I’m a pianist whose only interest in digital pianos is the ‘acoustic’ piano sound and feel. I like the fact that this keyboard doesn’t have buttons, screens and stuff to make it look like the control board in an airplane cockpit. The Yamaha P45 feels and sounds good, and I also use it for gigs without problems. You need a cable with a 1/4 stereo jack in one end (plugged into headphone jack), splitting into two 1/4 mono jacks (L/R) at the other end. The instrument is fairly sturdy, so it will last for some time if treated right. The only weak spots for a gigging pianist would be the flimsy AC adaptor, which must be very carefully handled, and the included sustain pedal, which should really be upgraded. I am quite convinced that there would be a market for digital pianos with only a handful of quality sounds, but with top notch action, dedicated outputs, large polyphony, and portability. The P45 is not quite there, but still an excellent choice for pianists who do not need all the bling.
I 100% agree. I've been playing piano for 4 years and I've been looking for a new keyboard and I've been looking for a realistic sound. This piano is that. It doesn't have many features but I just want good sounding piano and good feeling keys and that's what this is.
I think the piano sample quality and touch response are still what beginners and people on budget look for in P45 even though it lack functions like Bluetooth, Aux in/out etc.
I have always been impressed with Yamaha pianos and keyboards ever since I bought a used PSS-480 in 1992. No matter what the price they're always great instruments. Make mine Yamaha!
I've had this piano for 6 years too. The hammer action is good, and the piano sound more than adequate. For its price and value, I'd rate it at 8/10. However (I thought it would be mentioned in this review), I believe this keyboard would have been a real gem, if the speakers weren't buried underneath the casing (that small linear gap where the sound escapes isn't enough). I know it's a design compromise, but had it adapted the PSR speakers-style, the volume would be louder and the tone would be more clear.
Thanks for the review, I own a P-45 and for my beginner level of piano playing I`m very happy with it. I often go to the music store and play with other Digital Pianos from competing brands. Eventhough those Digital Pianos have better quality sounds, technology and aesthetics , I find their actions to be "wobbly". The Yamaha GHS Action feels very sturdy. I`ve also connected my Yamaha P-45 via USB host to my Mac and used it as MIDI Controller with the Garage Band Software and it works great. The Speakers are not that powerful but I bought a Peavy K1 (20 Watt) Amp ($110.00) and it became a Yamaha P-45 on "steroids" and sounds awesome (very loud and clear). It`s light enough to move around effortlessly as I often practice in my living room as well as my bedroom. So for beginners I think this is a safe, budget friendly and smart choice.
How are you enjoying your new keyboard? I’m thinking of getting one to learn how to play. I play guitar and saxophone and have always wanted to learn piano and I’m looking for the best sound for a reasonable price for a newbie. It sounds like you’ve picked up another amp to get the volume your looking for. I don’t think I need hundreds of voices and think the basic sounds should fit my needs.
I just bought the P45. I wanted a piano that sounds like a piano. I don't need all the bells and whistles. I don't have room for an acoustic piano. This is a close second. I figure if I had an upright or baby grand it would have one sound to choose from.
I taught myself to play the piano on a used CASIO LK-240. Although it has more voices than this Yamaha (400 tones amongst piano, harpsichord, dulcimer, xylophone, bass, violin, viola, drums, etc.) This Yamaha sounds SO much more like a "real" acoustic piano. I am also looking forward to the "real" feel of the weighted keys. On my CASIO, regardless of which key you press, up and down the entire keyboard, they all feel exactly the same. I.e. NO resistance at all! Great review! Thankyou.
I would say budget friendly home digital piano something under $1000 should have the following:- 1. Very good Keybed and Graded Hammer action. 2. Atleast 2 or 3 piano tones like a Grand, a Bright and a Mellow. Other tones doesn't really matter. 3.Good build quality. 4.Very good, clear and loud Speakers. 5. Some effects like Key on/off noise, damper noise, reverb and also could be some fancy effects like String Resonance.
That's a great entry level 88 weighted key digital piano that is affordable and been around a while, albeit lack of features that years later may be a deal breaker for many, but not all. Your video excellently addresses the pros and cons, and you always come up with great concepts for you videos, even for keyboards you featured previously. I enjoy watching many of these videos repeatedly. Maybe a beginner, or someone getting back into playing just wants something like this and can find a great deal on a used or new one, often because people advance their skills, aspirations, improve their resources, and the newer more advanced keyboards are becoming much more affordable than ones years ago with less features, performance capability and would cost several times more, even a few years ago. A classic personal example was my first synthesizer the Roland JD-3P. It is still a vintage analog early synth for those into that, like the Juno 106 at the same time, but it had mediocre sound quality by todays standards, even compared to my $100 PSS-A50 that has way more than the 6 note polyphony and limited note sequencer, for a paltry $1300. That could buy a Roland RD 88! Now, for 61 note keyboards like it was like buying 6 of the top $200 keyboards and change for sbout 1/6th the capability. But it was metal and solid. But with that $1300 I could get a Casio CT-S1 snd CT-S400 with the BT dongle and sustain pedals, a Yamaha PSR-E373, and Reface CP and the Boss Micro BR 80 multitrack recorder to add to my Go:Keys JD-Xi and PSS-A50. I think you get the idea. For someone wanting more than the P-45/71, you could get a lot more for a few hundred dollars extra with those Alesis models the Casio 88 key models or your Yamaha DGX-670. Right now, an 88 keyboard is not on my current list, plus I have access to use the CDP-S350. But if/when I get the CT-S400 I will get your course to familiarize myself with that and the CDP-S350. But right now, I am addressing my playing skills and found what is perfect to fit exactly what I need and want at www.gospelmusictraning.com I am presently usng my Go:Keys which fine for that and other things, even after getting the 2 Casios, and the Reface CP. I already stated why each one has different features to add to the mix. But down the road, when I progress snd attain a certain level of playability, proficiency and skill, I will get that RD 88 and maybe the V-Combo VR-09/B. That RD 88 has a slim form factor and relatively light like the Casio 88 models, and the V Combo is the perfect second keyboard in a pro gig/performance rig. My JD-Xi would do all the other stuff like synth solos, drum and 4 track backing and vocorder. For a world class pro, the Fantom 8 would blow everything out of the park with that 4 keyboard set up. That should be every keyboard I think I would ever need. The only other ones I might consider is is the Raface YC and DX to have the organ and DX7 variants in a compact mini keyboard rig with the PSS-A50 and my JD-Xi, which makez the analog Reface CS unnecessary. Oh, and the Fantom 7 for 76 key new action. But I told you, unless I was going full upscale music production, that's way over my head, the RD 88 has the Zen Core technology from the Fantom, and Roland now has has a software based platform too, along with their free Z Beats app with virtually unlimited optional add ons. Casio and Yamaha is up there, but Roland still has their own incredible innovations no one can touch. But the winners of the advancement of technology, affordability and everything else is us! I commented in the past about just the general benefits of technology for basic players, like keyboard size and action options, portability and space flexibility options ability to use headphones, portable power options mutiple voice tones layers and splits, effects drum and background tracks, sampling, sequencing, microphone input vocoder/voice processing and more. Who knew years ago one person could carry an 88 key grand piano and everything under your arm? I forgot to mention I even got a used Fender Rhodes 73 stage electric piano. Nice key action, but I never want to deal with that again unless I have the latest model in my own studio and I don't have to carry or transport it. The ultra light option is Spectrasonics Keyscapes, or just whatever any of these new keyboards for your needs. It may be just a CT-S1 or CT-S400.
I bought this one today after a decade of putting it off. Now that I actually earn money and can spend it, I got an impulse to look for a piano again (tomorrow is my 26th bday so maybe that was an influence) and found the p45 on a really low price and just got it. I am a bit blown away the whole day by that action. It didn't sit in yet. I guess it will when I get it. What I am looking now for is a stand and stool that are portable haha...damn...anyway thanks for the video
This was my starter piano almost 10 years ago now, once I went to a dgx series 3 years ago it became a hand me down for my younger brothers to play on and it still works pretty well to this day 🙂
I had a P-45 for a few years, and it is an excellent inexpensive piano for the home. It is a little delicate, though, and doesn't handle the stresses of gigging all that well. I had four keys stop making any sound after about five years.
If I were a beginner, I would buy something newer and something I could grow into. Thinking Yamaha DGX 670. If I were budget conscious, a Casio CT-400 or a Yamaha E series. Not going for units without displays. My "piano feel" keyboard is a Casio PX-560 Good review.
They have this electric piano in the recording studio where I want to go. This is the reason for researching this one. At home I have got Yamaha Clavinova CLP-920. Which I have had for 6 months painfully. The P45 sounds better than what I have got. I am use to an upright piano so it is very hard for me to use electric pianos. Sadly it’s hard to find a recording studio in the Uk that has an upright piano in my area.
Hej. To niesamowite, ze tylu ludzi na calym swiecie mowi o tych samych pianinach, porownuje czytuje fora ma dylematy, ktory instrument. Ja zdecydowalam sie na Yamaha P-45. Brzemienie jest bardzo dobrei zacheca do gry. Cwicze prawie codziennie. Teraz czekam za zamykany statyw od firmy Podpiano zaprojektowane soecjalnie do tego modelu bedzie wygladac podobnie do Yamaha Ydp S-34 . Pianino musi byc stabilne to wplywa na odczucia gry. Wszystkim zastanawiajacym sie miedzy rolandami casio a Yamaha polecam Yamaha P-45. Sadze ze lepsze moze byc jedynie Ydp S-54 .
This model is staying strong in used market with very little depreciation for only around 30%. And, adding a FC3 makes it as good as many console with half pedal dampening.
Thanks for explaining and reviewing the P45. I was wondering earlier to buy P45, but there are lacks of features which other digital pianos are more advance.
Beautiful sound but I like choices. My favorite so far it still the Yamaha DGX-670. I would really like to have one of those. Nobody can do piano sounds like Yamaha!
I am only using mine as part of my home studio as an accompaniment to my bigger recordings. I use guitars and synths. For my limited keyboard skills it’s ideal and it sounds very realistic to my ear. I use the headphone jack to a left and right jack to record it in stereo and it sounds great.
I had this piano for years and after a lot of abuse and spillings it finally broke down (100% my fault) I didn't hesitate for a second in buying the same piano again. And it's killing me that it's not here yet... it better arrives tomorrow or else!
Hey Jeremy, I love your vids. I have searched your video list and I don't see anything on the Roland RD-2000. I have to assume this is the case due to the unit's cost. I would still really love to hear your take on this professional grade digital piano. Others have made videos on this unit, but I would trust your review before theirs. Keep up the good work sir.
Jeremy reviews keyboards, if he can purchase it, loan it to use, or someone sends it to test or review. I am very familiar with Roland keyboards, and there are some great keyboard reviews on the RD-2000 that cover lots of the technical aspects and great playing examples. Yohan Kim uses it in many of his videos. If you haven't heard of him, you should watch those. The RD-2000 has been Roland's flagship professional piano. It has tgeir top tier keyboard action, as does the FP-90, and their 88 Key versions or their flagship snd top tier music workstations, but players prefer the key action found on their other digital pianos from the most affordable FP-10 and FP-30/30X. But more recently, Roland released the much more affordable RD-88 at $1200 USD that is more conpact and slim, similar to the Casio digital pianos with built in speakers, whichbus a first on their pro line digital stage pianos. It has lots of sounds, great key action, their supernatural acoustic and electric piano sound technology, even snd even the new Zen Core soubd tecnology from the much more expensive Fantom 8 flagship workstation. To me, that is a dream come true for me, and the one I plan to get in the future. It has all the things I could ever want in a Roland stage pian at an affirdable price. Jeremy does not usual review those professional keyboards, as being a piano teacher, he focuses on more affordable models people could buy. The
Thank you for the great review 🥺 I bought P71 after watching this video. Btw can you tell me what song did you played when you review vibraphone at 3:46 ??
Please do make a video on the amplification for keyboards for home ..............means what kind of external speakers or subwoofer should we use(desktop speakers, keyboard amplifiers, monitor speakers, home theatre system etc.) to amplify our keyboard sound and I just only want to amplify piano sound so that I could get loud quality fuller richer sound on the higher and lower notes ................it would be a great help if you tell us the differences
This is on sale in Canada for US$ 368. I wonder if I should get one of those instead of getting the Alesis Prestige Artist (US$ 516). I don't care if the P45 action is more like an acoustic piano, I would be fine with the action offered by the Alesis Prestige Artist.
Great review. I've come across a p45 for $390 (with the stand) but I'm worried about the weighted keys. I haven't played in years but feel is very important to me. It sounds great, but as someone getting back into piano, is this a good buy at $390 with the stand? Sounds great.
Kawai is poorly distributed where I am from. And Kawai marketing department doesn't want to get in touch with me. I cannot review something I cannot buy.
It’s poorly distributed no matter where you go, they are struggling to meet demand. I sell them and they are very good sounding but may need a update. The Roland fp30x is a beast though.
Hello Jeremy, what is the differences between digital piano and electric piano from Yamaha? From your recommendation, I consider PsR E373 and P45 from Yamaha. Do you recommend further which is better for a beginner at the age of 7?
I've just found this piano for $280 used, and was wondering if it is worth for learning classical technique (i already play the violin). I dont know it having less polyphony would be a problem or better asked, what kind of pieces would be too much for this piano? Would like to make the best out of it
Wow!! I actually just sold my last piano for 280 bucks too. Maybe you are the owner of my old piano 😮. But beware the reason I sold for so cheap is because the pedal wires were messed up. What I mean by this is that whenever pressed it sent out electrical waves which would slightly electrocute my toes. I would recommend wearing plastic boots whenever using the pedals. Stay safe!!! 🙏
Hey Jeremy, I have been struggling with the decision of buying a Casio CDP S-100 and a Yamaha P-45. Which one would you buy and in your honest opinion which one is better?
Hi, Jeremy. I know you recive many many request for videos. But I never saw this: Could you compare the entry level weigthed piano Yamaha P45, Roland FP10 and... Medeli SP4000? I thougth some reviews of Medeli piano, but I think never saw a comparation with more extended fame as Yamaha, Roland, Kawai, Alesis and so on. Thank you very much.
Hi Jeremy! Thank you for the useful review. I would like to know if this model produces a sound loud enough to accompany a flutist, cellist or a singer? I saw that the sound is 2x6 Watt, and I am afraid it isn't loud enough to play together.
Hi Eszter, if you like how the piano feels, you could possibly buy a small amplifier that would help to accompany other musicians. Even if you don't want to get an amplifier, you could try the piano out for some time. You should be able to return within 14/30 days if it's too quiet, depending on store policy.
Hi from Spain and thanks for yours videos. I have a question, can you tell me wich piano is better Yamaha P45 or Artesia Performer, please? Thank you very much in advance. Cheers
Guys the pedal of the P45 makes your feet very itchy. Maybe it’s because the wire connecting to it broke a bit and is electrocuting me a bit. Also the pedal recently broke off the wire.
Hey Jeremy, thank you for this in-depth video, do you have any recommendations for a digital piano with 128 polyphony under 600$ , I did search for casio px160 but it seems to be discontinued, also is 64 polyphony enough for playing movie scores and pop songs in general ?
@@personnerson7611 Thank you for the suggestion, but I went ahead and bought the Casio psx 1000 ,one and a half month ago, really love playing on it , one of the best purchases I made 😊
Hi i am just starting to go into piano...i have a chance to buy this p 45 and dgx 660 used both pristine condition at the same price of a new casiotone ct-s1...which one do you think should i buy? a new ct-s1 or the P45 or DGX 660?
I was Just wondering Which does Jeremy prefer or like to play on, the Graded Hammer Action Piano Keys or keys like the Yamaha SX900 Would Really love to know from you Jeremy!
I have a P45 to practice when I’m away from home. I’m tempted to sell it and upgrade to a Roland FP30x - has anyone reading this tried both? - is the difference in sufficient to justify spending the money to upgrade?
What model/brand would you recommend for an elec full hammer action piano that is a step up from the beginner models? would the p125 be a good choice? im looking for something with fantastic piano sounds and strings for recording but within the 500ish price range. thanks
Hello Jeremy! I am an intermediate level organist looking to upgrade my keyboard from my current Yamaha PSR-E363. I am trying to decide between this one, the Alesis Recital Pro, and the Alesis Recital Grand. I am getting one for practicing, so connectivity and adaptability are not a concern. Which one would you recommend? Thank you!
Hello I just bought a Yamaha P-145 B, I can't find where to adjust the touch sensitivity which is set by default to 2 (medium) and I pressed the D#6 button for the Sound boost in ON mode, this does not amplify the sound much Grand Piano 1 and 2 and Piano 1 and Piano 2 towards the right treble keys, on the other hand in Pipe Organ 1 and 2 mode the sound is clearly louder (That's where the Rhodes key and DX7) Thanks for the response
I've noticed that the grand piano sound compared to VSTs doesn't seem very dynamic. If I play softly, the volume just seems to decrease, whereas with a VST, the tone actually becomes more soft/subdued, as well as quieter. Is this just a limitation of the p45, or is that how the piano it samples from sounds?
It’s probably a limitation. The keyboard is only 600-500$. I’ve had it for three years+ years now and it’s amazing for its price and the speakers are quite good.
No entendí mucho el vídeo a falta de subtítulos pero puedo decir lo mismo de siempre. Ya es hora que renueven este modelo que está 6 años en el mercado. La competencia es fuerte como Roland y el FP10 por ejemplo. Yamaha debe ponerse en acción de una vez por todas
I bought this as a cheap compact weighted digital piano to play at home and take out for gigs. Boy did I regret the purchase within a day of bringing it home from the store! The user interface is truly horrible and the limited number of sounds, including lack of any clav sounds was a turn off. To be honest, I actually prefer a quality unweighted keyboard action to a cheap weighted action that feels very little like a piano! Thankfully I was able to quickly move it on by selling it to one of my piano students and getting my money back, which I then put towards a Casio PSX3000. That was vastly superior but still had a terrible user interface so I sold that to another student and I'm now a very satisfied owner of a Roland RD88. Could you please do a review of the RD88 if you have access to one? IMHO, it's a great very light and compact stage piano with awesome sounds and a very decent action. Keep up the great work Jeremy!
How does the Alesis Recital Grand/Prestige stand against this in terms of quality of sound and build? If portability is not an issue are both on the same level or Yamaha is better in Sound quality? Alesis one is 100$ cheaper than this and has a Graded Weighted Keys
