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Brings your favourite keyboard sounds into one place
The CK88 combines the piano-focused character of Yamaha's CP Stage Piano series with organ and synth capabilities inspired by the YC Stage Keyboard series. That means you can move between Yamaha CFX, S700, and CF3 grand pianos, vintage-style electric pianos, organs, and synth sounds without changing instruments. The dedicated organ section is particularly useful on stage, putting nine drawbars and rotary speaker, percussion, and vibrato/chorus controls within easy reach. Whether a song calls for an acoustic piano, a soulful organ, or a synth layer, you can build your sound around one straightforward setup.
Keeps sound shaping at your fingertips
When you're performing, digging through menus can quickly interrupt your flow. The CK88 takes a more immediate approach, giving you dedicated controls for frequently used synth, organ, and effects parameters. Its three sound parts can be split and layered, so you might place bass beneath your left hand while playing piano on the right, or combine organ and strings for a fuller arrangement. Filter and envelope controls make synth adjustments similarly direct. Once everything feels right, Live sets let you store your setup and recall it later, helping you move between songs without rebuilding sounds each time.
Gives you room to make each sound your own
The CK88's effects section lets you take its core sounds and adapt them to your music. Dedicated Drive, Effects 1, and Effects 2 processors cover everything from overdrive and modulation to delay, reverb, and more experimental processing, giving you plenty of ways to add movement, space, or extra character. Master Delay, Reverb, and EQ then help you bring the complete sound together. You can also connect a microphone or another instrument through the A/D input and apply dedicated effects, making the CK88 useful as the centre of a compact performance setup rather than simply a keyboard.
Feels like a piano without tying you down
The CK88 pairs its 88-key Graded Hammer Standard action with features designed to make playing away from a permanent setup easier. The weighted, graded keyboard gives piano-focused players a familiar response, while built-in speakers mean you don't always need separate amplification for rehearsals, practice sessions, or smaller performances. Battery operation takes that flexibility further, providing up to 4.5 hours of playing time. And when you're back at your computer, the built-in stereo USB audio interface lets you record and play back audio, so the same keyboard can move naturally between stage, rehearsal, and recording setups.
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Specifications
General
Control Interface
- No. of Keys: 88
- Keyboard Action: Graded Hammer Action (GHS)
- Keytops: Black Matte
Voices
- Tone Generation: AWM2, AWM (Organ Flutes)
- Max. Polyphony: 128
- No. of Live Set Sounds: 160 Total (80 Preset)
- Max. Polyphony: 128
- No. of Voices: 363
Effects
- Insertion: Drive 1 System (5 Types) / Effect 2 Systems (1: 36 Types, 2: 36 Types)
- Delay: 4 Types
- Reverb: 3 Types
- Master EQ: 3 Band
Functions
- Bluetooth: Audio Input (Varies by Area)
- USB Audio Interface: [Sampling Frequency = 44.1 kHz] In: 2 Channels (1 Stereo Channel), Out: 2 Channels (1 Stereo Channel)
Connectivity
- Line Out: [L/MONO]/[R] (6.3 mm Standard Unbalanced Phone Jacks)
- A/D Input: [L/MONO]/[R] (6.3 mm Standard Phone Jack)
- Headphones Out: [PHONES] (6.3 mm Standard Stereo Phone Jack)
- Foot Controller: FOOT PEDAL [1]/[2]
- MIDI: MIDI [In]/[Out]
- USB: USB [TO HOST]/[TO DEVICE]
- DC IN: [DC IN]
Sound System
- Amplifiers: 6 W x 2
- Speakers: (12 cm × 6 cm) × 2, Switchable ON/OFF
Power
- AC Adaptor Power Option: PA-150B or Equivalent
- Battery Power Option: 8 AA Alkaline (LR6)/NiMH Rechargeable (Not Included)
- Power Consumption: 11 W (When Using PA-150B)
Dimensions & Weight
- Width: 1,333 mm
- Height: 148 mm
- Depth: 354 mm
- Weight: 13.1 kg