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Editorial Review

As technology has improved over the years, keyboards have been able to carry more features, better sound, and higher overall quality, all at a price point that makes sense for even the most novice of musicians and composers. This impressive keyboard set features 61 keys and 32-note polyphony. There are 482 sample sounds as well as 106 accompaniment beats, 102 built-in songs, and chord instruction options. Of interest to composers is a two-track recording set-up for those wishing to take a multi-layered approach to their compositions. We liked the wealth of features available and especially admired how accessible and easy to use they are. –Charlie Williams

Product Description

Yamaha YPT-300 is a touch sensitive instrument that features 482 dynamic, authentic Voices, with 361 XGlite Voices and 12 Drum Kits, the YPT-300 also has 106 accompaniment Styles and 102 built-in Songs. Use the Portable Grand button to instantly call up an authentic stereo grand piano sound. An optional USB-MIDI interface allows you to download song data from the Internet and store it to Flash memory on the instrument. The Yamaha Education Suite 5 features make learning and practicing music more fun than ever before. Dual integrated speakers are powered by an internal amplifier delivering 2.5 Watts per channel x 2 channels stereo. A backlit central multifunction LCD helps you keep everything in control. Exclusive Yamaha Education System (version 5) features make learning and practicing music easier and more fun than ever before with 102 built-in songs. Some might call this an entry-level keyboard but the YPT-300 is an excellent musical instrument that both aspiring and experienced musicians will appreciate. Chord Dictionary – The Chord Dictionary function teaches you how to read and play chords Sound Effect Kit – Play a variety of unique sound effects and DJ sounds directly from the keyboard Intuitive panel control layout and elegant, new design 9 Types of Reverb 4 Types Chorus Tempo Range 32 – 280 Transpose -12 to 0, 0 to +12 Power Supply Adaptor (PA-3B/3C), or batteries (Six AA size, LR6 or equivalent batteries) – both not included Port for adding an optional Sustain pedal

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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” the YPT-310 keyboard responds like an acoustic piano. Backlit LCD Screen Since you spend a lot of the time at your keyboard looking at the LCD display screen, you might as well get one that’s easy to see – like the backlit LCD in the YPT-310! Portable Grand: One Press to an Amazing Stereo Grand Voice You’re never more than a button push away from the most realistic piano sound in portable keyboards today. One press of the Portable Grand button resets the entire keyboard to a stereo-sampled piano – perfect for when it’s time to practice. Yamaha is known around the world for the quality of our acoustic pianos and this attention to detail is evident as you enjoy the warmth and clarity of the YPT-310 Portable Grand piano. And of course, the keyboard includes a Sustain Pedal jack on the back for practicing and playing piano pieces. Yamaha Education Suite™ (Y.E.S.): Learn How To Play Now! The YPT-310 has 102 built-in songs for you to learn to play, using the Yamaha Education Suite. The songs are separated into left and right hand parts, providing 7 levels of lessons plus a convenient chord dictionary. Three keyboard lessons for each hand: Lesson One – LISTEN & LEARN the melody or rhythm of a selected song Lesson Two – TIMING mode allows you to play the melody or chord by pressing any key using the correct timing Lesson Three: WAITING mode stops the playback of a song until you find the correct note and then continues Lesson Grading – monitors your progress as you practice each lessons two and three and gives you a grade. 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. Sound Effect Kit: Have Some Fun! If your kid doesn’t think playing keyboard is cool, wait ’til he hears this keyboard! Get the world of Hip Hop and all the hottest sound effects in your Yamaha keyboard. Push the Sound Effect button, hold down a key with your right hand, and you’re groovin’! Sound Quality: Real Stereo with Bass Ports (Not Just 2 Speakers) Some keyboards have two speakers but aren’t stereo. Don’t be fooled. Just because a keyboard has two speakers doesn’t mean that it’s truly stereo with two separate amplifiers. All Yamaha Portable Keyboards feature stereo-sampling technology. Bass Ports – Port on each speaker that 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. 32 Note Polyphony and 16 Part Multi Timbrel 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. Some keyboards at this price point have only 12-note polyphony. The YPT-310 has 32 notes of polyphony and will play back 16 different parts or sounds at once (16-part multi timbrel); enough for the most demanding needs. 106 Accompaniment styles and the One Touch Setting The YPT-310 comes with 106 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 YPT-310 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. In addition, you can transfer new Styles into the Flash ROM in the keyboard. Selections can be found at www.yamahamusicsoft.com. Great Voices 482 General MIDI (GM) and XGLite Voices The YPT-310 has a large selection of professional sounding voices called XGlite. Only Yamaha’s best keyboards have the capacity to support and reproduce Yamaha’s XGlite voices. The result is amazing sound quality and almost 500 voices for you to choose from, 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 www.yamahamusicsoft.com.

Product Description

The Yamaha YPT310 portable keyboard has 61 touch sensitive keys, 482 voices, Music Database, and stereo speakers with bass ports are just a few of the features included with this incredible portable instrument. This special package comes complete with a pair of professional closed cup headphones, a keyboard stand, and a power supply.

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” the YPT-310 keyboard responds like an acoustic piano.

Backlit LCD Screen
Since you spend a lot of the time at your keyboard looking at the LCD display screen, you might as well get one that’s easy to see–like the backlit LCD in the YPT-310.

Portable Grand: One Press to an Amazing Stereo Grand Voice
You’re never more than a button push away from the most realistic piano sound in portable keyboards today. One press of the Portable Grand button resets the entire keyboard to a stereo-sampled piano–perfect for when it’s time to practice. Yamaha is known around the world for the quality of our acoustic pianos and this attention to detail is evident as you enjoy the warmth and clarity of the YPT-310 Portable Grand piano. And of course, the keyboard includes a Sustain Pedal jack on the back for practicing and playing piano pieces.

Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S.): Learn How To Play Now!
The YPT-310 has 102 built-in songs for you to learn to play, using the Yamaha Education Suite. The songs are separated into left and right hand parts, providing 7 levels of lessons plus a convenient chord dictionary.

Three keyboard lessons for each hand:

• Lesson One – LISTEN & LEARN the melody or rhythm of a selected song
• Lesson Two – TIMING mode allows you to play the melody or chord by pressing any key using the correct timing
• Lesson Three: WAITING mode stops the playback of a song until you find the correct note and then continues
• Lesson Grading – monitors your progress as you practice each lessons two and three and gives you a grade.
• 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.

Sound Effect Kit: Have Some Fun!
If you or your kid doesn’t think playing keyboard is cool, wait ’til you hears this keyboard. Get the world of Hip Hop and all the hottest sound effects in your Yamaha keyboard. Push the Sound Effect button, hold down a key with your right hand, and you’re groovin’.

Sound Quality: Real Stereo with Bass Ports (Not Just 2 Speakers)
Some keyboards have two speakers but aren’t stereo. Don’t be fooled. Just because a keyboard has two speakers doesn’t mean that it’s truly stereo with two separate amplifiers. All Yamaha Portable Keyboards feature stereo-sampling technology.

• Bass Ports – Port on each speaker that 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.

32 Note Polyphony and 16 Part Multi Timbrel
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. Some keyboards at this price point have only 12-note polyphony. The YPT-310 has 32 notes of polyphony and will play back 16 different parts or sounds at once (16-part multi timbrel); enough for the most demanding needs.

106 Accompaniment styles and the One Touch Setting
The YPT-310 comes with 106 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 YPT-310 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. In addition, you can transfer new Styles into the Flash ROM in the keyboard.

482 General MIDI (GM) and XGLite Voices
The YPT-310 has a large selection of professional sounding voices called XGlite. Only Yamaha’s best keyboards have the capacity to support and reproduce Yamaha’s XGlite voices. The result is amazing sound quality and almost 500 voices for you to choose from, offering even greater compatibility with both 3rd party and Yamaha XG software.

Computer Connectivity and Flash ROM
The YPT-310 comes with 102 built-in songs and an interactive lesson system, divided into left and right hand parts, for learning them. In addition, you have the ability to connect to a computer, download more songs from the Internet into the internal Flash ROM, and use all of the Yamaha Education Suite V5 features to help you learn to play them. 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. You can connect to the MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) port on the back with an optional USB-MIDI Interface like the Yamaha UX16. 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) and XGlite compatibility, song data always plays back with the correct sounds.

9 Digital Reverb Plus 4 Chorus Effects
Yamaha has long been a world leader in digital signal processing technology. In fact, Yamaha professional audio products are found in most professional recording studios around the world. The YPT-310 takes full advantage of this know-how, giving you an extensive range of nine, top-quality reverb effects that simulate playing in everything from a small room to a large spacious concert hall and four chorus effects that add richness to electric pianos and guitars in particular.

Specifications

Keyboard 61 Standard keys (C1-C6) with Touch Response Display Large backlit LCD Yamaha Education Suite V5 Watch and Learn, Timing, Waiting, Grading, Chord Dictionary Songs 102 Preset Songs + 5 User songs + Flash Memory Voices Total Number 482 Compatibility General MIDI (GM) & XGlite Compatible Piano Voice Quality Stereo Dual / Split Yes / Yes Drum Kits 12 + 1 SFX Kits Polyphony 32 note max. Auto Accompaniment Styles 106 + User (Flash ROM) Variations Intro, Main A/B, Ending, Fill-in x 2 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, Lesson R/L, Listen & Learn, Timing, Waiting, Chord Dictionary, Style Controls, Tap/Tempo, Function, Song Select, Style Select, Voice Select, Portable Grand, Sound Effect Kit, Reverb On/Off, Numeric Selector, Metronome, Demo Function Controls Volume: Accompaniment, Song, Main Voice, Metronome. Other: Tuning, Transpose, Split Point, Main Voice Octave, Reverb Type & Depth, Panel Sustain, Local On/Off, External Clock, Initial Setup Send, Time Signature, Demo Cancel Interface MIDI IN/OUT Auxiliary Jack Phones / Aux. Out L/R, DC in, foot switch Amplifier 2.5W + 2.5W Speakers 12 cm x 2 Rated Voltage DC 10 – 12 V Dimensions (W x D x H) 37 1/4 x 14 5/8 x 5 1/16″ (945 x 370 x 128 mm) Weight 10 lbs. 13 oz. (4.9kg)

Product Description

This 61 keys keyboard is perfect for beginners and students or anyone who doesnt havespace for a grand piano. It comes with advanced features like Rising/Descending tone function, Single and fingered chord/ auto-base-chord/syn. Also includes features such as Vibrato, sustain, fill in, base effect. The LED digital displays relate number. Includes external speaker, AC Power, Double channel output. Large Scale Integration. Includes Users manual. Stand sold separately. Specifications: 935 x 355 x 125 mm; Weight: 5.0 Kg; Tone Area: C2 – C7; Output Power: 4 W