YAMAHA PSR-273 Details
Backlit LCD, Touch Sensitive Keyboard & Great Sound at a Breakthrough
Price
The PSR273 features a lot of “firsts”. It is the first in the line
with:
A backlit LCD capable of displaying musical notes, chord information and various
functions
A touch sensitive keyboard that responds like a piano
General MIDI (GM) compatibility for playing songs
XGlite technology that offers a huge selection of voices & even greater
MIDI song file compatibility
A PC Button for easy computer connectivity
Expressive Touch like a piano
If you're buying a keyboard having piano in mind, you'll want Yamaha's Touch
Response feature. On an acoustic piano, striking a key harder will produce
a louder sound, striking it softer will produce a softer sound. With Yamaha's "Touch
Response" our keyboard responds like an acoustic piano.
Portable Grand ™
The Yamaha PSR273 features a stereo-sampled piano voice and dynamic filtering;
technology previously reserved for much more expensive, professional keyboards.
Playing piano is fast and easy with Yamaha's Portable Grand function. One
dedicated button brings up a great sounding piano, stunningly rich and authentic
in its sound and exceptionally responsive to your playing touch, as well
as setting up the keyboard to play as a piano in full keyboard mode. On top
of all this, a wealth of special piano-only "Pianist" styles, like
Piano Ballad or Stride for example, provide professional-sounding piano accompaniment
that changes chords automatically as you do, while you play a piano melody
on top!
General Midi and XGlite voices
Portable keyboards are compact and light enough to fit just about anywhere – including
next to your computer. If you’re planning on connecting your keyboard
to your computer, you’ll be happy to know that the PSR273 is GM (General
MIDI System Level 1) compatible. What does that mean? It means that the keyboard
will accurately reproduce any GM music files that you download into your computer – and
almost all music files on the Internet are GM compatible.
But this keyboard doesn’t stop there. In addition to GM compatibility,
the PSR273 has a large selection of XGlite voices, offering even greater compatibility
with both 3rd party and Yamaha XG software. For a look at some of the GM/XG
music titles available from Yamaha, follow this link to yamahamusicsoft.com.
And finally, no matter what level of playing ability you're at, you'll appreciate
being able to build combinations of your favorite sounds. Pressing the "Split" button
divides the instrument into two parts, allowing you to have two different sounds
on the keyboard at the same time, like piano on the right and bass on the left
and "Layer" mode allows you to combine two sounds across the keyboard
range. For example, you could layer piano and strings and play both sounds
at the same time. With 480 voices to choose from, the combinations are only
limited by your imagination.
Computer Connectivity
Yamaha makes it easy to get connected with the new PC button. Now, instead
of wading through function menus and fighting through a maze of selections,
one button is your expressway to music on the web and your computer. All
Yamaha keyboards have a special MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
port on the back that let you connect your keyboard to a computer (requires
a MIDI Interface like the Yamaha UX16 and music software). Once connected,
you can play your songs into the computer, edit them if necessary, and e-mail
them to your friends and family. And with General MIDI (GM) compatibility,
song data always plays back with the correct sounds.
Yamaha Education Suite™: Learning to play songs and chords
The PSR273 comes with 100 built-in songs with Songbook. But if you've never
played before, where do you start? Well, if learning to play music is important
to you, the Yamaha Education Suite II™, a wonderful set of music training
functions, makes learning music incredibly easy. Seven types of lessons are
available as well as a convenient chord dictionary.
Three keyboard lessons for each hand
Timing mode: You can play the melody or chord by pressing any key using the
correct timing.
Waiting mode: Playback pauses until you find and play the correct chord or
melody note.
Minus One mode: Mute the left-hand, right-hand, or both parts of a song and
play along nonstop.
Lesson Grading — monitors your progress as you practice each lesson.
Chord Dictionary — shows you how to play chords and tells you which chords
you are playing by displaying the notes and chord name on the LCD screen.
Keyboard Styles and the One Touch Setting
The PSR273 comes with 100 built-in styles, waiting for you to play along with.
It's just like having a built-in band. Call up your favorite style of music
like Rock, Big Band or Country, press a chord or play Single Finger mode,
and the 273 will follow you through a piece of music, providing all of the
drums, bass, piano, guitar, horn and string parts for you. And to make it
easy and fun, when you select one of the styles, the One Touch Setting function
will automatically configure keyboard parameters, such as voice selection
and digital effects, to match that selected music style.
Sound Quality
Bass Boost System
A special port on each speaker adds a powerful impact to bass sound reproduction.
Stereo (Not just 2 Speakers)
We all know that stereo sound adds realistic character and spatial depth. But
how can you tell if the portable keyboard you're looking to purchase is stereo
or not? With Yamaha, the answer is simple. All Yamaha Portable Keyboards are
true stereo.
Digital Signal Processing (DSP)
Enhances sound quality with sophisticated digital effects like Harmony, Reverb & Chorus.
Advanced Wave Memory (AWM)
Yamaha Advanced Wave Memory technology delivers amazingly realistic sound.
32-note Polyphony
In electronic keyboards, the more sounds made at the same time - polyphony
- the more memory is needed. Obviously, more is always better because too little
polyphony can cause dropouts in dense passages of music. The PSR273 has 32
notes of polyphony, which is enough for the most demanding needs.
Keyboard 61 Standard Keys (C1-C6) with Touch Response
Display Large Backlit LCD
Yamaha Education Suite Timing, Waiting, Minus One, Chord Dictionary, Grading
Songs 100 Songs separated into Left and Right hand parts for learning
Voices Total Number 480
Compatibility General MIDI (GM) & XGlite
Piano Voice Quality Stereo
Dual/Split Yes/Yes
Drum Kits 10 + 2 SFX Kits
Polyphony 32 note max.
Auto Accompaniment Styles 100
Variations Intro, Main A/B, Ending, Fill-in
Control Accompaniment on/off, sync-start, start/stop, intro/ending, main A/B
(auto fill)
One Touch Settings 1 per style
Digital Effects Reverb: 9 types
Chorus: 4 types
Harmony: 26 types
Panel Controls On/Off, Master Volume, Touch Control On/Off, Lesson R/L, Chord
Dictionary, Function, Style Controls, Tap/Tempo, Song Select, Style Select,
Voice Select, Demo, Portable Grand, Metronome, PC Button, Numeric Selector,
Harmony, Dual, Split, Sustain
Function Controls Volume: Accompaniment, Metronome, Split Voice, Dual Voice,
Song, Other: Split Voice Select, Dual Voice Select, Split Octave, Dual Octave,
Tuning, Rev type & Depth, Chorus type & Depth, Transpose
Interface MIDI IN/OUT
Auxiliary Jack Phones / Aux. Out L/R, DC in, Foot Switch
Amplifier 2.7W + 2.7W
Speakers 12 cm x 2
Rated Voltage DC 10 - 12 V
Dimensions
(W x D x H) 36.3" x 14.8" x 5.2" (933 x 370 x 129 mm)
Weight 11.66 lbs.
YAMAHA PSR273 PORTABLE KEYBOARD
