Yamaha CP1 Brochure

©2009 Yamaha Corporation WR95750 909 MWDH**-01A0 Printed in Japan Illustrated Guide to the CP1 ...

Perfect marriage of keyboard touch and sound was possible only thanks to our extensive knowledge and experience of the building of acoustic pianos. Unrivalled richness of tone is a direct product of our tireless participation in the development of pianos for stage and recording environments. And against the ...

01-1 Acoustic Pianos CFIIIS S6B 01-2 Electric Pianos CP80 Rd I Rd II Wr 01-3 Synthesizer ...

distinctive sounds of Yamaha grand pianos, which are among the best in the world. When an acoustic piano is played live as part of a band, the sound thereof is normally picked up using a number of microphones and then mixed in order to prevent it from being drowned out by the other instruments. ...

concert grand piano range. Distinctive for its rich harmonic overtones, this piano marries a rich, deep low-mid register with clear and bright highs. Our insistence on sonic excellence extends even to the soundboard, ribs, strings, bridge, hammers, action, and pins – all of which are manufactured in-house using ...

keyboard strikes a resonator such as a string or reed. The vibration of the resonator is converted into an electrical signal by a pickup, and this signal is then amplified and adjusted to produce a sound. Featuring pre-amp units capable of faithfully reproducing the acoustic characteristics of ...

from the jazz, rock, and pop music of the seventies, the Rd I is now practically synonymous with the electric piano. Over the years, the resonator used in this piano has changed from stiff wire to rod or metal plate as the hammer transitioned from felt to rubber. Meanwhile, technological advances in the circuits and ...

for each different piano type, and the following diagrams illustrate the frequency characteristics corresponding to some typical parameter settings. The Hammer Stiffness parameter can be used to make the piano sound harder or softer in the same way as if the physical properties of the hamm ...

DX7 The CP1 can also faithfully reproduce the piano sounds of the classic Yamaha DX7 synthesizer. A synth produces sound by manipulating signal waveforms using electronic circuits or digital signal processing. Whenever this type of instrument is used as part of an ensemble, furthermore, its line-output sound is processed using ...

reproduce the smooth, beautiful phasing sound much loved by countless musicians from the seventies onwards. In addition to replicating the unique undulating nature of this type of effect, Small Phaser is also capable of producing a highly distinctive distortion that can be adjusted using the Drive parameter ...