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Yamaha Portables*
*All Yamaha portables are priced with survival kits. Survival kits include power AC adaptor, sustain pedal, and headphones.
Yamaha DGX-640
List Price: $1299; Sale Price: $835
The DGX640 has an 88-key weighted graded hammer action keyboard with authentic grand piano-like touch — heavier in the low end, lighter in the high, and amazingly responsive! The cabinet has wood accents and an attractive matching stand that puts you and your keyboard at the correct recommended height. Also included is the adapter and sustain pedal. Rounding out the piano focus is a high resolution stereo piano sample.
* 88-key Graded Hammer Standard keyboard with matte black finish key
* 535 Voices
* Polyphony: 64
* Piano voice quality: new Live! Grand Piano
* Featured voices: 4 Pianos (Live! Grand Piano, Live! Pop Grand, Live!
Warm Grand, Ambient Grand Piano), 9 Live! Voices / 7 Cool! Voices / 8
Sweet! Voices
* Reverb: 35 types
* Chorus: 44 types
* DSP: 237 types
* Preset Master EQ: 5 types
* Dual and Split effects
* Harmony/Echo: 26 types
* Panel sustain in menu
* Overview demo
Easy Song Arranger
* 300 or more songs in the database
* Metronome
* Yamaha Education Suite: Waiting, Your Tempo, Minus one, Repeat &
Learn
* Pitch Bend Controller
* Chord Dictionary
* Performance assistant technology: Chord, Melody, Chord / Free, Chord
/ Melody
* One Touch Setting Including Voice List
* Registration Memory: 4 Pads x 8 Banks
* Pedal: Sustain
* Flash memory
* External Storage Device (USB Flash Memory)
* Compatability: GM, XG lite
PSRE 423
List Price: $399; Sale Price $265
The Yamaha PSR-E423 has features for learning to play, like the Yamaha Portable Grand and Yamaha Education Suite and features for when it’s time to play, like Control Knobs for real time control over effects, filters, EG, tempo & 150 different Arpeggiator patterns.
* Two control knobs provide real-time control for filtering the main
melody tone, and changing the tempo of the arpeggio just like an analog
synthesizer
* Arpeggio function which has been improved for smoother playability
* Dynamic Voices usually found on high-end workstations, are now on the
new PSR-E423
* 4 times more flash memory has been added to the PSR-E423 so you can
play along with your favorites transferred from a PC
* Wider World Content and 174 Varieties of Styles with Auto-backing Mode
YPG-235
List Price: $519; Sale Price : $285.00
The YPG-235 carries Yamaha's Portable Grand legacy with it's expanded features, upgraded action, and easy-to-move form. You get 76 piano-style keys with Graded Soft Touch action, a wide selection of Yamaha voices to play, and a 6-track song recorder. Dedicated portable grand button lets you instantly jump back to the grand piano voice during play. Add additional songs and play along using the built-in USB/MIDI port.
The Yamaha YPG-235 portable keyboard is sure to appeal to keyboard players of all levels, from beginners to serious hobbyists and semi-professionals. The YPG235 features USB functions, 32 notes of polyphony, recording capabilities and built-in speaker systems. Performance Assistant Technology ensures error-free performances, Music Database offers complete keyboard setups by song title, and Yamaha's ultra-realistic Portable Grand function is activated by the press of a button. The built-in Yamaha Education Suite incorporates progressive exercises and timing lessons to help develop two-hand proficiency.
PSRE 223
List Price: $159; Sale Price: $134.99
The Yamaha PSRE 223 offers a fun and inexpensive way to learn how to play like a concert pro. The PSRE 223 features an exciting new design and a full sized 61 key keyboard. With Portable Grand Piano sound, new bass ports added to the speaker system, 375 instrument voices and a new sound effects kit you will be having fun while making great sound in not time. You will love learning to play with the help of the interactive Yamaha Education Suite featuring "Listen and Learn."
Yamaha PSRE 223 61-Key Keyboard Features:
* Total of 375 high-quality instrument voices and 100 accompaniment
styles
* Portable Grand button lets you instantly call up Yamaha's world-famous
grand piano sound
* Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S.) feature
* 102 built-in songs for easy learning
* Reverb effect with 9 different reverb types