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Yamaha CP40 88-Note Weighted Stage Piano

Description

The CP40 STAGE features amazingly realistic piano sounds and touch in a incredibly compact package.

The CP40 STAGE features a selection of voices from the CFIIIS of Yamahas Premium hand-crafted grand piano, vintage EPs with VCM effects, and a variety of sounds based on our flagship MOTIF synth have been matched with an 88-note Graded Hammer action to provide the amazingly realistic piano touch and response.

KEY FEATURES:

- Premium GP - As the largest acoustic piano manufacturer in the world we were able to hand select from our vast collection of hand-crafted grand pianos to create the sounds heard in the CP40 STAGE.

- [CFIIIS] The Evolution of Excellence - The CFIIIS is another superb full concert grand piano hand-crafted by Yamaha, with a full, bright sound and resonant, authoritative bass that make it perfectly suited to ensemble performance.

- Vintage EP - The CP STAGE Series features an impressive selection of vintage electric pianos from different eras, enhanced by Yamahas renowned Virtual Circuitry Modeling technology, which allows the reproduction of the classic stomp box effects that were such an integral part of their sound.

- [CP80] The Electric Grand - Striking its strings with an authentic grand piano action and using pickups to convert their vibration into an electrical signal, the CP80 is an electric grand piano in the truest sense. The moment this instrument burst onto the scene it won immediate acclaim for its pronounced attack and unique harmonic overtones.

- [DX7] The Historic DX Electric Piano - Operating on the principle of FM tone generation, the Yamaha DX Series debuted at the beginning of the eighties as the world's first digital synthesizers. The impressive variety of sounds that the DX made available left musicians around the world in awe, particularly the electric pianos, which quickly found a home in many different musical scenes.

- [Rd I] Synonymous with the Electric Piano - Yamaha's Rd I offers the timeless electric piano sound that helped define the music of so many artists in the seventies. The Rd I reproduces the tone achieved using tines and hammers. From a quiet ballad or jazz standard to countless rock classics, the Rd I will take you back to this inspiring musical era the moment you begin to play.

- [Wr] A Pioneering Electric Piano - Perfectly emulating the distinctive hammer-and-resonator sound of another star of the sixties and seventies, the Wr voices in the CP STAGE offer everything from the thick, powerful tone of the earlier models of these renowned electric pianos to the brighter clarity that later efforts achieved. These voices accurately reproduce the playing characteristics of the original instruments, so that a light touch will give a delicate tone, while playing with more force will result in a thicker, uniquely distorted sound.

SPECIFICATIONS

Voices
Tone Generating Technology: SCM (Spectral Component Modeling) + AWM2
Polyphony: Number of Polyphony (Max.)128
PresetNumber of Voices: 297(CF:15, Rd:3, Wr:6, CP80:8, DX:18, Clav, Organ:49, Strings, Choir, PAD:67, Others:117, Others(Drum):14)

Effects
Reverb: 11 types
Chorus: 9 types (46 presets)
Master Compressor: 1 type (7 presets)
Master EQ: 3 bands
Insertion Effect: 62 types (226 presets) 2 Parts

Connectivity
Line Out: UNBALANCED [L/MONO] and [R] OUTPUT jacks (standard mono-phone)
Headphones: [PHONES] jack (stereo-phone)
Foot Switch: [SUSTAIN] and [ASSIGNABLE] FOOT SWITCH jacks
Foot Controller: 1 jacks
MIDI: [IN] and [OUT] MIDI terminals
USB: [TO HOST] and [TO DEVICE] USB terminals

Size/Weight
Dimensions:
Width - 1,332 mm
Height - 163 mm
Depth - 352 mm
Weight - 16.3 kg

Other
Controllers: Pitch bend wheel, Modulation wheel, Part slider 2, [MASTER VOLUME] dial, Data Dial, MASTER EQUALIZER slider 3
Display40 characters 2 lines, Character LCD with back-light
Power Consumption: 8W
Additional package contents: AC adaptor (PA-150 or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha), FC3 foot pedal, Owners Manual, Online Manual CD-ROM (containing Reference Manual, Synthesizer Parameter Manual, and Data List)