Yamaha P85 Digital Piano | 
 enlarge | Brand: Yamaha
Category: Musical Instruments
List Price: $799.99
Buy New: $599.00
You Save: $200.99 (25%)
New (10) from $599.00
Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 2514
Shipping Weight (lbs): 38
Dimensions (in): 58 x 15.1 x 10.5
The new Yamaha P85 digital piano has an authentic, natural sound with remarkable expressiveness and Yamaha quality in a compact, affordable piano. The P85 gives you all the dynamic, high-quality sound and natural piano response you expect from Yamaha, along with a high-quality built-in speaker system?packed into a slim, exceptionally affordable digital piano you can play virtually anywhere. No compromises - full quality.
MPN: P85
UPC: 086792868189
EAN: 0086792868189
ASIN: B001AI8BJ8
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Keyboard: Graded Hammer Standard keyboard, 88 keys | | • | Tone Generator: AWM, Stereo Sampling | | • | Polyphony: Max. 64 notes | | • | Voices: 10 voices | | • | Included Accessories: Music Rest, FC5 Foot Pedal, AC Power Adapter |
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Product Description
Authentic, natural sound with remarkable expressiveness - full Yamaha quality in a compact, affordable piano. This new Contemporary Piano gives you all the dynamic, high-quality sound and natural piano response you expect from Yamaha, along with a high-quality built-in speaker system - packed into a slim, exceptionally affordable digital piano you can play virtually anywhere. No compromises, full quality. Exceptionally High-quality Sound - The gorgeous piano sounds of the P-85 feature meticulous digital sampling of a full concert grand piano thanks to Yamaha's sophisticated AWM Stereo Sampling. Realistic, Acoustic-like Touch Response - modeled after an actual acoustic piano, from the low notes to the high. Ultra-compact, Stylish Design - less than 25 lbs - suits virtually any room decor, while the built-in speaker system fills your room with luscious sound. Extensive Voice Selection and Dual Voice Function - The versatile P-85 also gives you a variety of other high-quality instrument voices, including electric pianos, organs, strings and harpsichordNplus a Dual Voice feature for playing two Voices at once. There's even a built-in metronome for practicing and recording in perfect time. Specifications: Keyboard: GHS 88 keys (A-1 -- C7); Tone Generator: Sound Source: AWM Stereo Sampling, Polyphony (Max.): 64, Voices Selection: 10; Effects - Reverb: 4 types, Chorus: YES (Preset only), Dual: YES; Metronome: YES, Song Recording: 1-track recording/playback (1 user song); Demo Songs: 10 Voice Demo Songs, 50 Piano Preset Songs; Jacks & Terminals: MIDI: IN/OUT, Headphones: 2 (standard phone), Sustain Pedal: Included FC5*, Pedal Unit: YES**(option); Sound System: Amplifiers: 6w x 2, Speakers: (12 x 6) cm x 2; Dimensions: (W x D x H) (52-3/16 IN x 11-5/8 IN x 5-15/16 IN); Weight: 25 lbs., 9 oz.; Color P-85: Black; Accessories: Owners Manual, Quick Operation Guide, AC Power Adapter, Pedal (FC5), Music Rest;
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great Digital Piano December 9, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Pros:
1) Sounds like a Yamaha Grand Piano.
2) Touch/feels like a Yamaha Grand Piano
3) Considering the sound and the touch - the price is unbelievable.
Cons:
1) It has 2 built-in speakers which leave a LOT to be desired. The guy at the music store handed me a pair of Yamaha headphones - the difference in the sound quality was incredible.
2) He also recommended a Z stand for it which sells for 49 bucks. It is more stable that the standard X stand.
3) It comes with a really cheap sustain pedal. Amazon is showing a good option in the "Customers who bought this item also bought" M-Audio SP-2 US65010 $25 pedal.
4) And finally, I'm with the reviewer that said, "Where are my stage outs?" - especially when you consider the quality of the onboard speakers.
I gave it 5 stars anyway, between the 2 of us it should get 4 1/2 stars.
 What a great deal this is! July 12, 2008
40 out of 41 found this review helpful
When a master controller keyboard started to go flaky on me, I started looking for a replacement, and since I didn't REALLY need anything but a basic piano at this point (already having other keyboards that can serve this purpose), the focus was going to be on having 88 weighted keys, but being lightweight and portable. In the start of the 90s, stage pianos that remotely sounded like the real thing were becoming affordable, though hideously bulky and heavy. Let's just say they wouldn't fit in my car so easily, which leaves you reliant on the rest of the band for your transportation. End of the 90s, Korg was selling their 88 key Trinity keyboards, one of which I had the pleasure to lug around in my car for 10 years (it just barely fit!) but ultimately wore out because I couldn't get a case or even bag for it - it was just too big. It still works but gets unpredictable when I move it, so I had to make the call, and buy a replacement.
I checked out some of the lower end piano models, Rolands P250, Korgs P250, Roland RD700s, and Yamaha not only sounded much better, but was jaw-droppingly cheap. I find Roland's sound sweet but a bit muddy or saturated, the action was not bad. Korg's P250 sounds nice but I find their samples are compressed too much and the decay sounds unnaturally fast. Yamaha hit the sweet spot with their piano samples, granted there's only two sets of samples for piano, but they both sound absolutely brilliant (especially considering the cost of the keyboard). The expressiveness you get out of this instrument is amazing - very careful attention to detail. (Compared to the 'honking' piano on the Korg Triton.) The key action is a bit heavier, I can see that I'll be doing scales for a month before I have the strength to really play that thing. That's ok, I'm still waiting for the stand anyways... Which brings me to :
(1) To incorporate built-in speakers, the bottom is not flat, it's basically a 'V'. It will not sit really stably in ANYTHING but the stand made for it. Acrobatics are right out. So you basically are forced to buy the stand which sells for extra. Give me a break.
(2) There are no stage outs on this piano (if you want to use this piano in a band and hook it up to an amp and/or mixing board), you have to use the headphone jacks (!) VERY odd omission, instead of offering both analog and digital outs, Yamaha actually regresses and doesn't even have stage outs. Anyways, you have to get a cord that goes from stereo 1/4" (RTS) to two 1"4 jacks (very common cord BTW, your music store will have it), you can't just use a standard 1/4" jack because aspects of the piano signal are heavily panned and you get a weird phasey sound if you try to just take one side of the signal. And since it sticks out the front, you need a 1"4 right angle adapter to keep it out of harms way.
Apart from that, the piano sounds very crisp and convincing, some nice onboard effects to enhance this. But basically it's just a piano, not a workstation. Use it for one instrument at a time (you can layer the instruments but I couldn't find a single combination that sounded better than the individual instruments).
There are other sounds built into this, besides piano. There are two electric piano patches - the first is a Fender Rhodes sound, with a DX-ey tinge to it, sounds beautifully full, if a bit tine-y. The second patch, kind of a Wurlitzer or (I guess) Yamaha CP type patch, is almost worth the price of the keyboard itself. Sounds very like Supertramp's keyboard sound, very expressive to play.
The organs are the worst of the samples. Honestly - they couldn't find better organ patches than this, at least after the very high standard they established with the pianos? These sound like a circus calliope (E. Organ 1) and a bad Soundblaster pipe organ patch (E. Organ 2)! They are absolutely terrible, but if you really really need a calliope or pipe organ sound and not one of your instruments does that sound, you might use it.
The strings patch isn't bad, isn't noteworthy either. Definitely usable. I would have liked to be able to apply an (onboard) phaser effect to it for instance.
There are two harpsichord patches that are fairly high quality, better than the Korg Trinity's, anyways. Layering them sounds cheesy, but onboard compression might have helped. Workstations have me so spoiled...
The vibes patch is pretty good too, clear and bell-like. 'Tis purty.
All in all, this keyboard is an absolute steal at this price, once again the bar is raised in terms of quality and portability. You get bang-for-the-buck with this! It fits in the trunk of my car, just barely. Don't even have to put the back seats down! It loses 1/2 a star for the stand issue, the lack of even a proper set of analog outs, and the wretched organ samples.
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