Yamaha NU1X AvantGrand - Hybrid Upright Piano

A message to Pianists When do you, as a pianist, feel elation? Is it in that instant when you see a score for the first time, and feel the inspirations of the composer bloom inside your mind? It might be when you're up on stage playing a grand piano that projects every aspect of your sound, bathed in a shower of applause from an appreciative audience. Call it accomplishment, call it exultation - we're certain that you've experienced your share of such moments. But above all, there is that incomparable joy you feel in those moments when you sit at your piano. Those instants when, threading the fragments of your imagination together as sound, you become at one with the instrument; those treasured moments of delight for all who love the piano, regardless of their skill or experience. It's why we believe that you can spend so much of your life in front of the piano.View All At Yamaha, our desire is to craft pianos that bring a little more of this joy to as many people as possible. This is a treasured ideal that we have long held dear and one we have now transformed into a new piano. Meditating on those hours of happiness, those indescribable moments of joy experienced at a piano, we decided to do our best to respond to your desires and aspirations for this instrument. AvantGrand. A new identity for the piano, born from the fusion of twenty-first century technology and more than a century of piano-crafting experience. The blissful moment when you and the piano resonate as one.... is here. Playing the piano - freeing the pianist of all limitations. And then, the joy of transforming the act of playing into something new... To play when you want, how you want, as much as you want. For those that love the piano, this is an extravagance above all else, something that all pianists yearn for. In reality playing the piano brings with it many limits. Beyond the physical issues of time to play and a place for the instrument, there are the fine nuances, particularly with the grand piano, of touch, tone, and reverberation, that contribute to the true thrill of playing the piano.View All At Yamaha, we hope to offer the best sound we can to as many people as possible. We have held this goal unchanged throughout our history of over a century of piano making. Together with the know-how and inspiration gleaned from each new experience, along with the new technologies that have emerged over the years, this goal has taken us closer to our pictured ideal and seen with it the manufacture of a multitude of different pianos. So what features does a piano have that make it essential in the lives of you, the people who possess both an unreserved love for playing the piano and an awareness of its essential excellence? The AvantGrand emerged from our desire to relook at these elements. We took the techniques we had cultivated making keyboards and pedals for acoustic pianos and combined them with the latest digital and acoustic technology, driven by the belief that the resulting instrument would be a model for how a piano should be in the modern age. Innovation born from a thorough knowledge of the true soul of the piano, brought to the fore. Everything you need, right in front of you. Ideas and technologies that unify tradition and innovation. A piano evolved for the modern age. Not creating a piano, but rediscovering one. This, summed up in a single phrase, was the concept behind the development of the AvantGrand. Making a so-called "acoustic" piano requires extensive technique and know-how, qualities accumulated through our many years of experience. However, a major theme in the creation of the AvantGrand involved consciously refraining from relying on this experience. Rather than designing from a standpoint of what a piano must be, we gave priority to looking at what it could be, searching for the kind of instrument that would suggest a new direction for the piano..View All For Yamaha, with our history of over a century of piano crafting, it was digital technology that provided the impetus for such an outlook, giving us the confidence that we had matured enough as craftsmen to be able to give life to the ideals we had pictured in our minds. In creating a digital piano that presented the piano as a more informal and enjoyable instrument, we had many expectations for its sound that had to be fulfilled in the initial stages of development. It is no exaggeration to say that digital technology evolves in the blink of an eye. We felt that developing an instrument that took two major trends in the piano world to create a fusion, in the truest sense of the word, was a task that we simply had to complete. Even with our history in making both digital and acoustic pianos, it was a feat that took everything that we at Yamaha knew to accomplish. The AvantGrand is the crystallization of our hopes for the piano, something which cannot be summarized by simply calling it a hybrid of the digital and acoustic. It was our superlative knowledge of the piano that supported this bold endeavor; that, and the bond we feel with you, with your enduring love for the piano. The superb natural feel of a real piano action The NU1X represents the next evolution in hybrid piano technology melding the Yamaha pedigree of unparalled piano craft with progressive digital innovation. Employing a real acoustic upright piano action that intuitively connects player and piano, the NU1X offers a gratifying dynamic experience. The result is an instrument that not only pays tribute to its acoustic counterpart but exceeds all expectations. Legendary Piano Samples To play an AvantGrand means access to the actual sound profile of two legendary concert grands: the Yamaha CFX and the Bösendorfer Imperial. Whether you prefer the bold, expansive palette of the CFX, or the warm, rich Vienna tones of the Imperial, switching between the two is simple. The authentic feel of a grand piano pedal The NU1X features a damper pedal that recreates the subtle changes in resistance experienced when using a grand piano pedal. What’s more, the NU1X's damper pedal allows you to use the same half-pedal techniques that you would with a grand piano, offering detailed control over sustain and reverberation. A fully immersive headphone experience Headphone connectivity wasn’t just an added formality for the NU1X. Thanks to our advanced binaural sampling technology, the sound you hear through your headphones is remarkably lifelike. This technology uses piano samples recorded by specialized microphones that capture locational information and other nuances discerned by the human ear. The resulting sound is so natural, so enveloping, that you’ll soon forget you’re even wearing headphones at all. (CFX Grand Voice only) An elegant complement to any room The elegant simplicity of the NU1X blends effortlessly into any setting, adding an air of distinction without being imposing. Inheriting the superb sound and playability of the AvantGrand series of pianos, the NU1X offers the warmth and natural presence of an acoustic instrument in a stylish, compact form. Intelligent UX and Integration Behind its simple control panel, the NU1X hosts an abundance of connectivity options for maximum functionality and integration with external devices. It can be connected directly to computers and mobile devices via USB, sound and recording systems via audio cables, act as a Bluetooth receiver, and integrate with iOS apps via WiFi. 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 Hybrid piano. Sélection de la voix et réglages faciles Outre la sélection des voix de piano, vous pouvez utiliser Smart Pianist pour régler des paramètres tels que la réverbération des échos dans les salles de spectacle et d'autres facteurs qui affectent le son du piano. Vous pouvez utiliser la fonction de superposition pour superposer les voix, ou la fonction de division pour jouer des voix différentes avec les mains gauche et droite, en jouant plusieurs voix simultanément pour créer des performances avec un son plein et agréable. Une série de fonctions telles que la transposition, l'accordage, la pédale et les réglages acoustiques peuvent être configurées de manière simple et intuitive. *La sélection vocale et les fonctions configurables peuvent différer selon le modèle. Other Feature of Firmware V2.0 Now compatible with USB Audio/MIDI. Just connect with a single USB cable for audio/MIDI playback with a PC or iOS device. This allows you to record to, for example, Steinberg Cubase series products as audio or MIDI, without purchasing an Audio/MIDI interface separately. *Cubase series software is not bundled with this firmware, and must be purchased separately. Other Feature of Firmware V2.0