Yamaha N3X Avant Hybrid Piano Overview
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Today, we’re going to be taking a look at Yamaha’s N3X Avant grand hybrid piano. N3X boasts an action out of one of Yamaha’s baby grand pianos. The speakers on this piano are placed in such where the actual resonance happens in a baby grand cabinet. It has amazing samples of some of the world’s best concert grand pianos. Here are some features you’ll find on Yamaha’s N3X.
The N3X has real wooden keys with a comfortable touch thanks to Ivorite key tops that look and feel just like natural ivory. Then comes the all-important key action the N3X has inherited from Yamaha’s esteemed concert grand pianos. Beneath your fingertips, you sense the same precise weight and responsiveness, the same scope for expression as you would expect from one of Yamaha’s baby grand pianos.
To capture every nuance of your performance, Yamaha employs a noncontact optical sensor system that doesn’t affect the feel or performance of the action in anyway. Under each key is a continuous optical sensor that captures the speed and depth at which the key is depressed. An additional optical sensor are fixed to each hammer shank measures the timing and strength of the hammer hitting the virtual strings. This information is instantly translated into a beautifully authentic sound.
To help you achieve the tonal palette you desire, Yamaha offers the choice of two world class grand pianos. One is Yamaha’s CFX concert grand piano and the other is Bosendorfer’s Imperial concert grand. As Yamaha’s flagship grand piano, the majestic CFX boasts a wide palette of tonal colors from sparkling high notes to powerful bass tones. The legendary Bosendorfer, meanwhile, is renowned for its sonorous and rich sound. Either way, the lifelike sounds of the Avant grand N3X allow you to explore the outer reaches of your expressive imagination.
The N3X takes a unique approach to reproduce the sound of an acoustic grand piano. When capturing the original source sounds from Yamaha’s CFX and the Bosendorfer, they took samples from four different positions across the soundboard: left, right, center, and rear. Compared to conventional left and right stereo recordings, this yield wonderfully rich and authentic results.
To make the most of this four-channel source sound, the N3X piano employs Yamaha’s spatial acoustic speaker system, a four-point speaker configuration that allows the N3X to deliver faithful, three-dimensional recreations of the original instruments.
For the N3X, speaker placement mirrors the four recording positions on the source piano. This component allows for a more subtle reproduction of the built-up of sound that you feel when playing an acoustic grand piano. It works by using an oscillating transducer to transmit vibrations to the flat panel soundboard giving a realistic sound response that is especially evident in the upper key range.
When you play an acoustic piano, the entire instrument resonates throughout your feet of the pedals and through the fingers on your keyboard. It’s this subtle physical sensation that Yamaha’s tactile response system, short TRS, works to recreate. This digital technology conveys the natural vibrations that emit from a grand piano, unifying the emotional energy between you and the instrument. Even if you’re wearing headphones, you can use TRS to enhance the realism of the playing experience.
Please check out some of the examples that played with the N3X:
Additionally, if you are still learning about Yamaha AvanGrand pianos… Check out HERE for more information on other AvantGrand pianos from Yamaha.
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