Yamaha Clavinova CLPS308 Polished Ebony

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The CLP-S308 offers a simple but elegant design without compromising the careful attention to detail that ensures pleasant playability and high quality sound, Pure CF Sampling. Natural Wood (NW) keyboard with synthetic ivory keytops provides superb feel and playability, virtually indistinguishable from that of the ivory keyboard of a concert grand piano. Built-in LAN port enables the CLP-S308 to be connected to the Internet directly for a wide variety of streaming piano radio programs and a selection of well-known method and exercise pieces.

Natural Wood (NW) Keyboard with Synthetic Ivory Keytops

This type of keyboard features the feel of real ivory. The special Natural Wood keyboard also 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.

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 sound. As a result, you enjoy the same natural tonal response as a top-quality piano.

Advanced Wave Memory (AWM) Dynamic Stereo Sampling

The AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) 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. 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.

ClavinovaRadio

Music to match any scene and mood - directly from the Internet. The instrument functions as a "performance radio" by streaming songs directly through your instrument whenever you like.

Exercise on Demand

Provides a wide-range of common methods from beginners to advanced - even duet pieces - by streaming directly through your instrument. Versatile functions offer assistance to effectively practice the piano; such as listening to professionally played examples, muting the left-hand, right-hand, or even the second part of duets to focus on the parts, and raising or lowering tempo. Using the metronome even allows you to practice difficult passages and grasp the rhythm. The premium service available as a monthly or annual subscription adds the 'My Exercises' feature to save your playlist of methods you're currently working on.

Selection of Voices

Choose from a large selection of other stereo-sampled musical instrument sounds to perform with. These sounds provide added realism for more music playing enjoyment.

128-note Extended Polyphony (max.)

Conventional digital pianos quickly run out of notes during fast, dense legato passages: sustained notes are cut off as the instrument "steals" notes to make room for new notes. A maximum of up to 128-note can be played at once.

50 Preset Piano Songs

A selection of 50 different piano songs is provided for your listening pleasure. These recordings were chosen for their beauty as well as their functionality. Since many of the songs are classic piano pieces, anyone taking lessons can listen to them for reference.

USB TO DEVICE Terminal

Insert a USB flash memory in the USB TO DEVICE terminal on the instrument. It would let you save or load the registered settings and user songs created on the instrument, as well as read 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.

Features/Specifications:

• Keyboard:
                  - Number of Keys: 88
                  - Type: Natural Wood (NW) Keyboard with Synthetic Ivory Keytops (with real-wood white keys)
                  - Touch Sensitivity: Yes
  
• Pedal:
                  - Number of Pedals: 3
                  - Half Pedal: Yes
                  - Functions: Damper (with half-pedal effect), Sostenuto, Soft
  
• Display:
                  - Type: LED
                  - Size: 7-segment, 3-digit
  
• Panel:
                  - Language: English
  

Cabinet:

• Key Cover Style: Folding
  
• Color/Finish: Polished Ebony
  
• Music Rest: Yes
  
• Dimensions:
                  - Width: 1,449 mm (57-1/16")
                  - Height: 977 mm (38-7/16")
                  - Depth: 430 mm (16-15/16")
  

Voices:

• Tone Generation:
                  - Tone Generating Technology: AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling
                  - Number of Dynamic Levels: 3
  
• Polyphony:
                  - Number of Polyphony (Max.): 128
  
• Preset:
                  - Number of Voices: 14
  

Effects:

• Types:
                  - Reverb: 4 types
                  - Chorus: Yes
                  - Brilliance: Yes
  
• Functions:
                  - Dual/Layers: Yes
  

Songs:

• Preset:
                  - Number of Preset Songs: 50
  
• Recording:
                  - Number of Songs: 3
                  - Number of Tracks: 2
                  - Data Capacity: User songs (100KB x 3), External songs (447KB)
                  - Recording Function: Yes
  
• Compatible Data Format:
                  - Playback: SMF (Format 0 & 1)
                  - Recording: SMF (Format 0)
  

Functions:

• Overall Controls:
                  - Metronome: Yes
                  - Tempo Range: 32-280
                  - Transpose: -12 to 0, 0 to +12
                  - Tuning: Yes
                  - Scale Type: 7 types
  

Storage and Connectivity:

• Storage:
                  - Floppy Disk Drive: Optional
                  - Internal Memory: 100KB x 3 (ca. 11,000 notes x 3)
                  - External Drives: Optional
  
• Connectivity:
                  - Headphones: x 2
                  - MIDI: In/Out/Thru
                  - AUX IN: [L/L+R][R]
                  - AUX OUT: [L/L+R][R]
                  - USB TO DEVICE: x 1
                  - USB TO HOST: Yes
                  - LAN: Yes
  

Amplifiers and Speakers:

• Amplifiers: 40W x 2
• Speakers: (16cm + 5cm) x 2

Included Accessories:

• Headphones Hanger
• Song Book - "50 greats for the Piano"
• CD-ROM

Delivery Options: When you add this product to your shopping basket, you will be provided with several delivery options. As digital pianos can be quite heavy and delivered in large boxes, please select the most appropriate delivery service for you. Courier Delivery: This option is free for this product, and is a 'to your door' service. You may need to help the delivery driver as this product comes packaged in large boxes! There are several options to select, including AM and Saturday services. This option may not be suitable if you are unable to help the driver if required, or if you need the piano delivering upstairs but you don't have anyone else available to help. 2 Man Delivery Service: If you select this option, two delivery personnel will deliver the piano boxes to any room you wish, including flats with stairs or more awkward places! You will not need to help them. Please note that this service will take a few days longer than the standard courier service, and you will be called to arrange a convenient delivery date after you have placed the order. Delivery & Installation: This is our premium service, and includes full delivery, installation and setup in any room you wish. The installers will also take away the packaging if you wish. Please note that this service will take a few days longer than the standard courier service, and you will be called to arrange a convenient delivery date after you have placed the order.