You’ll be playing the Yamaha YPG635 in under 3 minutes from the moment you open the box, set it up, turn it on and click to the built in 6-track sequencer with pre-recorded songs. Tickle those ivory’s and experience a well designed keyboard that has the power of a full band at your finger tips.

INSTRUMENTS. Just imagine a keyboard designed to give you a great selection of authentic sounding instruments so convincingly real you’ll have a hard time keeping away from this keyboard. The more you play the more you’ll have a hard time of letting it go.

PLEASE YOUR CREATIVE SIDE. This is one of the best electronic pianos in this range. The weighted keys make all the difference, especially to those of you who are used to playing classical music. With an amazing 130 instruments, 360 XG voices and 12 drum kits to choose from, you’ll never run out of ideas for playing songs that will make you sound great

LCD DISPLAY. The YPG 625 also has a LCD display, it is used for the display of the lyrics as well as the notations and the LCD even comes with a backlight. It comes with the style of Yamaha and has a voice technology. It can be connected to other USB storage devices as it has USB connectivity.

SONGS. The songs which you compose are stored in the YPG 625 and the screen displays the lyrics of those songs which are XF compatible. This keyboard has as many as 30 built in songs and there are even 70 more songs in the CD-ROM, this is the education suite that is provided with this keyboard. It also comes with a wooden stand which will help you to place the keyboard at the right height.

BENEFITS. Keyboard and Product of the Year (Music & Sound Retailer)

GHS (Graded Hammer Standard) weighted action keyboard w/88 keys — giving you greater control of how your music sounds

Includes stand, sustain pedal, power adaptor, music rest

503 XGlite/GM voices including a “Live” stereo grand piano sample – giving you infinite possibilities of how you want your music to sound

Full arranger capabilities with 160+ styles and a performance assistant packs powerful accompaniment — like having an extra pair of hands playing along with you to give your song a rich and complete sound

16  track sequencer  for recording with 30 internal songs built in that will get you instantly playing along with these favourite songs

Yamaha Education Suite w/interactive lessons for keyboards skill development

Large blue backlit display with Score and Lyric display – read music with ease – no more struggling to try to read a screen that’s just too small

USB TO DEVICE: connect optional USB storage devices (for jump drives,..)- safely store your music on a portable device and take it with you as a back up

Dimensions (W x D x H) – 55.9″ x 18.3″ x 6.1″.• Weight with keyboard stand: 39 lbs. 6 oz – travel ready

Refined piano touch means you’re always in control of each note – make your song sound the way you want it to.

Portable so you can take it anywhere you want – take it to the camp, cottage — you’ll never bet without your keyboard.

The MOTIF XF is the by-product of the original MOTIF, that has a decade long of modifications under its belt. The one aspect that stands out of the XF is its 714 MB of internal Wave ROM that produces realistic sounds of pianos and acoustic instruments, old-school synthesizers and hip hop beats that most producers are using, thus making it the largest internal sound library to be ever placed in a keyboard. Its intricate 8 element architecture with expanded articulation alongside 18 filter types lets the user mold its sound in any way they prefer. The 8 front panel side of the MOTIF XF makes it even simpler to use in real time, and its built in 1664 voices and 97 drum kits makes the XF even more suitable for producers.

What really makes the MOTIF XF stand out is the additional 2GB worth of content that a user can load onto optional Flash RAM expansion modules. All stock and downloaded tracks are instantly saved in these modules and is readily available to use until the user decides to replace them.

Many users have praised the ultimate keyboard, MOTIF XF. They find it appealing to the ears and the instrument has a range of features that can create music that rival the ones that are made using highly professional but old gadgets. Many users are impressed with the MOTIF XF as a whole but are requesting for an increase in memory so that more sounds and pieces can be recorded by those who need it.

There are still a lot of innovations the MOTIF XF can provide to its users. By far, the MOTIF XF is probably and will always be the best piece of electronic instrument a producer or any musician can imagine. The sky is the limit for XF and there will always be room for it to improve and making it better throughout the years. The artists themselves are witnesses to what the MOTIF XF have done not only to their career but also the breakthrough in music and to the craft that they love.

The Holy Grail of sounds for the electric piano has been creating the sounds and playing experience of the concert grand piano. Has the Yamaha AvantGrand N3 found the right mix of sound and playability. Keyboard mag gave a first look review of the piano.

The conclusion was:

“Yamaha has set a new benchmark for what’s possible in a grand piano substitute, and by a dramatic margin. The elephant-in-the-room question is, “But is it worth the price?” One naysay is that you can find a more-than-decent baby grand for the same money or less. Having lived with an N3 for six weeks, and repeatedly compared the N3 at my local piano store to many sizes and makes of acoustic grands in the showroom, I found I needed to step into the six-foot (and at least $30,000) league to hear something compelling enough to make me forget that the AvantGrand will never need tuning nor react to temperature and humidity, and can be turned down for quiet practice. Point being, the AvantGrand sounds and plays so authentically that even purists who’ve historically dismissed such standard digital piano selling points have ample reason to think again. With aplomb, Yamaha has pulled off not just a major technological leap, but a seeming contradiction: a virtual piano for people for whom nothing but a real piano will do.”

So they seem impressed by the piano and what it can do. The advantages of having a digital piano, quiet practice, control over sound. With the feel of the grand piano.

The only con that is mentioned is the “lack of multitimbrality, arranger features, and lesson functions” that are sometimes included in top of the range pianos.

The CLP-230 brings stylish looks and professional sound together in an instrument that’s highly affordable and exceptionally easy to use. It features Yamaha’s famed GH3 (Graded Hammer 3) technology to effectively recreate the feel of an actual grand piano.

Combine this with the incredibly realistic piano voices and the spacious sound of the built-in two-way speaker system, and you have an instrument that inspires you with every note you play.

Features:

• GH-3 Keyboard, 88 Keys
• 14 Voices
• 64 Voices, polyphonic
• LED-Display
• Chorus/Effect
• Reverb, Dual-Voice
• Internal Flash-Rom for Songs
• USB to Host
• Metronome
• 14 Demo Songs
• MIDI In/Out/Thru
• 2 Headphone-PlugIns and Headphone-Rest
• Amp with 2 x 20 Watt

Made to be played
Like all fine instruments, the CP series keyboards simply beg to be played. Sit down with one, and the instrument becomes an extension of your hands and your musical imagination. The authentic piano voices and rich expressiveness come alive at your touch, and the sound is big enough to blast through a full band onstage—yet nuanced enough to work magic in an intimate club.

Expressive power
Yamaha’s extensive experience in crafting fine acoustic pianos helps us in creating the ultimate digital pianos. Yamaha’s advanced Graded Hammer Effect (GHE) action gives all keys an authentic resistance that increases from the top register to the lower—just as on an actual acoustic piano. Which means that you can naturally pound out thunderous low notes with your left hand and let the fingers on your right dance and fly with the high notes. This keyboard practically plays itself, working with you—not against you—and brings out the very best in your performance.

Sound choice
Crafting the authentic sound of the CP series involved extraordinary attention to detail. Yamaha used meticulously recorded stereo samples of top-quality instruments, taken at various playing strengths, and included subtle elements such as String Resonance (harmonic overtones), Stereo Sustain (open strings while pedaling), and even Key-Off Samples (recordings of felt dampers coming to rest on vibrating piano strings)—providing the most authentic sounding and finely nuanced acoustic piano voices possible. There’s also a wide variety of other dynamic sounds, including vintage electric piano, organ, guitar, strings, and much more.

Stay in control
As master keyboard controllers, the CP series stage pianos let you take full command of your gear. Play and control external synthesizers and tone generators (such as the MOTIF-RACK ES) during your performance. Assign different internal voices to different sections of the keyboard or even create complex, multi-textured layers of sound. There are four instrument Zones on the CP300 with dedicated Zone sliders on the panel that let you easily tweak the level of each instrument as you play. You can also freely reassign the sliders and wheels to control other sonic characteristics of the connected gear as desired, such as sound attack, decay, brightness and filter cutoff.

Take center stage
Step out front and make your presence known. The CP series has a special Mono Piano sound, complete with a compression effect, designed specifically for live performance. It has the punch and power to stand out, even in full band situations.

Lock it up
Onstage, you need to make sure everything goes smoothly. Sometimes an errant hand (yours or someone else’s) can touch the panel controls and change your special settings, giving you a rude surprise in the middle of your performance. The Panel Lock button lets you prevent that, keeping all settings fixed and secure, until you’re ready to change them yourself.

Pro-quality outputs
The CP300 features professional quality balanced XLR output connectors. These give you the cleanest, clearest noise-free signal—both for serious recording in the studio, and playing onstage where long unbalanced cables may compromise your sound.

Hear yourself
A built-in stereo speaker system on the CP300 lets you hear the sound of the keyboard without the need for setting up a separate monitor. Just bring the CP300 onstage and you’re ready to perform! A convenient Speaker On/Off panel button lets you disable it and leave the monitoring levels to your soundman.

Use your feet
The CP series keyboards give you the same pedal control as an actual grand piano. Sustain, Soft and Sostenuto jacks are available on the CP300. On certain piano sounds, Sustain can be partially applied—reproducing the “half-damper” effect of slightly muting the resonating strings on a real piano. The CP300 also has an fourth pedal input that can be used for controlling a variety of sound settings, such as Reverb or Chorus level, or the brightness of the sound.

Specifications

• Keyboard GH keyboard 88 keys (A-1 – C7)
• Sound Source AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling
• Polyphony (max.) 128
• Voices Presets: 50 Voices
• XG Voices: 480 Voices + 12 Drum kits
• Performances 64 Performamces x 56 files (max.)
• Effects Reverb, Chorus, Master Equalizer, Variation effect, Insertion effect x 3
• Controller Master Volume Dial, Pitch Bend Wheel, Modulation Wheel, Master Equalizer Slider, Zone Control Slider, Song Volume Slider
• Display 24 characters x 2 lines, LCD with back-light
• Recording/Playback 16-track recording/playback, Tempo adjustment
• max. capacity: 1.4 MB, 140,000 notes
• Connectors MIDI (IN/OUT/THRU), PHONES, INPUT (L/MONO, R), OUTPUT (L/MONO, R), OUTPUT (L/R), ASSIGNABLE FOOT PEDAL
• (SUSTAIN/SOSTENUTO/SOFT/AUX), USB TO HOST, AC INLET
• Main Amplifiers 30 W x 2
• Speakers 13 cm x 2
• Dimensions 1.391 x 460 x 170 mm (W x D x H)
• Weight 32.5 kg
• Accessories AC Power Cord, Foot Pedal FC3, Owner’s Manual