Yamaha PS500 Digital Piano Black

TWO OF THE WORLD'S FINEST GRAND PIANOS

P-S500 features piano sounds captured from the flagship Yamaha CFX concert grand and the famed Viennese Bösendorfer Imperial grand. These piano samples put two of the world’s finest and most prominent concert grand pianos at your fingertips.

AUTHENTIC PIANO TOUCH, 88- NOTE WEIGHTED GHS KEYBOARD

The Yamaha Graded Hammer Standard (GHS) keyboard features a weighted action with heavier touch in the low end and lighter touch in the high end, just like the hammers inside an acoustic piano. Great for the aspiring pianist, practicing on the GHS action builds the proper finger technique and strength for when the time comes to perform on an acoustic piano.

INTUITIVE CONTROL WITH YOUR SMART DEVICE

Simply connect the instrument to a smart device and use the dedicated Smart Pianist app to access all instrument controls and configuration tools. You can also enjoy powerful features such as app generated piano scores of your favourite songs that help you learn and play along.

STREAM LIGHTS SHOW YOU THE WAY

Red and blue lights above each key show you which notes to play, and when to play them. This extraordinary feature helps you learn how to play, and practice, without ever having learned how to read music, making learning more fun than ever before!

PLAY YOUR PERSONAL FAVORITES OR SONGS FROM THE BUILT-IN LIBRARY

When connected to The Smart Pianist App, The P-S500 features 403 built-in songs covering a wide range of genres, from pop songs to classical pieces. You can play the melodies along with the backing of a full band arrangement. The powerful “Audio To Score” function automatically creates piano accompaniment scores from your favourite audio songs so you can play along with the original recordings.

VOICES

When connected to The Smart Pianist App, The P-S500 is equipped with 660 varied, high-quality Voices including stunning pianos, electric pianos, organs, brass, strings, percussion, and more. From breathy saxophones to ringing guitars and warm, resonant strings, the P-S500 impressively replicates sounds down to the finest nuances. Thanks to acclaimed Super Articulation technology, the distinctive characteristics of each instrument are reproduced in incredible detail as you play.

STYLES

When Connected to The Smart Pianist App, 370 Accompaniment and rhythmic backing patterns (called “Styles”) covering a wide range of musical genres, including pop, jazz, and many more, lets you single-handedly recreate the sound of a full band or orchestra.

AUDIO AND MIDI RECORDING

The P-S500 lets you record your own performances in two different formats: audio and MIDI. Audio recording allows you to capture your playing conventionally, which you can then play back on your smart device. MIDI recording, on the other hand, lets you record up to 16 tracks, with separate left- and right-hand parts or complex multi-instrumental arrangements.

MICROPHONE CONNECTION AND VOCAL HARMONY

Since a microphone can be connected to the P-S500, you can enjoy singing along with your keyboard performance or along with Song playback. Moreover, you can apply various studio-quality effects such as chorus to your singing voice, and even cancel the vocal part on audio recordings — letting you sing along with (or instead of!) your favourite artists and groups, and enjoy performing even more.

Included in the Box

• Owner's manual
• Online member product registration
• PA-500 AC adaptor
• Music rest
• Footswitch
• USB cable (USB type A - USB type B)
• USB conversion cable (USB type A to micro B/USB type A to USB type C)

Technical Specifications

Dimensions

• Width: 1329 mm
• Height: 167 mm
• Depth: 410 mm
• Weight: 21.8 kg

Keyboard

• Number of keys: 88
• Type: Graded Hammer Standard keyboard with matte black keytops
• Touch sensitivity: Hard2, Hard1, Medium, Soft1, Soft2, Fixed
• Display
• Type: Full dot LCD

Voices

• Max. polyphony: 256
• Number of voices: 660 when connected to Smart Pianist app, 100 when not
• Featured voices: 13 VRM Voices, 111 super articulation voices, 25 natural voices, 27 sweet voices, 47 cool voices, 58 live voices, 29 organ flutes voices

Effects

• Reverb: 58 types when connected to Smart Pianist app, 5 when not
• Master EQ: 5 preset + user
• Intelligent acoustic control: Yes
• Stereophonic optimiser: Yes
• Vocal harmony: Yes, 44 preset
• Dual/layer function: Yes
• Split function: Yes

Connectivity

• Headphones: Standard stereo jack x 2
• Microphone: Standard mono phone jack, input volume
• AUX in: Stero mini
• AUX out: Standard phone jack (L/L+R, R)
• AUX pedal: Yes
• Pedal unit: Yes
• USB to device: Yes
• USB to host: Yes
• iPad: 5 V, 2.1 A
• DC in: 24 V