The Yamaha CP88 is an 88-key stage piano with a GP Natural 88 graded hammer-action keyboard. The NW-GH (Natural Wood Graded Hammer) keys have synthetic ebony and ivory keytops. It has 128-note polyphony and is built for stage or studio use.
Its sounds include three concert grand pianos: the Yamaha CFX, the Yamaha S700 and the Bösendorfer Imperial 290. A U1 upright piano is also included. Other sounds cover vintage electric pianos, organs, strings and clavs.
A one-to-one front panel gives direct control of the sound, with no programming or menu-driving. Splits, layers and sound-shaping are done from the panel. The Piano, Electric Piano and Sub sections each have dedicated effects. Delay, reverb and EQ master effects have their own controls. Virtual Circuitry Modeling (VCM) recreates vintage effects and studio signal processors by modeling circuits down to the analog component level.
- Keyboard
- 88-key NW-GH (Natural Wood Graded Hammer), synthetic ebony and ivory keytops
- Tone generation
- AWM2
- Polyphony
- 128 notes maximum
- Live Set sounds
- 160 (80 preset)
- Voices
- 57 (Piano: 10, E. Piano: 14, Sub: 33)
- Piano effects
- 2 systems: Damper Resonance; Compressor, Distortion, Drive, Chorus
- E. Piano effects
- 3 systems: Drive; Auto Pan, Tremolo, Ring Modulator, Touch Wah, Pedal Wah, Compressor; Chorus1, Chorus2, Flanger, Phaser1, Phaser2, Phaser3
- Sub effects
- 1 system: Chorus/Flanger, Rotary Speaker, Tremolo, Distortion
- Master effects
- Delay (Analog, Digital), Reverb, 3-band EQ with sweepable mid
- Display
- Full dot LCD, 128 x 64 dots