YAMAHA YDP-S55 Arius Digital Piano

YAMAHA Arius YDP-S55 Slimline Digital Piano (Colour Options) 

The YDP-S55 Slimline digital piano offers a wide range of features to enhance its playing and enjoyment. From the 'newly sampled' rich tones of the CFX Concert Grand, to its 88 key piano action with Graded Hammer 3 (GH3). With innovative headphone technology, it lets you experience great piano sounds while practicing too. All packaged together in a great slimline cabinet.

• Graded Hammer 3 (GH3) keyboard with 88 keys synthetic ebony and ivory keytops
• Meticulously sampled from Yamaha’s flagship CFX grand piano
• 10 voices
• 192-note polyphony
• New Virtual Resonance Modeling Lite (VRM Lite)
• 2-track recording (1 Song)
• 50 Classic Preset Songs,
• 303 Lesson Songs
• Dual function; Duo mode
• Stereophonic Optimizer,
• Intelligent Acoustic Control
• USB to HOST terminal
• Headphones x 2
• Amplifiers: 20 W × 2
• Speakers: 12 cm × 2
• Folding Key Cover

Description 

The powerful tone of the acclaimed CFX Concert Grand 

Sampled from Yamaha's flagship 9' CFX concert grand piano, offering sparkling highs and a powerful resonant bass combined in a sound that projects to the furthest reaches of any concert hall. The CFX was played by the winner of the prestigious International Chopin Competition in 2010, and has since gained recognition as one of the greatest concert grands of modern times.

With an 88-key piano action, the The GH3 keyboard of the YDP-S55 provides a grand piano-style response and feel, allowing rapid note repetition and authentic expressive control.
Moreover, there’s a half-damper feature which authentically replicates the damper action of a grand piano, providing rich expressive variation.

Designed for your personal enjoyment 

One of the allures of the grand piano is the sympathetic resonance created by the vibration of the entire instrument. All ARIUS models elaborately reproduce this rich sympathetic resonance through a groundbreaking technology called Virtual Resonance Modeling Lite (VRMLite).

VRM Lite creates a richly varied sound by simulating the complex sympathetic tones created when the vibrations of the strings are propagated to the soundboard and other strings, corresponding to the timing and intensity of key playing and pedaling.

CFX GRAND PIANO FEEL
The YDP-S5 uses a newly developed tone escapement construction on the back of the cabinet that emanates sound from inside the piano. This allows you to experience the natural sound radiation and three-dimensional resonance akin to that of an acoustic piano

The YDP-S55 offers convenient functions for when you cannot always play the piano at high volume.

Intelligent Acoustic Control (IAC) adjusts the sound automatically to allow players to enjoy balanced sound at any volume level. Stereophonic Optimizer lets players enjoy the natural, spacious sound experienced when sitting in front of an acoustic piano, even when wearing headphones.

When using this function, voices sampled from acoustic pianos are perceived to come from the body of the instrument itself, not your headphones, providing a comfortable, natural experience.

Learn to Play

303 Comprehensive Practice Pieces from famous composers such as Beyer, Bergmuller, Czerny and Hanon together with 50 famous classical pieces are included on the YDP-S55

Discover an inspiring combination 

Combine two Voices together, such as piano and strings, for an inspiring new playing experience. Nothing inspires piano practice like playing a piece with a different sound or creating unique combinations of two sounds together. Experiment to discover inspiring new ways to broaden your musical horizons.

Get more with the Smart Pianist App 

Enjoy the piano more with Smart Pianist, a dedicated app that adds a beautiful graphic interface and a variety of incredible features to your compatible Yamaha digital piano.

Optimal tone at any volume level 

With the Yamaha Intelligent Acoustic Control (IAC) feature, you can enjoy playing your digital piano at a lower volume in a quiet home environment. Before IAC was introduced, playing at a low volume resulted in a loss of treble and bass. With the development of IAC, the instrument automatically adjusts the balance of bass and treble, creating a more realistic sound with more depth. Additionally, the volume dial automatically makes fine adjustments to the overall sound of the speaker system (EQ) when played at a low volume. The ability to retain a rich and balanced sound on a digital piano, regardless of volume, ensures the highest sound quality.

Superb sound from a compact and stylish design 

The Acoustic Optimiser delivers naturally smooth tonal richness across the entire keyboard by regulating the flow of sound and control of tone from the cabinet of the instrument. Yamaha developed this new technology with an in-depth knowledge of the acoustic properties of musical instruments.

A new kind of headphone experience 

When playing and listening to the instrument using headphones, the Stereophonic Optimiser adjusts the spacing of the sound and the separation from the piano, resulting in a spacious, surround sound quality that will inspire you to play for hours at a time. Within this private listening environment, the sound of the piano can be perceived to come from the body of the instrument rather than from the headphones, providing a more realistic and natural experience.

Connect and interact with your instrument 

A standard USB cable can be used to connect the instrument to a computer or mobile device, opening up a world of creativity, entertainment, and education. iOS devices can be connected to the instrument using the Yamaha UD-BT01 Bluetooth adaptor, or a Lightning-USB camera adaptor. The instrument can be used to interact as a controller and/or sound source with a variety of music creation applications.

Specifications

SIZE/WEIGHT
Dimensions: Width 1353mm, Height 792mm, (976mm Key Cover Open) Depth 309mm, (317 mm Key Cover Open), Weight 40kg

CONTROL INTERFACE

• Keyboard: Number of Keys - 88.
• Type: Graded Hammer 3 (GH3) keyboard with 88 keys synthetic ebony and ivory keytops
• Touch Sensitivity: Hard/medium/soft/fixed
• Number of Pedals: 3
• Half Pedal: Yes
• Functions: Damper, Sostenuto, Soft

CABINET

• Key Cover Style: Folding.  
• Music Rest: Yes

VOICES

• Tone Generation: Piano Sound - Yamaha CFX. 
• Virtual Resonance Modelling Lite (VRM Lite) - Yes
• Number of Polyphony (Max.) - 192. 
• Preset Number of Voices - 10

EFFECTS

• Reverb - 4 Types, 
• Stereophonic Optimiser - Yes
• Intelligent Acoustic Control = Yes

SONGS

• Recording: Number of Songs - 1. Number of Tracks - 2
• Data Capacity: 150 KB/Song (Approx. 11,000 notes)
• Compatible Data Format Playback: Standard MIDI File (SMF) Format 0&1
• Recording: Standard MIDI File (SMF) Format 0
• Preset Number of Preset Songs: 10 Demo Songs, 50 Piano Preset Songs, 303 Lesson Songs

FUNCTIONS

• Metronome: Yes.  Tempo Range: 5 - 280
• Transpose: -6 to 0,0 to +6
• Tuning: Yes.  Duo: Yes

STORAGE AND CONNECTIVITY

• Storage Internal Memory User song: One song approx. 150 KB Loading song data from a computer : Up to 10 songs; Total maximum size approx. 900KB

CONNECTIVITY

• Headphones Sockets x2. 
• USB TO HOST: Yes

AMPLIFIERS AND SPEAKERS

• Amplifiers: 20W x 2.  
• Speakers: 12cm x 2

POWER SUPPLY

• Power Supply: AC power adaptor: PA-150 or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha
• Power Consumption: 9W (when using the PA-150)
• Auto Power Off: Yes

INCLUDED ACCESSORIES

• Others - Owner's Manual, Quick Operation Guide
• Song Book: 50 Greats for the Piano  

Additional Information

Type - Digital, Piano - Keyboard YDP S55, YDP-S55