Learning to play the piano is an incredibly rewarding hobby to undertake. The best thing about it is that there is always something new to learn. However, if you want to progress then you need to make sure that you have a digital piano that meets your needs.
There are plenty of big name brands on the market that are known for producing consistently high quality instruments all over the world. One of those brands is Yamaha; perhaps one of the biggest names in the music industry.
Here at Digital Piano Reviews, we have tried and tested the Yamaha P45 so that we could provide you with an honest review of what this digital piano has to offer to the budding pianist. We were incredibly impressed. Please read on below for our Yamaha P45 review.
The first thing that we are going to take a look at in our Yamaha P45 review is the design of this digital piano. One thing that we definitely want to mention here is the weight of the keyboard.
Whilst it is certainly not the heaviest on the market, at 11.5kg, it still has quite some weight to it. This is definitely a mark of quality but it is also worth keeping in mind if you will need to travel with your keyboard for gigs.
One of the design features that we really liked with this model from Yamaha is the matte black finish. We found that this made the keys a lot less slippery which means easier playing for beginners and professionals alike.
This is a full size keyboard with 88 keys. What we really liked here is that it is fully weighted with Graded Hammer Standard keys which we really felt allowed us to feel like we were playing a real piano. There is nothing about this keyboard that feels cheap at all.
For those who want to emulate the sound and feel of a real piano, there is a grand piano feature. This is easily activated with one touch of a button which allows you to switch from voices to grand piano in a split second.
One of the features that really impressed us was the touch sensitivity modes. These range from soft to hard and allow you to change the velocity with which you strike the keys, which again, we found really allowed us to mimic the sound of grand piano perfectly.
The Yamaha P45 has 64 notes of polyphony which really allows you to get creative with your own compositions. Whilst we enjoyed using the 10 demo voices, we did feel that it perhaps would have been better if there were more voices to choose from.
Something that really impressed us right the way through our playing experience was the sound quality produced by the built in speakers. We found that there was no distortion at all; even at the highest volume settings.
As with most digital keyboards these days, the Yamaha P45 supports both MIDI and USB so you are really able to maximise the amount of different sounds that you can produce. One of our favourite features from this keyboard was the Duo Mode.
With this mode, the keys are split identically down the middle. Whilst this doesn't really offer much for live performances, we found that it really helped for allowing a student to follow along with a teacher.
Overall, we have to say that we were really impressed with this keyboard, as we had expected. Yamaha instruments are generally very high quality and the Yamaha P45 was certainly no exception. We would absolutely recommend this digital keyboard for beginners and accomplished musicians alike, especially for the value for money.
