Yamaha Reface CP Acoustic Piano Mod Tutorial

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@embazle 11 ай бұрын

I appreciate your time and effort in putting this together. I just purchased the reface cp, I have no doubt this instrument will be one of those historical gifts for many years to comes, the is two quality of its sound and portability to bring it anywhere. It is daunting that it wouldn’t already have the acoustic piano sound by defaul, or that they couldn’t push a firmware to do so, but I don’t know anything about circuit paths or soldering. It would be a prize to mod this out to have it all included so seeing this video definitely gives light to a future journey I may have to embark on.

@Control_Room 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment, I really appreciate it! I’ll update the video description and add a link to a written tutorial with photos I found a while back in case it’s easier to follow than my video. :)

@Control_Room 11 ай бұрын

I just updated the description. I couldn't find the written tutorial I was referring to, but I did add a link to another video tutorial by someone else.

@cristiancornejo Жыл бұрын

I always wondering if you could remove the Keyboard board and install a Normal size keyboard from a MIDI controller. ..

@Control_Room Жыл бұрын

That's definitely possible, there are probably a couple of ways to do something like that. I myself would actually be interested in trying to do that as well. I think it'd be cool to build a vintage-looking Rhodes or Wurlitzer style chassis with a 73/88 key MIDI controller and mount the Reface electronics inside.

@cristiancornejo Жыл бұрын

@@Control_Room I Ve used to have this reface and I love it.. But always bothered me the little keys.. A good semi-weight keyboard can be a good "portable" Rhodes... after seeing your video.. made me think about getting it again lol .. cheers!

@Control_Room Жыл бұрын

@@cristiancornejo Thanks for watching! :)

@markfish8403 2 ай бұрын

From what you know, would it be possible to have the aux input routed to the effects section, with an easy two position switch?

@IdoWeiss-q6x 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the Video. Very useful for taking apart the keyboard and assembling it back! (though I used the shorter implementation of disabling the Toy Piano)

@Control_Room 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment!

@Howdy606 2 ай бұрын

Did I miss something, but did you add that red wire before?

@SuperBriansmoke 2 ай бұрын

I’ve had the reface CP for six years or so. I absolutely love it and play it all the time. I did this mod when I got it but it never worked as it was meant to. All it does is switches the toy piano to the CP piano. I can get the acoustic piano by the usual in-between start up hack, but the added switch doesn’t do it. The upside is that in the down position on the toggle switch, I never have to hear the atonal monstrosity that is the toy piano. I can have it switched off permanently. It’s still a win.

@Control_Room 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment! Hmm, that’s interesting. If done correctly, having the knob on the toy setting while the additional switch is turned off should give you the same result when powering up that you would get with the usual in-between method.

@infn8loopmusic Ай бұрын

I really wish there was a way to pop this circuitry into my Yamaha np-12 piaggero. I wrote to them and asked them to make a product like that it would be crazy! Like a 61 key version with better speakers because why not. They would sell so many!!!

@A5A5A5A5h Жыл бұрын

Can this “secret” sound damage the instrument? I read somewhere that some people broke their keyboard using this trick. I don’t know if it’s true though…

@Control_Room Жыл бұрын

Not at all, as far as I know. The acoustic piano sound seems to be the default initialized patch when the rotary switch has nothing selected.

@FernandoLopez-gf2sr 2 ай бұрын

That secret sound was put there by Yamaha! Is a sound more. There is a way to do it without modifying anything. With the CP off, the sound selector is placed between any two sounds, without selecting any. The CP is turned on. And you already have an acoustic piano. If you turn the dial and select a sound, the piano is removed and the selected sound appears.

@krve16 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the Video. You’re a mind reader. I won’t be interested in accessing the toy piano anymore so is the acoustic piano going to be accessed by the toy piano position after skipping the installation of the option toggle switch?

@Control_Room 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment! Yes, the acoustic piano will be accessed by the toy piano position. So if you turn the knob to the toy piano position and then power up the keyboard, you will default to the acoustic piano sound.

@krve16 5 ай бұрын

Watched the link to the other Video several times. My take is if the keyboard is off and turned on with toy piano selected it will be the Acoustic Piano sound. When you choose a different a sound you will have to turn off and on with the toy piano selected to resume Acoustic Piano sound.

@krve16 5 ай бұрын

@@Control_Room You’re welcome for inquiry and Thank you for the quick response.

@Control_Room 5 ай бұрын

That’s exactly right. So it’s still slightly inconvenient but it’s still better than having to force the rotary switch to stay in between positions. I think it’s more consistently repeatable this way, and less wear on the switch.

@krve16 5 ай бұрын

@@Control_Room Agreed 😎

@GS-uk3ml 2 ай бұрын

Seems like a lot of work for what? Excuse my ignorance but please explaine.

@infn8loopmusic Ай бұрын

It's so that you have a reliable switch to switch on the acoustic piano sound instead of having to force the rotary switch to be stuck between two positions. (Which is unreliable because if it flops over to either direction during a performance the sound will switch)