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Incredible Value in a Masterful Stage Piano





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Kawai's MP7SE is a superb stage piano, with hundreds of amazing sounds, class-leading action, and outstanding real-time control. Its 88-note Responsive Hammer III weighted action with let-off feels like the real deal, and its 256 onboard Harmonic Imaging XL sounds are simply stunning. Six reverbs and 129 effects, all tweakable, let you craft your patches to perfection. With four MIDI zones, pitch and mod wheels, expression pedal jack, USB, and an onboard recorder, the MP7SE also makes a superb master controller for your stage or studio rig. Incredible feel, sound, and versatility ? have it all with the Kawai MP7SE.





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Harmonic Imaging technology delivers stunning grand piano sound





Sit down at the Kawai MP7SE and play. The stunning piano sound you hear is none other than the meticulously sampled sound of a hand-crafted Kawai concert grand piano, with all 88 keys painstakingly recorded and faithfully reproduced using Kawai's Harmonic Imaging XL technology. This proprietary process accurately re-creates the immense dynamic range of the grand piano, giving you a truly impressive measure of expressiveness, from ppp to fff and beyond.





An easily-accessible treasure trove of amazing sounds





If pianos were the only sounds onboard the MP7SE, it would be a fabulous value, but there's a total of 256 amazing sounds, arranged logically in eight groups: Piano, E.Piano, Drawbar, Organ, Strings/Vocal, Brass/Wind X32, Pad/Synth, Bass/Guitar. With 32 sounds per category and the MP7SE's generous LCD display, you can get to what you need, quickly and intuitively. And to customize your sounds, there are six reverbs and 129 effects, all tweakable. The Kawai MP7SE sports 256 notes of polyphony, so it can handle anything you conjure up.





An ideal master keyboard for your MIDI rig





You can connect to your Mac or PC via the MP7SE's USB port, and to your hardware synths via MIDI, controlling both simultaneously. The MP7SE lets you control up to four MIDI channels at once ? each with its own custom key ranges and assignable pedal and knob CCs. Four separately configurable zones let you easily layer and split the internal sounds. You can also tweak external MIDI devices in real time, or control them simultaneously. The four zones feature independent reverb and FX controls, while the Main zone sports two FX blocks and an amp simulator.





At Kawai, expertise and quality are baked into every instrument





Kawai is held in the highest regard among the serious keyboardists here at Sweetwater, and for good reason. The company has been crafting fine pianos since 1927, and they pour their considerable knowledge and experience into every digital piano they produce. Loaded with sophisticated innovations such as Kawai's responsive Hammer III weighted action and Harmonic Imaging XL with 88-key piano sampling, it's little wonder that the MP7SE plays and sounds like a "real" piano. And a really fine one, at that.





Kawai MP7SE Stage Piano Features:


Responsive Hammer III weighted action with let-off


Harmonic Imaging XL with 88-key piano sampling


256 sounds, arranged in eight groups


Gorgeous Shigeru Kawai SK-EX, SK-5, and Kawai EX concert grand pianos


Robust selection of electric piano, organ, synth, brass and wind, guitar and bass sounds


Authentic tonewheel organ simulator with drawbars, percussion, and C/V controls


Six reverbs and 129 effects, all tweakable


Intuitive panel interface with 4 independently controllable zones, each with assignable effects


Powerful 4-channel MIDI controller functions for advanced zone/split functionality


Virtual Technician lets you customize virtually every element of the piano


256 Setup Memories; USB Recorder: MP3 and WAV audio plus MIDI?


1/4" unbalanced outputs, 1/4" inputs with Line In level fader


High-quality damper pedal included


MIDI in/out/thru; USB to host


Roadworthy metal chassis with black polished wooden end caps