MP8II Professional Stage Piano

The MP8II is pretty purely the most excellent Professional Stage Piano by Kawai. The MP8II utilizes Kawai’s much-admired Harmonic Imaging Sound Technology to produce its remarkable concert grand piano sound. The Kawai MP8II has 256 instrument sounds. It can handle even the most challenging performances with a best-in-class 192-note polyphony. The MP8II Piano presents the optimum touch available with AWA PROII wooden-key, graded-hammer action with counterbalancing.

Kawai MP8II Stage Piano

The MP8II includes the 4 real time control knobs, so you can regulate the keyboard’s EQ, effects and sound parameters, or send MIDI control change commands to external devices. The MP8II functions as a 4-zone controller keyboard. Each one zone can manage an internal or external zone, or both. Internal zones can be allocated to any key range, and many other parameters can be edited. Faders control a zone’s volume in real time. Settings and coursework for all four zones can be saved into any one of 256 User Setups for instant recall during a performance. The MP8II contains studio quality reverbs and digital effects, from chorus and flanger to distortion and rotary speaker. The instrument also has stereo XLR and Line Out jacks, along with connections for an assignable footswitch and an expression pedal. The MP8II includes the F20 damper and soft pedal assembly.

Key Features of Kawai MP8II Professional Piano

• 88-Key AWA PROII wooden-key, graded hammer action
• Harmonic Imaging sound technology
• 192-Note Polyphony
• 256 exceptional instrument sounds
• 256 User Setups
• 4 User Assignable Control Knobs
• 4 Internal/External Keyboard Zones
• Stereo XLR and Line Outputs

Specifications of Kawai MP8II Stage Piano

• Display: 16 x 2 characters LCD with background light
• Keyboard: 88 weighted keys with graded hammers
• Action: AWA PROII
• Sound Source: Harmonic ImagingTM Sound Technology
• Polyphony: 192 Notes
• Reverb: Hall 1-2, Stage 1-2, Room 1-2, Plate
• Effect Types: Individual for each zone.Chours, Flanger, Celeste, Ensemble, Auto Pan 1-3, Delay 1-4, Tremolo 1-3, Rotary 1-2, Phaser 1-2, Auto Wah, Pedal Wah, Enhancer, Overdrive
• Internal Sounds: 256 Voices
• Setup Memories: 256 Setups
• Controls: Pitch Bend Wheel, Master Volume, Zone Volume (x4), Modulation Wheel (assignable), Zone Edit Selection (x4), Zone On/Off (x4), Control Mode Switch (x4), Real Time Edit Control (x4), SW On/Off, EFX On/Off, Menu Up, Menu Down, Value Up, Value Down, Reverb On/Off, Sound Mode, Setup Mode (System Mode), Sound/Setup Select (8x8x4), Store, Transpose, Metronome
• Parameters for Internal Zones: Volume, Sound, Damper Resonance, String Resonance, Velocity Switch Level, Velocity Compression, Velocity Offset, Damper (On/Off), FSW (On/Off), Key Off Effect, Zone Hi, Zone Lo, Velocity Swwitch (Off, Soft, Loud), Mod Wheel (On/Off), Bender (On/Off), Bender Range (0-7), Pan, Zone Transpost (±36), Fine Tuning, Virtual Voicing (Mellow, Bright, Dynamci, Normal), Stretch Tuning Temperament, FSW CC#, EXP CC#, Attack, Decay, Release, Cutoff, EQ, Modulation Wheel Assign, Left Pedal Assign, Solo Mode (On/Off)
• Parameters for External Zones: 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), Mod Wheel (On/Off), Bender (On/Off), Bender Range (0-12), Sound Nr., Pan Transpose (±36), Fine Tuning, Knobs A-D (On/Off/CC#), TX Channel, TX Program, TX Bank, TX Volume, Attack, Decay, Release, Cutoff, Solo Mode (On/Off)
• System Parameters: Master Tuning, Volume Action, Line Out Mode, Local On/Off, System Channel, Touch Curve (Normal, Light, Light+, Heavy, Heavy+, USER), Modulation Wheel Assign (Normal/Data Entry), Footswitch Assign (Normal, Setup Advance), Reverb Offset, Reverb Offset On/Off, EQ Offset, EQ Offset On/Off, LCD Contrast, LED Brightness, MIDI Multi Mode, RCV CH 1-16 Play/Mute, Dump, Reset
• Connections: XLR Out (L,R) with Ground Lift Switch, 1/4″ jacks for Line Out (L/Mono, R or 2x Mono), Headphone Jack, Damper/Soft Pedal, Foot Switch (assignable), Expression (assignable), MIDI IN/OUT/THRU, USB (to Host), AC Inlet, Power Switch On/Off
• Dimensions: 57.75 inch x 17.5 inch x7.5 inch (1466 mm X 442 mm x 189 mm)
• Weight: 77 lbs. (35 kg)