YAMAHA CK61/88 Demo & Review PT5 - Quickstart Tutorial

Demo and review of the YAMAHA CK61 & CK88 STAGE KEYBOARD. Part five of our video series exploring this interesting new instrument from Yamaha offering some of the capabilities of the YAMAHA CP and YAMAHA YC series keyboards at a more budget price.
This video gives you a rapid quickstart tutorial to get you up and running with the YAMAHA CK, if you have just purchased it or are trying it out in the store.
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[@gtconwell]

Great tutorial. This is the live set explanation that no one else has done, and you have done it really well. Thanks!!!

[@nickwebb9290]

That was a brilliant tutorial, just exactly what I and many others appreciate. So well explained, thank you 😉

[@thefool2007]

Sounds great and is laid out very intelligently. Just enough synth functionality to make it quick and easy for a player to use ready-to-go sounds with some flexibility in customization.

[@drjeffreypickens7642]

Thank you Woody for an excellent quick overview!

[@ZoranImsiragic]

Woody, really nice and useful. In less than 10 min, you explained everything that someone needs to know to start playing. Great job! Thanks man!😊

[@friedrichkertoja]

This is one of the Best demos😊 Thank's a lot

[@marcuspatzer2392]

Very Nice as always. ❤

[@RonWesterbeek]

Snappy tutorial, thanks!🤸‍♀️👍

[@jessesingersongwriter]

Thank you, just got mine today and this video showed me everything I was wondering about. Excellent tutorial!

[@WoodyPianoShack]

cool, and congrats on your new keys

[@covett]

Great tutorial. 🎉 I got to try both the 61 and 88 this week. The controls are laid out really well and the sounds are competent. The 61-key version could use a better keybed though, and the built-in speakers aren’t like Casio PSX’s. For the price, I think the Juno-DS88 and RD-88 offer a slightly better value at around $1K on sale. Sill, the CK is fun to play, especially with the organ drawbars.

[@steveglossop]

Great video again, as usual, Woody. Thank you. I'm looking at getting the YC61 (after months of deliberation and returning 2 stage keyboards that weren't right for me). The CK offers so much for the price point though and a tool, of any price, is only as good a its operator.

[@WoodyPianoShack]

yes, that's especially true for musical instruments :)

[@synthverkstad2093]

This should be essential watching for everyone buying or considering buying the CK :-) could easily work as the unofficial quick start guide.

[@WoodyPianoShack]

cool, that was kinda what I had in mind, thanks.

[@synthverkstad2093]

@@WoodyPianoShack I think Yamaha has done well in creating a very easy to use keyboard. I’ll be sticking to my MODX7 but it can be more daunting for the beginner.

[@GizzyDillespee]

I played the CK61 in the store.... the color coding system made it very easy to figure out. I didn't need a quickstart, in order to navigate wherever I wanted. I didn't like the keys of the 61, though - not for $1000 anyway.

[@MrKeys57]

Very nice demo of a very nice keyboard! - would have to save for at least 10y to get it! - small pension...

[@johnparkersongs]

Hi - and thanks for the greatreview. Just wondering if you've tried the mono out to a PA on the stereo sounds. In most cases this sounds terrible, so wondering whether Yamaha has a way around this.

[@synthartist69]

Sorry Woody if I missed it, can you do two sounds layered on upper and lower keybed split at same time? Lets say, two detuned saw wave patches left hand, two brass patches tuned 1 oct apart on the top end?

[@AonghasAnderson]

Great video. I'm confused about the manual sliders and dials if they're meant to be specific to a particular layer/part. Say you set the dial for an effect at 50% for layer A and then switch to layer B and change the same dial to 75%. Now if you switch back to layer A, is the effect now suddenly 75% or does it recall 50%? If it's the latter, the dial in real life will still be pointing to 75% though? Hope that makes sense...

[@UliZukowski]

Hey Woody. Great video as always. 😊 Do you think one need a ck61 if one has already a MODX in the house? Can we program the MODX that it sounds and behaves (?) like a CK? Or even a YC with the VCM Organ? And how much is the difference between CK and YC concerning the quality of the organ? Perhaps you can do an analytical comparison?

[@WoodyPianoShack]

well i don't have the yc any more, but the organ sounds much better, more organ models, more tweakability of the engine. if organ is super important maybe the yc, or nord, but if you¨re not too picky, ck got your back. you can buy libraries for the modx that give it excellent e-pianos, but only ck has hands-on drawbar controls.

[@trebleboost7]

Woody, thank you for this. Very informative. I believe these have aftertouch too, correct? If so do you know if you can toggle the Leslie speed with AT?

[@trebleboost7]

Oops my bad. Aftertouch is not advertised. I think I got this mixed up with a similar board.

[@ianhellens]

Great video and playing Woody👍 How would you rate the CP piano sound? Saw another video you were playing a Howard Jones song No one is to blame. Can you get much dynamics from the 61 keyboard for playing piano/ ep’s? I live in Australia and these are not available till June maybe July. Thanks.

[@WoodyPianoShack]

i've not tried the ck61 but generally i can adapt and get decent dynamics on weighted or unweighted keys. easier to slip and hit bum notes on unweighted though!

[@x2mars]

How are the onboard speakers?

[@frans688]

Is usefull. How you seve a preset?

[@lalnunsangaasanga5801]

Does it have bosendorfer sound?

[@ngosteve8597]

Can this keyboard read the styles created by PSR S975?

[@ju2705s]

Great Video, as always. Sounds are great but the CK seems a bit plastics and flimsy. What is your impression on the build quality and on the Keybed?

[@WoodyPianoShack]

very much all plastic, but not flimsy, and I'm picky about that. keybed is solid on the 88.

[@reec6389]

How would you compare it to the YC61? Would you consider it as a YC61 on a budget or something that you‘d prefer over the YC series?

[@georgesfromsouth2991]

show how to easily carry yamaha ck 88 . isn't it too bulky?? compared to a north 73....

[@jimsuber6784]

Woody. Can you push a particular layer to the left or right side stereo? Really gives a spatial effect.

[@WoodyPianoShack]

no idea, might have to check the manual for that.

[@brandonhernandezjimenez2747]

More videos about the numa x piano please! 🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@WoodyPianoShack]

i got you covered!

[@ianhellens]

Are there mellow and bright samples for the different pianos? Can you access the actual samples?

[@WoodyPianoShack]

you cannot access the samples, but there are some variations of each piano which are brighter/softer.

[@mrdali67]

How many live set is available ?

[@WoodyPianoShack]

i think 10x8 presets, plus user banks. check manual if important.

[@louiscornale5667]

Great but how about wooly bully watch it now 😮

[@IGmusicproduction]

Oldschool design imho, where is motif super cool design

[@timpullen4941]

I bought a CK61 and it has the worst key action of any product I have ever owned. The keys feel as if there is a pressure hinge under each key. There is a key resistance initially and then the key resistance is overcome and the key goes down. When playing medium velocity broken chords in a ballad suddenly the key just barks at full volume. Then when playing staccato on non decaying sounds like trumpet, there is a key bounce / note retrigger. I have sent videos to Yamaha about this and waiting for an outcome. Yamaha are going to need to fix the key action on the CK61. Other forums are filling up with people complaining about the key action.

[@bladerunner.1984]

I have it and have no issues with key action. It's feels like more or less standard synth action. I guess it's subjective.

[@lundsweden]

To Nord or not to Nord, that is the question.

[@timsttvideos]

Not enough emphasis on the piano sound

[@trebleboost7]

I think Woody was just giving us a taste of how to get around and access the basic features. Or did I misunderstand your statement.

[@WoodyPianoShack]

you know what timothy, I have an entire video dedicated to piano sounds so you're in luck! the focus here was a tutorial not a sound demo :)

[@thesoundsmith]

Your SECOND fifteen minutes - trying to figure our WHERE TO STORE THE MUSIC REST! it is w6" long and the $449 case will NOT hold it! HOW am I supposed to read music on a gig - this piece of plastic cost $99 and there is NO CASE ON THE MARKET that has a pocket large enough to carry it. Great keyboard, terrible aftermarket.

[@alanmckean]

Will it slide into the pocket on the back of the CK61 case (Yamaha SC-DE61). The pocket that is meant for the backpack straps?

[@kevinadams6370]

Too expensive