Yamaha ARIUS YDP-161 Digital Piano with Bench
- 88 key Graded Hammer (GH) keyboard offers quality and a natural playing feel
- 3-level Advanced Wave Memory (AWM) Dynamic Stereo Sampling
- New acoustic system offers clearer sound with more presence
- "128-note polyphony" - Rich expressive power, free from sound cutoff even when the sustain pedal is used
- "2 Track Recording" - Record and play back your performances. Convenient for piano lessons
- 50 preset piano songs and a music book
Key Features
A classic blend of Yamaha's authentic tone and natural touch.
Perfect for beginning students and experienced players alike, the ARIUS YDP-161 provides true piano tone and touch. The GH keyboard and 3-level AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling voices deliver remarkably authentic sound and natural expressiveness, making it a true joy to play both in practice and in performance. Additionally, the damper pedal includes a half-damper effect, giving you nuanced expressive control over sustained notes. Dual voice capability lets you play two different instrument sounds at the same time, while a 2-track song recorder allows you to capture your original musical ideas and performances.
Advanced Wave Memory (AWM) Dynamic Stereo Sampling
The piano sound is a sampling from one Yamaha Full Concert Grand Piano "CFIIIS", which has won high acclaim at the world's most famous concert halls and music competitions. The best piano was selected, and an experienced tuner adjusted it to ensure it was in top condition. Sampling is carefully performed over a long period, from when the sound starts until it fades out, to reproduce a natural sound and attenuation not commonly seen in digital pianos. In addition, they also focus on the change in timbre due to the strength or weakness of the key strike that is unique to acoustic pianos. Sound sampling covered more than 10 stages of key strike strength for each keyboard.
The Yamaha development team spent a lot of time together with pianists in thorough pursuit of the optimum touch and timbre combination, resulting in the achievement of natural sound changes that sound like a person is actually playing a grand piano, no matter how the keyboard is played.
New Acoustic System Reproduces Clearer, more Voluminous Sound
Using a new amp, the "Tone Escape" outlet for sound coming from the back of the keyboard has been widened, creating a clearer piano sound with increased volume, supported by a stereo amplifier with 20 watts of power per side.
128-note Polyphony
Featuring 128-note polyphony, the YDP-161 allows the performance of dense passages even when layering sounds via the Dual Voice feature. Yamaha's technology ensures there is no unnatural sound cut-off even during heavy sustain pedal usage so no notes are lost during performance.
Half-pedal response widens the range of expression
Yamaha focuses on the expressive power of pedaling. Three pedals are attached to the cabinet: damper, soft, and sostenuto. The damper pedal offers a half-pedal response that can handle micro-adjustments of its strength, depending on how hard the pedal is pressed.
Graded Hammer (GH) Keyboard offers quality and a natural playing feel
Yamaha, using its century-old grand piano-making expertise, created a keyboard that offers a natural playing feel. Just as on a traditional acoustic piano, lower notes on a GH keyboard have a heavier touch, while the higher ones are more responsive to lighter playing. With stability and endurance in response to any kind of performance, it offers the reliability and quality expected of Yamaha keyboards.
50 Preset Piano Songs and Music Book
50 classic piano songs are provided in the song player and as a music book, "50 Greats for the Piano." These songs can be used for background music or as learning reference.
10 Voices
In addition to the realistic Grand Piano Voice, you can play other instruments like Vibraphone, Electric Pianos, Harpsichords and Church Organs. There’s also a rich Strings Voice that sounds great when used in Dual Voice mode with the Acoustic Piano.
Filled with Convenient Functions
The YDP-161 never requires tuning or any other service required by an acoustic piano. It also comes with two headphone jacks so you can play any time of day or night. There’s also a built-in metronome essential for practicing, a headphone hanger, and many more convenient features.
Music Software Downloader lets you transfer purchased music data to the instrument
Use the Yamaha free software Music Software Downloader1 to transfer music data on the PC (MIDI) to the instrument's built-in memory2... 1Music Software Downloader is compatible with Windows only. 2Requires the USB-MIDI interface "UX-16" to transfer the files.
Variable touch sensitivity
Select the hard, medium or soft setting to match your playing style or finger strength. Turn off sensitivity for a fixed response setting, ideal when playing the organ.
Damper Resonance
Damper Resonance samples provide rich and evolving tones produced by pedaling. Using these comprehensive gradations, YDP-161 can realistically reproduce the complex sounds of a grand piano.
2-Track/1-Song Recorder
The easy to use, built-in 2-track recorder lets you capture your music and plays it back. Play both hands together and use the second track to add a different part. Or play one part at a time and rehearse complicated pieces. You can also transfer recorded songs to your computer using Yamaha’s free Music Downloader software [http://www.yamahamusicsoft.com/en/msd_download /intro] for storage, further editing or displaying your performance as music notation.
Product Specifications
| Keyboard: | 88 Graded Hammer (GH) Keyboard |
| Touch Sensitivity: | Hard/Medium/Soft/Fixed |
| Dimensions (W x H x D): | 53-7/16" x 32-1/16" x 16-5/8" |
| Weight: | 92 lbs. 10 oz. |
| Number of Pedals: | 3 |
| Half Pedal: | Yes |
| Pedal Functions: | Damper, Sostenuto, Soft |
| Key Cover Style: | Sliding |
| Internal Memory: | 845KB |
| Speakers: | 2 Oval (12 cm x 6 cm) |
| Amplifiers: | 2 x 20W |
| Metronome: | Yes (32-280 Tempo) |
| Transpose: | -6 to 0, 0 to +6 |
| Preset Songs: | 10 Demo Songs, 50 Preset Piano Songs |
| Number of Polyphony (Max.): | 128 |
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Great for a beginner living in an apartment!
I am an absolute newbie with sight-reading experience from my former choir singing days! I wanted to learn to play a piano but did not want the tuning and expense of owning the real McCoy and then find i didn't want to play it. Especially living in an apartment there were the neighbors to consider as well as the premium floor space. Then I came upon the digital piano and this form solved all my problems in one quiet swoop. You get what you pay for, so do some research on your must have and budget. I just knew that i wanted a brand name in the world of music so the yamaha was a given. Now I was deciding between the 161 and the 141, both new models released on 2010. I finally went with the 161 for the better hammer action and that it offered the 128 notes polyphony. These might be minor issues for you, but my passion to learn made me decide that rather than upgrade later, I would splash out a little bit more now and have the piano for a lot longer. If you live in an apartment...
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very happy with this
I walked into the store with thousands, thousands! I was finally ready to buy a new, top-quality piano, after years of subsisting with used ones. I had been saving for years (literally), and was finally willing to go whole-hog on the piano buying.
I stroked the acoustic grands. Tempting, but I wouldn't be able to play them at night (when I am typically awake and the family is asleep), since there's no way to turn down the volume. So it had to be a digital one.
I went to the highest-end digital model, plugged in my noise-cancelling headphones, and started banging away. Impressive. But I noticed that a lot of features for which you're paying all that money are ones that I would never use (e.g., how often do I need a rhumba accompaniment?). Also, do I really need all those voices?
Finally I ended up just buying this one, the much cheaper Arius. I've had it for a year and I've had zero complaints about it. It's the same technology as that used on...
Yamaha digital piano
I love this piano. When I moved to a small apartment, I couldn't take my grand piano with me so I needed a substitute. This piano has the sound quality of a fine grand piano. The piano is a stand alone instrument and not portable. The key action and feel is so good that it's hard to know you are not playing a conventional piano. The ability to control the volume is a big feature for apartment living.
There is the ability to change the sound to other instruments, which is fun for a change of pace, but there are not the "bells and whistles," such as recording your performance or accompanying rhythms. It's an excellent and inexpensive replacement for a good piano.
Product Features :
- 88-key GH(Graded Hammer) weighted action keyboard
- Dynamic Stereo Sampling AWM piano with 128-note polyphony
- 2-track recorder with Flash-ROM song storage
- Polished gold-colored Damper, Soft and Sostenuto pedals
- Damper Resonance for richer piano sustain tones
Rating : 4.8
List Price : $1,999.00
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