The Kawai MP8 was an outstanding stage piano with 256 built-in sounds, 192-voice polyphony, Kawai's exclusive wooden key AWA PRO action and great effects and controller functions. Now discontinued, the MP8 was a true professional stage piano that laid the foundation for Kawai's current award-winning MP Series instruments.
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The MP8 was the former flagship of Kawai’s acclaimed MP range of digital stage pianos. It followed the exceptional MP9000 and MP9500 that were known worldwide for their outstanding wooden-key AWA Grand weighted keyboard action. The MP8 and its successor, the MP10, paved the way for the current MP11 which, together with the MP7, was named “Pro Digital Keyboard Line of the Year” by the readers of MMR Magazine in 2018.
| action | AWA Grand PRO with 88 weighted wooden keys |
| 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: 20 types: Chorus, Flanger, Celeste, Ensemble, Delay 1-4, Auto pan 1-2, Tremolo 1-2, 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), XLR Outs with Ground Lift, 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 | 1466 x 442 x 189 (WxDxH) |
| weight | 32 kg |
| accessories | F-20 double pedal with Half-damper function and music rack included |
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