CVP 301 Features

Stereo Sampling Advanced Wave Memory (AWM) tone generation

Advanced Wave Memory (AWM) tone generation samples each instrument to generate a truly accurate sound, varying the volume and timbre of sound according to the touch on the keyboard.

88-key Graded Hammer (GH) Keyboard

The GH keyboard uses a weighted mechanism and grade-weighted keys which grow gradually heavier from the top of the keyboard to the bottom, exactly like a grand piano. Unlike conventional digital piano keyboards that use springs or oil dampers to simulate a piano feel, the GH keyboard uses weights and mechanical linkages to achieve outstanding realism.

96-note polyphony

Conventional 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. 96-note polyphony allows 96 notes to be played at once.

320 x 240 dot VGA B/W LCD

A large (320 x 240) LCD display provides attractive graphics and helpful messages for quick access and error-free operation. Display indications include music scores and lyrics for expanded performance versatility as well as karaoke fun. A sliding key cover protects the keyboard when not in use.

271 Regular Voices

Besides incredibly realistic piano voices, the keyboard includes new Sweet!, Live!, Cool! and Natural! Voices for an unparalleled sonic palette.

14 Natural! Voices

Natural! Voices take advantage of spacious computer memory to assure incredibly faithful reproduction of instrument sounds.

11 Sweet! Voices

Sweet! Voices provide delicate nuances, such as the vibrato of wind and brass instruments.

Five Cool! Voices

Cool! Voices reproduce the subtlest shades of the original sound of electric instruments.

One Live! Voice

Live! Voices provide stereo samples that capture the unique characteristics of acoustic instruments.

Ten Organ Flutes! Voices (nine footages)

Build custom organ sounds with the Organ Flutes! Voices. Drawbars appear in the large LCD, for quick and easy adjustment of flute volume, attack/chiff, length and percussive key click, just like on a vintage organ.

General MIDI (GM) + XG Format

Yamaha's XG adds to the 128 voices of General MIDI (GM) by adding hundreds of other voices. In addition, XG lets you control a wide range of other parameters including harmonic content of voices, reverb, and other effects from a sequencer or another XG keyboard, for maximum control.

Sound Creator

Sound Creator allows voices to be modified easily, with parameters easily adjustable from buttons on the keyboard.

180 Accompaniment Styles with Music Finder

Accompaniment Styles back up playing with dynamically responsive accompaniments that follow the keyboardist. Multiple styles are provided, each arranged and programmed by top professional musicians, with multiple variations, intros, endings, and fill-ins. The built-in Music Finder offers an extensive range of music styles with pre-programmed voices and effects setups. Search for suitable styles by music, style, genre, keyword, tempo and beat. Whatever your selected style, Music Finder finds the most suitable instruments and effects, all carefully chosen by professional musicians.

Style Creator

Create rhythm and accompaniment styles and save them internally or on floppy disk. Start from scratch or modify one of the existing styles.

16-track recording

Use the built-in song recorder with up to 16 tracks to create complex, multi-part arrangements one instrument at a time. After recording, save to the internal memory, which retains data even when the power is switched off, on a floppy disk, or to a PC.

Digital reverb and digital effects

The built-in digital reverb simulates the way sound is reflected from the floor, walls and ceiling to add more depth and life to the sounds of the Clavinova. Chorus, tremolo, symphonic and delay effects add greater richness and harmonic content to any voice. The brilliance effect makes it possible to continuously adjust the timbre of a voice, from mellow for laid-back jazz piano, to bright for "cutting" rock piano.

Master digital EQ

Fine-tune the overall sound with the built-in, Five-band digital equalization. Store custom EQ curves in the registration memory for recall at any time.

Score / Lyrics display function

Score and lyrics can be displayed on the built-in screen.

56 preset songs (Song Book)

Listening to and studying demonstration songs makes it easy to learn to use the features of a Clavinova. All songs feature accompaniments. You can also view the scores of all songs on the LCD, including the lyrics of some songs.

Guide function

The convenient Follow Lights function provides guide lamps over the keyboard that light to show which notes to play. When using the karaoke function, simply by hitting any key on the keyboard will invoke Karao-Key, which controls the timing and tempo of the karaoke accompaniment to match your singing.

Performance Assistant Technology

Select a song and press the Performance Assistant button, and every note played will fit the music. As the playing moves up the keyboard, the pitch goes up, and as it moves down, the pitch follows along. Everything played sounds terrific! Works with all 100 built-in songs and XF MIDI files.

One Touch Setting (OTS)

One Touch Setting (OTS) automatically configures keyboard parameters, such as melody voice selection and digital effects, to match each music style. OTS will automatically advance through the four Main Sections of a style for hands-free operation. Be ready to play at the touch of a button.

Five display languages

Control the keyboard using instructions in one of five display languages

PIANO button

Press the PIANO button, and return to "Grand Piano 1" settings instantly.

Direct Access Button

The Direct Access button brings up a function or effect's parameters with a single button-press. Simply hold the Direct Access button down while you press reverb, for example, to directly access the reverb's editable parameters.

Registration memory

Registration memory stores complete instrument setups for instant recall. This feature is particularly useful for live performance, when instrument setups can be recalled at the touch of a button. Setups can be stored internally or on floppy disk for later access.

SmartMedia™ Card Slot

Built in support for SmartMedia cards provides a convenient way to store MIDI song files. Record songs onto the card, or copy songs from a PC hard drive to the SmartMedia card using included SongFiler software.

PC interface (USB and TO HOST)

Connect the keyboard to a Windows or Macintosh personal computer via the PC interface using a single cable, without the need for costly additional hardware. The PC interface makes it possible to download the Clavinova's voices and store them in your PC, and allows 3rd-party sequencing and music instruction programs to work with the Clavinova.

Internet Direct Connection

With the appropriate adapter, the Clavinova connects directly to the Internet, and can be used to download song files without using a personal computer.