Yamaha YPT-300AD Full-Size 61-Key Touch-Sensitive Keyboard

Average customer rating: 4.5

Piano Lessons
Excellent keyboard for the price
Great keyboard for the price
excellent value and easy to use
ENJOYING THIS KEYBOARD

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Yamaha YPT-300AD Full-Size 61-Key Touch-Sensitive Keyboard

Manufacturer: YAMAHA
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000BWABKG

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Product Description

mfr: 16 L 42.0 W 17.0 H 7.0

Amazon.com Product Description

An affordable 61-key portable keyboard that also doubles as a personal music teacher, the YPT-300AD has it all: 482 instrument voices, 106 accompaniment styles, General MIDI compatibility, and such bonus functions as Yamaha's Education Suite 5 and Portable Grand. The combined features are great for beginners, but also come in handy for music hobbyists who value reliability and versatility in a portable keyboard.

New players will particularly delight in the Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S.), which features 102 built-in songs separated into left- and right-hand parts for easier lesson planning. Y.E.S. also offers three keyboard lessons for each hand, including Listen & Learn, which breaks down the melody or rhythm of a selected song; Timing mode, which lets you play the melody or chord by pressing any key with the correct timing; and Waiting mode; which stops the playback of the song until you find the correct note. Finally, Y.E.S. monitors your practice progress, gives you feedback, and teaches you how to play chords by referencing its sizable chord dictionary.

The YPT-300AD offers a number of non-lesson features as well. Yamaha digitally sampled its world-renowned grand pianos and transferred the rich, full tones to the YPT-300AD, so you can enjoy the warmth and clarity of a grand piano sound with the push of a single button. Other General MIDI-compatible voices include trumpets, violins, drums, guitars, bass, drum kits, and even a choir. All told, players can access as man as 482 General MIDI voices, putting a virtual orchestra at your fingertips.

The auto-accompaniment feature is another favorite. Select from the 106 accompaniment styles, and the keyboard will create a backup band to follow you throughout the song. Best of all, you have complete freedom to match different styles. Want to find out how Mozart would sound as a disco star? Go for it. The voices and accompaniment styles are diverse and interesting thanks to the 32-note polyphony, which ensures that the keyboard can play back 32 different parts or sounds at once (including 16-part multi-timbre)--enough for even the most demanding piece.

Playback versatility is always a concern with entry-level portable keyboards, but the YPT-300AD excels in this area as well thanks to its touch-sensitive keys and digital signal processing (DSP) options. The touch-sensitive keys add passion to your playing by responding to the pressure from your fingers. A heavier touch creates a louder response, while a lighter touch gives a softer tone. As a result, your keyboard will respond like an acoustic piano--the more expressive the playing, the more passionate the tune. The DSP, meanwhile, helps simulate the experience of playing in a variety of locales, from a small room to a large concert hall (Carnegie Hall, anyone?). The DSP modes include nine reverb effects and four chorus effects.

And even though music is its milieu, the YPT-300AD also offers a sound effects kit, with such options as laughter, applause, and screams. Almost 50 effects are at your command, making you a de facto sound effects technician. And thanks to the five-song memory and easy-to-use two-track recorder, you can wear the engineer's hat as well.

Finally, the Yamaha YPT-300AD lets you take advantage of the Internet on a whole new level. The unit includes built-in Flash ROM capability and MIDI in/out connections for synching up with your PC. Once Internet enabled, you can pick and choose songs to download into the Flash ROM memory, then learn to play them via the Yamaha Education Suite. And there's no scrolling through menus or fussing with confusing interfaces. Simply press the PC button and you're on your way.

Additional features include a large backlit LCD display that shows the musical staff and chords as you play, genuine ported stereo speakers with separate amplifiers, a built-in metronome, a sustain pedal jack, and headphone output for private practice. The YPT-300AD measures 37.25 by 5.06 by 14.62 inches (W x H x D) and is backed by a one-year warranty on parts and 90-day warranty on labor.

<b>What's in the Box</b>
YPT-300AD keyboard, AC adapter, music rest, user's manual.

Customer Reviews:

Piano Lessons.......2007-06-12

I bought this for my daughter who is taking piano lessons. We needed a touch sensitive keyboard. After reading the reviews, I settled on this one. We couldn't be happier. My daughter loves it. It is going to meet our piano needs for years now.

Excellent keyboard for the price.......2007-06-11

I have a great deal of musical knowledge, and wanted something to help my church music contributions. Hopefully I'll also be able to build my keyboard skills as well. I bought this one for two reasons: price and
good piano/organ sound. I am quite satisfied with my purchase on those criteria. The sound quality is fine, and the volume control is ideal for people who are worried about the practice sound level - although public performances might be helped with additional amplification, if playing somewhere with poor acoustics. I am also pleased with Amazon's offering this product along with the power cord, and don't know why Yamaha doesn't do so in general - other than to charge people an additional $20 after the fact for a part which usually costs much less. Also, I received my keyboard within three days after purchase using standard shipping in very good condition.

Great keyboard for the price.......2007-05-09

My daughter loves it. Great features and the price was awesome!
It's perfect for someone that's starting out and is serious about playing. I can't say enough good things about the product.

excellent value and easy to use.......2007-04-27

Overall this is an excellent portable, introductory 61-key keyboard. Some things I like:

1) All the buttons are easy to use. That was my #1 criteria. Most keyboards, I think, are hard to figure out, but this one is pretty intuitive. It's easy to change instruments, songs, etc. You will not want to lose the instruction book though. There's just a few things that I use rarely that I need to pull out the instruction book to remember.
2) Split keyboard -- you can play one instrument, like base or cello, on the left hand, and another instrument like piano, on the right hand, with the touch of just a few buttons.
3) built-in metronome for learning. There's also a built-in lesson plan, but haven't really used it.
4) Many of the instruments are really good, especially the horns and organ sounds.
5) Auto chord-fill. Don't know how to fill in a chord? No problem. Just hit any one or two keys on the left hand, and the keyboard fills in the rest of the chord for you.

Some things I don't like:

1) the "realistic" grand piano sound is not particularly realistic.
2) the volume is very low, even plugged in. I have to turn the sound up to about 75% of maximum to get the sound of an acoustic piano playing mezzoforte (mf). That surprised me given how large the speakers are.
3) the piano does not come with any of the essential addons. Not even a power cord!! No MIDI cord. No sustain pedal. All of these essential addons cost bucks. The power cord is $16. Add MIDI and Sustain ($40 & $20), and you now add almost 50% to the price of this keyboard. Oh, and don't forget the stand, that's not included either!

ENJOYING THIS KEYBOARD.......2007-03-09

I'm not a serious piano player, just casual. Don't have room for a piano, so this serves my purposes. I just want to entertain myself. If I were a professional who played in public, not sure if this would be the ultimate keyboard, because it doesn't have a fullsize keyboard. But for practicing and casual playing it's great! It has more features than I will ever use.

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