CP4 and CP40 Stage: Top 5 Articles

Blake Angelos

The CP4 and CP40 Stage pianos have some great features inside. Check out these top 5 articles:

Introduction to the CP4 Stage Piano: A great overview article of the CP4 Stage Piano.
Understanding Performances in the CP: This is the perfect place to start and features a short video presentation with audio commentary.
Editing and Creating Performances in the CP4: This is the follow up to "Understanding Performances". Another short video presentation with audio commentary.
Setting the Velocity Curve on the CP4 for Your Playing Style: Setting the velocity curve is an important part of personalizing the instrument for how you play - and this article helps you do just that.
CP4/40 Quick Tip: The Key Off and Strike Position of an Electric Piano Voice: A fabulous way to customize the electronic piano sound. Learn how to add more mechanical noise and create a funkier, "played-in" sound.

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About the author

Blake Angelos

Yamaha Synthesizer Product Specialist Blake Angelos has over thirty years of experience with music hardware and software. An expert in music technology, Blake has conducted numerous clinics, master classes and presentations throughout the United States, Europe and Canada. In his role as Product Specialist for the Synthesizer Department Blake appears in many product videos and artist interviews, writes many articles for YamahaSynth.com and co-hosts a regular Podcast called “Behind the Synth”.

Before his work with Yamaha, he taught music theory and jazz studies courses at Arizona State University; managed a technology-focused music store in Seattle and was a production supervisor at Microsoft, where he led a team that developed groundbreaking interactive music content for the Microsoft Network. Blake holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Northern Colorado and a Master of Music degree from Arizona State University. Blake currently resides in Bellingham, Washington with his family, and between his travels around the world for Yamaha, he performs as much as possible with several jazz and creative music groups in Bellingham, Seattle and other places in the Pacific Northwest.