Yamaha CGP-1000 Enhanced Realism and Natural Expressiveness

CGP-1000 Owner’s Manual

Introduction

Enhanced Realism and Natural Expressiveness

NW (Natural Wood) with Synthetic ivory keytops

The CGP-1000 is one of a new breed of instruments that features a keyboard with the feel

of real ivory. The special Natural Wood keyboard of the CGP-1000 uses real-wood white

keys. The key surface is soft and slightly porous, giving the keys added grip and a natural

friction that lets you play easily. The authentic touch and feel of the keys goes far beyond

existing electronic keyboards, it makes you feel as if you’re playing a real grand piano.

This specially crafted keyboard lets you use techniques only possible on grand pianos,

such as playing the same note successively and having the sounds blend smoothly even

without use of the damper pedal, or playing the same key quickly and having perfect

articulation without the sound cutting off unnaturally.

This Clavinova features the groundbreaking technologies of the Hybrid Active Sound-

board System plus an iAFC (Instrumental Active Field Control) effect – utilizing an

actual piano soundboard along with a ﬁnely crafted grand piano cabinet to perfectly

recreate the deep sonic resonances and subtle harmonics of a concert grand piano –

all in a full-featured digital keyboard instrument.

The Hybrid Active Soundboard System uses a real soundboard and special Vibro-trans-

ducers to effectively reproduce for the ﬁrst time on a digital keyboard the full experi-

ence of playing a true grand piano. This effect is NOT produced by speakers; the

soundboard resonates naturally and transmits both sound and vibration in the exact

same way an actual grand piano does!

Advanced iAFC technology is also included on this instrument. Turn on the iAFC effect

and hear the sound expand around you, as if you're playing on the stage in a concert

hall. The overall sound is deeper and more resonant, especially when using the

damper pedal, recreating and emphasizing the natural sounds of acoustic instruments.

Recording Your Performance as Audio......................................page 60

You can record your performance as audio data to a USB ﬂash memory.

Connect a microphone or guitar to the instrument and enjoy recording a gui-

tar and keyboard performance together, or record your singing along with

Song playback (in karaoke fashion).