Yamaha unveiled a wide array of exciting new products at Winter NAMM 2011, and one of its newest products is Yamaha’s E-Series keyboard, the PSR-E333 Portable Keyboard. The PSR-E333 is designed for music beginners with an eco-friendly feature. The Yamaha PSR-E333 features 61-key touch response keyboard, Max. 32 Voices Polyphony, Effects; Reverb 9 types and Chorus 4 types, Ultra-wide Stereo, 497 high quality instrument Voices, 106 preset accompaniment Styles, 102 preset Songs, Portable Grand button, new power saving mode, Yamaha Education Suite lessons (Y.E.S), custom LCD Display.
With touch responsive keyboard, the robust PSR-E333 responds like an acoustic piano i.e., striking a key harder will produce a louder sound while striking it softer will produce a softer sound. The PSR-E333 is the first entry-level keyboard in its range to incorporates Ultra-Wide Stereo, thanks to Yamaha’s pioneered sound projector technology. The new Ultra-Wide Stereo DSP button creates the same 3D sense of space you would experience with an elite surround sound system. Similarly, the PSR-E333 comes with top-quality digital effects, like 9 reverb effects and 4 chorus effects, to enrich your performance. Besides the grand piano sound, the multitude (497) of stringed instrument voices are amazingly realistic. Performers can select any instrument Voices, accompaniment Styles and digital effects to enhance performance or alternatively, select Yamaha’s grand piano sound, as well as set up the keyboard to play as a piano. The keyboard instrument allows you to record, mix and simulate your songs with accompaniments - great for making music and practicing. Additionally, the PSR-E333 has on-board 102 songs and an advanced set of Yamaha Education Suite lessons. Music beginners can teach themselves to play the songs and perform using this advanced set of helpful learning tools - very systematic and interactive piano lesson system and chord dictionary. The new power saving function turns off the power automatically to avoid wastage if the keyboard has not been used for a set amount of time.
The robust Yamaha PSR-E333 Portable Keyboard is at an incredibly affordable package. A user-friendly yet, feature-laden portable music keyboard that will give you and your family years of musical enjoyment. Weight merely 4.9 kg and can operates on 6-AA batteries. If you are looking for an entry-level portable keyboard, the PSR-E333 is a perfect choice. The Yamaha PSR-E333 portable keyboard Enrich, Educate, Entertain, and Empower.
The Yamaha YPT-210 is an Entry-level Portable keyboard. The YPT-210 is a superb lightweight keyboard with tons of features and settings that enable players to play and create any sound they desire. The Yamaha YPT-210 features 61 full size keys, 32 notes of polyphony, portable grand feature, stereo speakers, headphone jacks, and the Yamaha Education Suite. The keyboard also comes with as many as 375 instrument voices. These include a stereo grand piano, XGlite voices, 12 drum kits and a sound effects kit, you name it, this keyboard offers it. The Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S) features exercises, interactive lessons and a chord dictionary.
The Yamaha YPT-210’s ever useful Portable Grand feature resets the entire keyboard to amazing stereo grand piano voice with just one press of the button. With that features in mind, music beginners do not have to worry because no matter what settings you may have on, returning to piano mode is quick and easy. And this is great for practice. The YPT-210 auto accompaniment feature enables player to play an instrument sound with the right hand an operate an entire orchestra of instruments with the left hand. Player can change chords by simply pressing one note at a time with the left hand. And there are 100 built-in styles such as country, rock and reggae.
The Yamaha YPT-210 is Computer compatible. With the use of General MIDI, your keyboard can communicate with other keyboards, MIDI instruments and Computers. This is a must-have in today’s world, the music pathway to your Computer and the Internet. The portable keyboard weight merely 9 lbs. 11 oz (44 kg) and it is ideal for music beginners or if you have a tight budget.
The Yamaha YPT-220 is an entry-level portable which incorporates all the cool features that most of us look forward in a portable keyboard. The YPT-220 features 61 regular-sized keys, with Organ style, 32-note Polyphony, 375 high-quality instrument voices including Stereo Grand Piano, 361 XGlite voices, 12 Drum Kits and Sound Effect Kit, 100 preset accompaniment styles, 102 built-in songs, Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S.), Reverb Effects - 9 types, LCD display, Portable Grand Button are all the diverse features included into one power house musical instrument.
For students learning to play, the Yamaha YPT-220 Portable Grand features reset the entire keyboard into the industry best piano sounds with a touch of a button, including the setting up of the keyboard to play as a piano. And the Yamaha Education Suite teaches students to perform and play the 102 built-in songs in easy lesson steps. Additionally, when it is time to perform the YPT-220 also functions as a user friendly keyboard, with rich reverb effects enable you to add rich, concert-hall ambience to your performance. Together, these Effects, Styles and Voices enable player creates cool sounds, many styles and more.
The Yamaha YPT-220 portable keyboard weight merely 9lbs 11oz . Additionally, it can also be battery operated with six “AA” size batteries. However, batteries can only last for a few days if you practice daily. If you are budget conscious or have limited space the Yamaha YPT-220 is a good choice.
The Kurzweil SP76 Mark II Stage Piano features 76-key Semi-weighted keyboard, 128 Preset sounds , 4 zones including Splits and Layers, Assignable Control knob, Effects, Pitch and modulation wheels. The Stage Piano is an entry level piano which delivers the highest quality sounds.
The Kurzweil SP76 II is a preset stage piano with 128 programs migrated from Kurzweil Flagship sounds, including acoustic pianos, electric pianos, basses, strings, guitars, drums, synths, ensembles, and many more. The SP76 II can do splits and layers up to 4 zones and setting up zones with split and layers is as fast and simple as configuring four separate zones. It has an assignable control knob that can control timbre and add effects.
Play both piano and synth parts simultaneously and you will love the way the Kurzweil SP76 II keybed feels, offering you enough resistance for piano-style parts, while also providing the fast response you need for synth lines. Weighing less than 20 lbs, the compact and sleek stage piano is comfortable enough for pianists to play piano, small and lightweight enough to make it as portable as it can be for musicians’ live performances.
Alesis introduced it’s Q49 USB/MIDI Keyboard Controller during Winter NAMM Show in Anaheim, California. The Alesis Q49 is an entry-level Keyboard Controller which is ideal for Students, Studios environment and Stage performances.
The Q49 is a fully featured keyboard controller, with 49-key synth-action keyboard that is compatible with virtually any music software and MIDI hardware devices, USB-MIDI and conventional MIDI jacks for easy connection to your Computer and MIDI device, full controls of pitch and modulation wheels, octave up and down, and an assignable data slider. The Q49 allows you to send velocity sensitive note information from the keys and you can also send program changes from the keys, which is very useful for both programming and performing music.
The compact keyboard controller is designed with tools that will enable musicians to make music the way they enjoy most. The Alesis Q49 is compact, affordable and user-friendly, and it is compatible with virtually any MIDI software and hardware devices.
