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Value and Performance combine to bring home the Magic of Music
Yamaha Corporation of America continues its leadership position in the portable
keyboard market with the introduction of the new Yamaha PSR 292 — the
affordable choice for song learning, recording and playback. The PSR292 has
a built-in 6-track sequencer (recorder), boasts over 600 voices and is fully
General MIDI (GM) and XG Lite compatible. And because this keyboard has Touch
Response, your playing can be as expressive as on an acoustic instrument.
Newly designed panel layout includes a blue backlit LCD and panel lights,
giving the PSR 292 a contemporary look and feel.
Portable Grand™
Customers have always listed the piano as the most important sound they were
looking for in a portable keyboard. In keeping with its piano focus, the
Yamaha PSR292 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 Boogie Woogie for example, provide professional-sounding
piano accompaniment that changes chords automatically as you do, while you
play a piano melody on top!
Yamaha Portable Keyboards put musical creativity at your fingertips
The PSR292 is a musicians dream come true, giving you the power to sound exactly
the way you want. It starts with a new level of instrument realism thanks
to a larger sample ROM. And what does that mean? Simply put, a more realistic
digital sample of an instrument almost always requires a larger digital sample.
So by increasing the size of the sample memory, Yamaha is able to give you
even more realistic instrument voices. And you get so many of them on the
constantly growing extension of General MIDI (GM) called XG.
Not only do you get full compatibility with GM, you get hundreds of extra XG
Lite Voices as well as full MIDI control of voice and effects parameters like
Reverb and Chorus, which add an extra dimension of richness. In an effort to
give the player maximum flexibility, the PSR292 is capable of layer and split
modes. Split mode allows you to have two different sounds on the keyboard at
the same time, like piano on the right and bass on the left. Layer mode allows
you to combine two sounds across the keyboard range. For example, you could
play piano and strings at the same time. You're only limited by your imagination.
Yamaha Education Suite™: Learning to play songs and chords
The PSR292 offers you state-of-the-art features to help you get started on
your musical journey. It comes with 100 built-in songs with Songbook, plus
the ability to connect to a computer and download more songs from the Internet
into the PSR292 Flash ROM. Once the songs are in Flash ROM, you can use all
of the built-in features to help you learn to play them. 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.
Music Database
Yamaha Portable Keyboards are famous for their ease of use. But, even when
the keyboard is easy to operate, how does the novice know which settings to
make that are appropriate for the song he wants to play? With Yamaha's remarkable
new Music Database, you simply choose from over 200 song titles in the database
and the entire keyboard will set itself up for that song. It couldn't be easier.
Sound Quality
2-Way Speaker System
Separate tweeters deliver high frequency sounds with clarity and precision
for more lifelike instrument voices.
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 Reverb, Chorus & Echo
effects.
Advanced Wave Memory (AWM)
Yamaha Advanced Wave Memory technology delivers amazingly realistic sound.
Keyboard Styles and the One Touch Setting
The PSR292 comes with 135 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 292 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.
32-note Polyphony
What's polyphony, you ask? Simply put, polyphony is how many notes a keyboard
can reproduce simultaneously. The PSR292 has 32-note Polyphony allowing you
to play intricate arrangements and dense musical passages.
Computer Connectivity
Thinking of connecting a PSR292 to a computer? Yamaha makes it easy with the
new Computer function 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 the
correct sounds.
Specifications:
Keyboard 61 Standard Keys
Touch Response
Dynamic Filter
Polyphony 32 notes (max.)
Tone Generation Type
AWM: Yamaha Advanced Wave Memory
Voices 605 Voices: GM (General MIDI) & XG Lite Compatible
Layer and Split Mode
Control Foot Switch (optional)
Effects 8 Reverb
38 DSP types
26 Harmony types
Accompaniment One Touch Settings
Preset
Variations
Type 2 per style + User Programmable
135 styles
2
Multi-fingering (recognizes single or multiple notes)
Sequencer 6-Tracks to record your own songs
5 Songs
Yamaha Education Suite 2 Timing, Waiting, Minus One, Chord Dictionary, Grading:
Works with 100 Internal songs (Songbook included) and songs in Flash ROM
Flash ROM Store up to 99 songs (max.)
MIDI I N/OUT (Musical Instrument Digital Interface lets electronic musical
instruments work together.)
Music Database 208
Speakers 12 cm x 2
3 cm x 2
Output 3W x 2
Power 4 ‘D' Batteries or Adaptor (optional) PA3B or PA3C
Dimensions (W x D x H) 38.1" x 15.56" x 5.6"
Weight 15 lbs.
YAMAHA PSR292 WITH SURVIVAL KIT
