Yamaha Arius YDP-144 Digital Piano - Classic and elegant home piano for beginners or hobbyists, in black

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When you reach the polyphony cap, the piano starts to drop the earliest played notes to free up memory for new notes, which in turn affects the quality and fullness of the sound. However, I am happy to announce that for the first time Yamaha now has what I consider to be a very big upgrade in terms of the organic nature and realism of the piano sound in these new models. Reverb intensities can be modified in increments of one, affecting the room/hall size and decay times of the reverb to suit the needs of the song.

She’s been popping her iPad or Surface Pro in front of herself at her keyboard for years and recording videos.This type of upward force is not at all what real acoustic key actions do and feel like and it's something I don't personally care for. I just prefer to invest my money into a key action I can be happy with and use for years to comes as I grow in my skills, especially for a beginner student.

Thisvoice offers up sparkling highs with a resonant, powerful low end, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest concert grands of modern times. The Intelligent Acoustic Control (IAC) technology is another effect, with an intensity that you can tweak to suit your taste. This setting is great for all of you who love playing songs of the likes of Elton John and other pop artists that use piano heavily in their music. The older model had a Pure CF sound engine with sounds recorded from Yamaha’s CFIIIS Concert Grand Piano. does not give me the comfort level I prefer and actually can become a bit fatiguing over time, especially when playing lighter and softer portions of a song on both the YDP-S54 and YDP-164.

The instrument comes with Yamaha’s GH3 keyboard action, the same key action that was used in the YDP-163, except the YDP-164’s keyboard has synthetic ebony black keys as opposed to the matte black ones in the YDP-163. At a high intensity, the IAC serves as a compressor, ensuring that the overall volume is consistent throughout.

What I really think is a big advantage and very attractive feature of both digital pianos, is the Yamaha Smart Pianist App. However, after trying this YDP-144 many times I noticed that there is not a lot of volume when the master volume control is set from 0 volume up to about 60% volume. Unlike the more advanced CLP-series (also known as the Clavinova series), the YDP series leaves out the extra bells and whistles and focuses instead on delivering as much bang for your buck as possible.The club reverb is a surprising highlight, being a more intimate “room” algorithm that captures the closeness of a large grand piano in an enclosed environment.