YAMAHA PSR-E473 Portable Keyboard
The PSR-E400 series is an excellent all-round 61-key keyboard that is ideal as a starter instrument but also represents a robust alternative for experienced players. The latest PSR-E473 features a newly developed tone generator that delivers stunning improvements in sound quality as well as high quality effects such as delays.
- 820 Voices and Super Articulation Lite Voices
- 290 Styles
- 2 channels/41 types of DSP insertion effects
- Quick Sampling
- Groove Creator
- Live Control Knobs, Motion Effect functionality, pitch bend wheel
- Mega Boost
- Direct Category Access buttons
- USB Audio Recording/Interface
- Mic input and vocal effects
- Individual L/R outputs
SPECIFICATION
Color/Finish:
Body Color - Black
Control Interface:
Touch Response - Yes (Soft, Medium, Hard, Fixed)
Type - Organ-style
Pitch Bend - Yes
Art. Switches - Yes
Control Knobs - 2
Display Type - LCD
Black Light - Yes
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 - 3 Live! Voices, 9 Sweet! Voices, 6 Cool! Voices, 14 Super Articulation Lite Voices
Compatibility - (GM -Yes , XGlite - Yes)
Effects:
*Types
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:
*Preset
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
*Other Features
One Touch Setting (OTS) - Yes
*Expandability
Expansion Style - 10
Compatibility - Style File Format (SFF)
Groove Creator:
*Preset
Number of Groove - 35
Number of Sections - 5 (4 Sections + 1 Musical Climax/Ending)
Songs:
*Preset
Number of Preset Songs - 30
*Recording
Number of Songs - 10
Number of Tracks - 6 (5 Melody + 1 Style/Groove Creator)
Data Capacity - Approx. 19,000 notes (when only “melody” tracks are recorded)
*Compatible Data Format
Playback - SMF (Formats 0 & 1)
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)
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
*Registration
Number of Buttons - 4 (x 8 banks)
Control - Freeze
*Overall Controls
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
*Miscellaneous
PIANO Button - Yes (Portable Grand Button)
Other Functions - Mega Boost, Motion Effect (57 types)
*Voices
Harmony/Echo - 26 types
Arpeggio - 152 types
Storage and Connectivity:
*Storage
Internal Memory - Approx. 1.72 MB
External Drives - USB flash drive
*Connectivity
DC IN - 12 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 - 6 W + 6 W
Speakers - 12 cm x 2
Power Supply:
Power Supply - AC Adaptor PA-150 or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha, or six "AA" size alkaline (LR6), manganese (R6) or Ni-MH rechargeable (HR6) batteries
Power Consumption - 9 W (When using PA-150 AC adaptor)
Auto Power Off Function - Off/5/10/15/30/60/120 (minutes)
Accessories:
Music Rest - Yes
Song Book - Download from Yamaha web site