YAMAHA PSR-1100 Details
If you're looking for a musical instrument that has that little something extra
("je ne sais quoi" as they say in French), then look no further than
the PSR-1100. It is the first in the line of Arranger Workstations from Yamaha
and has a huge array of features including large LCD with Score and Lyric capability,
USB connectivity, 4 sections to each style, User memory for storing songs and
other data, 32 channels of MIDI via USB and more!
The first thing you notice is the huge LCD screen
There are many advantages to having a larger screen. For one thing, it conveys
a lot more information at one time. For example, the screen on the PSR-1100
is able to show you mixer settings at a glance, the chords you are playing,
what sounds are on the right and left side of the keyboard, what Style or
MIDI file is currently playing, score and lyrics. In fact, if you record
a song into the PSR-1100 using the arranger features, it will not only display
the notes you played, but the chords as well. The bottom line about having
a bigger screen is that it's your window into how the music is being created
- you might as well make it a big one.
Computer Connectivity - Why it's important
The PSR-1100 has a USB port on the back, making it extremely easy to connect
the keyboard to a computer. Once you're connected, you open up your music
to a wealth of possibilities. From your computer, you are able to copy data
to and from the User or Floppy drive in the instrument to your computer's
hard drive using the included File Utility software. It's convenient, fast
and easy. And MIDI has never been so simple. Just install the included drivers
and when you open your favorite music software program the PSR-1100 shows
up as USB output ports One and Two - giving you 32 channels of MIDI playback.
Download music data from the Internet and play it on your keyboard
In the past, when you wanted to learn a new song, you would probably head off
to your local music store where hopefully they had the piano sheet music
for the song you eagerly were looking to play and sing. This music generally
contained the left and right hand piano parts, chords and lyrics. Recently,
Yamaha, Hal Leonard and Sebelius got together to create digital interactive
sheet music. Here's how it works. Using your computer, go to , find your
favorite Scorch® song(s), purchase them and download them into your computer.
At this point, if you like, you can change the key and print the music using
your printer. But it doesn't stop there!
By connecting the PSR-1100 to your computer you can transfer the digital sheet
music into your keyboard and it will play the song for you as the music and
lyrics scroll by in the screen. If you would like to embellish the arrangement,
the keyboard will actually "read" the chords in the song (that's
called XF) and play a Style with backing tracks like bass, drums and guitar
along with the piano music! You can try the song as a ballad, jazz, country
or rock - or no backing tracks at all. Finally, go ahead and play the piano
part, using any of the built-in features like transpose, metronome and tempo
controls. With digital sheet music, you can play it your way!
A Keyboard with more Style
The PSR-1100 features Styles (accompaniment patterns) in a variety of different
musical genres including Rock, Jazz, Latin, Country and Dance. All you have
to do is play the chords with your left hand as you perform and the selected
Style will automatically play along, instantly following the chords you play.
This is live playing at it's best. For even greater diversity, this keyboard
is the first in the line to offer 4 sections to the built-in Styles. For
example, you could use the A section for the Verse, B section for the Chorus,
C for the Bridge and D for a Solo. In addition, each Style has 3 different
Intros and Endings and will automatically fill, if you like, between sections.
Ease of operation
There are many tools in the keyboard that make it easy to be a power user from
the first day you own the keyboard.
Direct Access Button: Press this button and the function you would like to
adjust, for example Pitch Bend, and the LCD screen instantly takes you there.
Saves wading through menus and sub-menus.
Music Finder: Complete keyboard setups by song title. The keyboard selects
an appropriate voice for the right hand melody, the correct musical style and
the correct tempo. Simply call up a song title and start playing.
Quick Record: To record a song, just press the Record button. Recording starts
as soon as you start playing the keyboard and will record everything you play
- the Style, Left & Layer Voices and Multi pads or a single track.
One Touch Setting (OTS): Provides you with a recommended voice with effects
for each Section of each Style (4 per style). Can be set to change automatically
or you can select one of the four buttons. For example, on a jazz style, one
OTS might be piano, the next jazz guitar with a little echo, the third sax
with reverb and the forth might be piano and vibes layered.
Multi Pads: These four buttons change to match the genre of each Style (or
you can change them yourself) and can be used to play a number of short pre-recorded
rhythmic and melodic sequences that can be used to add impact and variety to
your keyboard playing. Translation: MIDI-Loops.
Built-in Help: Help messages give you explanations & descriptions of the
main functions and features found in the keyboard. Language choices include
English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish or Italian.
Demo: In addition to the main demos showing some of the more advanced features
found in the keyboard, there is also a short demo for every sound.
Mixing Console: To change voices, adjust levels, panning, transpose, tuning,
pitch bend and effects on various tracks or parts that you play, simply press
the Mixing Console button and make adjustments using graphical representations
of rotary pots and faders.
Registration Memory: Set the keyboard up just the way you like and take a digital
snapshot by memorizing it to one of the Registration buttons. Load and save
banks of eight registrations to User memory or floppy. The eight Registration
buttons are conveniently located just above the keyboard.
Sounds Good To Me
The PSR-1100 is compatible with commercially available song data including
GM (General MIDI), XG, Disk Orchestra Collection (DOC), and XF. The keyboard
comes with 287 voices, 480 XG voices, 16 drum kits and is 32-note polyphonic.
Additional features include a selection of special samples called Sweet and
Cool! Voices. Sweet Voices are special voices from Yamaha that reproduce all
the natural expression and vibrato of their respective acoustic instruments;
for example, Sweet Flute and Sweet Trumpet. Cool! Voices feature samples of
electronically amplified instruments like guitar and electric piano. To get
the most out of these great voices, there is a Stereo 2-way speaker system
with bass ports.
And to capture all of this sound, you'll find a built-in 16-track sequencer
for recording and editing your songs. And remember, you can save your songs
and transfer them via USB directly to your computer for further editing or
attaching to e-mail. Finally, to round it all out, there are two Foot Pedal
jacks, transpose and tuning, auto harmony for the right hand, metronome and
a CD-ROM containing File Utility software and USB Drivers. It's all here.
Keyboard 61 Standard Keys (C1-C6) with Touch Response
Display Large multi-function 320 x 240 backlit LCD capable of Lyric and Score
display
Voices Total Number 767 GM (General MIDI) & XG Compatible
Piano Voice Quality Stereo
Sweet Voices Flute, Pan Flute, Clarinet, Trumpet, Trombone, Tenor, Alto & Soprano
Sax
Cool! Voices Electric Piano, Electric Guitar
Split/Layer Left, Right 1, Right 2
Drum Kits 16
Polyphony 32 note max.
Sound Creator Yes
Auto Accompaniment Styles 181
Variations Intro x 3, Main A/B/C/D, break, ending x 3,
fill-in x 4
Control Accompaniment on/off, Break, Intro, Main A/B/C/D, Ending/Rit., Auto
Fill In, OTS Link, Sync Stop, Sync Start, Start/Stop
One Touch Setting 4 per style
Registration Memory 8 Buttons, Unlimited Banks*
Fingering Modes Single Finger, Fingered, Fingered on Bass, Multi Fingered,
Al (Artificial Intelligence) Fingered, Full Keyboard, Al Full Keyboard
Music Finder 1200 (max.) Fully Editable
Style Creator Yes
Song Compatibility General MIDI (SMF 0,1) with Lyrics, XG, KAR, XF, Scorch,
Tune 1000®
Lyric/Score Yes/Yes
Record modes Quick, Multi, Step, Song Edit
Record Channels 16
Playback Channels 16 On-board, 32 via USB
Media Storage 698KB Flash Memory, Floppy Disk Drive
Types of Data Song (SMF), Style (SFF), Registration and Voice
Digital Effects Reverb: 23 Preset + 3 User types
Chorus: 15 Preset + 3 User types
DSP: 92 Preset + 3 USER
Effect Blocks: 1 Reverb, 1 Chorus, 1 DSP
Multi Pad 4 Pads x 54 Banks
Other Controls Tempo (5-500 bpm), Tap Tempo, Metronome, Registration Freeze,
Demo, Direct Access, Master Vol., Fade In/Out, Transpose, Tuning, Touch Response
Scale Tuning Equal Temperament, Pure Major, Pure Minor, Pythagorean, Mean-Tone,
Werckmeister/Kimberger, Arabic 1,2
Auxiliary Jacks DC In, Phones, MIDI In/Out, USB, Foot Pedal 1 (Switch), Foot
Pedal 2, Aux. Out L/R
(RCA ® Jacks) fixed, L/R Out (L/L + R)
Pedal Functions Volume, Sustain, Sostenuto, Soft, Glide, Portamento, Pitchbend,
Modulation, DSP Variation, Song Start/Stop, Style Start/Stop etc.
Amplifier 12W + 12W
Speakers 12cm x 2 + 5 cm x 2
Rated Voltage DC 16V (Power Supply PA-3000 Included)
Dimensions
(W x D x H) 38-5/16" x 15-11/16" x 6-5/16" (973 x 399 x 161
mm)
Weight 22.1 lbs. (10 Kg)
The PSR1100 has been replaced by the PSRS700KIT.
YAMAHA PSR1100 KEYBOARD
