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Digital Piano Yamaha Clavinova CVP503
Estimated price for orientation: 3 960 $
Category: Digital Pianos
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Description Brand: Yamaha Model: Clavinova CVP503 MPN: CVP503
FeaturesSoundOffering a huge range of tones thanks to Pure CF Sampling and AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling.*
Pure CF Sampling gives CVP models a piano sound with superb tonal response and faithfulness to the original sound. They also benefit from AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling, which samples sounds at up to four levels according to keystroke strength, allowing the expression of delicate sound nuances. In addition to piano sounds, as many as 878 other instrument sounds are available, so you can enjoy all types of instruments from strings to percussion while you’re playing the piano.* AWM stands for Advanced Wave Memory.TouchA keyboard so well made, it feels like you're playing a grand piano.
Yamaha's innovative GH3 keyboard has three sensors: in addition to two sensors to detect keystroke strength, it includes Yamaha’s original Damper Sensor. This enables you to use advanced techniques such as playing the same note repeatedly with perfect articulation, previously only possible on a grand piano, which blends sounds without the use of the damper pedal. You also enjoy the keyboard touch of a grand piano, including keys with weight gradations – heavy in the lower end and lighter in the higher end. Synthetic ivory keytops also provide the feel of a grand piano, even the fingertip sensations.EnsembleFamiliar pieces are even more fun to play, thanks to a wide range of selectable auto accompaniment Styles.
A special feature of the CVP model is a wide selection of Styles that you can use for automatic accompaniment. All you do is play chords with your left hand, and you have your own personal backing band! You can add an intro or ending, or insert a fill-in. A maximum of 272 Styles are offered, such as Ballad, Dance and Country. The Styles use Mega Voices to ensure authentic, dynamic accompaniments. In addition, the Style guitar parts have been improved to provide even more natural guitar phrasing.Let Music Finder select the right style for the piece you want to play.
Don't know the accompaniment Style or Voice best suited to the number you want to play? Music Finder is the perfect solution. You simply select a song title or keyword, and the appropriate Style, Voice and effects are automatically set. It’s like having a professional arranger help you out whenever you want.Music Finder+ lets you access a huge online library.
Music Finder+ provides access to an online library of song setups that you can download directly to your Clavinova. The setups are free and available individually as Records or in convenient groups as Collections. The library offers over 4,000 Records and is constantly growing. You can search for your favorite songs and add them to your Clavinova. Music Finder+ also has useful Performance Guides that contain digital sheet music to help beginners learn how to play.
FunctionDirect internet access. Quick access to a wide selection of musical data.
With Internet Direct Connection and a LAN port, you have easy access directly from your Clavinova to a wide variety of musical data at a specialized website. Many services are conveniently available, such as finding and listening to a piece that you want to learn how to play.USB port further expands convenience.
You can store performance data in an optional USB storage device using the To Device terminal, and connect the Clavinova to a PC via a single USB cable using the To Host terminal.USB Audio for recording your own performance.
You can store your own performances, complete with singing (or playing a solo instrument) into a microphone connected to the Clavinova (or even an ensemble with a guitar plugged into the MIC. / LINE IN), in a USB storage device as an audio file.* These files can be used in a variety of ways, such as transferring them to a PC for friends to hear or using them to prepare original CDs. You can also play the audio files* and enjoy accompanying yourself on the Clavinova.* .WAV filesLarge LCD is easy to see and understand.
Musical notation and text are clearly displayed on a large screen, making the many functions easier to use. The screen not only shows the musical notation, it can display lyrics, chords and text files made on a PC via simple operations.** Capable of handling lyrics and chord data recorded in standard MIDI files.Guide functions to support performance.
A ball jumps along the musical notation shown on the display in time with the performance, letting you see where to play at a glance. Guide lamps show which keys to play next, and cause the accompaniment to wait until the correct note is played before moving along, making it easier to master a piece.Stylishly elegant cabinets.
The piano-like form with a modern finish is designed to fit easily in any room.
Other Great Features88-key GH3 (Graded Hammer 3) keyboard with synthetic ivory keytops320 x 240 dots QVGA monochrome 5.7 inch LCD6 Languages for display (English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Italian)4-step AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling tone generation with Stereo Sustain samples and Key-Off samples128-note polyphony398 + 480 XG Voices + GM2 / GS (Playback)Vocal Harmony272 Accompaniment StylesMusic Finder120 preset songs (Song Book)Guide function / Performance assistant technologyUSB Audio (Playback: WAV / Recording: WAV)Internet Direct Connection40W x 2 amplifier(16 cm + 5 cm) x 2 speaker system
[(6 5/16" + 1 15/16") x 2 speaker system]USB TO HOST and USB TO DEVICE (1)Dual headphone jacksMic jackMusic clipsLAN portSize/WeightDimensions Width 1,432mm (56-3/8") Height 885mm (34-13/16") Depth 613mm (24-1/8") Weight Weight 71kg (156lbs., 8oz.)
Control InterfaceKeyboard Number of Keys 88 Type Graded Hammer 3 (GH3) Keyboard with Synthetic Ivory Keytops Touch Sensitivity Hard2/Hard1/Normal/Soft1/Soft2 Pedal Number of Pedals 3 Half Pedal Yes Functions Volume, Sustain, Sostenuto, Soft, Glide, Song Play/Pause, Style Start/Stop, etc. Display Type Full Dot LCD Size 320 x 240 dots Color Monochrome Contrast Yes Score Display Function Yes Lyrics Display Function Yes Text Viewer Function Yes Language English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Italian Panel Language English
CabinetKey Cover Key Cover Style Folding Music Rest Yes Music Clips Yes
VoicesTone Generation Tone Generating Technology AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling Number of Dynamic Levels 4 Stereo Sustain Samples Yes Key-off Samples Yes Polyphony Number of Polyphony (Max.) 128 Preset Number of Voices 398 + 480 XG + 19 Drum/SFX Kits + GM2 (+ GS Voices for GS Song playback) Featured Voices 22 Natural! Voices, 23 Sweet! Voices, 33 Cool! Voices, 19 Live! Voices, 10 Organ Flutes!, 15 Mega Voices Custom Sound Creator/Voice Set Yes Compatibility XG Yes GS Yes GM Yes GM2 Yes XF Yes
EffectsTypes Reverb 42 Preset + 3 User Chorus 71 Preset + 3 User DSP DSP 1: 271 Preset + 3 User, DSP2-4: 128 Preset + 10 User Master EQ 5 Preset + 2 User Part EQ 27 Parts Functions Dual/Layers Yes Split Yes Mono/Poly Yes Accompany Style Related Vocal Harmony 60 Preset + 10 User
Accompaniment StylesPreset Number of Preset Styles 272 Featured Styles 213 Pro Styles, 23 Session Styles, 36 Pianist 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 Custom User Styles Yes Style Creator Yes Other Features Music Finder Yes One Touch Setting (OTS) 4 for each Style File Format Style File Format GE
SongsPreset Number of Preset Songs 120 Recording Number of Songs Unlimited (depending on the storage media's capacity) Number of Tracks 16 Data Capacity 300KB Recording Function Yes Compatible Data Format Playback SMF (Format 0 & 1), ESEQ, XF, Style File Recording SMF (Format 0)
FunctionsRegistration Number of Buttons 8 Control Regist. Sequence/Freeze Lesson/Guide Lesson/Guide Follow Lights, Any Key, Karao-Key, Vocal CueTIME Guide Lamp Yes Performance Assistant Technology (PAT) Yes Demo/Help Demonstration Yes USB Audio Recorder Playback WAV Recording WAV Overall Controls Metronome Yes Tempo Range 5 - 500, Tap Tempo Transpose Yes Tuning Yes Scale Type 9 types Miscellaneous PIANO Button Yes Direct Access Yes
Storage and ConnectivityStorage Internal Memory 2.4MB (for all User Data (Song, Voice, Style, Registration)) External Drives Optional USB Flash Memory, etc. (via USB to DEVICE) Connectivity Headphones x 2 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 USB TO DEVICE x 1 USB TO HOST Yes LAN Yes
Amplifiers and SpeakersAmplifiers 40W x 2 Speakers (16cm + 5cm) x 2 [(6 5/16" + 1 15/16") X 2]
Bundled SoftwareAccessoriesIncluded Accessories Headphones Hanger Yes Song Book "50 greats for the Piano"
Description
| Brand: | Yamaha | Model: | Clavinova CVP503 |
| MPN: | CVP503 |
FeaturesSoundTouchEnsembleFunctionOther Great Features
Offering a huge range of tones thanks to Pure CF Sampling and AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling.*
Pure CF Sampling gives CVP models a piano sound with superb tonal response and faithfulness to the original sound. They also benefit from AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling, which samples sounds at up to four levels according to keystroke strength, allowing the expression of delicate sound nuances. In addition to piano sounds, as many as 878 other instrument sounds are available, so you can enjoy all types of instruments from strings to percussion while you’re playing the piano.* AWM stands for Advanced Wave Memory.
Pure CF Sampling gives CVP models a piano sound with superb tonal response and faithfulness to the original sound. They also benefit from AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling, which samples sounds at up to four levels according to keystroke strength, allowing the expression of delicate sound nuances. In addition to piano sounds, as many as 878 other instrument sounds are available, so you can enjoy all types of instruments from strings to percussion while you’re playing the piano.* AWM stands for Advanced Wave Memory.
A keyboard so well made, it feels like you're playing a grand piano.
Yamaha's innovative GH3 keyboard has three sensors: in addition to two sensors to detect keystroke strength, it includes Yamaha’s original Damper Sensor. This enables you to use advanced techniques such as playing the same note repeatedly with perfect articulation, previously only possible on a grand piano, which blends sounds without the use of the damper pedal. You also enjoy the keyboard touch of a grand piano, including keys with weight gradations – heavy in the lower end and lighter in the higher end. Synthetic ivory keytops also provide the feel of a grand piano, even the fingertip sensations.
Yamaha's innovative GH3 keyboard has three sensors: in addition to two sensors to detect keystroke strength, it includes Yamaha’s original Damper Sensor. This enables you to use advanced techniques such as playing the same note repeatedly with perfect articulation, previously only possible on a grand piano, which blends sounds without the use of the damper pedal. You also enjoy the keyboard touch of a grand piano, including keys with weight gradations – heavy in the lower end and lighter in the higher end. Synthetic ivory keytops also provide the feel of a grand piano, even the fingertip sensations.
Familiar pieces are even more fun to play, thanks to a wide range of selectable auto accompaniment Styles.
A special feature of the CVP model is a wide selection of Styles that you can use for automatic accompaniment. All you do is play chords with your left hand, and you have your own personal backing band! You can add an intro or ending, or insert a fill-in. A maximum of 272 Styles are offered, such as Ballad, Dance and Country. The Styles use Mega Voices to ensure authentic, dynamic accompaniments. In addition, the Style guitar parts have been improved to provide even more natural guitar phrasing.Let Music Finder select the right style for the piece you want to play.
Don't know the accompaniment Style or Voice best suited to the number you want to play? Music Finder is the perfect solution. You simply select a song title or keyword, and the appropriate Style, Voice and effects are automatically set. It’s like having a professional arranger help you out whenever you want.Music Finder+ lets you access a huge online library.
Music Finder+ provides access to an online library of song setups that you can download directly to your Clavinova. The setups are free and available individually as Records or in convenient groups as Collections. The library offers over 4,000 Records and is constantly growing. You can search for your favorite songs and add them to your Clavinova. Music Finder+ also has useful Performance Guides that contain digital sheet music to help beginners learn how to play.
A special feature of the CVP model is a wide selection of Styles that you can use for automatic accompaniment. All you do is play chords with your left hand, and you have your own personal backing band! You can add an intro or ending, or insert a fill-in. A maximum of 272 Styles are offered, such as Ballad, Dance and Country. The Styles use Mega Voices to ensure authentic, dynamic accompaniments. In addition, the Style guitar parts have been improved to provide even more natural guitar phrasing.Let Music Finder select the right style for the piece you want to play.
Don't know the accompaniment Style or Voice best suited to the number you want to play? Music Finder is the perfect solution. You simply select a song title or keyword, and the appropriate Style, Voice and effects are automatically set. It’s like having a professional arranger help you out whenever you want.Music Finder+ lets you access a huge online library.
Music Finder+ provides access to an online library of song setups that you can download directly to your Clavinova. The setups are free and available individually as Records or in convenient groups as Collections. The library offers over 4,000 Records and is constantly growing. You can search for your favorite songs and add them to your Clavinova. Music Finder+ also has useful Performance Guides that contain digital sheet music to help beginners learn how to play.
Direct internet access. Quick access to a wide selection of musical data.
With Internet Direct Connection and a LAN port, you have easy access directly from your Clavinova to a wide variety of musical data at a specialized website. Many services are conveniently available, such as finding and listening to a piece that you want to learn how to play.USB port further expands convenience.
You can store performance data in an optional USB storage device using the To Device terminal, and connect the Clavinova to a PC via a single USB cable using the To Host terminal.USB Audio for recording your own performance.
You can store your own performances, complete with singing (or playing a solo instrument) into a microphone connected to the Clavinova (or even an ensemble with a guitar plugged into the MIC. / LINE IN), in a USB storage device as an audio file.* These files can be used in a variety of ways, such as transferring them to a PC for friends to hear or using them to prepare original CDs. You can also play the audio files* and enjoy accompanying yourself on the Clavinova.* .WAV filesLarge LCD is easy to see and understand.
Musical notation and text are clearly displayed on a large screen, making the many functions easier to use. The screen not only shows the musical notation, it can display lyrics, chords and text files made on a PC via simple operations.** Capable of handling lyrics and chord data recorded in standard MIDI files.Guide functions to support performance.
A ball jumps along the musical notation shown on the display in time with the performance, letting you see where to play at a glance. Guide lamps show which keys to play next, and cause the accompaniment to wait until the correct note is played before moving along, making it easier to master a piece.Stylishly elegant cabinets.
The piano-like form with a modern finish is designed to fit easily in any room.
With Internet Direct Connection and a LAN port, you have easy access directly from your Clavinova to a wide variety of musical data at a specialized website. Many services are conveniently available, such as finding and listening to a piece that you want to learn how to play.USB port further expands convenience.
You can store performance data in an optional USB storage device using the To Device terminal, and connect the Clavinova to a PC via a single USB cable using the To Host terminal.USB Audio for recording your own performance.
You can store your own performances, complete with singing (or playing a solo instrument) into a microphone connected to the Clavinova (or even an ensemble with a guitar plugged into the MIC. / LINE IN), in a USB storage device as an audio file.* These files can be used in a variety of ways, such as transferring them to a PC for friends to hear or using them to prepare original CDs. You can also play the audio files* and enjoy accompanying yourself on the Clavinova.* .WAV filesLarge LCD is easy to see and understand.
Musical notation and text are clearly displayed on a large screen, making the many functions easier to use. The screen not only shows the musical notation, it can display lyrics, chords and text files made on a PC via simple operations.** Capable of handling lyrics and chord data recorded in standard MIDI files.Guide functions to support performance.
A ball jumps along the musical notation shown on the display in time with the performance, letting you see where to play at a glance. Guide lamps show which keys to play next, and cause the accompaniment to wait until the correct note is played before moving along, making it easier to master a piece.Stylishly elegant cabinets.
The piano-like form with a modern finish is designed to fit easily in any room.
88-key GH3 (Graded Hammer 3) keyboard with synthetic ivory keytops320 x 240 dots QVGA monochrome 5.7 inch LCD6 Languages for display (English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Italian)4-step AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling tone generation with Stereo Sustain samples and Key-Off samples128-note polyphony398 + 480 XG Voices + GM2 / GS (Playback)Vocal Harmony272 Accompaniment StylesMusic Finder120 preset songs (Song Book)Guide function / Performance assistant technologyUSB Audio (Playback: WAV / Recording: WAV)Internet Direct Connection40W x 2 amplifier(16 cm + 5 cm) x 2 speaker system
[(6 5/16" + 1 15/16") x 2 speaker system]USB TO HOST and USB TO DEVICE (1)Dual headphone jacksMic jackMusic clipsLAN port
[(6 5/16" + 1 15/16") x 2 speaker system]USB TO HOST and USB TO DEVICE (1)Dual headphone jacksMic jackMusic clipsLAN port
Size/Weight
Control Interface
Cabinet
Voices
Effects
Accompaniment Styles
Songs
Functions
Storage and Connectivity
Amplifiers and Speakers
Bundled SoftwareAccessories
| Dimensions | Width | 1,432mm (56-3/8") |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 885mm (34-13/16") | |
| Depth | 613mm (24-1/8") | |
| Weight | Weight | 71kg (156lbs., 8oz.) |
| Keyboard | Number of Keys | 88 |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Graded Hammer 3 (GH3) Keyboard with Synthetic Ivory Keytops | |
| Touch Sensitivity | Hard2/Hard1/Normal/Soft1/Soft2 | |
| Pedal | Number of Pedals | 3 |
| Half Pedal | Yes | |
| Functions | Volume, Sustain, Sostenuto, Soft, Glide, Song Play/Pause, Style Start/Stop, etc. | |
| Display | Type | Full Dot LCD |
| Size | 320 x 240 dots | |
| Color | Monochrome | |
| Contrast | Yes | |
| Score Display Function | Yes | |
| Lyrics Display Function | Yes | |
| Text Viewer Function | Yes | |
| Language | English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Italian | |
| Panel | Language | English |
| Key Cover | Key Cover Style | Folding |
|---|---|---|
| Music Rest | Yes | |
| Music Clips | Yes | |
| Tone Generation | Tone Generating Technology | AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Dynamic Levels | 4 | |
| Stereo Sustain Samples | Yes | |
| Key-off Samples | Yes | |
| Polyphony | Number of Polyphony (Max.) | 128 |
| Preset | Number of Voices | 398 + 480 XG + 19 Drum/SFX Kits + GM2 (+ GS Voices for GS Song playback) |
| Featured Voices | 22 Natural! Voices, 23 Sweet! Voices, 33 Cool! Voices, 19 Live! Voices, 10 Organ Flutes!, 15 Mega Voices | |
| Custom | Sound Creator/Voice Set | Yes |
| Compatibility | XG | Yes |
| GS | Yes | |
| GM | Yes | |
| GM2 | Yes | |
| XF | Yes |
| Types | Reverb | 42 Preset + 3 User |
|---|---|---|
| Chorus | 71 Preset + 3 User | |
| DSP | DSP 1: 271 Preset + 3 User, DSP2-4: 128 Preset + 10 User | |
| Master EQ | 5 Preset + 2 User | |
| Part EQ | 27 Parts | |
| Functions | Dual/Layers | Yes |
| Split | Yes | |
| Mono/Poly | Yes | |
| Accompany Style Related | Vocal Harmony | 60 Preset + 10 User |
| Preset | Number of Preset Styles | 272 |
|---|---|---|
| Featured Styles | 213 Pro Styles, 23 Session Styles, 36 Pianist 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 | |
| Custom | User Styles | Yes |
| Style Creator | Yes | |
| Other Features | Music Finder | Yes |
| One Touch Setting (OTS) | 4 for each Style | |
| File Format | Style File Format GE | |
| Preset | Number of Preset Songs | 120 |
|---|---|---|
| Recording | Number of Songs | Unlimited (depending on the storage media's capacity) |
| Number of Tracks | 16 | |
| Data Capacity | 300KB | |
| Recording Function | Yes | |
| Compatible Data Format | Playback | SMF (Format 0 & 1), ESEQ, XF, Style File |
| Recording | SMF (Format 0) |
| Registration | Number of Buttons | 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Control | Regist. Sequence/Freeze | |
| Lesson/Guide | Lesson/Guide | Follow Lights, Any Key, Karao-Key, Vocal CueTIME |
| Guide Lamp | Yes | |
| Performance Assistant Technology (PAT) | Yes | |
| Demo/Help | Demonstration | Yes |
| USB Audio Recorder | Playback | WAV |
| Recording | WAV | |
| Overall Controls | Metronome | Yes |
| Tempo Range | 5 - 500, Tap Tempo | |
| Transpose | Yes | |
| Tuning | Yes | |
| Scale Type | 9 types | |
| Miscellaneous | PIANO Button | Yes |
| Direct Access | Yes |
| Storage | Internal Memory | 2.4MB (for all User Data (Song, Voice, Style, Registration)) |
|---|---|---|
| External Drives | Optional USB Flash Memory, etc. (via USB to DEVICE) | |
| Connectivity | Headphones | x 2 |
| 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 | |
| USB TO DEVICE | x 1 | |
| USB TO HOST | Yes | |
| LAN | Yes |
| Amplifiers | 40W x 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Speakers | (16cm + 5cm) x 2 [(6 5/16" + 1 15/16") X 2] | |
| Included Accessories | Headphones Hanger | Yes |
|---|---|---|
| Song Book | "50 greats for the Piano" |