Does anyone have any tips on emulating the CP70 intro? I have an S90es and a Motif es6. Since there are no CP70 waveforms for the es series, does anyone have any tweaking suggestions? If not, is there anywhere that CP70 samples could be purchased? Thanks in advance

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Actually, the ES has some CP voices. They are CP80’s - there was no difference in the sound between the CP70 and the CP80. The CP80 had 88 keys, and some additional tone/efx controls. That’s all.

On the ES, the voices are:

Pre 1: 022 (B06) HardCP80
Pre 1: 023 (B07) CP80&EP (layer of CP80 and electric piano)
Pre 1: 024 (B08) Yama EP’s (this is a layer of CP and other piano sounds).

You can also find CP voices in the DCP Productions library “Vintage Keys”, available for purchase and download in the “voice libraries” section of the motif mart on this website. You can listen to mp3 demos of the Vintge Keys sounds there.

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Great! Thanks Dave. I think I was probably in the womb when the CPs were big so I didn’t realize that there wasn’t a big difference soundwise. Ü

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Here’s a question for the historians. Back in the late ‘70s when the CPs were in their ascendancy I went to the NAMM show in Anaheim and Kawai had an electric grand in a soundproofed plexiglass booth in the middle of the floor. No one was around so I hopped on a played for quite a while. It was a *really* nice playing and sounding piano. I dimly recall (it was the ‘70s after all) that it came on the market later that year at a much higher price than the CP, which probably tanked it commercially. Anyone know more about this instrument?

Thanks,

Bob

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Isn’t it a CP layered with a real piano?

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Bob - that was probably a Kawai Electric Grand you saw.

Hey the guys in that band photo look kinda familiar..:-).

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Dave

Bob - that was probably a Kawai Electric Grand you saw.

I did a quick Google search, and I think it was the EP-308M. I remember being really impressed at the time.

Hey the guys in that band photo look kinda familiar..:-).

Public enemies #1-4 (photo is a still from surveillance video taken during a clandestine panty raid at the old folks home)

Bob

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Here is a video of Jeff Lorber playing the Kawai EP-308. It sounded every bit as good as Yamaha’s CP70/80 IMHO. Although i have always been partial towards Kawai when it comes to piano’s.

Terry
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