All user reviews for the Yamaha NP-30

I bought this piano as a means to find out whether I liked piano playing. That meant it had to have a bare minimum of sound and feel resemblance of a real piano. Sound has to inspire, touch has to give you the ability to express yourself.
As for sound, the speakers are ridiculous, but the tones themselves are 'bare able' as you can find out with headphones. So that was ok.
Playable? Yes, and arguably for professional players as well I think. But now that I have this keyboard for a few years, I consider myself a novice, I find a lot cords, where your fingers get between the black keys, very difficult to play. And it has to do with the length of the keys, the pivotal point, which influences the attack. The closer you get to the end of the key it becomes heavy and very hard to play (for a beginner, a professional can pull through,as ever). This makes me look for a new piano now, because it really starts to annoy me. I'm not sure if hammer action technique cancels out this problem (which is basically a different technique altogether).
Still, for a beginner,I think a good choice, if you find out you don't like piano playing, no harm done.

76 notes!!! Midi in and out

USE

I use it as a MIDI keyboard and I'm satisfied with it. It's light and can work with batteries. It's a good Midi keyboard and its price is unbeatable, at least to start playing piano without going broke...
Just be careful with the speakers, I wouldn't dare play in front of a knowledgeable audience with them :P Or even a normal public, for that matter :S I need to test it with external speakers.

OVERALL OPINION

I'd pass...with the built-in speakers, which make it sound "plasticky."

I use it with an external sound bank, and use it 100% for MIDI and with external speakers.

Around 70 ratings
the clavire is long but just not as a 88-enconbrant
is what is right.
sounds of organ, electric piano of any beautbr /> the piano are masterful with the effects Intgr
after 1 month of use vraiemnt not

UTILIZATION

The keyboard is a plus: veloce comem a synth keyboard but all the same cot with a heavy touch very enjoyable.
Practice to play plsuiuers type of sound through my expander
and of course Fawn play piano.

OVERALL OPINION

Ah, the mastery of his Yamaha.
The sounds of piano and electric piano are superb.
sound not so good vibes
the superb violin sound

I chose this keyboard for its rating "transportable", used on battery and 10 sound integrity, and its price (<300 euros).
it is light to wear but very long (76 keys!).
I use it now with a fixed expander.

UTILIZATION

Touching for me, the choice of a sound is simple (you can mix 2) setting the metronome and MIDI is more complicated.

OVERALL OPINION

When you have this keyboard, it's going! the sounds are fairly realistic but I ordered a Roland XV-2020 sound module, and the sounds have nothing to do!
10 sounds including 2 Intgr E-piano that I do not like.
Touch enjoyable and good expressiveness.

I think everything has been said ...
I would just add a USB port would have been welcome <img class="smiley" src="https://fr.audiofanzine.com/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_lol.gif" alt="" />

UTILIZATION

There is no denying the feel is nice. I would have preferred it a little heavier, but this keyboard is still above the other models in the same price range ... So I forgive him!

there is no need for manual ... the operation could not be simpler: you turn, you play, and it sounds!

OVERALL OPINION

I am very pleased with the sounds that can be obtained.

they are few, but there are the basics: use a piano sound.

everything is realistic on this side of I can not complain!



I still added a sustain pedal, which improves overall. and there is really perfect.

the only negative I could find him is that when you push the volume too much, the speakers tend to sizzle.
anyway I do not play in my room so I use it at a moderate level.

- 76 keys
-A few basic sounds of good quality for the price. The first piano was an attack too mtallique, but for this price range I find it a good scale
- MIDI only, no usb
- Supplied without power, it takes a spare (but on a universal power supply 12v works perfectly!)
- To sustain pedals I use my roland, no concern for compatibilitbr /> - HPH Intgr are drinking, except as dj ds signal that we are in the last third of volume, is a gte ... As the housing is plastic and not super hard, there are parasitic vibrations of the box and becomes quite saucepan. Better to play with a good headphone!
- Comes with door-partition, fun (well except that I do not know about others but mine is gray and not black like the keyboard, got little fault of yamaha)

UTILIZATION

- Trs touch is good for this price. There is a kind of vaguely reminiscent of a dclic exhaust. I urge to touch type in "heavy" for a better expressiveness (if it is still seen as lightweight touch is when not even the top fine to play the piano)
-> I chose this piano complment rd700gx my roland has a heavy touch. The NP-30 is perfectly suited for virtual instruments o the heavy touch is tiring or not forcment better. For example, the NP-30 goes for the sounds of strings, harpsichord and organ (or acoustic guitar. To the electric note: there is no bend wheel)
- Configuration options is holding a button and then pressing a button. Obviously the price can not esprer LCD display, but it is sufficient as a <img class="smiley" src="https://fr.audiofanzine.com/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_wink.gif" alt="" />

OVERALL OPINION

- As indicated dj sounds are not bad for the price, even if personally I'm using it as master keyboard. For beginners the pianosans ruin it's nice thank you mr yamaha!

76 weighted keys
10 timbres
Reverb function
Dual layer function
32-note polyphony
10 Voice demo songs
10 Piano demo songs
Connections: Headphone outputs + Midi IN/OUT

USE

I really love the keyboard because it's halfway between a piano and a synth, meaning it's not as hard as a piano nor as soft as a synth.

The manual is clear and indispensable for the different functions accessed via key combinations (it has no LCD).

It couldn't be easier to use, apart from the key combinations, but you get used to them fast!

OVERALL OPINION

I chose it knowing it didn't have too many sounds, but they are enough for what I do (at least right now), especially since the sounds are okay. Good value for money.

The key action is fine and it can be adjusted.

The sounds are good and realistic, and if you add to them a sustain pedal and some reverb, they are very good! =D

My favorite sounds are: Grand piano and strings, and a mix of them both! =P

I would return over tt not have been said dja <img class="smiley" src="/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_lol.gif" alt="" />

UTILIZATION

The touch is nice I will say, of course nothing to do with a real piano, but it s better than some keyboards or synths arrangers has more than 600 euros. No need to be used for the tray 3, mm a newborn would do lol

OVERALL OPINION

Then j attack the real issue. I was looking for a good piano sound. The grand piano 1 is to my taste pretty good, I m still a bit mad! lol So on the other hand if you want to disgust the piano actually play with the internal HP <img class="smiley" src="/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_lol.gif" alt="" /> The amplification is a shit, tt is normal plastic and 2 oval speakers and ridiculous. Even the mini-chain of a child gives a better sound! lol on the other hand I've plugged into an amp with good speakers and a subwoofer, and ouahhhhhhhh! Superb !!!!!

For the bowels of the beast, see the previous review (I do not want to make repetition).

I would say that THE Yamaha error, it has been to propose two low-quality speakers stuck OF EITHER SIDE of the keyboard. The result: a phenomenal overall width, we would have liked offset by a high-quality audio .... Well Kay-chee! The audio quality of speakers is inboard of its kind to reproduce sound without metallic or low medium low, and it is a pity! I would have liked less and 20 cms width for sound quality so poor that would be output from another location on the keyboard.

7 / 10 for this point.

UTILIZATION

I wanted good sound real piano, acoustic and electr (on) ic, because I came from the world of the organ (and what a world! A Viscount in 1983! More kitsch and rough you die !!!). Suffice to say that the quality of touch mattered little. And yet, in the store, when I compared this NP 30 kicked me well. Indeed, he did not touch cartoonish style synth and / or light / heavy, no, but a touch that I would call evolutionary. And for good reason, the keys provide resistance inversely proportional to their height: the bass notes are harder to push the treble. It&#39;s very silly, but psychologically it is damn effective! (Of course, classical pianists will say it&#39;s crap ... They just do not have the same value scale).

The manual deserves interested, because this keyboard is a real MIDI Through of 76 notes, and it&#39;s worth it to understand the intricacies of its possibilities, both in stand-alone master keyboard. The manual is pretty screwed up, overall.

The configuration key combination is not as ergonomic as possible! Your servant has solved the problem put to him personally this keyboard, issuing a trick you can get by clicking above on the icon "TIPS". So far, I&#39;ve had no feedback as to whether anyone has found an interest in this tip, but hey, I did it for me, and I just published ... take in what you want!

8 / 10, because the NP is, as the English say, "very versatile" (which in Fançais is a false friend who means exactly the opposite of the british version).

OVERALL OPINION

The sounds are quite good, but not many. So we quickly did the trick. I stay away from harpsicords harpsichords and marble that leave me (then my music could play in the mainstream if they were not so indigestible), others have their own personality. Songs available in following my signature, all the keyboard parts, Mellotron out (why, I GForce) are made with NP-30, since I have not - yet - on the other piano in my HS .

The piano is a grand piano in stereo, piano 2 a kind of upright piano mono ... Good, with a processur effect to meet the sauce, I think it makes perfect illusion. For the ultimate touch, in my opinion, is the treatment we give to the sounds provided by the NP30, and there is no secret: they were rotten, an effects processor (TC M350 in for me) would only rot embellished. There is not the case, so we expect that the basic sounds are pretty fair and faithful.

7 / 10

Keyboard with 76 keys that allows you to play different sampled instruments: 2 pianos, 2 harpsichords, 2 e-pianos (including a Rhodes or a similar sounding one), 2 organs, and a vibraphone.

Basic connections: 1 midi in, 1 midi out and a jack headphone output. You can also plug in a pedal.

USE

The keyboard itself is pretty pleasant when you are used to entry-level synths and cheap MIDI controllers. The low keys are "heavier" than the high keys. Overall it's nice to play with it.

The manual is well done and it's indispensable, given the amount of settings (transpose, reverb...) that are accessed with key combinations.

The interface would've been better with more buttons per function, but you can nevertheless find your way, especially since the keyboard saves your settings.

OVERALL OPINION

It's weird, because the reviews I've read about its sounds are quite contradictory...

In my view, I think they are fine, generally speaking. There are obviously certain unusable instruments (the first e-piano and the awful violins), but the two acoustic pianos are expressive and the vibraphone sounds quite all right (it's an instrument that's very easy to sample since it doesn't have to many nuances that need to be taken into account).

The Rhodes is okay as well, but you shouldn't expect to get the sound of a $2000 instrument with a $300 one.

The sound improves and gains warmth with a bit of reverb.

The keyboard has a built-in amplifier with two speakers (one on each side). It produces a sound that's all right to start out, but it's obvious that anybody that has an amp will eventually end up plugging it in.

The speakers add to the overall size of the keyboard, which, as a consequence, seems quite long!

The connections are very minimalistic (one headphone output, two midi connectors, one sustain and the power connector).

It only has 7 or 8 sounds, but only the first piano is actually usable.

USE

Given its price, there's not much you can complain about. It's not a piano and all piano players will bash it, but I have a synth that costs thrice as much and it's keyboard is worse.

There's no need for a user's manual. You plug it in, press "On" and start playing.

OVERALL OPINION

The sounds of the keyboard aren't the best, except for the piano, which is pretty good, more than enough to practice.
However, the speakers are almost worthless and you'll have to use an amp or a DI and a PA system.

It's very good as a master keyboard (onstage with an expander or in a home studio with Cubase).