november-2010

Advertorial
The Yamaha
Digital Piano
Story
With a rich heritage of traditional piano manufacturing dating back to the late
19th Century and a reputation as leaders in digital music and audio technology,
Yamaha is uniquely qualified to develop the latest generation of pianos.
Digital Pianos, first introduced in the 1980s, use
electronic waveform generation to emulate the sound of
their acoustic counterparts. They never need tuning, can
be used for silent practice on headphones and in many
cases, can play other instrument sounds too. And many
models are light and portable, making them ideal for
professional musicians.
Yamaha were pioneers in the use of sampling to further
enhance the accuracy of their digital piano sound.
For purity of purpose in digital pianos, look no further than
the Yamaha CLP Clavinovas. CLP models are chosen by
many of the world’s leading music schools and
conservatoires, yet with a wide selection of cabinet styles
and finishes, including the new Slimline variants, they are
equally suited to home use.
Digital electronics also present many more opportunities to
the musician, especially in the home. Today’s CVP Clavinova
range offers literally hundreds of different instrument
sounds, including drums and many automatic
accompaniments that make you sound and feel like you
have a whole orchestra behind you.
There’s a price advantage too. The latest P-Series models
pack amazingly realistic sounds into compact, portable
packages, perfect for the gigging musician,
home studio setups or simply the joy of
playing piano.
By adding more features,
sounds and backing styles,
the DGX range of “Portable
Grands” combines piano
functionality with workstation
performance for home music
producers.
AvantGrand
“Sampling” is a technique where multiple recordings are
made of a real piano and stored on memory chips. These
recordings can then be played back by the keyboard. But
the tone of a single piano note changes when you play it
louder or more softly. Using intelligent software, and still
more samples, Yamaha is able to reproduce this effect to
generate a digital piano sound which is indistinguishable
from it’s acoustic source. On some instruments, even the
sampled sound of sympathetic string, damper and
soundboard resonance is used to complete the illusion.
Meanwhile the Arius range is a great introduction to
Yamaha’s digital piano family and includes many of the
features of our top models yet it is affordable to beginners
and students alike.
For those with an eye for design, Yamaha MODUS offers
contemporary style with uncompromised performance.
Yamaha’s latest digital piano development is the astonishing
AvantGrand. In fact the term “digital piano” doesn’t quite do
AvantGrand justice. Because it uses a real wood keyboard
and a specialised grand piano action, Yamaha call it a Hybrid
Piano. The sound is without peer and the
Spatial Acoustic Speaker System,
Soundboard Resonator and Tactile
Response System involve the pianist in
a way no other digital instrument
can. It’s the ultimate piano
experience.
europe.yamaha.com
P Series
DGX
Arius
CLP
CVP
Modus