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Kawai GX2 AURES 2 Grand Piano
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Includes Quality Adjustable Stool
The GX-2 combines the stately presence of a classic grand with an exquisite clarity of tone unmatched by other pianos in its class. With a rich history of international acclaim, the GX-2 is the popular choice for homes, schools and any performance venues.
AURES2 upright and grand piano instruments combine specially developed acoustic muting features with class-leading digital technologies and an advanced soundboard speaker system. Pianists can enjoy the pleasure of playing a traditional acoustic piano, while taking advantage of selectable instruments sounds, Bluetooth connectivity, and an adjustable volume level control.
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”It is the perfect piano for anyone looking to invest in one of finest quality grands Kawai has to offer. Wether you're professional or at the beginning stages of you're musical journey the GX-2 will provide endless pleasure and satisfaction, with it's superb tone, incredible dynamic range and the array of sounds and colours you can achieve from the piano. ”
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CONCEPT
- Analogue action, digital world
- The AURES2 hybrid instruments blend Kawai’s masterful acoustic piano craftsmanship with advanced digital piano technologies. Each piano begins with the solid foundation of Kawai’s award-winning upright and grand pianos, offering class-leading features such as the Millennium III action, considered to be the world’s finest upright and piano actions.
Equipped with Kawai’s most advanced digital and sound technologies, AURES2 instruments are also premium digital pianos that can be played silently with headphones or through their acoustic soundboard. Players can complement their performances with a wide selection of digital sounds or layer these sounds with the acoustic piano to create unique combinations. Practice new pieces using the built-in metronome then record their performance, or play along with tracks from a Bluetooth-connected smart device and enjoy a personal ensemble performance.
TOUCH
- All AURES2 upright and grand piano instruments incorporate Kawai’s specially developed acoustic muting systems which effectively prevent the action’s hammers from striking the strings, thus silencing the sound of each note when played.
- GP Touch Muting System (GP type only)
- The latest AURES2 grand piano instruments utilise Kawai’s brand new GP Touch Muting System. This technology features a significantly improved hammer stop rail system that is able to accurately halt the action’s hammer movement immediately before striking the strings, without the need to make special adjustments to let-off position or timing.
This unique design allows pianists to play AURES2 grand pianos with exactly the same level of effortless fluency as their standard acoustic counterparts in both normal and muted playing modes, while also enjoying a wide range of convenient and inspiring digital features.
- Unlike conventional muting systems that stop the hammer shank at a single position, the AURES2’s GP Touch Muting System places the stop rail at different points along the keyboard, as close to the hammers as possible, ensuring a firm, precise stop just before striking the strings.
- Because of the GP Touch Muting System’s firm and precise hammer stop capabilities, it is no longer necessary to regulate a shallow let-off point for the action. As a result, pianists can enjoy exactly the same grand piano touch feeling in both normal and muted playing modes.
- Integrated Hammer Sensing System
- The AURES2 pianos’ precise hammer movements are measured with Kawai’s Integrated Hammer Sensing System (IHSS), which utilises high-resolution contact-less optical sensors to provide greater accuracy then conventional key-based sensor systems.
This more advanced approach reproduces the mechanical flow of the upright and grand pianos’ actions more closely, allowing the full range of dynamics to be expressed by the instrument’s powerful digital piano sound engine with natural fluency.
SOUND
- Shigeru Kawai SK-EX full concert grand
- The Shigeru Kawai SK-EX concert grand piano was conceived as the next step in evolving the art of the piano. Earning a reputation as the ‘premier piano of Japan,’ it graces the stages of concert halls and musical institutions around the globe, receiving universal acclaim for its exceptional clarity and dynamic range. The SK-EX has frequently been selected by professional pianists at such prestigious events as the Chopin, Tchaikovsky, and Rubinstein international piano competitions. With its magnificent tone and wonderfully responsive touch, the SK-EX can best be described with one word – incomparable.
- Flagship Digital Piano Sound Engine
- The AURES2 instruments incorporate Kawai’s latest digital piano sound technologies from the highly regarded Concert Artist and Novus product lines. When playing through headphones or when AURES mode is active, pianists can enjoy the beautiful sound of the flagship Shigeru Kawai SK-EX full concert grand piano, stunningly reproduced using the advanced SK-EX Rendering sound engine.
- Multi-channel Sampling
- The SK-EX Rendering engine’s multi-channel sampling captures the sound from different points of the Shigeru Kawai concert grand.
This modern technique not only allows a broader range of tonal characteristics to be recorded and reproduced, but also improves the connection felt between the keyboard and piano sound, resulting in a more lively and authentic response to changes in dynamics.
- Full Resonance Modelling
- This naturally expressive Shigeru Kawai sound is further enriched by resonance algorithms which model the complex tonal interactions produced by the strings and various other parts of an acoustic piano.
SK-EX Rendering generates resonances for the damper pedal and all 88 keys progressively, allowing the AURES2’s digital piano sound to behave just like an acoustic piano.
- SK-EX Rendering audio demos
- Rich sound selection
- Supplementing the beautiful acoustic piano voices, the AURES2 pianos also features an excellent selection of additional instruments, ranging from electric pianos and drawbar or church organs, to strings, human choirs, and synth pads, inviting musicians to add greater variety to their performances.
Furthermore, the Dual playing mode also allows two different sounds, such as grand piano and strings, to be layered together for a richer, more luscious tone, while the Split and Four Hands modes divide the keyboard into two independent sections with separate sounds for each. The volume balances and other settings for each playing mode can also be easily adjusted using the dedicated PianoRemote app.
- Soundboard Speaker System
- In addition to the acoustic muting and digital sound features, AURES2 instruments are also equipped with the latest iteration of Kawai’s advanced Soundboard Speaker System. This innovative technology utilises four high-performance transducers which are strategically placed onto the upright or grand piano’s solid spruce soundboard. These transducers channel the AURES2 instrument’s digitally generated sound through the large wooden soundboard, resulting in a naturally acoustic tone that is more expansive than that produced by traditional cone speakers.
Pianists can then enjoy the flexibility and convenience offered by a digital piano, such as the ability to select a broad range of different instrument sounds, record and playback one’s performance, or freely adjust the volume level to avoid disturbing loves ones – all while continuing to play the AURES2’s exceptional Millennium III upright or grand piano keyboard actions.
FEATURES
- Modern Bluetooth connectivity
- Designed to meet the connectivity needs of modern pianists, AURES2 pianos feature standard USB and MIDI jacks for connecting to computers or other instruments, as well as integrated Bluetooth® MIDI and Audio technology that allows wireless communication with supported smart devices.
Once paired to a phone, tablet, or laptop, AURES2 owners can enjoy a wide variety of exciting music-related apps that enhance their studying and playing experiences, or stream high quality, low-latency aptX audio directly through the instruments’ headphones or the AURES2’s Soundboard Speaker System without the need for any cables.
- PianoRemote control app
- The digital features of AURES2 pianos are exclusively controlled via the dedicated Kawai PianoRemote app, available for both iOS and Android devices.
PianoRemote provides a range of functions, including sound selection and customisation via the Virtual Technician feature, performance record and playback with integrated metronome, and a built-in piano music library consisting of hundreds of classical pieces to enjoy – all accessible from an attractive, intuitive user interface.
- Excellent headphone sound quality
- The AURES2 pianos’ Spatial Headphone Sound (SHS) technology enhances the depth and realism of the instrument’s digital piano sound when listening through headphones or earphones. The player can select one of three different acoustic presets that adjust the spatial positioning of the sound, while also helping to reduce auditory fatigue when using earphones or headphones for extended periods of time.
In addition to featuring a premium quality headphone amplifier, AURES2 instruments also allow players to specify the type of headphones connected (Open, Semi-open, Closed, In-Ear, Canal, etc.) to ensure an optimal listening experience.
QUALITY
- Developed with MPA Supervision
- To ensure that all AURES2 instruments match the premium quality and excellent playability of their standard acoustic upright and grand piano counterparts, Kawai’s R&D engineering staff worked closely with the company’s internal Master Piano Artisans (MPAs).
These extremely knowledgeable and experienced technicians supervised each stage of the AURES2 development process, to ensure that the instruments’ acoustic keyboard action remains exceptionally responsive and balanced, even when used to trigger the digital piano sound engine, and guarantee that the tonal characteristics of the Soundboard Speaker System are as close as possible to that of an acoustic piano.
SPECIFICATIONS
| Sensing system | Integrated Hammer Sensing System (IHSS) | |
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| Muting system | GP: GP Touch Muting System UP: Hammer shank stopper (middle pedal) |
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| Pedal | Damper (half-pedal support) Soft Sosutenuto (switchable from Soft for Upright Piano) |
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| Digital Piano sound | ・SK-EX Rendering – 88-key multi-channel piano sampling – 88-key resonance modelling – SK-EX recording・Harmonic Imaging XL (HI-XL) – 88-key stereo sampling – SK-EX, SK-5, EX recording256 note maximum polyphony |
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| Piano Adjustment | ・Virtual Technician (21 parameters) – Touch Curve (incl. User Touch Curve) – Voicing (incl. 88-key User Voicing) – Damper Resonance – Damper Noise – String Resonance – Undamped String Resonance – Cabinet Resonance – Key-off Effect – Fall-back Noise – Hammer Noise – Hammer Delay – Topboard Simulation – Decay Time – Release Time – Minimum Touch – Stretch Tuning (incl. 88-key User Tuning) – Temperament (incl. User Temperament) – Temperament Key – Key Volume (incl. 88-key User Key Volume) – Half-Pedal Adjust – Soft Pedal Depth* Available parameters may vary depending on selected sound. * ‘User’ parameters require system software v2.08 or later.・Virtual Technician Smart Mode (10 presets) |
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| No. of Sounds | SK-EX Rendering : 10 rendering characters Harmonic Imaging XL : 90 voices |
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| Reverb | SK-EX Rendering : Ambience (10 types) Harmonic Imaging XL : Reverb (6 types) |
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| Brilliance | ✔ | |
| Other Effects | 24 types | |
| Speakers | Soundboard Speaker System with 4 transducers (Low-Mid Range × 2, High Range × 2) | |
| Output Power | – | |
| Control / Recorder App | Control App: PianoRemote (iOS / Android) Recorder App: PianoRemote App based Recorder (SMF/WAV/FLAC/AAC) |
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| Display | – | |
| Basic Functions | Dual Split Four Hands Transpose Tone Control Line In Level SHS Mode Phones Type Phones Volume MIDI setting Bluetooth setting |
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| Demo | Sound Demo | 39 songs |
| Piano Music | 29/42 songs * | |
| Lesson Songs | Alfred’s Premier Piano Course Lesson 1A Alfred’s Premier Piano Course Lesson 1B Alfred’s Basic Piano Library Lesson Book Level 1A Alfred’s Basic Piano Library Lesson Book Level 1B Alfred’s Basic Adult Piano Course Lesson Book Level 1 Burgmüller 25 (25 Etudes Faciles, Opus 100) Czerny 30 (Etudes de Mécanisme, Opus 849) Czerny 100 (Hundert Übungsstücke, Opus 139) Beyer 106 (Vorschule im Klavierspiel, Opus 101) J.S. Bach: Inventionen Sonatinen Album 1 Chopin Walzer (Chopin waltzes series 1-19) Chopin Etüden (Opus 10 Urtext) |
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| Internal Recorder | Total Memory | – |
| No. of Songs | – | |
| Parts | – | |
| Metronome | Time Signatures | 1/4, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 3/8, 6/8, 7/8, 9/8, 12/8 |
| Drum Rhythms | 100 drum rhythms | |
| Bluetooth * | Bluetooth (Ver. 4.1; GATT compatible) Bluetooth Low Energy MIDI Specification compliant Bluetooth Audio (Version 3.0, Profile: A2DP, Codecs: SBC, AAC, aptX) |
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| USB Audio Recorder | Record/Playback | – |
| Other Functions | – | |
| Connector Jacks | Headphone | 1 x 1/4″, 1 x 1/8″ Stereo jacks |
| MIDI | MIDI IN, MIDI OUT | |
| Line Out | 1/8” Stereo | |
| Line In | 1/8” Stereo | |
| USB to Host | ✔ | |
| USB to Device | – | |
| Others | USB for Update | |
| Power Consumption | 58 W | |
| Included Accessories | Power | Power cable AC adaptor (PS-242) |
| Bench | Height-adjustable bench * | |
| Headphones | SH-9 | |
| Sheet Music | Classical Piano Collection * Classical Lesson Scores * Finger Exercises |
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| Others | Warranty Card * Owner’s Manual |
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