Yamaha Arius YDP-181 Rosewood Digital Piano

Yamaha Arius YDP-181 Rosewood Digital Piano Product Detail

The Yamaha Arius YDP-181 ffers you a playing experience remarkably like that of a grand piano with GH keyboard and 3-level AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling voices.

• Graded Hammer (GH) keyboard
• 3-level Advanced Wave Memory (AWM) Dynamic Stereo Sampling
• New acoustic system offers clearer sound with more presence.
• "2 Track / 3 Song Recording" - Record your performances to listen to yourself play. Convenient for piano lessons.
• "128- Polyphonic" - Rich expressive power, free from sound cutoff even when the sustain pedal is used to layer notes.
• "USB TO DEVICE Terminal" - Use USB flash memory to record songs or save song data you have purchased.
• A simple and easy to understand LED LCD operations panel.

The YDP-181 delivers a rich sound thanks to the combined power of 3-Level AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling. What's more, delicate expression is possible using the GH keyboard, offering a touch that is remarkably similar to that of a grand piano. It is a true joy to play. It also features a 2-track song recorder to create your own music and record your performances.

The piano sound is a sampling from the Yamaha Full Concert Grand Piano "CFIIIS", which has won high plaudits at the world's most famous concert halls and music competitions. The very top piano was selected, and an experienced tuner adjusted it to top condition. Yamaha emphasizes the natural sounds that should emanate from pianos. Sampling is carefully performed over a long period, from the sound start until fadeout, to reproduce a natural sound and attenuation that feels nothing like an electronic piano. In addition, they also focus on the change in timbre due to the strength or weakness of the key strike that is so characteristic of pianos. Sound sampling covered more than 10 stages of key strike strength for each keyboard. Uses "AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling", sounds that most closely express the piano characteristics, obtained through rigorous recording. The Yamaha development team spent a lot of time together with pianists in thorough pursuit of the optimum touch and timbre combination, resulting in achievement of natural sound changes that sound like a person is actually playing a grand piano, no matter how the keyboard is played.

Specifications

• Size/Weight
• Width: 1,364 mm (53-11/16")
• Height: 853 mm (33-9/16")
• Depth: 515 mm (20-1/4")
• Weight: 50 kg (110lbs., 4 oz.)
• Control Interface
• Number of Keys: 88
• Type: Graded Hammer (GH) Keyboard
• Touch Sensitivity: Yes
• Number of Pedals: 3
• Half Pedal: Yes
• Functions: Damper (with half-pedal effect), Sostenuto, Soft
• Display Type: LED
• Size: 7-segment, 3-digit
• Panel Language: English
• Cabinet
• Key Cover Style: Sliding
• Music Rest: Yes
• Voices
• Tone Generation: Tone Generating Technology AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling
• Number of Dynamic Levels: 3
• Number of Polyphony (Max.): 128
• Preset Number of Voices: 14
• Effects
• Reverb: 4 types
• Chorus: Yes
• Brilliance: Yes
• Dual/Layers: Yes
• Songs
• Number of Preset Songs: 14 Demo Songs, 50 Piano Prest Songs
• Recording Number of Songs: 3
• Number of Tracks: 2
• Data Capacity: User songs (100KB x 3), External songs (639KB)
• Recording Function: Yes
• Compatible Data Format Playback: SMF (Format 0 & 1)
• Recording: SMF (Format 0)
• Functions
• Metronome: Yes
• Tempo Range: 32-280
• Transpose: -12 to 0, 0 to +12
• Tuning: Yes
• Scale Type: 7 types
• Storage and Connectivity
• Internal Memory: 100KB x 3 (ca. 11,000 notes x 3)
• External Drives: Optional
• Headphones: x 2
• MIDI: IN / OUT
• USB TO DEVICE: x 1
• Amplifiers and Speakers
• Amplifiers: 20W x 2
• Speakers: 16cm x 2
• Accessories
• Headphones Hanger: Yes
• Song Book: "50 greats for the Piano"