zZounds' Take on Yamaha Arius YDP-V240 Digital Piano
More than just a purchase, a piano has to inspire you. Yamaha's Arius series of digital pianos were created to be the perfect entry way into the world of piano playing. Piano players are honestly looking for two things: sound and feel. Most players get disappointed when they're first trying out many digital pianos because they notice that either the keyboard feels off just enough to throw their timing or sounds not quite natural enough to discourage them from wanting to play more. The Arius YDP-V240, as you'll read below, has done more than enough to do away with those complaints.
Most digital pianos feel off to anyone who has played an acoustic piano because the keys themselves don't provide the same resistance and response they're used to getting when playing a real one. Yamaha has solved this issue by using in the YDP-V240 Graded Hammer Standard action keys. Graded Hammer Standard keys are the same full size keys found on acoustic pianos with the same resistance all the way across the 88-key range as found in acoustic pianos. In the Yamaha Arius YPDV240 higher pitched keys provide less depressing resistance while lower sounding keys gain resistance as you go down octave ranges.
Great feelings keys are great but when they're married to equally responsive piano sounds are even better. All of the 131 sound voices found on the YDP-V240 react naturally and accurately to the velocity of your piano playing. Yamaha takes it one step forward and uses AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling on each sound (and most importantly the piano voices) to capture all the dynamic differences in tone/sound you would get when playing the actual instrument in real life.
Feel free to add digital effects to your sound as well. Yamaha Arius technology incorporate over 200 different effects from reverb to distortion to you can apply to liven up any voice or arrangement. Did we forget to mention arrangements? With the Arius YDP-V240's built-in Easy Song Arranger you can play it's built-in songs in different styles without missing a bit. Learned a song in a certain way but want to try it in a bossa-nova style? you can do all of that with the Easy Song Arranger. It features a built-in music database which has a USB interface as well that lets you easily navigate a huge selection of popular songs and originals.
All these great improvements made by Yamaha for the discrete piano player are all housed together in a stunning cabinet with a 40-watt audio-phile quality speaker system. The Arius YDP-V240 we guarantee will look and sound as good as its innovations.
Manufacturer's Description for Yamaha Arius YDP-V240 88-Key Graded Hammer Piano
New to the ARIUS line, YDP-V240 is an entry-level ensemble digital piano with 88-note Graded Hammer Standard keyboard. The Graded Hammer Standard keyboard makes it a true joy to play, both in practice and in performance. The 3-level AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling Voices deliver remarkably authentic sound and furthermore, it incorporates a wide selection of amazingly realistic and dynamic sounds for hours of interactive music enjoyment.
Graded Hammer Standard (GHS) Keyboard
Just as on a traditional acoustic piano, the keys of the lower notes have a heavier touch, while the higher ones are more responsive to lighter playing. The keyboard's sensitivity can even be adjusted to match your playing style. This Graded Hammer technology also enables the instrument to provide authentic touch in a lightweight instrument. The matte finish of the black keys enhances the keyboard's luxurious appearance.
The AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) found on the Yamaha YDP-V240 is a sampling system which creates the realism of an acoustic instrument by using digital technology to record the instrument and applying high-quality, digital filter technology to the recorded audio samples. The waveform of the sound of an acoustic piano differs depending on the playing strength from pianissimo to fortissimo. The AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling can produce such dynamic nuances of various playing strengths. The greater the number of samples used, the higher the expression.
Amazingly Realistic and Dynamic Sounds
Yamaha's highly acclaimed Sweet! and Cool! Voices deliver incredibly natural and very dynamic sound.
Digital Signal Processor (DSP)
237 types of the DSP effect can be added to the Main and Dual Voices. These range from reverb-like ambience effects to distortion and other dynamic processing tools that let you enhance the sound, or completely transform it.
Easy Song Arranger
In addition to each song's default style, you can select any other style to play the song with the Easy Song Arranger feature. This means that you can play a song that is normally a ballad, as a bossa nova, as a hip-hop tune, etc. You can create totally different arrangements by changing the style of a song. You can also change the song's melody Voice and the keyboard Voice for a complete change of image.
Performance Assistant Technology (P.A.T.)
Play along with a song on the instrument's keyboard and produce a perfect performance every time ... even if you play wrong notes! All you have to do is play on the keyboard, and you'll sound like a pro as long as you play in time with the music.
Music Database plus External Files
You want to play music in your favorite style, but you're not sure how to select the best Voice and style for the type of music you want to play ... simply select the appropriate style from the Music Database. The panel settings will automatically be adjusted for the ideal combination of sounds and style! Furthermore, this instrument allows Music Database files transferred from a computer or stored on a USB flash memory device. These files can be used in the same way as the internal Music Database.
USB To Device
The USB to Device port on the instrument allows you to connect USB memory devices such as flash drives or hard drives, enabling you to save or load registrations and user songs created on the instrument, as well as read data from the connected device such as MIDI files or style files.
USB to Host
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.
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