Product Description
Yamaha CE-20 Combo Ensemble
These are VERY hard to find!
About This Keyboard
This CE20 came to us as a trade in and seem to be in very good working order. We have never dealt with this model but as far as we can tell, everything seem to be working as it should. Cosmetically it show considerable wear.
OVERVIEW
The Yamaha CE20 Combo Ensemble was released in 1982. The year prior to the DX7, also from Yamaha. Like the DX7 the CE20 is an FM synthesizer and is also known to fans of Kitaro as the "Silk Road Machine" because of Japanese New Age artist Kitaro's extensive use of the instrument on that album as a lead synthesizer.
The unit has 20 preset FM sounds and offers limited real time editing of the presets using built in sliders that control the envelope and filter of the sounds. However none of your custom sounds can be saved.
The CE20 is 8 voice polyphonic and can play monophonically as well. Thanks to it's highly advanced FM tone generation all of the CE20's voices are exceptionally real and natural. The instrument has a built in symphonic effect which is Yamaha's version of a chorus effect which automatically turns on with the string and organ presets but can be applied to any of the presets including the monop[honic ones. The default preset is the string sound when the unit is first powered on.
The CE20 also has some unique features like aftertouch called "touch response" and a special "slider control" which is a button type control that lets the user player play a legato type phrase by holding the button down while playing another note after the first one played. there is a pitch wheel that works in conjunction with the slider control and also works as a traditional pitch wheel. there is one LFO that is referred to as a vibrato effect with delay and is also controlled by a slider for depth, speed, and delay.
The CE20 has a mono line output for external amplification and a mono/stereo headphone jack. there's also a sustain pedal and expression pedal input jack as well.
It is important to remember that when buying a used keyboard it may not operate or look exactly like a new one. Used keyboards develop wear over time that can cause such items as function buttons, knobs, sliders etc. to fail to operate as smoothly or easily as when they were new. Our technician does check these items and if they are deemed unusable they are replaced but some function buttons may require more pressure or manipulation to make the appropriate changes. Cosmetically your used keyboard may have scuffs, scratches, cracks to plastic pieces, discolored keys or other visual impairments that might not show up in the photos. We try to mention any obvious visual imperfections but may not consider them serious enough to post in the listing.