CVP-501
A great way to discover the fun of performance, with a wider range of expressiveness
The CVP-501 has superb tonal response and faithfulness to the original sound created from Pure CF Sampling. The GH keyboard gives you the same kind of touch, weight and feel of a real grand piano. The CVP-501 is packed with hundreds of dynamic voices, as well as accompaniment styles that give you professional sounding backing tracks for your performance. Other sophisticated features include Internet Direct Connection, comprehensive computer connectivity, 16-track Song recording, and wide variety of effects.
- Graded Hammer (GH) keyboard
- Pure CF Sampling
- 3-level Advanced Wave Memory (AWM) Dynamic Stereo Sampling
- 4.6” monochrome LCD for score / lyrics display
- Connect directly to the internet using a broadband connection
- Available in Dark Rosewood or Polished Ebony finish
Pure CF Sampling for Superb Tonality
Yamaha technicians selected a CFIIIS full concert grand with the highest sound quality, and tuned it to the finest possible condition. They then used our unique Pure CF Sampling technique to sample all of its sounds in order to create the CLP/CVP piano voices. As a result, you enjoy the same natural tonal response as a top-quality acoustic piano.
Large LCD Display
A large LCD display provides attractive graphics and helpful messages for quick access and error-free operation. It provides comprehensive and easy-to-understand control of the Clavinova’s functions. The display indicates chords, scores, lyrics, voice and style information, and more.
Graded Hammer (GH) Keyboard
Just as on an actual grand piano, the lower keys are heavy in touch and the higher keys are light, with all the natural gradations in between.
Advanced Wave Memory (AWM) Dynamic Stereo Sampling
AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) is a sampling system that creates amazingly realistic voices. It digitally records the instrument sound and applies high-quality digital filter technology to the recorded audio samples. The waveform of the sound created by playing the key of an acoustic piano differs depending on the playing strength from pianissimo to fortissimo. The AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling can produce such dynamic nuances by recording samples of various playing strengths. The greater the number of samples used, the higher the expressive quality and potential becomes.
Guide Lamps
The key guide lamps indicate the notes you should play, when you should play them, and how long you should hold them down. You can also practice at your own pace - since the accompaniment waits for you to play the notes correctly. Here, mute the right- or heft-hand part and try practicing the part using the guide lamps.
Auto Accompaniment
The auto accompaniment features let you produce automatic accompaniment playback simply by playing "chords" with your left hand. This lets you automatically recreate the sound of a full band or orchestra - even if you're playing by yourself. The auto accompaniment sound is made up of the rhythm patterns of the styles. The styles of the instrument cover a wide range of different musical genres including pop, jazz, and many others. Using these accompaniment styles lets everybody, even beginners, give accomplished solo performances.
Music Finder
When you want to play in a certain genre of music but don't know which settings to choose, what can you do? Music Finder has the answer. It offers an extensive range of music styles with pre-programmed voices and effects setups. Search for suitable styles. It instantly call up the best-suited voices, tempo and accompaniment style to match the song name or music style you wish to play. Simply call up a song title and start playing.
USB to Device Terminal
Insert a USB flash memory drive in the USB TO DEVICE terminal on the instrument. It will let you save or load registered settings and user songs created on the instrument, as well as reading data from the connected device.
USB to Host Terminal
Dive in and take advantage of the wide world of computer music software. Connections and setup are exceptionally easy, and you can play back your computer recorded parts with different instrument sounds - all from a single instrument.
LAN Port
The LAN Port is for a wired internet connection the same as a LAN terminal you see on a computer. Stay connected and directly access Yamaha's special "Internet Direct Connection (IDC)" service without a computer. Once you're online with IDC, you can download your favorite contents straight to your instrument. And that's just the beginning - the fun and excitement starts from there!
Online, On-Demand Music (IDC)
Bring your instrument online and tap into the worldwide music network! Yamaha has created a new, essential online service for musicians everywhere: Internet Direct Connection (IDC). IDC lets you connect the instrument directly to the Internet, without a computer, letting you delve into thousands of MIDI songs on our custom website, and download your favorite music for playback on the instrument.
Music Finder+
This service gives you the capability, by connecting the instrument to the Internet Direct Connection (IDC), of searching for and adding desired panel settings and song data via IDC to the instrument. For more details about this service, refer to the following website. http://services.music.yamaha.com/musicfinder/
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