YAMAHA Clavinova CVP-503 Digital Piano
The elegance and luxury of a fine piano
Many convenient features, such as the ability to make audio recordings of your own performance and voice as you sing along, give the CVP-503 outstanding flexibility. With its synthetic ivory finished GH3 keyboard, it achieves high performance standards.
Sound
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.
Touch
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.
Ensemble
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.
Function
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 files
Large 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 Features
- 88-key GH3 (Graded Hammer 3) keyboard with synthetic ivory keytops
- 320 x 240 dots QVGA monochrome 5.7 inch LCD
- 6 Languages for display (English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Italian)
- 4-step AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling tone generation with Stereo Sustain samples and Key-Off samples
- 128-note polyphony
- 398 + 480 XG Voices + GM2 / GS (Playback)
- Vocal Harmony
- 272 Accompaniment Styles
- Music Finder
- 120 preset songs (Song Book)
- Guide function / Performance assistant technology
- USB Audio (Playback: WAV / Recording: WAV)
- Internet Direct Connection
- 40W 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 jacks
- Mic jack
- Music clips
- LAN port
Specifications:
Size/Weight
Dimensions | Width | 1,432mm (56-3/8") |
Height | 885mm (34-13/16") | |
Depth | 613mm (24-1/8") | |
Weight | Weight | 71kg (156lbs., 8oz.) |
Control Interface
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 |
Cabinet
Key Cover | Key Cover Style | Folding |
Music Rest | Yes | |
Music Clips | Yes | |
Voices
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 |
Effects
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 |
Yes | ||
Mono/Poly | Yes | |
Accompany Style Related | Vocal Harmony | 60 Preset + 10 User |
Accompaniment Styles
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 | |
Songs
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) |
Functions
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 |
5 - 500, Tap Tempo | ||
Transpose | Yes | |
Tuning | Yes | |
Scale Type | 9 types | |
Miscellaneous | PIANO Button | Yes |
Direct Access | Yes |
Storage and Connectivity
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 | |
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 Speakers
Amplifiers | 40W x 2 |
Speakers | (16cm + 5cm) x 2 [(6 5/16" + 1 15/16") X 2] |
Bundled Software
CD-ROM | Yes |
Accessories
Included Accessories | Headphones Hanger | Yes |
Song Book | "50 greats for the Piano" |
Service
Internet Direct Connection ( IDC ) | Yes |
