KAWAI MP5

The MP5 Professional Stage Piano continued the legacy of Kawai's highly-successful MP9000 and MP9500 with its impeccable sound quality, responsive touch and powerful control capabilities. It featured Advanced Hammer Action IV with "Acoustic Reaction" technology and graded hammers to simulate the natural feel of an acoustic grand piano. Now a Kawai Legacy Product, the MP5 set the stage for later generations of MP Series instruments that have become the most awarding-winning in their class.

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Start with 192 notes of polyphony, 256 editable sounds and 4 effects processors. Add the class-leading Advanced Hammer Action (AHA IV-E) and a new generation of superb sounds including the highly-respected Kawai EX Concert Grand Piano, and you begin to see the core elements that made the Kawai MP5 Professional Stage Piano one of the finest portable instruments for the performing stage or studio. The new AHA IV-E action featured “Acoustic Reaction” technology that added more resistance to each keystroke for greater dynamic control and expression. In the sound creation process, the Kawai EX Concert Grand was placed in an anechoic (echoless) chamber to provide the essence of pure grand piano tone for the MP5 digital piano.

The built-in Virtual Technician function allowed the user to digitally alter (or “voice”) the piano sound to suit specific musical preferences and situations. In addition to its outstanding piano tone, the MP5 offered 256 high-quality instrumental sounds including electric pianos, organs, pads, strings, brass, basses, drums and a host of other useful instruments to inspire musical creativity. Although the MP5 is now a Kawai Legacy Product, it played an essential role in the technological innovations that led to the current generation of MP Series instruments which have been named “Pro Digital Keyboard Line of the Year” by the readers of MMR Magazine in 2014, 2018 and 2019. See why today’s MP Series models are so highly revered.

Specifications

action	88 weighted keys, Advanced Hammer Action IV-E with AR technology
polyphony	192 notes
sound source	Harmonic Imaging ® II technology
internal sounds	256
setup memories	256
reverb types	7 types: Plate, reverb 1, reverb 2, Stage 1, Stage 2, Room 1, Room 2
effect types	individual for each zone: 22 types: Chorus, Flanger, Celeste, Ensemble, Delay 1-4, Auto pan 1-3, Tremolo 1-3, Phaser 1-2, Rotary 1-2, Auto Wah, Pedal Wah, Enhancer, Overdrive
display	2 x 16 characters LCD with background light
controls	pitch bend wheel, modulation wheel, master volume, zone volume (x4), zone edit selection (x4), zone on/off (x4), real time edit control (x4), control mode switch (x4), SW on/off, EFX on/off, reverb on/off, menu up, menu down, value up, value down, sound mode, setup mode, (system mode), sound /setup select (8x8x4), store, transpose, metronome
jacks	6,3mm jacks for Line Out (L/Mono,R or 2xMono), headphone, damper/soft pedal, foot switch (assignable), expression (assignable), MIDI In/Out/Thru, USB, mains, power switch on/off
parameters for internal zones	sound, volume, zone hi, zone lo, velocity switch (Off, Soft, Loud), velocity switch level, velocity compression, velocity offset, damper (on/off), FSW (on/off), EXP (on/off), mod wheel (on/off), bender (on/off), bender range (0-7), pan, zone transpose (±36), Fine Tuning, Virtual Voicing (Mellow, Bright, Dynamic, Normal), Stretch Tuning, Temprament, FSW CC#, EXP CC#, Attack, Decay, Release, Cutoff, EQ
parameters for external MIDI zones	sound nr., volume, bank select (MSB/LSB), MIDI CH, zone hi, zone lo, velocity switch (Off, Soft, Loud), velocity switch level, velocity compression, velocity offset, damper (on/off), FSW (on/off), EXP (on/off), mod wheel (on/off), bender (on/off), bender range (0-12), pan, transpose (±36), Fine Tuning, Knobs A-D (on/off/CC#), TX Channel, TX Program, TX Bank, TX volume, Attack, Decay, Release, Cutoff
system parameters	Master Tuning, VolumeAction, line out Mode, Local on/off, system Channel, Touch Curve (Normal, Light, Light+, Heavy, Heavy+, USER), LCD Contrast, LED Brightness, MIDI Multi mode, RCV CH 1-16 Play/Mute, Dump, Reset
dimensions in mm	1356 x 340 x 172 (WxDxH)
weight in kg	20,5
accessories	F-10H pedal with Half-damper function and music rack included
optional accessories	softcase with wheels, F-20 double pedal, V-20X expression pedal