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Unique among keyboards the Yamaha PSR -AD offers 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 and even greater MIDI song-file compatibility and even a PC Button for easy computer connectivity P The PSR -AD delivers notes of polyphony–that is it can sound up to notes at one time–enough for the most demanding needs If you’re buying a keyboard with piano sound 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 Yamaha’s Touch Response is designed to make the keyboard respond like an acoustic piano P The PSR -AD features a stereo-sampled piano voice and dynamic filtering–technology previously reserved for much more expensive professional keyboards A single dedicated button brings up a great-sounding piano rich and authentic in its sound and exceptionally responsive to your playing and sets up the keyboard to play as a piano in full-keyboard mode Further 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 P 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 PSR -AD is GM General MIDI System Level compatible This means 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 It also has a large selection of XGlite voices offering even greater compatibility with both third party and Yamaha XG software P 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 your computer requires a MIDI Interface like the Yamaha UX 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 P The PSR -AD comes with built-in songs and a physical song book But if you’ve never played before where do you start If learning to play music is important to you the Yamaha Education Suite II a more info
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November 6th, 2009 at 1:54 am
Amazing Value for Beginners!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I purchased the Yamaha PSR275 with AC Adapter and Portable Stand at a major membership retailer for $140 on a whim, thinking that I would like to learn to play some music. I am awestruck by the features and value…it’s perfect for a neophyte such as myself.
100 built in songs to learn to play along with (and you can download others from the internet), 100 styles of one-touch backup music, and 480 voices…from a real classical guitar to an actual choir to a car wreck or a machine gun. The drum kit voices turn each key into a different drum or percussion instrament. And by activating the Portable Grand button I can made my $140 keyboard sound like a grand piano.
I bought the keyboard thinking I would utilize its ability to connect to a PC and purchase some piano learning software, but the built-in learning suite will keep me busy for a long time! Last night I learned to play the right-hand part of “Greensleeves” in just a couple of hours. Fun and rewarding! The LCD display showed me which notes to play, both on the musical scale and on an idiot-proof keyboard map. Now I will learn to play the left hand part, then finally put the two parts together.
I can either play chords with one finger, or if I want to do the “real thing” the chord dictionary shows me how to play any chord, and the chord name flashes if I am playing it correctly.
Granted, if you think you are a rock star, this may not be the keyboard for you. But did you really expect to sound like Elton John for a hundred and fifty bucks? And yes, it only has 61 keys rather than the full 81. Did you not notice that when you purchased it? Hello! The volume of the keyboard can be increased by connecting it to some portable speakers or your home stereo. Seriously, for the price I don’t understand what people are complaining about! I am totally impressed.
My six-year old granddaughter is over this morning and in less than an hour she has learned to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. She has a piano at home and had never learned to play anything yet! She’s stoked!
I’m going to buy headphones, a sustain pedal, a cable to connect to my PC, and a cord to play through my home stereo. This is totally fun!
November 6th, 2009 at 5:24 am
Excellent Value for Budget
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
For those who doesn’t have enough budget for Piano, this keyboard is for you. This is Yamaha’s lowest type among its products that has touch sensitive capability, means you can press the key with your emotion, just like piano. Compare to Casio in the same class LK-50 (also casio’s lowest end with touch sensitive), Yamaha produce closer stereo sampled piano sound. This was the highest value of PSR 275 which was being my last minute decision point between the two fighters.
Pros:
- Touch sensitive key
- Very close stereo sampled piano sound
- Wide variety of selectable voices
- The color look fresh and modern
Cons:
- Song bank has 100 songs, but are not coming from wide variety of song genre.
- Doesn’t have song memory, to save and edit our performance.
- The sound is not really out loud, even put in high volume. But it’s considerably ok and understandable for home use.
November 6th, 2009 at 11:59 pm
Good for kids and beginners
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
From the perspective of a novice, this is simply a great keyboard. I bought this for my kids, but I think I have had more fun with it then anyone. It has 480 different voices including every instrument you can think of, a full drum kit, fireworks, machine gun, rain, wind, screams, footsteps, heartbeats, car crashes, etc. It is very easy to use (the manual is hardly necessary). So far it has been extremely durable (my 2 year old has played it everyday for a month). I would highly recommend this for beginners and kids.
November 7th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
Great Keyboard and good price.
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
This is a Great Keyboard but I initially had a small problem with it. I got it for my oldest son who knows how to play…. He told me that a few features he was interested in were missing but he still decided to keep it, so I guess he was happy with it after all….
November 7th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
More than enough for beginers.
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I got this as a Christmas Present and I have been playing on it since then. The grand piano sounds very real, and touch sensitivity is a cool feature. It also comes with programs that can teach you how to play. It comes with 100 different styles of songs (classical, country, pop). I bought midi cables as accessories so I can hook it up with my computer and it works great. I recommend it.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:21 pm
Great while it lasted
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
This was an excellent product for a couple years and then without warning it stopped producing sound. Powers on and looks normal but no sound. I googled it and there were a number of others experiencing the same thing. On the other hand it is a low cost product so maybe if your expectation is to get a couple good years out of it, no problem then.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
This keyboard has it all!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I purchased this as a gift for my son who has never played a keyboard.(He is 20 years old.) By the end of the first day he was playing most of a song quite well. He is thrilled with this keyboard and is slowly figuring out all the things it is capable of. We just ordered the midi cable connector so he can connect to his computer. This is a wonderful keyboard for a beginner and experienced alike.He especially likes the sensitive key aspect so that all notes aren’t played at the same volume. For the price there is no way you can go wrong with this.
November 8th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Yamaha PSR275-AD 61-Key Portable Electronic Keyboard with AC Adapter
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Product was as described. Please with it when received. Nice keyboard, for easy transport.
November 9th, 2009 at 1:28 am
Good for a beginner piano
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I bought it for my 4 years old grand daughter who is learning to play piano.
Very good machine. The only problem is that MIDI computer communication is NOT USB. It is done using the old clumsy 5 pins jacks who are no longer in use in modern computers. That piano is probably the end of the its line and will be discontinued soon and this is why the price was good. I am very happy with my purchase for the intended objective.
November 9th, 2009 at 7:23 am
Fun, decent keyboard, although you should move up
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
We received this as a gift, and it’s a fun supplement to our piano. I’m actually learning a lot about music, despite having already played piano for years, just by playing along with some of the styles and trying to improvise in various keys and through various chord progressions. This keyboard doesn’t have the ability to save what you play and let you lay tracks over each other, and I’d advise people to spend more and get a keyboard with that feature (this is a bottom end keyboard, and you really should move up slightly). One quite annoying problem is that the MIDI function (which many people admittedly won’t use) was difficult to get functioning properly. When I hooked the keyboard up to the computer using a Midisport UNO MIDI-USB adaptor, notes only went through sporadically. Every several seconds a note showed up, and several seconds later, a few measures along, another note showed up. I have heard that the UNO adaptor doesn’t work with all Yamaha keyboards; I hooked a Yamaha Clavinova up and it worked fine, which made me think this PSR-275 keyboard is probably the problem. But then I switched to Yamaha’s own interface, and it worked with the PSR (although the software didn’t like to stay installed). I’d be wary of this keyboard if you want to use it as a MIDI controller.
November 9th, 2009 at 8:14 am
Incredible (blows everything away)
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
aright i got this piano as a gift about 4 years ago and have loved it. It sounds amazing hooked up to my bass amp and i love how many different things i can get going at once. i can be playing and it will add th guitar, drums, and bass in my key and what chord im playing.
I do record with it using the line out plug and i am fairly good at the piano and this is not only very proffesional feeling but very fun. it feels great and you can choose if you want touch sensitive keys or not. there is a button for turning on harmony which sounds incredibly cool with any song.
if only this were full size that would be really sweet.
I have tried many other keyboards and the sound quality, feel, and simplicity of this blows them all away. there is so many options for making what your doing just right.
Buy it, it terrific.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:33 am
Excellent choice for an starter keyboard or…
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
I received this keyboard as a gift, on top of just sounding better than the Casio models in this price range, the tone generator features 32-note polyphony (up to 32 tones can be sounded at once by the tone generator), casios comparitive model can do around 24.
The PSR275 lives up to being a solid keyboard for someone just learning to play by providing the capability of turning any song in it’s memory into a lesson (the song slows down and the keyboard waits for you to play along), it has a good set of 100 songs to playback/listen to. A good number of drum styles and auto acompanyment. Standard MIDI IN/OUT for sequencing using a PC , etc…
The only negative here is that you don’t get on board sequencer (you can’t record anything) also the keyboard has no internal memory for adding additional songs. This was a big negative for me and why I ultimately returned the PSR275 for the PSR295. If you want all the features of the PSR275 with the additional benefit of being able to do multi channel/track sequencing of songs (recording) and the ability to download MIDIs into the keyboard, the PSR295 is your best bet. PSR295 currently retails for about $50.00 more, but I have actually seen it for less than the PSR275 (supply and demand I suppose).
The PSR295 comes with fewer songs in memory out of the box, but it comes with a CD-ROM full of songs a USB port (can easily connect to a laptop or desktop PC) and a USB MIDI driver (which works great with Cakewalk Sonar, Cubase, etc…) and software to boot. For that reason I give the PSR275 *** and the PSR295 *****
November 10th, 2009 at 1:13 am
Nice sound and features
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
“pros like me” would know that a full piano is 88 keys, not 81. Generally keyboards come in 61, 76 or 88 keys. 61 is more than ample for a beginner keyboard in this pricerange.
the sounds are nice, but not fantastic. for the price range they blow away the similar casios, especially for piano.
if you are looking for an entry level keyboard this is your best bet.
November 10th, 2009 at 11:05 am
The biggest dissapointment since andretti racing for ps1
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
I bought this keyboard, fully intending to have a good time with it and there it was not working! I bought it new and during shipping it must have broken! I lost $179.99 of my hard earned money; Its overpriced, overated, and mine didn’t work! I don’t know if those people who shipped it were just mocking me or I got the bad end of a bad deal, maybe it is just a piece of junk or am I the victim of a prank? I don’t know how it works because as I said mine didn’t work! I don’t know if you would still want it but I wouldn’t take that risk again.
November 10th, 2009 at 12:07 pm
A Godsend for learning keybaord
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
This keyboard I recieved as a gift a few years back and I loved it! I learned to play a lot of music on it! The fact that the piano can teach you songs is a big bonus!!!
November 10th, 2009 at 8:39 pm
“boo” a big thumbs way down
Rating:1 out of 5 stars
Mine broke after the fourth time i used it! The sound was too quiet also! When i tried to play with my buddies in my basement their sound blew mine away they told me to start playing and i was playing! They told me to get a new one or i was out of the group! And they “were” my best friends! I spent all the money i had on it! Please don’t don’t give these filth mongers the pleasure of getting your money and use it to buy a new toilet the money is better spent down the toilet than on that keyboard!