YAMAHAREFACE CP Portable Electric Piano and Vintage Keyboard Sound Engine, Synthesizer

I held back on buying this for quite some time, wanting an electric piano like a Wurli or Rhodes, but not having the space for it, nor the available funds for expensive auctions. I had thought about going all DAW (Arturia and NI have great emulations as well as Logic X); I had thought about going with a higher end electric piano, but size is a big issue for me, as I only have a home studio and that's constrained to a small space in my apartment.This keyboard has the tones I wanted, in a physical device that fit my space. I know that in my DAW I can get the tones I wanted, but the form factor here makes this portable enough so I can sit away from my studio (say on my couch) and jam out. I am planning on taking this to work and playing when I need a break. It was easy to drop into the mix, it kind of cuts through the mix out of the box without much from the mixer or DAW.What took me by a pleasant surprise was how decent the speakers are. After hearing volcas and roland boutique speakers, I just assumed I'd need headphones (which this sounds quite gorgeous with btw) - the speaker sound is a bonus treat for the player. But for couch-surfing piano playing, the speakers do great. I think it'd be hard to hear them if you had a gig with other musicians and it'd be hard to hear if the person was in the back of a place... but it has flexible routing for i/o that makes it easy to adapt for the space you're playing in.The stomp-box style effects are good - although I think the drive could be a bit more crunchy. The wah only sounds good to me in the Clav setting. The tremolo was great, kind of giving me a bit of control over the attack. The chorus is lush, i prefer the phaser. Both the delays were above expectation. The reverb is nice, adding richness, but don't expect the best from the reverb. I'll probably stick a reverb pedal at the tail of this to get a really rich shimmer.The CP's got a good high and low tone, but i'd keep the tone set more to the middle, where it really sings. In my "sea" of analog and digital synths, drum and groove boxes. The keys are small, like any mini keyboard, and work as a midi controller. but vice versa the minijack midi has a splitter, so you can also hook in your midi controller of choice if you have stubby fingers or the muscle memory that makes using this harder.Overall - i'd go with it as is. That's what made me buy it - out of the box, with nothing added just by itself - it is a great electric piano.

I love, love, love this keyboard!The cool factor is off the charts and I like gear that "just works" without a lot of fuss or a steep learning curve. (I have wanted the Teenage Engineering OP-1 since it first came out, but I'm unwilling to put the time in to learn.)From the start, I noticed how refined and well-made the CP is. You might think it's a toy or a cheap kids' keyboard from a distance. Not so. It feels like it has heft and substance.The bottom line is this: you just want to PLAY this thing. I've been playing piano on and off for 50 years and since I got my CP I can't wait to pick it up, throw it on my lap, and play. It's also *really* nice to have onboard effects that I will use, with knobs and switches that feel familiar.While the built-in speakers are convenient and a must-have when you have immediate inspiration or are trying to figure out a song you're listening to, the CP sounds great on headphones and even better through a decent amp. I tested mine through a capable but small monitor, then through my '65 Princeton Reverb,,, and it sounds incredible.The small keys might be an issue for some people. I consider myself an intermediate piano/keyboard player and I had no problem adjusting to the key size. Frankly, I'm faster on this thing for leads than I am on my full-size Yamaha digital piano. To be fair, in college, I had a little Casio keyboard that I'd mess around with when I couldn't get a practice room. While that was years ago, maybe I'm just used to the tiny keys.

I can't believe they did this. If you're gigging with keys this would be an awesome addition to a stage Piano. This thing faithfully reproduces wulitzer, and fender rhodes Keys also the Yamaha CP electric grand. It also has some impressively clean delays and reverbs. Definately not a toy. But a USEABLE TONE GENERATOR. There's even a toy piano sound to knock about ... If you're looking for some classic Electric pianos check this out.

A lot of reviews have shown the versatility of this keyboard, and how well it emulates the electric keyboards of the 70s. It's exactly what I've wanted for decades in a small package with MIDI capability.It's discontinued, so it's hard to acquire a new one outside Japan - lucky for me this one was available 'used' although it seems to be barely open box. All the packaging and accessories were there and the keyboard itself was immaculate. Credit to the seller for a fair price and excellent condition. Thanks!

I love vintage '70s electric piano sounds, and this keyboard ticks all the boxes. Honestly I don't care for the newer Rhodes sound, but the original Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Clavinet and CP-80 sounds are all excellent and I've already used them in several recordings.The on-board effects are also excellent, and I really appreciate the simplicity of the controls. It's easy to know what you're getting and home in on a great sound.I could see criticizing the small keys, if you're used to full-sized ones. But for me they're fine — I'm used to using mini-key MIDI controller keyboards. It's nice to have 3 full octaves as well… impressive for a keyboard this small!So what's my one minor criticism? The "toy piano" sound might be very occasionally useful, but it's mostly a novelty. So why is it, then, that the acoustic piano sound is the "Easter egg" you can only access by turning the selector dial midway between two sounds and cycling the power? I suspect that the toy piano was actually supposed to be the Easter egg, but someone at Yamaha felt the acoustic piano sound wasn't quite perfect enough. I just wish these two sounds were swapped. It would make a lot more sense and make this keyboard even more useful. But regardless of that, I still love it!