Happy Birthday on the Yamaha P-515, CFX, recital hall mode

SouthPark

I notice that this section says Recordings, Audio or video recordings.

This very recent recording is done for KFB (aka kawafanboi) - a PW and PC buddy. This semi-improvisation was done after reading one other PC thread with a mention of Happy Birthday.

Happy Birthday semi-Improv RECORDING

When clicking on 'post discussion' button, a pop-up comes up - indicating a tag is required. I ended up needing to just choose what appears to be the most appropriate.

I assume it's ok to post a recording in the RECORDINGS section - under 'general'.

kawafanboi

isn't it nice that we're actually playing piano now 🙃

i think i almost got banned again today for discussing the 520/920 chassis, 😅

SouthPark

kawafanboi

Absolutely KFB. I think it should be better now that they have extra volunteers over there.

OlivierW

Hi,

What preset and Fx you choose ?

i think P 515 recording sound better than N1X internal sound (even recorded usb to host in computer). but it's the same engine ? Strange.

I would just like you to enlighten me 🙂 ?

Sure a will buy a P 515 or his successor.

Regards,

Olivier F.

SouthPark

Olivier - thanks for asking and for your post. This sound is stock CFX, with the P-515 in 'recital hall' mode - that one of the hall effects options we can select in the menu (aside from concert hall etc).

I use the same settings for these short recordings too.

AWNW minuet M1 M2

The P-515 is definitely well-received by many people. If any are available to try, then have a play on the keys etc. It was recently that I discovered that the G4 note in CFX sound mode has a different decay behaviour than other notes. It doesn't impact me -- or hasn't impacted me. But just mentioning it for information only. The successor is expected to be exciting. Some more exciting times ahead I should say. As for the P-515 ….. will definitely keep this one as healthy as possible and for as long as possible. Yamaha built this one really well. I'm 99.9 % happy with it. The 0.1% is due to them not having fixed the one-push recording 'glitch' - where one-push recording primes the P-515 for recording of playing (and recording only begins upon first note struck). However, at the moment - even though I'm running latest firmware (on two P-515 units), the very first note that is played is very noticeably delayed. It is delayed in playing. But not delayed in the actual recording - which is good. Easy work-around is to just go for two-push recording, where the second button-push on the panel beings recording, which records silence before we play -- and the very first note we play will sound fine - no lags/delay.

And - of course -- even though it doesn't impact my music -- not noticeably for me anyway - the G4 note decay profile being different from other notes can still be lumped into that 0.1 %. Thanks for posting again Olivier. Best regards too.

OlivierW

Thanks, i will try smart pianist 2.0 with N1X to see if i can have more sound tuning option. (hidden settings)

OlivierW

OlivierW I've tried Smart Pianist (with USB ad.. and Iphone) : no reverb choice like P 515, no release depth settings. (So the audio engine of P 515 : VRM / releases / resonances seems to be improved on P515 with same piano internal samples)

So Smartpianist useless with an N1X : you can't save your settings…. even in Smartpianist.

P515 seems to have superior Resonance and FX noises / releases than N1X.

OlivierW

Confirmed 🇦

In P515 VRM is more advanced than N1X : the should name it VRM2

From P515 manual : (Page 10)

This original VRM technology calculated the various states of the strings for each of the 88 notes of the keyboard from one instant to the next, and the timing and depth of the damper pedal presses. The enhanced VRM now also calculates and reproduces aliquot resonance in the upper octaves, and the full resonance of the soundboard, rim, and frame. This technology gives you vivid, bright, richly varied expression, effectively reproducing the complex acoustic interactions when performing on an actual piano.

they have added Aliquot Resonance and Body resonance in this VRM (2).

That's why i find that my N1X sound better with the Pianoteq 8 Side chain Resonance….. than VRM (1)…

So P515 CFX sound better than N1X CFX…

SouthPark

Olivier … maybe send an email to Yamaha to see if settings can be saved with smart pianist. I have a very strong feeling that your N1X does or can provide the same sound … probably even nicer.

I'm predicting Yamaha will recommend a fairly convenient or quick way to get the instrument set up with settings of our choice. For an excellent quality instrument like the N1X, I believe Yamaha will have a solution for saving and quick loading of settings. Going through customer support on the website will very likely lead to a rep emailing you to set up a conversation. Yamaha got back to me really quickly in the past after I reported something. A rep supervisor had a couple of proper email discussions. Very professional and helpful. And their conversation was in a way that I could see they were focusing on the matter. This particular rep is really good anyway.

Very nice that you even use external sound sources … such as pianoteq. Awesome sounds definitely come out from pianoteq and VST etc. Impressive. The technology these days is leaps and bounds!