88 NOTES WITH A WEIGHTED WOODEN ACTION IS WHERE THIS ALL STARTS. A unique new SCM (Spectral Component Modeling) tone generation system faithfully recreates the 17 selected sounds of acoustic and vintage electronic pianos and responds to the player's touch to provide much more creative expression . CP5 has 305 additional sounds and various effects - perfect for wide musical applications. By combining Sampling and Modeling technology, it optimizes tone generation for each instrument so that every nuance of the player's touch is translated into expressive tone.

Easily make your own acoustic and electric pianos by selecting different components of piano types, amplifiers, and effects, the Spectral Component Modeling technology makes easy work of recreating standard vintage sounds or realizing unique, original sounds.

With experience gained from 118 years of building Yamaha Acoustic Pianos, the new 88-key NW-STAGE wooden keyboard offers perfect playability for stage performance . It minimizes keyboard vibration, and the synthetic ivory keytops feel great when playing. This keyboard technology effortlessly reproduces the true feeling of acoustic and electric pianos. Your CP5 can record keyboard performances as MIDI data and store it internally for playback whenever required; alternatively, you can also record performances as audio data on a USB flash-memory device. These and other Wave files from a USB flash-memory device can also be edited by using the bundled Cubase AI5, software for your computer PC/Mac which offers more convienience for playing demo tracks in live stage or edit live recording in the studio.

Fitted with a MIC INPUT jack & variations of effects, the CP5 is an ideal tool for a vocal keyboardist to sing and play in live. By combining the audio playback, it will strongly support the performance of single musician. INCLUDES CUBASE AI4 AND 3 YEAR YAMAHA NZ WARRANTY. WE ARE ATWATERS MUSICWORKS SERVING NZ MUSICIANS FOR OVER 80 YEARS.