| When sitting down to play the Yamaha CVP509 | | | | certain note to another you can actually hear the |
| Clavinova Digital Piano you immediately know it is | | | | holes of the instrument closing as you would on |
| something special. Yamaha's top of the range CVP | | | | the real instrument. This is seriously impressive |
| Clavinova (barring the CGP1000 and CVP409 GP) | | | | and makes for an exceptional playing experience. |
| the CVP509 offers the player everything they | | | | In my opinion this makes the CVP509 the perfect |
| could possibly ask for in terms of playability, | | | | balance between the Tyros and a pure piano |
| features and aesthetics. | | | | product taking features from both kinds of |
| Yamaha's reputation is rock solid but in recent | | | | instrument and combining them. |
| years some people have felt that you occasionally | | | | Megavoices are used on the piano to create |
| pay a little bit too much for the name. Over the | | | | stunningly realistic sounds. For me this is best |
| last year I feel Yamaha out an excellent range | | | | shown on the Clavinova's classical guitar sample. |
| together with perfect price points. For the money | | | | Players will hear open and mute string sounds, |
| (the Yamaha CVP509 Polished Ebony version sells | | | | dead notes, hammering effects, slide effects, |
| online for around £5158.40) you get an | | | | harmonics and a wide range of strum and body |
| array of sounds, complex recording features and | | | | noises. Put simply Megavoices actually mirror the |
| possibly the nicest piano sound and touch I have | | | | instruments behavior and react accordingly. |
| ever seen on a digital piano. | | | | The piano uses instruments active field control |
| The actual keyboard uses synthetic ivory | | | | (IAFC) which is sophisticated technology outputs |
| keytops and real wood white keys. The key | | | | sound picked up by built-in microphones together |
| surface is soft and slightly porous, giving the keys | | | | with the Clavinova's internal sound through rear |
| added grip and a natural friction that lets you play | | | | speakers, making automatic adjustments to |
| easily. This makes the piano experience very | | | | create a richer sound that best matches the |
| realistic and similar to playing an acoustic piano. | | | | acoustic characteristics of the room you're playing |
| When you play an expensive acoustic piano, you | | | | in. It also uses signal processing to reproduce an |
| can vary not only the volume of sound, but also | | | | authentic damper effect. When the damper pedal |
| the expressiveness: lively, gentle, and so on. | | | | is pressed, it delivers discretely sampled |
| Thanks to AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling, you | | | | overtones, harmonics and resonance to recreate |
| get the same response from the Yamaha | | | | the warm and spacious sound. |
| CVP509. This is achieved by sampling sounds at | | | | Recording your music is a breeze with USB Audio |
| more than 10 different levels of keystroke | | | | input and MP3 Playback. Simply plug in a mic and |
| strength. From these, three to five levels are | | | | enjoy recording your voice over the piano sound. |
| carefully selected, depending on the model chosen, | | | | All the usual elements of a Yamaha Clavinova are |
| to offer more detailed tonal variations. As you | | | | on the CVP509 including a LAN port for easy |
| play, the Clavinova reproduces subtle differences | | | | access to the web where you will find a host of |
| in nuance according to your touch, ranging from | | | | helpful features, new sounds etc on the Yamaha |
| pianissimo to fortissimo. To create the piano | | | | site. The piano comes with the matching Yamaha |
| sample Yamaha used their CFIIIS full concert | | | | stool, my only gripe here is that this stool is not |
| grand piano which was tuned to the highest | | | | adjustable, however this would probably add a lot |
| possible condition. They then used Yamaha's | | | | of money to the cost which personally I would |
| unique Pure CF Sampling technique to sample all of | | | | rather spend on the piano itself. The display uses |
| its sounds, in order to create the CVP509 | | | | a nice big bright 7.5" screen which clearly shows |
| Clavinova Digital Piano sound. As a result, you | | | | scores, instrument choices and all the other |
| enjoy the same natural tonal response as a | | | | features. I found that even under bright lighting |
| top-quality piano. | | | | condition the screen did not glare which is always |
| This model uses Yamaha's super articulation | | | | a bonus. |
| technology. This is mainly used on the Clavinova's | | | | To sum up, the Yamaha CVP509 Clavinova Digital |
| woodwind sounds. Basically Super Articulation | | | | Piano is an excellent choice and well worth the |
| allows the player to accurately play instruments | | | | obvious investment. I cannot really fault the |
| the way they would sound acoustically. For | | | | product at all as it ticks all the boxes for me not |
| example when playing one of the piano's | | | | only in terms of it's piano sounds and playability |
| saxophone sounds you can bend or slide notes, to | | | | but also the host of other options that are built in. |
| "join" different notes together, or to add | | | | Simple to use you can be making superb and |
| expressive nuances at the end of a note. This | | | | realistic sounding pieces in no time at all. |
| technology means that if you were to go from a | | | | |