The
Yamaha Yamaha may refer to:
* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services, established in 1887. The company is the largest shareholder of Yamaha Motor Company (below).
** Yamaha Music Foundation, an organization estab ...
CP300 is a digital
stage piano
A stage piano is an electronic musical instrument designed for use in live performances on stage or in a studio, as well as for music recording in jazz and popular music. While stage pianos share some of the same features as digital pianos des ...
.
Introduced in 2006, the
Yamaha Yamaha may refer to:
* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services, established in 1887. The company is the largest shareholder of Yamaha Motor Company (below).
** Yamaha Music Foundation, an organization estab ...
CP300 offers almost identical specifications compared to the
P250 it replaces. However, the primary sounds have been significantly improved, including emulation of "half-pedaling" effects. The addition of "C" in the name is an homage to the mid-1970s CP series of electric stage pianos,
Yamaha CP300 product page
/ref> and also to distinguish it from P-300, an economical 32-voice version of P-200, a flagship stage piano of that period. Other improvements include the addition of 5 sliders for real-time parameter control, a transpose button, and balanced output via XLR connectors.
Description
The Yamaha Yamaha may refer to:
* Yamaha Corporation, a Japanese company with a wide range of products and services, established in 1887. The company is the largest shareholder of Yamaha Motor Company (below).
** Yamaha Music Foundation, an organization estab ...
CP-300 has 88 graduated weighted keys. This means that the keys are somewhat heavier on the low end than the high. It has onboard stereo
Stereophonic sound, or more commonly stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that recreates a multi-directional, 3-dimensional audible perspective. This is usually achieved by using two independent audio channels through a configuration ...
speakers, as well as an output for PA usage. Yamaha digitally sampled in stereo each key at multiple attack intensities to obtain the tonal quality, presence, hammer and damper noises of an acoustic piano. The harpsichord (including pick noise), pipe organ, and some other instruments in main instrument set were also sampled. The extended instrument set of over a hundred instruments are generated, rather than sampled. The MIDI
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interface can control other instruments or be controlled. It also has onboard digital recording and editing capabilities. Like other stage pianos, it is built for touring. Despite its age, the CP-300 remains a very serviceable instrument - particularly when extended through software sound patches.
In the Rolling Stones
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concert movie, "Shine a Light" their touring keyboardist, Chuck Leavell can be seen and heard playing a CP-300.
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