Product: Yamaha CLP-990
Price Paid: 2992 (?)
Submitted
09/07/2003
at
01:22pm
by
Anonymous
Ease of Use
:
8
Once you have figured it all out it's pretty easy to use. Manual is not that clear though. Some parts you need to read a couple of times before you've got it all understood.
Features
:
9
Polyphony is 192 + 32(XG), more than enough. It has Yamaha's Natural Keyboard with hammer action and wooden keys, it feels very realistic and is quite heavy, gives you good, strong fingers.
Expressiveness/Sounds
:
8
The first grand piano sound is very nice! The second is somewhat odd. Some other sounds are sampled very nice, very realistic. I love the jazz organ with "rotary speaker", you can speed it up with the left pedal, very nice!
Onboard effects are very good, reverb works just like it should.
Reliability
:
10
Hey, it's a Yamaha!
I don't do gigs, but I guess I'd never do one without a backup! :)
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Overall Rating
:
9
It is really worth what I paid for it! If it were lost or stolen I'd buy a new one immediately (preferably with insurance money ;))
I have been playing classical piano for 14 years now. Besides my Yamaha I own a Roland HP 1800e.
I compared it to Roland digitals (keyboard too light) and the new CLP 170 (keyboard too light).
I wish it had the CLP 170's iAFC sound system, it really rocks!
Overall, I love this instrument. It replaced my Roland and has made me enjoy the music much, much more!
