Hi --
I just posted a summary (CP73 and CP88) on my site:
http://sandsoftwaresound.net/winter-namm-2019-yamaha-cp73-and-cp88/
along with links to demo videos and USA pricing.
Yamaha are taking aim at Nord Stage, but just can't quite commit to drawbar control or a Stage-like "mini synth." If someone digs Yamaha pro stage pianos, the CPs are your ticket. A nice instrument, yes; still not a Nord killer.
-- pj
P.S. I'm kind of fried, otherwise I would post more here. First day back in town...
What i miss is 4 sliders 4 buutons and 4 knobs for the 4 zones of the external section..
Nord stage has a basic 2 zones for external with their own controlls
I think most people these days use their stage piano in combination with a laptop or a mac..
Having to menu dive to controll them is not a good thing, not just Nord but also Rolands RD800/2000 and kawai mp11/7 have this direct controll over their 4 external zones... even Casio Px5s has this..
There is more things missing.. i agree with you on the 9 drawbars/organ section..
Also on the general sounds part, there is not much controll, not even a filter knob..
Where Nord also shines is the abbility to upload samples.. both for piano as well as the synth part..
It seems more like half a move towards Nord... but not giving people all they easilly could..
i think that if you wantto go the direction of Nord, you need to make sure you blow Norddeath out of the water..
Maybe we will see a CP-X with all those things to replace the much more expensive CP1