Kawai MP9500 Digital Piano
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Kawai MP9500 Digital Piano
 Kawai MP9500 Stage Piano
This is the cream of the crop ladies and gentlemen. Kawai has created an outstanding instrument with the MP9500 stage piano. A step up from the legendary Kawai MP9000, this piano arguably has the finest piano hammer action around, with a nice selection of controller functions as well.
"The best in any electric keyboard yet made"
"I use the MP9500 in place of a grand to practice on because of it's superb touch-sensitive action, the best in any
digital piano yet made. I travel a lot, and because of its portability and use of headphones, I can play it anywhere, at
anytime. I've done gigs where I've lined it up against a full-length concert grand and challenged the audience to spot
the difference in sound - they couldn't - and the fact that it has an infinite arsenal of fantastic electronic keyboard
sounds makes boring practising a thing of the past! It's MIDI capabilities make it an ideal base keyboard for any
computer software setup. I recommend it to all my students who have restricted accommodation yet need a realistic and
silent substitute for an acoustic piano."
Michael Kieran Harvey - Concert Pianist
Kawai MP9500 Digital Piano Features
Keys: Solid Wood
Weighting: Graded, Counter-balanced
Polyphony: 64 Voice
Sound Generation: Harmonic Imaging
Internal Sounds:
- Pianos (8),
- E. Pianos (12),
- Mallets (4),
- Organ (6),
- Harpsichord (2),
- Drawbars (8),
- Strings (4),
- Choir (3),
- Pads (5),
- Basses (8)
Reverb Types:- Plate,
- Hall 1,
- Hall 2,
- Stage 1,
- Stage 2,
- Room 1,
- Room 2
Effect Types: Sympathetic Resonance, Chorus 1, Chorus 2, Chorus 3, Flanger 1, Flanger2, Ensemble, Celeste, Delay 1, Delay 2, Auto Pan, Tremolo, Phaser 1, Phaser 2, Rotary 1 (slow/fast), Rotary 2 (slow/fast w/dist.), Auto Wah, Exciter, Enhancer, Overdrive, Distortion, Pedal Reverb
Display: 16 Character x 2 line; Backlit LCD
Front Panel Controls: Pitch Bend Wheel, Modulation Wheel, Master Volume, Zone Volume (x4),Zone Edit Select (x4), Zone On/Off (x4), Real Time Edit Knobs (x4), Knob Mode Switch (x4), EFX On/Off, Reverb On/Off, Menu Up, Menu Down (Link Mode), Value Up, Value Down, Single Mode, Multi Mode (System Edit), Single/Multi Select (8x2), Store, Transpose
Back Panel: 1/4" Out Left, 1/4" Out Right, XLR Out Left, XLR Out Right, Headphone Out, Damper/Soft Pedal, Footswitch (assignable), Expression (assignable), MIDI In/Out/Thru, Power Cord Connection, Power On/Off
Zone Modes: Internal, External, Both
Internal Zone: Sound Select, Key Range Hi, Key Range Lo, Velocity SW, Velocity Sensitivity, Transpose (±24), Volume Damper (ON/OFF), FSW (ON/OFF), Mod Wheel (ON/OFF), Bender (ON/OFF), Bender Range, Pan, Fine Tune, Voicing (Normal, Mellow, Bright, Dynamic)
External Zone: TX Program/Bank, TX Channel, Key Range Hi, Key Range Lo, Velocity SW, Velocity Sensitivity, Transpose (±24), TX Volume (ON/OFF), Damper (ON/OFF), FSW (ON/OFF), EXP (ON/OFF), Mod Wheel (ON/OFF), Bender (ON/OFF), TX Bender Range (ON/OFF), TX pan (ON/OFF), TX Fine Tune (ON/OFF), TX Knob A~D CC# (ON/OFF), TX Attack, Cutoff, Decay, Release (ON/OFF), Solo (ON/OFF), Solo Mode
System Parameters: System Channel, Touch Curve (Normal, Light+, Heavy, Heavy+, User 1-2, Off),Temperament (8 Historical + User), Master Tuning, Footswitch CC#, Expression CC#, Local ON/OFF, MIDI Receive Filter (Ch 1~16 Play/Mute), LCD Contrast
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