Yamaha CK88 Stage Keyboard
$1,499.99
When it comes to versatility, YC is a virtuoso. Featuring premium keyboard sound with more possibilities than ever. Choose from authentic Yamaha grand/upright pianos, electric pianos and keyboards to a tonewheel organ with rotary speaker, synths, acoustic sounds and more. Our proprietary VCM recreates the circuits of vintage analog EQs, compressors and phasers right down to the transistors and resistors to capture the subtleties other digital simulations can’t. It’s like having an incredible sounding keyboard with everything, to go.
How do you reproduce the warm, authentic sound of an organ in a stage keyboard? You build an organ engine the Yamaha way, from the ground up. Yamaha puts your favorite classic organ sounds in one powerful, stage keyboard. YC models three organ vintages - just out of the box, well-traveled and character-rich vintage. Need more? Go under the hood to adjust key click, leakage, rotary speaker speed and more to get the one-of-a-kind organ tone you've been searching for.
YC brings you the authentic sounds of classic rotary speakers with no maintenance required. Choose from two faithfully modeled rotary speaker profiles - warm and full or dirty and aggressive - and adjust top or bottom rotor speed for total control.
In 1983, Yamaha introduced the iconic sounds of FM (Frequency Modulation) synthesis to the world with the launch of the synthesizer DX7. Now YC brings FM synthesis to the organ for a new generation of players. Simply switch to FM Organ and your drawbars control 8 FM Operators that send a pure sound with massive low end. Add rotary speaker or amp sim effects for character and vibe. Intuitive controls make it easy to discover new sounds. Or recreate classic transistor organ tones from warm to reedy to buzzy by choosing one of three popular FM Organ modes.
The authentic Waterfall keyboard action of the YC61 was created by painstaking research into traditional organ keyboards and constant feedback from top keyboard artists. The result is a keyboard that not only provides the distinctive touch of an organ, it gives artists new ways to express themselves on acoustic and electric pianos, synth leads, brass sections and more.
YC73 has a weighted and balanced action that models the unmistakable feel of an electric piano. With an E-to-E keyboard and a touch that falls between graded acoustic piano and authentic organ action, it’s quite possibly the most versatile YC of all.
YC Keyboards aren’t just designed to be played. They’re made to be bumped, jostled, scratched, crammed in a van, stuffed in an overhead bin and adored by players and fans, gig after gig. In short, they’re built to last, like the company that stands behind them.
The nine drawbars on the YC have the footages and ratcheting you expect in an organ. But there’s more to our drawbars than meets the eye. See-through drawbar stops with customizable LED light color make it easy to see differences between simulated upper and lower configurations and play in split mode. It’s like having a virtual set of drawbars to give you more sounds, more flexibility and more choices than you ever thought possible in a stage keyboard.
KEYBOARD
Number of Keys 73
Type BHS (Balanced Hammer Standard) keyboard: matte black keytops
TONE GENERATION
Tone Generating Technology VCM Organ, AWM2, FM
POLYPHONY
Number of Polyphony (Max.) [VCM Organ + AWM2]:128 *Total of VCM Organ and AWM2, [FM]:128
NUMBER OF LIVE SET SOUND
160 (Preset Live Set Sounds:104)
NUMBER OF VOICES
152 (Organ:9 / Keys:143)
TYPES
Insertion Effect Organ 1 systems (Pre Drive) / Key A 2 systems (1: 35 types, 2: 35 types) / Key B 2 systems (1: 35 types, 2: 35 types)
Effect 35 types
Speaker/Amp 7 types (Rotary Speaker: 3 types, Amp: 4 types)
Reverb 1 type
Master EQ 3 band (with sweepable Mid)
CONNECTORS
Line Out OUTPUT [L/MONO]/[R] (6.3 mm, standard phone jacks, UNBALANCED), OUTPUT [L]/[R] (XLR jacks, BALANCED)
Headphones [PHONES] (6.3 mm, standard stereo phone jack)
Foot Controller FOOT CONTROLLER [1]/[2], FOOT SWITCH [SUSTAIN]/[ASSIGNABLE]
MIDI MIDI [IN]/[OUT]
USB USB [TO HOST]/[TO DEVICE]
[AC IN]
AUX INPUT [L/MONO]/[R] (6.3 mm, standard phone jacks)
DIMENSIONS
Width 1086 mm (42-3/4")
Height 145 mm (5-11/16")
Depth 355 mm (14")
WEIGHT
Weight 13.4 kg (29 lb, 9 oz)
PACKING BOX
Width 1,358 mm (53-7/16")
Height 291 mm (11-7/16")
Depth 524 mm (20-5/8")
DISPLAY
Full Dot LCD (128 x 64 dots)
ADDITIONAL PACKAGE CONTENTS
Owner’s Manual x 1, Power cord x 1, Foot pedal (FC3A) x 1
