The Clavinova Yamaha CLP 685 is the top model in Yamaha’s Clavinova range. They are digital pianos with a long journey and most of the things we talk about in this review and in the video are valid for the other pianos in this range. At the end of the review, you will find the video we have made in collaboration with Yamaha.<\/p>\n
We also detail where you can buy it at the best price. The good thing is that being a digital piano you can buy it online and save a lot of money. There is only one place in Europe where you can buy items of this price online and you get it without any problem. No doubt It is Thomann, but in Asia and the United States the best option is Amazon:<\/p>\n
In Europe Thomann is a good choice:<\/p>\n
This is one of the highlights of the Clavinova series and the Yamaha CLP 685. The aim is to look as much as possible like an acoustic grand piano.<\/p>\n
It has a GrandTouch keyboard with little long keys and has more depth (the top of the key) to have much more control over the interpretation.<\/p>\n
On the other hand, it has the simulation of a double escapement of a grand piano. This allows you to play a note again without having to raise all the drafts of it. Very necessary for legato passages.<\/p>\n
The Hammer Action is very precise, each key has a different weight. It doesn’t go into zones like other lower-end digital pianos. And the Yamaha CLP 685 has a Hammer Action very faithful to that of the grand piano.<\/p>\n
The white keys are made of synthetic ivory and the black keys are made of synthetic ebony, which is important because when you play for several hours you sweat and these materials are very absorbent. In the Hammer Action of the CLP 685, the initials carry the X which means that it has an exhaust (all of the Clavinova series).<\/p>\n
As for the pedals, it has the same pedals as a grand piano. The resonance system has a gradual response system that perfectly simulates that of an acoustic piano (you will see it very well in the video of the review).<\/p>\n
I’m sure you’ll be interested in…<\/strong><\/p>\n With 256 polyphony voices (the number of notes that can sound at once) the Yamaha CLP 685 has legendary sounds in its extensive catalog.<\/strong><\/p>\n In the review, you’ll hear Yamaha’s CFX grand piano. The maximum of its range in Yamaha. The sound is directly recorded from one of these grand pianos. In the video of the review, you will see several samples, such as the sound of the grand piano C7, very good for salsa and Latin music.<\/p>\n The Yamaha CLP-685 comes with more than 400 XG sounds with very extreme quality.<\/p>\n It’s important to talk about tri-amplification. The Yamaha CLP 685 has an amplifier for basses, another for mids, and another for basses. With 50 W each you can play in small auditoriums without extra amplification.<\/p>\n A very important aspect that makes this digital piano look like an acoustic is the VRM or virtual resonance modeling. The video explains very well but basically it is a system that calculates all aspects of resonance that occur in an acoustic piano in order to simulate it perfectly and have the complete feeling of being in front of a grand piano.<\/p>\n This piano has the possibility to study with headphones and even divide the keyboard in two so that teachers and students play both with headphones.<\/p>\n Studying with headphones for many hours is very tiring so this piano brings a binaural sound that gives you the feeling of playing without headphones even if you have them on. You can hear it in the video.<\/p>\n Of course, this digital piano has USB Midi To host so we can do such wonderful things as record a MIDI track with programs like CUBASE and then export it to score directly. It also has MIDI output with the classic connector if you need it.<\/p>\n It also has a USB port so you can record what you play on a flash drive. This is very useful.<\/p>\n You can also connect your mobile phone to listen to a Bluetooth song and play on it. And record it on the flash drive at the same time for example… great, isn’t it?<\/p>\n All these things that we have advanced to you and many more you have in this video review. So don’t miss it and give it to the play that will surely give you a lot in your search for the piano you want.<\/p>\n\n
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