All user reviews for the Yamaha CP5

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UTILIZATION

Touch is the one I preferred the Roland of Vpiano (which is even more expensive qd). We are faced with a keyboard that is consistent in the report "touch-sound." I mean no problem for the nuances, the sound is balanced across the entire keyboard. can intervene in the settings (hard soft norm ... etc) and have made different depending on the game
My requirement is to have an instrument that close to the piano, this is still quite enjoyable to play.
This certainly comes from the fact that the keys are made of wood (or imitated) with enough organic coating, recalling the piano keyboard.
The manual is simple and use a pro who has used synthesizers for 20 years. It is always the same. If you have a "clavinova" you need a little time.
Easy to spliter, even layers adjustable fl preamp for singer (yes) kegépaéssayé.

SOUNDS

There are two (2) acoustic piano sounds: I use the CF high it goes everywhere. It is very well done.
They can re-work on full settings I have not yet explored all the possibilities.
Ppp shades always give her too metallic for my taste, to believe that NEVER listen pianists not play LOUD. But the response of the keyboard is cool which makes use acceptable.


The fender rhodes are very drinkable, with opportunities to put effects, preamps and crunch and other trinkets. Making it almost a markII 25 kg. There is a choice between generations 71, 73, 75, 78 ... that's well done. And keyboard "glue" with sound, it is not far from the original. (That said it's been ten years since I have not played a Fender ...) You can even set the "stem" and its alignment with the microphone. The modeling are very realistic and fun to play.

The reverb is not monstrous (less fun than the nordpiano). The practice is équalo (5 knobs assignable strips directly on the dashboard).

Clavinets very real. CP80 looks like a real one, with the look of the piano we believe in

The rest is general synth relatively demanding, but I care not what I use it for piano.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had three four days, with a gig at the passage.
The instrument is up to my expectations at pro: he made the joke jazz trio soon as we put him behind the amplification a bit wide. Fun to play, it almost becomes an instrument "inspiring".
I think that working with volumes and équalos with a dedicated enclosure, you can get to be downright fun. Proportionately because it is always a synth with a wooden keyboard.

For the price (2000/2200) he presses the "north" in touch, in my opinion. But it is 10 kg heavier.
They released a keyboard with wooden rediscussing.

For the moment it is the most attractive ... except clutter, I have changed car.
200E minimum count for more flightcase ...

In short: a great machine, but it is a little specificity piano, right?

Everything you need as adj t said.

UTILIZATION

Touch is enjoyable even if it is too lightweight and lacking certain sensations hammers. 10 to touch
The configuration gnrale is affordable but the organization and configuration are trsdsagrables or even dsesprantes when discovering the device. The presets are stored haphazardly. We do not know what you're gonna drop or what to change to get the desired sound. I have to try everything by trial and error and now I use it almost a dozen that I took. Sucks when compared to the simplicity of competition o we choose a CATEGORY and then the instrument and the instrument o default effects that go well. I will not m'tendre: test them to understand what I mean.

SOUNDS

Excellent sounds of piano, electric piano and organ. Everything you need. Low helpful. Groundwater and drinking leads. For other instruments (string, brass, choir ...) blah, blah, but I've never seen a machine that makes for my taste.
The term is - say (well this is how understand it) the link between ll'intention pianist when he supported and the volume and timbre of the sound that comes out is better than the Roland , Korg and Nord. For me it is normal that Yamaha is the matre the above has always done since only Yamaha acoustic pianos.
He yaa priori any effect you need and they are trs convincing. Qualiseurs amps and pianos are from two samples only (conccurrence to sell more) lots of pianos Different. And rotary speakers are amazing organs.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a year and a half.
Before buying it I tried several times MODELS Korg, Roland and Nord around 2000. I also compared to CP1 without understanding how CP1 could be twice as expensive.
As I said above I like his pianos, organs and pianos reading. J'apprcie not necessarily rhythm box and the physical potentiomtres.
Trs good quality price ratio either from competition as compared to other models in the range (CP1 me trs expensive just to give the impression that it is much better and CP50 Economic and specially not much less).
I would do this because I want to choose a keyboard 2000 that is as versatile a good piano, circa 2000, even if I would be sad not being able to take the Roland RD700nx.

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UTILIZATION

A super nice touch, you have to adapt to the philosophy YAMAHA to edit or assign ..., once understood, it is well designed.
A printed manual a bit short, but a lot of info on the internet.
look a piano, but sequencer and MIDI player, the sounds of piano, bass rhodes .. very realistic.

SOUNDS

Piano Top
Rhodes: correct
bass: top
that's what I use most, I will not speculate for other families in his
quite a range of eefets and Complete Edition, a real treat

OVERALL OPINION

I use it since early February, programming of all types of songs, the CP5 is complete for a duo piano voice, we come to fill a real and natural arrangement of sound.
I did not like its dimensions a bit extraordinary, especially when moved regularly ...
for me it is a reference, it is complete and aesthetics, YAMAHA ...

Caractérisques same mentioned above.

UTILIZATION

As for touch, I found on virtually every course in piano a little too light for my taste, as a pianist difficult to control the dynamics, particularly in the nuances p / pp. CP 5 nénamoins has a touch of high quality, enjoyable, again had it been a little heavier ca would have been perfect.
The configuration does not seem overly simple for a stage piano but it should go.
I like the chain of effects. I did not find patches of Rhodes that I have tested on a PC.

SOUNDS

Two excellent pianos characterized, that stand out from the competition. I much prefer to the pianos roland RD nx. They have the charm, too, are warm and expressive. The electric pianos are great, the Cp 80 and DX too. That's all the know-how Yamaha. (I'm a fan ...) Sounds are more details on its big brother the CP 1 (this is certainly the other A / D) As stated above, if the keyboard had a little more resistance, I made 10.

OVERALL OPINION

I tested it in the store several times. I have tried many other digital pianos.
The quality / price seems quite good. This kind of instruments are designed to last.
I love that piano is a "different" from others, he has his trademark character. Having piano sampler "homemade" is a guarantee of authenticity and is a price that appeals to me party.
I am tempted by the purchase, if the keyboard .... but I repeat myself.

Characteristics have been described elsewhere. I will not go.

UTILIZATION

Touch: it's a personal matter. I leave Kurzweil after very many years and I never liked other electronic touches. I could look a little bit and I was impressed by this keyboard. He still has a flaw: the triggering of a jerk who makes the game difficult pianissimo. For the rest, it responds, it grooves, it again not too bad (the other brands I've tested are very far behind but there is still some way to go) and it is accurate.

The synthetic ivory is fragile: barely touched by the edge of the fly in a room and close my G5 is broken. Okay.

The manual is rather unclear, even for someone rather experienced in programming.

Programming, in fact, was thought to octopus. I'm not. I have trouble. A 1000km Kurzweil.

The selection of programs is not terrible. Bank management unconventional and I can not get used to it. The ability to program on a USB stick is more for pros but a PC or Mac editor would be very welcome.

The screen was designed in 1982 and dust. It's a shame. It was enough to remove the drum minimalist totally unnecessary to pay a fine screen at the same price.

The choice to potentiometers rather than encoder, again, is the choice of Grandpa. So, no position memory. Not easy to manage volumes of 4 zones. In 2010, it is not smart.

The three encoders could be four and a bit smaller. They seem very fragile. Similarly they could be accompanied by a ring of LEDs (such BCx2000) to give a scale of values.

The box is huge. I hope the mechanics of the keyboard justifies such differences. The connectors are placed at the bottom (front and in back), which makes the design of the fly box problem. For a famous piano scene is again a mistake.

Screen printing of rear connectors is not included on the top and is almost unreadable if you're not on the back of the machine to connect.

The bottom seems to be made of a material kind agglomerate. I am very scared. Appointment in ten years ...

SOUNDS

Sounds? No. Un
Finally: a copy of a famous piano FC Grand brand. I love her very much. It is warm, bright, extremely capable in the bass. The harmonies are beautiful. He suffers from some irregularities here and there-by.
Caution, however, rendering the sound seems very dependent amplification. With a good system is a real treat. With a bad system, the Kurzweil pulled well out of the game which is not true of CP5.
A second piano that I never use but still has its interest and is reasonably well modeled too.
The electric pianos, wurl, clavinet and others are correct, but without relief. The DX is good but I did not too useful.
The organs are preprogrammed but without zips. No sounds brilliant. Leslie A lack of depth. That utility but nothing more.
For the rest: if you like synth lead, you'll get techno. Damage to an instrument that targets pianists. The other songs are almost all lay as often. Attention, no GM mode and others.

Now the problem: Yamaha in 2010, they know not equip their instruments pro scene DSP valid. The effects are practical but not high-flying, but the worst ... A patch change takes half a second of silence! Stopping or effect as a launch! Four areas: press a button to activate or deactivate a layer, it works. But do not try to activate two or more: it does not! One button at a time ...
At Yamaha, they have at least thirty years behind in this area!

OVERALL OPINION

I've had only three months. I had a Kurzweil EGP (K1000 presets) that I liked but which has aged terribly since. I had a PC88mx and then I got tired of the sound at the end. I tested many other machines for years without being really convinced by any. I tested the PC2 and PC3 Kurzweil's finding that they had not progressed much since the PC88. For this purchase, I tested the Korg SV1, the NordStage88 and a lounge version of Kawai swore that the seller be identical to the MP8 Mk2. The NordStage seem very well programmed, but the keyboard is far from my taste and the piano sound a bit light. The Korg could please me but the keyboard is a bit too slow and does not repeat well. The preset sounds are very focused. The instrument is small, which is a good asset. I admit to not having confidence in the seller in case of Kawai and then I pressed and I had to leave quickly with an instrument.

I do not know if I would do this choice. I did it more than once by removal of heart. That said, if Yamaha 21457 corrects faults of this machine then yes, he will buy it.

88 keys

Complete MIDI connections.

Jack stereo outputs and Canon.

Mono input (mic or gun jack line)

a bend wheel (no vibrato)

Sustain (+ possibility of Sostenuto and Soft! As CP1!)

+ Footswitch

USB

+ Usb connection on the front



UTILIZATION

At first, it took me to understand how to configure sound, something not evident (key PRE-AMP) and can access the settings, and USER PRE keys are used to select presets.

Not obvious at first, quite difficult to master, it is a particular logic, but after some time of use, everything becomes very clear. From this side, nothing to do with the SV 88 of Korg example. The CP5 is not necessarily easy to handle without knowing it, but it turns out terribly rich and very flexible when it is known to use different settings it offers.

I would say that it is a logical keyboard pro (he's a little complicated, which is not a quality so far) that is it necessary to spend a few hours early to enjoy it and several weeks Learn to use the max!


SOUNDS


It is fabulous! Farewell to the factory settings! between simulation models, compressors, EQUALIZERS, the different effects and sounds basic settings (the 17 pianos anyway) can find what suits each use, on stage, in studio. . . very complete.

on the other hand must know how to use a compressor, ie a minimum set reverb, an equalization to get the max, the instinct will suffice, but it offers so much for setting, for all effects, having some basic can be very useful!

The sounds are excellent bases! I played on a lot of sounds and VST and keyboards for 12 years, I tested wide variety of sounds of piano, rhodes and finalemement samples, after trying the new Yamaha CP series I chose focused on CP5, I think they'll make a box with this keyboard for a pro like one for a serious amateur, it is surprisingly comprehensive and quality.

Velocity is perfect, at least as much as in Roland or Kawai for example, fairly linear and quite realistic, comfortable.

The texture of the keyboard is very nice, it is also weighted quite ideal ...

The éqalo on the side of the keyboard acting on the overall output is great !!!!! on stage can be adjusted quickly to his record without having to harass the sound engineer all the time!

I put 9, because perfection is not of this world, and in a few years they will go even further in quality, at least I hope so ...

OVERALL OPINION


I use it for 3 days, I'd do an update in a few months ...

I tested everything, Clavia, Korg, Roland, Kurzweil, Kawai etc.. . . digital pianos, keyboards on stage, the only one that has emerged is Yamaha, keyboard, sound, uniting the two, it brings together the essential thing that does not Clavia example, it has excellent sounds, but a keyboard okay but not exceptional.

It is not too big, not too heavy (25 kg), easy to take for transportation, it is also quite nice ...

Whether the general manufacturing, the knobs, connectors, keyboard, everything inspires confidence.

I do not regret not having bought it! I sold a Kawai MP8 which weighed a ton and sounds that had more than mediocre!

I finally could afford "the beast" (several months I squinted over ...
I give notice to hot, that I will complete later when I would have tested more extensively.



UTILIZATION

The keyboard is the first where I feel the material, one wants to touch and play (I have a CVP 405, one of my children at the DGX 640, j 'also have an acoustic piano U3 ...). At the touch is not the U3, but it's much better than the others ...

The use of buttons and functions ...
The basic manual delivered in French (cp5_fr_om_b0.pdf) OK!
As against the 2 pdf files to print it even'm not the top (at the cost of the instrument they could make an effort), especially as PDF "cp5_fr_rm_b0.pdf", Reference Manual, for all possible adjustments of the instrument soon becomes indispensable when you start fiddling with the settings to want the beast!
As for "cp5_en_dl_a0.pdf" Data list, then lists all sounds, all the trimmings, effects, etc. ...


SOUNDS

Sounds, I discovered they are very good indeed, but should I study the subject at the amplification system (see my review of Thaisno on MSR 400 powered speaker Yamaha ...)
https://fr.audiofanzine.com/enceinte-sono-divers/yamaha/MSR-400/avis/

OVERALL OPINION

past few days ...
In the past I tried other models from the same brand, I also had the Roland, but that's what I thought best, and that suits my taste.

What pleases me most:
- "Good chemistry" between the quality of the keyboard sounds.
- The simplicity of design and the limited number of knobs and buttons.
- Easy to save its own settings in memory.
- The possibility to connect the microphone over.

What I like least:
- Too bad there have not had a small internal amplification as the CP300 ...
- Unfortunate that we should also put their hands in monaie for the desk top that fits!

For now I put 8 / 10, because I discovered ... To be continued!