIIIS, and S6. Yamaha CP4 Has 88-key Graded Hammer Action, and with the combination of grand piano sampling, players will be able to feel real grand piano.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyI-hF79GEc
Yamaha CP4 introduction video by Yamaha
Basic Yamaha CP4 explanation video from Yamaha
Yamaha CP4 Sound Demo
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Color| Available in black
Warranty|
Yamaha CP4 provides 3 year part and labor warranty.
Wooden Key (naturals)|
Yamaha CP4 has synthetic ivory keytops which can absorb moisture, enabling for better touch. Yamaha CP4 has GH3 sensor, grade hammer action, Yamaha put such keys with best sensor in stage piano for the first time. With GH3 sensor, when players want to play fast, repetitive notes, they do not have to strike keys all the way to produce sound like upright piano. The new GH3 sensor with ivory keytop makes CP4 action like grand piano’s.
Voices|
Yamaha CP4 has Yamaha MOTIF synthesizer based voice library, it has 433 voices.
Acoustic Piano sound|
–CFX grand piano sound- Yamaha CP4 has CFX piano sound which is powerful, projects to the end of any concert hall, even over symphony orchestra. Yet, it is delicate and expressive.
–CFIIIS grand piano sound – Yamaha CP4 has CFIIIS piano sound which is hand-crafted grand piano. It is resonant, has darker quality in mid range, and fits well with small ensemble.
–S6 grand piano sound – Yamaha CP4 has S6 piano sound which has copper-wound strings that make its sound very warm, harmonious,mellow, and resonant. It goes well with quiet vocals and ballads.
Vintage Electric Piano|
Yamaha CP4 contains vintage electric piano sounds of CP80, DX7, RD I, RD II….
Virtual Circuit Model (VCM)|
Yamaha CP4 has VCM function, here is an example video of VCM effect from Yamaha.
Portability|
Yamaha CP4 only weighs 38.5lb (17.5kg), very easy to carry compared to other digital pianos; has light and professional design.
Yamaha CP4 Control Panel (Yamaha official manual)
- Pitch bend wheel
- Modulation wheel
- Master volume dial
- Part buttons
- Part select button
- Part sliders
- Slider function button
- Metronome button
- Audio play/rec button
- Chorus & Reverb buttons
- A & B part effect buttons
- Master comp button
- Transpose (+)(-) buttons
- File button
- Utility button
- Edit button
- Stoer button
- LCD screen
- Data dial
- -1/No & +1/Yes buttons
- Performance play/select button
- Panel lock button
- Shift button
- Exit button
- Enter button
- Cursor buttons
- Voice category buttons
- Master EQ sliders
SPECS (YAMAHA OFFICIAL WEBSITE)
Keyboards
| CP4 STAGE | 88-key Natural Wood Graded Hammer (NW-GH) keyboard with Synthetic Ivory Keytops (with real-wood white keys) | |
|---|---|---|
Voices
| Tone Generation | Tone Generating Technology | SCM (Spectral Component Modeling) + AWM2 |
|---|---|---|
| Polyphony | Number of Polyphony (Max.) | 128 |
| Preset | Number of Voices | 433 (CFX:15, CF:15, S6:15, Rd:15, Wr:6, CP80:8, DX:18, Clav, Organ:67, Strings, Choir, PAD:86, Others:174, Others(Drum):14) |
Effects
| Types | Reverb | 11 types |
|---|---|---|
| Chorus | 9 types (46 presets) | |
| Master Compressor | 1 type (7 presets) | |
| Master EQ | 5 bands | |
| Insertion Effect | 62 types (226 presets) × 2 Parts |
Performances
| Performances | User | 128 |
|---|---|---|
| Parts | 3 | |
Connectivity
| Connectors | Line Out | UNBALANCED [L/MONO] and [R] OUTPUT jacks (standard mono-phone), BALANCED [L] and [R] XLR OUTPUT jacks |
|---|---|---|
| Headphones | [PHONES] jack (stereo-phone) | |
| Foot Switch | [SUSTAIN] and [ASSIGNABLE] FOOT SWITCH jacks | |
| Foot Controller | 2 jacks | |
| MIDI | [IN] and [OUT] MIDI terminals | |
| USB | [TO HOST] and [TO DEVICE] USB terminals |
Size/Weight
| Dimensions | Width | 1,332mm (52.4″) |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 161mm (6.3″) | |
| Depth | 352mm (13.8″) | |
| Weight | Weight | 17.5kg (38.5 lbs.) |
Other
| Controllers | Pitch bend wheel, Modulation wheel, Part slider × 3, [MASTER VOLUME] dial, Data Dial, MASTER EQUALIZER slider × 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| Display | 40 characters × 2 lines, Character LCD with back-light | |
| Power Consumption | 18W | |
| Additional package contents | Power cord, FC3 foot pedal, Owner’s Manual, Online Manual CD-ROM (containing Reference Manual, Synthesizer Parameter Manual, and Data List) | |
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