Yamaha has carefully designed the PSR-E223 keyboard to make playing and learning music the way it should befun and easy. The included Interactive Yamaha Education Suite has 5 lessons, a chord dictionary, metronome, and over 100 songs to learn and improve your basic skills. The PSR-E223 keyboard has 375 voices, including the amazing Portable Grand with which you can let your inner talent shine. The Yamaha PSR-E223 keyboard gives you 32-note polyphony, with 9 digital reverb effects including a new chorus. It is also GM and XGlite-compatible. Simply connect The Yamaha PSR-E223 to your computer and enjoy the extra benefits. The PSR-E223 can be powered by the optional Yamaha PA-130 AC adapter power supply (sku#336005) or six AA batteries (not included).

Yamaha PSR-E223 61-key Portable Electronic Keyboard with Foot Pedal Switch and Stereo Headphones

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Go MO is 90 minutes plus of hands-on instruction and explanation about the Yamaha MO 6 & MO 8 synthesizers. Using real people and real applications Go MO looks at the main activities you want to undertake on a hardware instrument ‘ playing live, drum programming, using the built-in arpeggios (and how to create new ones) loop recording and more ‘ and shows you what to do in plain English, with dynamic images and screens, and custom music originally composed on the MO. Go MO takes a brand new approach to the business of ‘video manuals.’ Although all the main features are covered the program doesn’t just seek to illustrate the owners manual with jargon and parameter lists. Instead the program tackles practical situations and tasks, concentrating on the parameters you need to know now. This ‘need-to-know’ approach lets you build up your skill set Scene-by-Scene. Each Scene concludes with a handy ‘Key Concepts’ revision of the main topics covered. By the end of the program viewers will have an excellent grasp of how the MO operates and what can be accomplished. Importantly, this firm grounding lets users develop additional skills as their needs arise. Music for Go MO was recorded specifically for the program and a weblink has been created at motifator.com/gomo so that viewers can download (for free) some of the Patterns and Songs that were created.

Whether you’re practicing at home, playing with the band, or doing a live solo performance, the P155 series offers professional quality sound with our legendary touch. Thanks to top-shelf Yamaha digital piano technologies, musicians don’t have to choose between portability and piano quality- the quality you expect from a company that’s been building world-class acoustic pianos for over a century.

The official Motif XS DVD runs at approximately 3 1/2 hours and takes you on a complete tour of the features, functionality, and just plain fun at your disposal with this 2007-released Motif XS workstation. The Motif XS is surprisingly different from its predecessors and this DVD reflects its considerably enhanced performance-orientated capability. When looking at the main Voice, Performance, Pattern & Song areas, in addition to the key button pushes and navigation the DVD demonstrates how each mode can be used ‘ and customized ‘ live. Using controllers, playing the multiple arpeggios, making use of the offsets, Play FX, and more are all covered in detail. Effects are Big News on the Motif XS and the DVD spends more than 35 minutes looking at what you’ve got and how to apply them in all the major modes. It’s easy to overlook the (optional) sampling capability on an instrument as inherently ‘big’ as this but with sample memory safely installed, the delights of sample-based voice libraries, replacing drum voices in customized drum kits, recording guitar and more await. The DVD spends a good 40 minutes on these exciting possibilities. Motif XS’s sequencer is powerful and, for many people, will cover all their recording needs. But this is not an either/or situation with computer-based DAWs. The DVD’s final scene looks at how to hook up the bundled Cubase AI, along with how to transfer control (and indeed files) back and forth between the two worlds of ‘computer’ and ‘musical instrument.’ Written and presented by Yamaha Corporation of America’s Athan Billias – one of the Motif series’ prime shakers and movers since Day One – you could not be in better hands when it comes to discovering the world of the Motif XS.

61-Key Portable Keyboard with Touch-Sensitive Keys

Yamaha YPT400AD Portable Electronic keyboard w/ 61 Full Size touch sensitive keys

The YPT-320 is a touch sensitive instrument that features 482 dynamic, authentic voices, with 361 XGlite voices, 12 drum kits and a sound effect kit. The YPT-320 also has 106 accompaniment styles and 102 built-in songs. Music database with 100 songs-for instantly setting entire instrument to match a desired music genre. Special two-track Easy Recording feature lets you record and save up to five of your original songs – great for composing and practice purposes. You can practice the preset Songs using these lesson functions: “Keys to Success”, “Listening, Timing, Waiting” and “Phrase Repeat.” Keys to Success helps you master a Song, whereas Listening, Timing, Waiting helps you first master the timing then playing the correct notes. Phrase Repeat lets you select and repeatedly practice a specific phrase in the Song. In the “Keys to Success” mode, you can practice individual phrase separately. Each time you finish a specific Step, your score is shown in the display. Passing one Step (with a score of 60 or better) lets you go on to next one automatically.