Arius YDP161 Digital Piano

Yamaha releases the new line-up of Arius Console Digital Pianos: the YDP141, YDP161, and YDP181. For the budget-minded customer, this line of digital pianos is packed with popular features like piano touch and tone, classic Rosewood-finish cabinet, and 3-year limited warranty. The YDP181 is the first Arius to incorporate a USB device port for storing songs recorded on the instrument.Graded Hammer 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. GH features an extra key sensor capable of reproducing fast repetitive playing of a single note with perfect articulation.Variable Touch SensitivitySelect 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.Advanced Wave Memory Dynamic Stereo SamplingThe AWM is a sampling system which creates the realism 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 expression.128-note PolyphonyConventional 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 notes can be played at once.Damper ResonanceDamper Resonance samples provide the rich and broadening tones produced in pedaling. Using these comprehensive gradations, YDP-161 model can realistically reproduce the complex sounds of a grand piano.Half-Pedal ControlIt allows the sustain length to vary step-by-step depending on how far the pedal is pressed. The farth