I wish they would have a graded hammer/triple sensor option for the 73. I understand the majority of the market will be EP players, but I play piano primarily and prefer that touch. I never really need a full 88, but always have to compromise either on size or touch.

this is the right way for Yamaha. It looks amazing with all the knobs! Great work Yamaha!

this is basically an stage piano. Love the fact you can customize as you play thats a awesome addition .

Looks very cool. Loved the delay part! It’s also very nice to see more weighted 73 note keyboards. Hope Yamaha does well with this.

Finally a good upright piano in this mainstream brands! This is very good!!! 17:07

Great demonstration. Look like a very nice piano

Goin' for the Nord jugular!!! Good luck Yam! Great kit :)

Nice to see Yamaha building a user friendly interface finally.

They should really really highlight the U1 in the marketing. Really unmistakable sound

The keybed on this thing is awesome. I loved the sound and the interface, you adjust shit on the fly. I tried one in the store today, but cannot afford it yet :D maybe someday

I liked how he described it as a 1-to-1 interface. Are there other 61-73 key keyboards like this?

Alright, that tune at around 36:00 got me sold. Damn that's cool

excellent keyboard!!

Wow I like the look of this one. It's quite different from what Yamaha have done before. Nord and Korg SV have some competition here me me thinks!

@venmita

5 жыл бұрын

Yea, definitely. The keybed issues some people have with the SV1 made me hesitant to buy it and the Nord stage is just out of my budget, so this thing is really in a great position

I really enjoy this new philosophy of live performance oriented products! I hope for joystick istead of the wheels for the synth and more memory. It would be also great to have a pre-installed live setting for the master eq to have the instruments ready for a PA system (I've to adjust a lot the settings moving from the studio to the gig). Anyway, Great product!

About time Yamaha releases a 73 note weighted action keyboard! I really want to upgrade my two gigging boards (Roland RD64 and Yamaha MX61) for this!

it's funny that many of the "expert critics" who post bad comments, do not even have a dollar in their pocket to buy the cheapest Casio

@fnonaka

5 жыл бұрын

No, Casio sucks, I have Roland RD700NX, is that good for you? It's more than a dollar! lol

@rustyyates421

4 жыл бұрын

I have the money to buy the cp 73 and have been considering it. I've yet to hear a full demo of this board, though this video said full demo. I play left hand bass and need to hear the bass sounds along with a few other sounds. The guy in the video spends too much time talking about effects, and how the board works. That's all great, but there has yet to be a video sharing all of the sub sounds. I have had high Hope's for this board because of all the features and ease of use, but since I cant find one in the stores to actually check out like everyone else I'm depending on this video to let me hear all of the sounds.

@ChaN-bd9bx

4 жыл бұрын

Lol. The NX line is trash. Hahahaha

Very Nord looking!!!!

Very cool!

Nord has influenced Yamaha, Wow

@beppemusic82

5 жыл бұрын

If Yamaha will put a great hammond clone inside the synths, they'll take a portion of Nord's market... 'cause we haven't already heard an instruments that combine a FULL WORKSTATION structure, options and memory with the maximum quality in all sound categories. Another plus of the red products is the large library of great vintage analog and digital synths, mellotrons, etc, it opens up a lot of creativity for the producers.

"Valium switches" sounds great.

Hopefully this will motivate nord to put a pitch bend/mod wheel in their electro series. I’m seriously considering this over the electro

Nord is influencing everybody

Wish they'd kept their S6 grand in there. Great for worship music.

Nice.

How about a CP 61 with semi weighted keys to attract more of us Yamaha ???

how do you change the sensitivity of the keys? mine when I play soft and 'too soft and when "push" .. pushes too much

Buen review! Acabo de hacer uno en español en mi canal!

What's the difference between "Natural S" on the S90-ES and "S700" on the S90? Also curious if the S80 had S700 (I don't think it did, if I recall correctly)

is the cp73 not triple sensor?? that seems a little strange I should think that doesn't matter to weight or whether or not it's GHS action?

Are you able to layer the left hand When you're in split can you split and layer at the same time left-hand I would like to sounds like the Cassie 560

Is the organ and Leslie adjustable?

S700, natural S patch, 15:00

Black Nord? :)

Man the interface looks fucking awesome! (Yes I know it doesn't matter if the piano sounds shit, but I like what I've heard so far). Cheers!

Lovely keyboard. Tested it for about 3 hours. Really like control layout. What’s irritating to me is that the samples, pianos even the CFX ones, have a very short decay and sustain. Why Yamaha? Memory economics? The Kawai MP7’s and MP11’s have longer fuller decays and sustain, same with the Nord’s and even my Yamaha P-250. The sound have a great first strike initial sound but then just disappears rapidly. The tone is somewhat longer in the bass but super short from C3 or even lower. Own the MODX7 and as I said a P-250. So nothing against Yamaha per se. Liked the new Nord Grand Keybed (made by Kawai) and some of the sounds with all that extra sampledepth which you can modify. But don’t have 3000€ and think the CP has a better and more satisfying button layout and feel. But maybe the sample-/sound can be fixed in a future update. Have seen tons of reviews and none of the reviewers seem to hear this. It’s quite obvious though.

just take my money! hope they do home delivery :)

Can you show how they play two pianos at ones

will the natural s be available on montage

love this.. only thing I don't understand why they didn't add is the drawbars for the organs like they have in the Reface YC...cmon Yamaha...this is seriously making me consider a competitor, it is a must have for a stage piano now a days

@jeffreyreid6981

4 жыл бұрын

Justin there in the business of making money so they repackage YC 61 and they’ll make more money

@DrawAndErase

4 жыл бұрын

That's because they saved that for the Yamaha YC61 haha.

Does the CP have an adjustable EQ?

The U1 sounds like I'm sitting in an old Baptist church.

@johnnweke5547

4 жыл бұрын

That's what's great about it! Lol The Black Nord.

I hear a motif xs engine with its VCM effects in a new box.NO?

Fortunately Dexibel is doing some good jobs pushing forward digital piano technology. This may be a wakeup for Yamaha and Roland.

Cp / Nord ???

Finally I upgraded from CP4 to CP88. Very happy about the mechanics (keybed). Only one question: it has the same name of the cp4 one (NW-GH) but it feels different (better). Is it really the same. Am I mistaking with my sense of touch?

@dynoroad

5 жыл бұрын

It's not the same, from what I've heard

Why YAMAHA didn't put cf3s inside?

Its a black nord too many knobs 👍🏼👍🏼 i like it

@robertmichalscheck3072

5 жыл бұрын

Knobs are better than menus,specaially for non-techies like me

@gospelsoulman

5 жыл бұрын

Instrumentalists Jade everyone notice's the Nord resemblance. 🤣

So what are the differences in the grand pianos in this and in the MODX?

@funkpharoah

5 жыл бұрын

im curious about that too.

Where are the fader and easy intergration with MainStage? I love yamaha sounds but integration with MainStage in worship is a must. I dont like Roland sounds but that RD 2000 integration with MainStage got is right wor worship. So yamaha please consider making a keyboard that can do this, without adding extra controllers.

Hi Blake! Nice video! what is the difference between the CP88, CP73 , and Montage 8's piano touch? can you compare the keyboard touch between the montage 8 and the cp73?

@jonathanmedina7594

5 жыл бұрын

Jhon James Dayak The only difference between CP88 and CP73, is the amount of keys. 88 has obviously 88 keys and so on I believe.

@meaviad

5 жыл бұрын

CP73 and montage 8 has the same action - it is hammer weight action but balanced for all the key range. CP88 has a-piano-wise action - which means the action is graded - slightly heavier at the lower range and slightly lighter at the upper range

@angusbabb4913

5 жыл бұрын

Great review , I’m liking the 73 , would be nice to have the option to load 3rd party sounds from other designers

@robertmichalscheck3072

5 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Medina duh

@h88sixtyone38

5 жыл бұрын

Cp73 Keybed is “similar” to montage 8 and MotifXF8 Keybed per Blake. If it was the montage 8 they would have bragged it is the same as montage8 and never mentioned MotifXF8. I would think it’s the MotifXF8 Keybed. Companies hate to rid of technology. They love to put older tech in new devices that are not there flagship. Apple is the master of this... But I could be wrong

U1: 17:08

Dope! How does this compare to the Nord stage 4?

@sanmarinojr

5 жыл бұрын

is this a joke :D

@gospelsoulman

5 жыл бұрын

future_astronaut the color is obviously different, can't you see?! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Amazing. At last Yamaha figured out that the Pianist prefers knobs and switches more that menus and sub-menus

@gideonwaxfarb

5 жыл бұрын

Knobs and switches must be really expensive, cuz it seems like most of these companies would rather be teabagged by a sumo wrestler than to put a decent amount of them on board.

@fortheloveofnoise

5 жыл бұрын

This comment deserves thousands of upvotes.

@ThaWolfe1

5 жыл бұрын

Aviad Merizada you’ve hit the nail on the head, Nord

@meaviad

5 жыл бұрын

@@ThaWolfe1 tnx :)

@meaviad

5 жыл бұрын

@@fortheloveofnoise tnx :)

battle is opened again - Nord piano 4 vs Yamaha CP88 :)

How much ?

Very nice Yamaha. I wonder what are the specs on it.

@musikone1780

5 жыл бұрын

usa.yamaha.com/products/music_production/synthesizers/cp88_73/specs.html#product-tabs

I love my cp4

@michaeltarver9813

5 жыл бұрын

its the cp4 repackage. i love my cp4 also will not up grade for those few changes and less sounds

@instrumentalistjade8367

5 жыл бұрын

Michael tarver Yeh men.. we dont need to

@gospelsoulman

5 жыл бұрын

Instrumentalists Jade I was thinking about the cp4, you know it's without saying that you compare the new to its predecessor. Lol I don't have a cp4 but I'm thinking this may be a great time to get one where as they'll likely be priced down now that this keyboard out.

@robertmichalscheck3072

5 жыл бұрын

gospelsoulman cp4 is great,I had one,action is superb.

@galastar257

5 жыл бұрын

CP4 is great, but this solves all the interface issues I had with it.

I just bought one of these, waiting for it to arrive. That piano sounds pretty harsh to me when you strike it hard. Clearly Yamaha added some circuitry in there which raises the high frequencies as velocity increases. There are times when you might want to cut through like that, but as a solo piano patch, that is too harsh for my taste.

Why didn't you say something about the CP70/80 sounds

@fnonaka

5 жыл бұрын

lol this guy who is presenting the CP is too irritating - 45min of talking and no CP sound! It's a CP piano and he didn't show CP70 sounds, it's insane, ridiculous! I think he doesn't know the importance of that two words in the CP73/CP88 name has. Thumbs down for this video!

Where;s Mr Martirano?

“Beefen” ... haha classic.

Man you blew me away with that Layer Loop, Now I don't have to buy that $500 loop paddle

Looks like a Nord Stage with Korg SV switches.

Wow, a CP demo without demoing the CP sound...

@milk_bath

5 жыл бұрын

Gert Boers hope the rest of the Refaces get this treatment!

Nice, but no organ section? A problem to me.

Do we really need another keyboard...??

Yamaha hired new product designer?) Nord concept+korg switches+roland colors))

@robertmarbun

5 жыл бұрын

LOL

@gospelsoulman

5 жыл бұрын

Alex Fedoseyev I know! I said exact same thing! 😂😂😂😂😂

First off: They’re selling Nord stages for $4500. This is a better product all around.. minus the great nords organs, for HALF the price

@officialjerel

5 жыл бұрын

The pianos POP way more than nord. The dynamics of a piano is something Nord has never managed to master. I’ve owned a couple and always felt they lacked punch. Yamaha nailed it.. minus the organs.. lol

I just read the CP88 is missing escapement. So no escapement, no sympathetic resonance modeling, and older sampling technology. It's obvious this isn't really geared towards pianists. I'm sure it will be perfect for some, but I was hoping for something from Yamaha that could compete with Kawai's MP series.

@MaxThompsonMusic

5 жыл бұрын

I don't mind the older sampling tech as you can squeeze a lot out of it, but I do think the lack of resonance is odd considering the competition and the target market. Not liking the FFF bright spike I hear on the pianos though. I suppose they figure for home/non-portable usage, the Clavinova models are what people would go for.

@xp50player

5 жыл бұрын

Doesn’t really compete with RD-2000 for same price, which has all of these missing things + 8 internal part layering, more polyphony, triple pedal jacks, tonewheel modeling, advanced master controller functions, and 1100+ sounds.

@musikone1780

5 жыл бұрын

@@xp50player Hey, don't knock the CP88. It has 57 sounds.

Почему в цифровых пианино Ямаха такой резкий звук? В акустических совсем по другому.

Seems like yamaha’s stage pianos are still thin......this a definitely an answer to Nord....not sure if it competes with Nord. As I own both

I have wondered for years why Yamaha never made a 73 key instrument. Finally they do. You can’t please everybody. I could have done with a few less knobs and switches and had drawbars instead. Rhodes/Wurlie and Grands have always been their strongpoint - but organs? No go. Most professionals play the main bread and butter instruments at gigs. Disappointed. I have been wanting to have a 73 or 76 note keyboard for live purposes but still waiting. Ok Roland or Korg. Your turn. Maybe NI or Scarbee will make a 73 note keyboard with Scarbee Rhodes/Wurlitzer and license Ivory for the piano. I’m getting old. Hurry.

@Vito_A_Labella

5 жыл бұрын

wish it was a 76,,,,wish the 88 was a tad shorter,,,my car isn't that big

that is beautiful - NOW PLEASE YAMAHA make a hybrid synth that is so gorgeous, please.

@albertorolon137

5 жыл бұрын

yamaha montage.....

this will make nord nervous.

@Mrc740

5 жыл бұрын

Dries Analog The electromechanical of the nord is much more advanced! The pianos and organ of the nord give a greater sensation of a mechanical instrument.

Seamless sound switching is hardly a feature, Kurzweil been doing it for years.

@ChurchWorshipandvideo

5 жыл бұрын

Dara M which Kurzweil’s have seamless switching? I’ve found their websites descriptions to be unclear.

Sounds good, though.

Basicalle a Reface CP on Steroid. Count me in as interested.

This piano do look like airplane cocpit instruments 😂😂😂

@xp50player

5 жыл бұрын

Looks like they dumped a bowl of random switches on it.

BEEFEN! =)

Please God tell Yamaha to make a bigger Reface organ with drawbars to go with this thing.

@johnnweke5547

4 жыл бұрын

They did.

😂🎉 nice

say say say say !!! ???

Yamaha CP88 (57 sounds): $2499 Roland RD-2000 (1100+ sounds): $2599

@ecuadorrealestatevideos1097

5 жыл бұрын

A valid point if having one keyboard that has a full arsenal of sounds is the priority. For my main stage piano, I primarily use piano and electric pianos except I also kick left hand bass. Having a piano board that has quick, on the fly split and layer capabilities as well as an excellent action is critical to me. I have a Roland VR-730 for the rest of my palette, which also has easy split and layer functions. This piano looks like a great option for my stage needs. The lack of hundreds of onboard sounds isn’t a deterrent to me. I barely use them on my current stage piano.

AMAZING.. TIME TO SELL MY Kronos

@troublesomecorsair

5 жыл бұрын

WOW HOW MUCH FOR BUYING?

@alicaramba7680

5 жыл бұрын

Kronos is a full blown music workstation. You can do recording, mixing, sequencing, sound synthesis - everything absent in CP-73/88.

@xp50player

5 жыл бұрын

OhioHunter Vlogs - silliness. This represents 20% of what a Kronos does.

@multiplayerstringquartet6341

5 жыл бұрын

I'm interested in this board but I also own a Kronos 2. Selling a Kronos for this is a bad move in my opinion.

@musikone1780

5 жыл бұрын

I will be as polite as possible. If you sell your KRONOS for this, YOU'RE A COMPLETE IDIOT!!!

It's seems Acoustic Piano has too much attack.

No sympathetic string resonance? Seriously? Marketed towards pianists with statements about using it in a studio and it lacks that? I don't get what they were thinking.

Anyone noticed, the piano sounds have a very unnatural metallic sound when hit with high velocity.

Too much cheese on those sounds. Otherwise great instrument!

@robertmichalscheck3072

5 жыл бұрын

What kind of cheese ,pepper jack,Gouda?

Yamaha’s versions of the Nord Electro and the Nord stage. #blacknord #copycats lol

@emmanuelappry2017

5 жыл бұрын

Lol you got it

@johnnweke5547

4 жыл бұрын

Black Nord, yes. But better UI. I understand this. I played a Nord before - had no idea what all the buttons and knobs did. I left it. I'd rather play the Black Nord.

There is nothing spectacular about this keyboard,the action is crap unlike the Nord and Korg who like to put the same action in their Hi end 73 and 76 keyboards as their 88 keyboards.The sounds are the same as all the other hi end previous Yamahas and you have just copied the Nord keyboard or at least tried but it doesnt look half as good or function as well.My 1000$ Juno Ds 88 has all those cool sounds settings and pianos and some.

@robertmichalscheck3072

5 жыл бұрын

Just bought nord stage 3,returning it,action sucks,seems you have to do a lot of tweaking on nord to get good sounds,they say real easy interface,but I don’t think so,too much work,they need to make stock factory sounds a lot better for what you pay for these things,,I will probably try this keyboard though,heard the action is really good.

@Vito_A_Labella

5 жыл бұрын

@@robertmichalscheck3072 dont tell a Nord guy this!! their action does suck, they also have a very loud mechanical key noise,,,for what you pay their pianos should be perfect,,,,,

@kingsleyjamesmusic1983

5 жыл бұрын

Yamaha feels much nicer then the Nord Stage 3, also easier on the CP to find the sound you want. Nord's are a a lot of tweaking at times but still a fantastic keyboard. I really rate the Nord's organ section though its totally trumps the Yamaha. Its a hard pick but very subjective.

Not a full demo.

No split and a small amount of bread and butter sounds. Yamaha is locking us down to a second tier.

@FabrizioCaligaris

5 жыл бұрын

split is there, in every sections

@SimonDuffy2

5 жыл бұрын

Hey, Richard. Take a look from 29:30, he is showing the split feature. I really like the look of this piano to cover as many bases as possible whilst being giggably sturdy.

Small screen is not desirable...

@Dadee3

5 жыл бұрын

Uhhh, cuz its a STAGE keyboard with all the knobs at your disposal. Smh

CP70/80 sound demo please! And without this guy please!!!

@RayyMusik

4 жыл бұрын

Are you envious because he plays better than you? “This guy” is one of the best presenters and sound designers; I like his explanations.

@nossateca49

4 жыл бұрын

This is a presentation/demo of this stage piano for both sound and features, not just a demo of the sounds. If you want to listem to someone just playing the sounds and no talking there are plenty of videos here on YT

Looks like china NORD ;D Terrible design. And Nord sounds better.

@jacobhamm5471

5 жыл бұрын

It's literally $2000 less than the Nord, so I wouldn't even say they are in direct competition....

@nathanielbrice8725

5 жыл бұрын

I have a NORD Stage 2 and agree with you to a point. They’ve used the same approach as NORD in the design but I think it looks good... I think the pianos and violin sounds in the Yamaha sounds better than NORD, but NORD kills the Yamaha with electric pianos and organs.

Blah blah blah

More playing, less talking please! I can't believe you didn't show the CP70 sound in a CP piano, are you insane??? This is nonsense!!!!!! The CP name in CP73 is all about CP70 vintage piano!!! And 45min to (not)show this piano is too much! 20min should be enough! This guy talks too much! Don't need to explain everything you're doing, it's too irritating! And too much talking about details that it's not interesting for all! You want to appear more than the piano? lol

@kraftmusic

5 жыл бұрын

Check out our "All Playing, No Talking" video here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gaqEpqd9qbG8cZc.html Thanks for watching! -Dave

@georgemichael3078

5 жыл бұрын

It seems you don't do much KZread searching. So more Searching on your own, and less complaining about others doing the work for you.

@johnnweke5547

4 жыл бұрын

@@kraftmusic Great customer service response there. Kudos.

@nossateca49

4 жыл бұрын

This is a presentation/demo of this stage piano for both sound and features, not just a demo of the sounds. If you want to listem to someone just playing the sounds and no talking there are plenty of videos here on YT. And BTW..., nobody OWES you a demo video at all... Want to demo this kbd? Go to a bloody music store and demo it yourself!! About the CP70 sound, it's a shame he didn't demo that, but that's not the main goal of this kbd or this demo, and he can't demo all the 50 or so sounds and effects on it... And the CP name on the CP73 is not even remotely about the CP70/80 electric vintage pianos. the CP on the CP73/88 stands for "COMBO (compact) PIANO". I just love it when people make bold statements without having a f*****ng idea of what the hell they are talking about.... SIIIIGHHHHH.........................