Illustrated Guide to the CP1 U.R.G.
Only Yamaha could bring so much to the stage piano: Perfect marriage of keyboard touch and sound was possible only thanks to our extensive knowledge and experience of the building of acoustic pianos. Unrivalled richness of tone is a direct product of our tireless participation in the development of pianos for stage and recording environments.
The CP1 Concept Contents In the CP1, we have recreated the unique sounds not only of acoustic pianos, vintage electric pianos, and synthesizer piano voices, but also of the effect units, amplifiers, and other equipment commonly used with each in actual performance and recording settings.
Piano Block 01-1 Acoustic Pianos Piano Type & Pre-Amplifier Units 01 Each of the CP1's Piano blocks comprises a Piano Type unit and a perfectly suited Pre-Amplifier unit. Whenever you choose a piano type, therefore, the ideal pre-amplifier for that specific piano will be automatically selected. Broadly-speaking, the Piano Block replicates three different classes of piano sound – namely, acoustic pianos, electric pianos, and synthesizers.
CFIIIS S6B CF 3Band, CF 2Band S6 3Band, S6 2Band The CFIIIS is the crowning glory of Yamaha's concert grand piano range. Distinctive for its rich harmonic overtones, this piano marries a rich, deep low-mid register with clear and bright highs. Our insistence on sonic excellence extends even to the soundboard, ribs, strings, bridge, hammers, action, and pins – all of which are manufactured in-house using state-of-the-art production technologies.
01-2 Electric Pianos CP80 CP80, CP88 Whenever an electric-piano key is played, a hammer mounted on the keyboard strikes a resonator such as a string or reed. The vibration of the resonator is converted into an electrical signal by a pickup, and this signal is then amplified and adjusted to produce a sound.
Rd I Rd II 71Rd I, 73Rd I, 75Rd I 78Rd II, Dyno Producing a sound that became inseparable from the jazz, rock, and pop music of the seventies, the Rd I is now practically synonymous with the electric piano. Over the years, the resonator used in this piano has changed from stiff wire to rod or metal plate as the hammer transitioned from felt to rubber.
Wr 69Wr, 77Wr Sharing the limelight with the Rd pianos in the sixties and seventies, the Wr electric piano produced its distinctive sound by striking flat steel-reed resonators with hammers whose action closely resembled that of an acoustic piano. Thanks to this design, light playing produced a delicate sound, while playing with force produced a thick, heavy sound with unique distortion.
01-3 Synthesizer Pianos DX7 DXEP 1, DXEP 2, DXEP 3, DXEP 4 The CP1 can also faithfully reproduce the piano sounds of the classic Yamaha DX7 synthesizer. A synth produces sound by manipulating signal waveforms using electronic circuits or digital signal processing. Whenever this type of instrument is used as part of an ensemble, furthermore, its line-output sound is processed using pre-amplifier tone control in order to produce a frequency characteristic that blends well with that of the other instruments.
Modulation Effect Block 02 Each Modulation Effect block contains a versatile collection of modulation-type effects that will prove indispensable in the creation of piano sounds for both stage and recording environments. On this and the following page, you will find a brief introduction to each of the available effects.
Power Amplifiers Power Amplifier / Compressor Block 03 For further shaping of piano sounds, the Power-Amplifier / Compressor block can be used to select either a power-amplifier and speaker combination or a compressor, each of which is modeled with remarkable levels of precision. The following provides a brief introduction to each of the virtual devices that can be selected within this block.
Rich Hall, Rich Plate, Rich Room Inheriting the audio characteristics of the ProR3 digital reverberator, the Rich Hall, Rich Plate, and Rich Room reverb algorithms produce a natural sounding reverberation with a smooth decay. Reverb Block 04 The Reverb block provides a host of exquisite reverb algorithms originally developed by Yamaha for use in professional-audio applications. Each of this block's reverb types is introduced briefly on the right.
