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Mastering CP: Exploring Advanced Mode Layers and Effects with Luke Juby

Written by Blake Angelos on April 8, 2020. Posted in CP73-CP88.

In the video below, Yamaha Artist Luke Juby demonstrates how to engage Advanced Mode on the CP88/73. Advanced Mode unlocks each Voice selection for every Section. This lets you place any CP Voice in any Section and allows for unique combinations. Luke shows creative ways to use Advanced Mode and how to independently control the effect amount per Section.

Check out Luke’s “Octave CFX” Live Set on Soundmondo, and stay tuned for more CP Stage Piano videos:

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Behind the Synth: Blake and Dom Chat with Katsunori Ujiie

Written by Blake Angelos on April 7, 2020. Posted in Behind the Synth.

In this episode from NAMM 2020, Blake and Dom chat with Katsunori Ujiie, a renowned Tokyo keyboardist, session musician and founder of the popular YouTube channel musictrackjp. Katsu talks about his background, his vast experience with synthesizers and his incredible musicianship. Dom poses this question to Ujiie: “Whenever I hear you playing any synth it sounds good…it sounds amazing when your hands are playing it. Do you search for the best presets or do you create your own sounds?” Find out Ujiie’s answer to this question and more in this episode of Behind the Synth.

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