I own this piano/keyboard. I am a professional rock/r&b/pop musician working 80-120 gigs per year. I am very happy with the performance of this instrument over the year and half that I have owned it. . The P121 has a high quality grand piano feel and sound for the price --- not the best, but very close. I love the fact that it's scaled down in size which makes it easy to set up and use in smaller stage environments. Because of it's smaller size, it is also surprisingly lightweight which makes it a breeze to carry around from gig to gig. It has a wonderful realistic grand piano sound for an instrument in this price-range. Probably the best sounding piano for around $500 or less. I also own the Roland FP30, I like the sound a little better than the Roland. The internal speakers are loud enough to do café gigs and small combo rehearsals or quieter jazz sessions. I wouldn't rely on the internal speakers to make it through a big club gig or wedding with a full size band competing with other amplified instruments, tho'. There are a couple minor short comings. For instance, I wish there were more electric piano patches (there are only 4). Patches existing in the same selection group cannot be layered, only patches existing in separate selection groups can be layered, and there is no dedicated transpose button . However you CAN transpose up and down using key/selection button combinations which is perfectly ok but kind of challenging to do if you need to change keys on the fly and then back during a gig. But I have done it. For an excellent practice/rehearsal keyboard or a serious gigging instrument for live performance, look no further than the P121.
It's about time Yamaha came up with something that's non-88, but weighted. If they could just put the Reface CP panel on a board like this, they'd corner the market. Maybe something with savable presets on the panel itself... Reface 73....? And bring back the MIDI I/O 5-pin ports please? Let's do it, Yamaha. It's overdue. :)
They need to give the P-121 all the features of the PSR-SX900. I have been waiting for a PSR with weighted keys for 25 years. YOU HEAR THAT YAAMAAHAA????
Why didn’t Yamaha just add the GHS to the YPG 235 ? It has more editing features, along with more styles, more voices, along with 76 notes, and “on the fly” touch of the button editing.
You have a good ear! My apologies, I must have made a mistake in post production. If you want to hear more audio examples feel free to check out our P-125 videos; the sound engine is identical to P121. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zSZXwRHFECQ.html Thanks for watching! -Dave