CVP509 Digital Piano from Yamaha

Yamaha CVP-509 Polished Ebony, maximize's the pleasure of performing with it's advanced features that it has to offer. Polished Ebony finish cabinet with real-wood white keys and synthetic ivory keytops, fully equipped with a rich variety of functions. CVP 509 PE has superb tonal response and faithfulness to the original sound created from Pure CF Sampling. The newly introduced Tri-Amp System enables the clear expression of even delicate sound nuances. The CVP-509PE is packed with hundreds of dynamic voices, including the ultra-realistic, expressive Super Articulation 2! Voices and Mega Voices, as well as accompaniment styles.

Yamaha CVP-509 Features:

• Natural Wood (NW) keyboard with real-wood white keys, Synthetic Ivory Keytops -reproduces the authentic touch, weight and feel of a real grand piano and even provides Synthetic Ivory keytops, for natural friction and improved playing ease.
• Pure CF Sampling newly introduced -Enjoy the same natural tonal response as a top-quality piano. 
• 5-level Advanced Wave Memory (AWM) Dynamic Stereo Sampling - Is a sampling system which creates sound close to that of an acoustic instrument by using digital technology to record the instrument sound and applying high-quality digital filter technology to the recorded audio samples.  
• Super Articulation 2! Voice and MegaVoice  - Mainly for wind instrument Voices, a special Yamaha technology called AEM has been used, which features detailed samples of special expressive techniques used on those specific instruments - to bend or slide into notes, to "join" different notes together, or to add expressive nuances at the end of a note, etc. MegaVoice features multiple samples across the keyboard with sophisticated velocity switching for incredibly authentic instrument sounds. It contains not only the basic samples of the instrument but also the performance techniques used with it therefore duplicates an instrument's behavior. 
• USB Audio Recorder playback WAV & MP3  - Record your performance as audio data to a USB storage device. Connect a microphone or guitar to the instrument and enjoy recording a guitar and keyboard performance together, or record your singing along with song playback. 

Yamaha CVP-509 Specifications:

• Size: Width 1,430mm (56-5/16"), Height 868mm (34-3/16"), Depth 611mm (24-1/16")
• Weight: 82kg (180lbs., 12oz.)

Control Interface

• Number of Keys: 88
• Keyboard Type: Natural Wood (NW) Keyboard with Synthetic Ivory Keytops
• Keyboard Touch Sensitivity: Hard2/Hard1/Normal/Soft1/Soft2
• Number of Pedals: 3
• Half Pedal: Yes
• Pedal Functions: Volume, Sustain, Sostenuto, Soft, Glide, Song Play/Pause, Style Start/Stop, etc.
• Display Type: TFT VGA LCD
• Display Size: 640 x 480 dots
• Colour: Colour
• Language: English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Italian
• Panel Language: English

Cabinet

• Key Cover Style: Folding
• Colour/Finish: Dark Rosewood
• Music Rest: Yes
• Music Clips: Yes

Voices

• Tone Generation Technology: AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling
• Number of Dynamic Levels: 5
• Stereo Sustain Samples: Yes
• Key-off Samples: Yes
• Number of Polyphony (Max.): 128 + 128
• Number of Preset Voices: 811 + 480 XG + 26 Drum/SFX Kits + GM2 (+ GS Voices for GS Song playback)
• Featured Voices: 11 S.Articulation2! Voices (AEM technology), 49 S. Articulation Voices, 39 Natural! Voices, 27 Sweet! Voices, 64 Cool! Voices, 70 Live! Voices, 20 Organ Flutes!, 23 Mega Voices
• Song Creator/Voice Set: Yes
• Compatibility XG, GS, GM, GM2, XF: Yes

Effects

• Types: Reverb 42 Preset + 3 User, Chorus 106 Preset + 3 User, DSP 1: 272 Preset + 3 User, DSP2-9: 272 Preset + 10 User, Master Compressor 5 Preset + 5 User, Master EQ 5 Preset + 2 User, Part EQ 27 Parts
• Dual/Layers: Yes
• Split: Yes
• Mono/Poly: Yes
• Accompany Style Related, Vocal Harmony: 60 Preset + 10 User

Accompaniment Styles

• Number of Preset Styles: 442
• Featured Styles: 362 Pro Styles, 40 Session Styles, 36 Pianist Styles, 4 Free Play Styles
• Fingering: Single Finger, Fingered, Fingered On Bass, Multi Finger, AI Fingered, Full Keyboard, AI Full Keyboard
• Style Control: INTRO x 3, MAIN VARIATION x 4, FILL x 4, BREAK, ENDING x 3
• User Styles: Yes
• Style Creator: Yes
• Music Finder: Yes
• One Touch Setting (OTS): 4 for each Style
• File Format: Style File Format GE

Songs

• Number of Preset Songs: 120
• Recording Number of Songs: Unlimited (depending on the storage media's capacity)
• Recording Number of Tracks: 16
• Recording Data Capacity: 300KB
• Recording Function: Yes
• Playback Compatible Data Format: SMF (Format 0 & 1), ESEQ, XF, Style File
• Recording Compatible Data Format: SMF (Format 0)

Functions

• Number of Buttons: 8
• Control: Regist. Sequence/Freeze
• Lesson/Guide: Follow Lights, Any Key, Karao-Key, Vocal CueTIME
• Guide Lamp: Yes
• Performance Assistant Technology (PAT): Yes
• Demonstration: Yes
• Playback: MP3, WAV
• Recording: WAV
• Metronome: Yes
• Tempo Range: 5 - 500, Tap Tempo
• Transpose: Yes
• Tuning: Yes
• Scale Type: 9 types
• PIANO Button: Yes
• Direct Access: Yes

Storage & Connectivity

• Internal Memory: 3.2MB (for all User Data (Song, Voice, Style, Registration))
• External Drives: Optional USB Flash Memory, etc. (via USB to DEVICE)
• Headphones: x2
• Microphone: Input Volume, Mic./Line In
• MIDI: In/Out/Thru
• AUX IN: L/L+R, R
• AUX OUT: (L/L+R, R), LEVEL FIXED (L, R)
• AUX Pedal: Yes
• VIDEO OUT: Yes
• USB [TO DEVICE]: x2
• USB [TO HOST]: Yes
• [LAN]: Yes

Amplifiers & Speakers

• Amplifiers: (35W + 20W + 20W) x 2 + 20W x 2
• Speakers: (16cm + 5cm + 3cm (dome)) x 2 + 10cm x 2 [(6 5/16" + 1 15/16" +1 3/16" (dome) x 2 + 3 15/16" x 2]

Extras

• Bundled Software CD-ROM: Yes
• Included Accessories: Headphones Hanger, Song Book "50 greats for the Piano"
• Internet Direct Connection (IDC): Yes