Yamaha PSR-EW425 touch-sensitive keyboard

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Features

Express yourself
Yamaha revamped the control panel and LCD, phased out the numeric keypad, added Direct Category Access buttons.

The optimized control panel makes it quick and easy to access Voices, Styles and functions so that you can focus your time on being creative.

With dedicated buttons, Quick Sampling, and innovative Motion Effect functionality, you can intuitively express the sounds you're hearing in your head.

Live Control Knobs
The two Live Control Knobs make it easy to manipulate and interact with the sound you produce as you play. The ability to set the filter cutoff frequency to change the brightness of the sound and control effects in real time helps bring your performances to life.

Motion Effect
The Motion Effect function lets you instantly add effects while you play that can, morph the sound with a filter, create pitch risers, add tape stop effects & slices, or other new dynamic sound effects. All by simply holding down the button!

Pitch bend wheel
Moving the pitch bend wheel up or down changes the note you're playing smoothly, bringing instrument Voices like guitars, sax and trumpet and synthesizers to life, widening your range of expression.

Direct Category Access
Yamaha added Direct Category Access buttons to the user interface. Push the buttons for instantaneous access to the Voices and Styles you need for the musical genre of your choice.

Groove Creator
With Groove Creator, buttons and knobs are all you need to create contemporary electronic music and sound like a pro.

Quick Sampling
Capture sound from outside of your instrument using the AUX input, microphone input or even by importing files from a USB storage device, and then play those sounds directly from your keyboard. The possibilities are endless!

Connect and share
A variety of connectivity options provide all the support you need for practicing, playing, and performing. Plug in a microphone to try your hand at singing while playing, use the Rec'n'Share app to share your music with the world, and hook into PA systems to perform on stage.

Individual L/R output
The PSR-EW425 comes equipped with left and right audio outputs that allow you to easily connect to PA systems and studio equipment - separate from the headphones jack.

Mega Boost
Press the Mega Boost button to add +6dB of powerful volume!

This function adds 6dB to the apparent volume set by the volume knob. Adding a boost to the instruments speaker volume allows you to play with others or be heard above the crowd, even without a PA system.

Mic Input & Vocal Effect
Connect a microphone and sing along with your playing while using built-in studio-quality vocal effects, giving you everything you need for a pro-sounding performance.

USB Audio Recording/Interface
Use the USB To Device port to record and play back audio files of your music from USB flash drives.

Use the USB To Host port to send and receive audio and MIDI data to and from computers and smart devices with studio-quality.

Rec'n'Share
Use the Rec'n'Share app to connect your instrument to a smart device, and then create and share audio and video recordings of you playing along with your favorite songs.

Specs

Dimensions:

• Width: 1,200 mm (47-1/4”)
• Height: 136 mm (5-3/8”)
• Depth: 404 mm (15-7/8”)
• Weight: 8.3 kg (18 lb, 5 oz) (not including batteries)

Control Interface:

• Number of Keys: 76
• Touch Response: Yes (Soft, Medium, Hard, Fixed)
• Type: Organ-style
• Pitch Bend: Yes
• Art. Switches: Yes
• Control Knobs: 2
• Display: LCD with backlight
• Language: English

Voices:

• Tone Generating Technology: AWM Stereo Sampling
• Number of Polyphony (Max.): 64
• Number of Voices: 820 (294 Panel Voices + 28 Drum/SFX kits + 40 Arpeggio + 458 XGlite Voices)
• Featured Voices: 10 Premium Organ Voices, 4 Live! Voices, 9 Sweet! Voices, 6 Cool! Voices, 14 Super Articulation Lite Voices
• Compatibility GM: Yes
• Compatibility XGlite: yes

Effects:

• DSP: DSP1: 41 types, DSP2: 12 types
• Reverb: 12 types
• Chorus: 5 types
• Master EQ: 4 types

Functions:

• Dual/Layers: yes
• Split: Yes
• Melody Suppressor : Yes (w/ pan adjustment)
• Crossfade: Yes (between Internal Sound and External Audio)

Accompaniment Styles:

• Number of Preset Styles: 290
• Fingering: Multi finger, Smart Chord
• Style Control: ACMP ON/OFF, SYNC START, SYNC STOP, START/STOP, INTRO/ENDING/rit., MAIN/AUTO FILL, TRACK ON/OFF
• One Touch Setting (OTS): Yes
• Expansion Style: 10
• Compatibility: Style File Format (SFF)

Groove Creator:

• Number of Groove: 35
• Number of Sections: 5 (4 Sections + 1 Musical Climax/Ending)

Songs:

• Number of Preset Songs: 30
• Recording Number of Songs: 10
• Recording Number of Tracks: 6 (5 Melody + 1 Style/Groove Creator)
• Recording Data Capacity: Approx. 19,000 notes (when only “melody” tracks are recorded)
• Compatible Data Format Playback: SMF (Formats 0 & 1)
• Compatible Data Format Recording: Original File Format (SMF 0 conversion function)

USB Audio Recorder:

• Recording Time (max.): 80 minutes (approx. 0.9 GB) per Song
• Format Playback: WAV (44.1 kHz, 16 bit, stereo)
• Format Recording: WAV (44.1 kHz, 16 bit, stereo)

Quick Sampling:

• Sampling Type: One-shot, Loop
• Samples (Preset/User): 4
• Sampling Time: Approx. 9.6 sec
• Sampling Sources: AUX IN, MIC INPUT, USB audio interface, WAV format files
• Sampling Format: Original File Format (16 bit, stereo)
• Sampling Rate: 44.1 kHz

Functions:

• USB audio interface: 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, stereo
• Number of Buttons: 4 (x 8 banks)
• Metronome: Yes
• Tempo Range: 11-280
• Transpose: -12 to 0, 0 to +12
• Tuning: 427.0 – 440.0 – 453.0 Hz (approx. 0.2 Hz increments)
• Octave Button: Yes
• Scale Type: 5 types
• PIANO Button: Yes (Portable Grand Button)
• Other Functions: Mega Boost, Motion Effect (57 types)
• Harmony/Echo: 26 types
• Arpeggio: 152 types

Storage and Connectivity:

• Internal Memory: Approx. 1.72 MB
• External Drives: USB flash drive
• DC IN: 16 V
• AUX IN: Stereo mini jack x 1
• Headphones: Standard stereo phone jack x 1
• Sustain Pedal: Yes
• USB TO DEVICE: Yes
• USB TO HOST: Yes
• Output: Standard phone jack x 2
• Microphone: Standard phone jack x 1

Amplifiers and Speakers:

• Amplifiers: 12 W + 12 W
• Speakers: 12 cm x 2

Power:

• Power Supply: AC Adaptors (PA-300C or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha) or batteries (Six “D” size alkaline (LR20), manganese (R20) or Ni-MH rechargeable (HR20) batteries)
• Power Consumption: 11 W (When using PA-300C AC adaptor)
• Auto Power Off Function: Off/5/10/15/30/60/120 (minutes)

Accessories:

• Music Rest: Included
• Song Book: Download from Yamaha web site

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