Yamaha P-255 Stage Piano Review
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Get the Yamaha P-255 Stage Piano here: www.sweetwater...
The P-255 packs Yamaha's Graded Hammer action and Synthetic Ivory Keytops with the sound of their CFIIIS concert grand piano. Stereo speakers provide plenty of volume for small venues, and Sound Boost mode helps you cut through even the densest live mix.
I’m a pianist and I got the Yamaha P255 for a gift when I graduated high school a few years ago, and let me say its THE BEST digital piano I’ve ever had! I’ve been playing the piano for 12 years and I use this piano for all my music covers I have under my channel 😁 it feels great, sounds great, it’s sturdy, has an unlimited amount of effects and features, and has amazing quality. I give it a 5 star! ❤️
People say the speakers are not so good compared to the usual speakers of the p series. Some say they're not that powerful but enough for home and some say the sound quality is bad on low frequencies. What do you say?
The thing I remember about the P-255 is the key action feels fantastic. Great pianist, and very nice digital piano.
how would the action compare to other digital pianos, uprights and grands? I'm looking for heavier keys, since I'm used to my upright and I find that keyboards are usually too light. any thoughts?
No wayyyy
That’s honestly my biggest fear
I’m pretty sure it’s supposed to be an even more realistic feel than the p115
@@YehPianoCovers hey uh I’ve noticed that u pretty good experience with a few pianos so I hv a question if u don’t mind me asking?
Do u hv any piano options for me?
I’m looking for pianos that shouldn’t be way too light but it shouldn’t be weighted keys either, it should be easier to work with too since I am a beginner, it should also hv a good sound quality, sorry for disturbing u btw, just wanted to say ur doing amaizng, keep doing what ur doing and tbh ur the reason I became so obsessed with pianos
@@YehPianoCovers The keys require more pressure than those in grand pianos and upright pianos.
I love Yamaha's action. I've tried so many keyboards, but I always go back to Yamaha. I just tried this at a store, and this is amazing. Love the ivory color of the keys too. I wish they can make the exact same thing, and make it lighter even if on board speakers have to go.
I hv a few questions about this certain keyboard if u don’t mind answering?
-are the keys weighted?
-is the sound quality good?
-is it easy to use?
-do u think this is the best piano u hv ever used or do u hv something better in mind? If so do u mind giving me a few options?
the choir mix at the end is what convinced me. I'm getting this damn piano holy hell
That effect is so weird! I love it.
Had it for almost 2 and a half years now. Speakers are decent, but you'll need external if you want the full potential. Keys are amazing, that is true. Pretty much everything this guy said is true. It's a really good Piano. I'm happy with it. Although I still miss my Kawai K8. That was a great instrument.
Yamaha makes THE best sounding digital piano samples on the market. No competition.
That's a powerful, versatile instrument. As usual, a stellar presentation. You're a great musician and presenter, Erskine. I'm not sure if I like this better or the CP40. This one has its own speakers, however.
Super presentation!
Vern Hickner I
I have one. Bought it over ten years ago and I LOVE IT!!!!!! Price NEVER went down. It has since been replaced. I can die with this piano.
I have a P250 that I bought at a low price of 200$ in 2023 and repaired the bad keys ...( The keyboards had been left in a garage for years) But it is one of the best pianos I have owned and I have had a few different brands.
Very nice playing and showing off the P-255.
Thank you. Great review. Peace and love. x
Thanks for a great showreel for P255. Probably the best one on UA-cam. Sorry I’m in the wrong country for Sweetwater.
Great demonstration and some sweet funk and soul playing.
I hate to be picky but there is one problem with the demo. We would like to hear you play even more in addition to showing the features. That intro was really nice. It makes me want to play the piano and I am a guitarist. Hope to see you do more videos and demos! Great job Erskine and thank you Sweetwater!
guitarist as well, but bought one and teaching myself, been a little over a year and I am still in love with it
Great demo, and bonus points for a first name Erskine!
Just a great review!
I got my P-255 about 5 or 6 years ago and I'm still very happy with it. It was one of the first portable pianos that came bristling with useful extras, such as quality speakers, a great action, 2-track recorder linked to USB stick, several ways of tweaking the sounds/resonances, etc, and still only weighs 17.4kg. It's deal for home studio and light gigging.
Does anyone know whether the four main piano patches are all just differently tweaked samples of the CFiii? Or is there another piano sample among them? Maybe of a C7? Notably, the GP3 patch. is a bit muted and less brilliant, so it gives my ears a break from the GP1 patch all the time, and mixes better with certain combinations of voices. Maybe it would please Kawai fans.
It's hard to adjust split and layer sound levels on the fly. The bass and vibes always come out too quiet, particularly if they are recorded and then a piano patch is played over them. This is when I begin to wish I had a full stage piano, but for general use I'm very happy.
My tip at gigs is to cut all onboard effects (including reverb) at least until you begin to get the right sound in the mix. It's always hard to match other amps/speakers to a digital piano. In many cases I increase the mids, both onboard and on any other mixer. If a mixer/amp has no mid on its EQ control, I might reduce both the bass and treble controls on it. I was about to give up on a certain powered speaker when I discovered these tricks.
But in my home studio, I've been raising the onboard bass fader and reducing the treble fader, at least for the GP1 patch. Yamaha's don't have to be so "bright" particularly not when there are versatile controls, such as on the P-255.
I'm practising a lot without any piano reverb added, so that I'll know my basic sound better when at gigs.
The second piano sound is the Live! Grand piano
5:00 Charlie Brown vibes incoming
best name ever...
This piano has the dynamics that makes it sound stronger in the fortissimos as well as the P155?
Just wish they add pitch bend and modulation wheel to p series. I will start using them as my MIDI controller
In that case it is better to go for the CP series as the CP40 although I do not know if it is still being sold
Nice! Please do a video of yamaha cp 300 that would be great
Great player 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾😍
Great review, thank you so much! I bought p-255 one week ago, and today I saw a Roland FP-80. Now I'm in doubt if I have to send p-255 back and get FP-80, or keep Yamaha.
Andrey A I had to go through the same decision. But when playing both in comparison, the p255 feels more like a real piano than the fp 80. More realistic hammer action and piano sound. Nevertheless fp-80 is a great instrument. It's a question of what you're looking for.
Jonas T., thank you for reply. FP-80 is out of stock, Roland released FP-90 this year (or last year). I tried FP-90 in music store, but I didn't notice a huge difference between yamaha and roland. Probably cause I am a beginner. I decided not to pay 500-800€ extra for FP-90. I kept P-255 and as a beginner I am pretty happy with this instrument.
where were you able to try the fp-90? i've been having a hard time finding one to demo in-store.
mbsaxman600, here:
Six & Four Music Store
Im Hessenland 14
66280 Sulzbach
Germany
ooo well consider yourself lucky, there isn't one within 150 miles of me (I live in NJ in the US).
demo of sound is pretty accurate if using headphones or a pa system (studio speakers, etc..) the on board, while not bad, lacks the bass depth that the demo has.. hard to get that though with small speakers
I got to try out this piano at a store. It feels great except it felt like the keys bottomed out pretty hard compared to most other keyboards I tried. I might pick it up though.
Gran Piano
sir you have HUGE hands, damn that piano looks small for you hahahaha amazing video
Yeh Kun i was thinking about how i have the same size hands as him
Im assuming this video helped u decide on your new white piano
Javier Gan i have a lower end piano compared to this amazing one, i have a Casio CDP-130.
how does the sound compare to clp clavinovas ?
please do a video of Roland fp90, like this?
Erskine does a very nice Sweetwater's vid of the RD-2000.
its there check it out
Last song 🔥🔥
What I'm the most interested is this; I play live a lot, so I don't really care much about the speakers. I'd like to know if the main piano sample is the same in both the p115 and 255. Is the sound in the PA that I'm concerned about. Is there really a difference?
they are different.. the main p255 piano is a new sampling method (versus p115) of a yamaha c4 concert grand... this video compares them and he tells you the sound differences ua-cam.com/video/I9vcKWAmpNY/v-deo.html
Why did they stop making these?
Because this 255b was meant to be their high end flagship when it came out and then they replaced it with the 515b and at the time this was the same price so it couldn't complete.
I personally wish they would've kept this one and lowered the price significantly to have a middle tier piano, but I guess theres not really a market for it.
@@carlossalazar972 well for me its more easy cuz in here Brazil we dont find the both pianos
Do you find it hard to achieve a very quiet piannisimo at speed on this piano?
What's the song at 6:39 ?
HOLA DISCULPE QUÉ PIANO ES MEJOR: EL P125 o EL P255 POR SU AYUDA MUCHAS GRACIAS Y LE FELICITÓ POR SUS PRESENTACIONES.
What song is this? 5:03
Hi, this Yamaha P255 or Roland FP10?, i'm looking for the best, faster and more reliable key action in a slab. Thanks!...
Hello! The P-255 model is now discontinued. When it was available, it sold for $1299, not really in the same price range as the Roland FP10 at $499. Of the two, the Yamaha is much higher end.
The P-125 from Yamaha is more competitive in cost and features to the Roland FP-10. If you want to go into more detail about sound quality or key feel, give me a call!
Thanks for your interest!
Nick LaMendola, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1660, nick_lamendola@sweetwater.com
Does it have a headphone jack bc my sister is going off to college and wanted to play it there but wants it to be quiet
Have you ever seen an electronic piano without a headphone jack?
Hello I saw it is possible to plug an USB key and save or records on this key, but I don't know how to put my record on the key... help me please :(
it is in the manual..I don't remember the exact steps but I do know it is step by step listed in the manual( if you don't have it you can DL it @ yamaha.com)
e.piano 4 sounds a little like a Roland d-50 pad.
What’s its price in India. If it isn’t available in India, can you suggest me an alternate model of it.
So, P255 or MX88 or CP300?
whoever can spend money on the crappy iPhone should be able t0 purchase this beast P255, my soon to be Piano.
How would you compare the P255 to the modern P515?
Hello - the P255 and P515 have both been discontinued. The P525 is more or less the replacement for both (although the P225 is available and is the step down from the P525). In general as you go up in price in this line, you get more sounds, better speakers, and other quality of life improvements.
Thanks!
Jason Filloramo, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1281, Jason_Filloramo@sweetwater.com
TENGO UNO Y LO VENDÓ, ESTA COMO NUEVO, NADA LE FALLA, SI ALGUIEN SE INTERESA, AVÍSEME Y NOS PONEMOS DE ACUERDO. GRACIAS.
5:03 whats the name of this music note?
Randy Gepitulan I’m not a musician but I’m pretty sure it’s a G
The G note a few keys after C4..? Or C5..?
No it’s the G a few keys after C4. I just checked on GarageBand cuz I don’t have my piano with me :(
@@mk_nugget What I mean is there a specific music note or name of the song. I like the sound and id like to practice the sound by playing my piano
Randy Gepitulan oh..?
no wheels for tremolo and no pitch wheel
not necceessary
The P250 had it all.
Does it have a music rack?
yes
I have that piano but it doesn’t sound that good to me. What amp are you using?
To make it sound like this what you can do is listen to your piano with headphones
One big disadvantage is the loud thud that the keys make when you push them down while playing. Very annoying and very bad design.
Is this weighted keys too?
yes
obvio
You probably want to know if it has 88 keys too.
He's so good-looking =D Had to be said.
jewed
Is the casing metal build or plastic or wooden ?
Hello! The casing for the P-255 is plastic, with a faux wood top piece below the built in speakers. That being said, the P-255 has been discontinued in favor of the current model, the P-515, which features real wooden keys:
www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/P515BK--yamaha-p-515b-digital-piano-black
If you'd like to go into more detail, please call my number below. Thanks for your interest!
Nick LaMendola, Sweetwater Sales Engineer, (800) 222-4700 ext. 1660, nick_lamendola@sweetwater.com
1200$ cost more than my car
stage piano but it has speakers....
The first electric piano sucks. It's so horrible. They used it for the P90, P140, P155...and for this P255. Such a lousy cheap electric piano sound. Not even close to anything of the 80s DX7 sound. That's why I never use it. I was shocked that the new P515 actually replicated the exact 1980s DX7 electric piano. It's incredible. It's about time the P series Incorporated that real DX7 sound.
You are right, it is a very old FM electric piano sample and too used in many pianos, maybe it is better to go to the P515, it has better DX sound
Actually that sound on other Yamaha keyboards/digital pianos is the Cool! Galaxy EP
marry me
whats song is this? 0:06