Do you have any idea on how much a new Yamaha U1 piano costs?
Question: Do you have any idea on how much a new Yamaha U1 piano costs? Answer: A piano store I visited in Nashua New Hampshire three weeks back had six or seven new U1s on the floor in various finishes. The low price was $5300, for one with a satin walnut finsh. This piano had been on the floo ...
tagged: Yamaha U1 Piano
What is the best Yamaha Synth?
Question: I am curious what is the best sounding synth Yamaha has made. Quality samples and loop points, nice, lush sounds, etc. Basically, what is the most usable synth from Yamaha? Answer: CS-80 analog synth, circa 1978-80 or if you go for mother synths: CS6x
tagged: Yamaha Synth
Yamaha Synthesizer ?
Question: I want to buy synthesizer. Reasons: For my mommy, who making music with Cakewalk Pro Audio9 and Gold Express. and for me, I have musical school skills and want to try play in rock group. I have no many money... and today I was in music shop in my city. there was: Yamaha psr 290 for $3 ...
tagged: Yamaha Synthesizer
What is the closest synth to an S90 that has it's own speakers?
Question: Thanks to everyone who's helped me in my search for a weighted-action synth that is not too heavy, and provides an excellent acoustic piano sound. The Yamaha S90 seems to suit my needs very well, except for the fact that it has no built-in speakers. What is the closest synth to an S90 ...
tagged: Yamaha S90 Keyboard
What can I do to sending midi songs to PC from Yamaha PSR-290 keyboard?
Question: We have a Yamaha PSR-290 keyboard, and have just bought a UX16 midi interface which I naively thought would make it easy to transfer midi files to and from the keyboard and PC (notably, recording songs played on the keyboard to memory, and then sending them to the PC for storage. Yama ...
tagged: Yamaha Psr Keyboard
Can someone tell me what the music cartridge feature on Yamaha's PSR series keyboards are all about?
Question: Hi! Can someone tell me what the music cartridge feature on Yamaha's PSR series keyboards are all about? 1. Do they provide additional sounds/music/songs? 2. Are they extra storage memory? 3. Are they an industry standard? 4. Are they cheap? Thanks in advance! Answer: Here in the US t ...
tagged: Yamaha Psr Keyboards
Is a Yamaha PSR 3000 a good choice of snythesizer for me?
Question: Is a Yamaha PSR 3000 a good choice of snythesizer for me? I'm planning to create songs on a synthesizer, transfer the data to my Macintosh G4 computer, play back the songs on my computer, and as I'm replaying the songs, sing into the computer using a microphone. I'm looking for a synt ...
tagged: Yamaha Psr 3000
Yamaha PSR 295 help -- Recording Performance ?
Question: I recently bought a Yamaha PSR 295 to help me re-learn piano... it works great but the USB hook up it has to the PC seems to only work one-way -- ie. I can download new midi files to the keyboard ok, but what can I do if I want to record my own performance (over the USB)? Answer: What ...
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How about Yamaha Psr 275 ?
Question: Cubase SL 3.0 I have a cheap Yamaha keyboard (PSR-275) that can send out init info so that it can be reset at a later time. How do I get Cubase to store the init info that the keyboard sends out? Then how do I get Cubase to send the inits to the keyboard next time I use it? I can't fi ...
tagged: Yamaha Psr 275
Yamaha Portable Keyboard Ypt 200 ?
Question: Maybe this isn't the place to ask but I've been pining for an electronic keyboard that most closely resembles a pianos sound and feel. Unfortunately I only want to spend $100. Do they make software so that you can connect a MIDI keyboard to the computer so that you can use the compute ...
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How about portable keyboard ?
Question: I am looking for a portable full-sized keyboard with hammer weighted action and a synthesizer. I am a piano player and that's why I am stressing on hammer action keyboard. Actually I don't know anything about synthesizer or that kind of thing, so I'll just say what I really wanted for ...
tagged: Yamaha Portable Keyboard
Which portable keyboards (with built-in speakers) have the best sounding MIDI patches?
Question: Which portable keyboards (with built-in speakers) have the best sounding MIDI patches? Thanks. Answer: I have owned a Yamaha PSR keyboard (520) and was not particularly fond of its MIDI patches - the clarinet, flute and saxes were all pretty poor. The pianos and guitars were decent. F ...
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What is the difference among Yamaha Piano MC10BL model, MC301 model and U1 model?
Question: I am looking for a piano for my daughter, and I already found three pre-owned Yamaha pianos which are on different models, one is year 1987 MC301, one is year 1988 MC10BL mode, and the other is year 1987 U1 model. MC301 and MC10BL is at the price in my budget, and U1 is a little bit m ...
tagged: Yamaha Piano
How about Yamaha pianos ?
Question: As oour faculty has been planning on aquiring 30 to 40 new pianos I've been reading the posts with great interest. We will probably end up buying a group of new and a group of used pianos. The Yamaha rep we've been dealing with has been warning us of any of the used pianos that we've ...
tagged: Yamaha Pianos
What is good quality electronic keyboard for learning piano ?
Question: My 18 yr old daughter is taking an interest in learning piano. I would assume that a good quality electronic keyboard would be OK to get started on? We have space limitations and are also conscious of cost (since we don't know how long the interest will be there). Please provide sugge ...
tagged: Yamaha Piano Keyboard
Casio WK 3000 or a Yamaha DGX 202 ?
Question: I have decided to pick up the piano (not literally) 40 years after my last lesson so essentially I am a beginner. The two keyboards I am looking at are the Casio WK 3000 and the Yamaha DGX 202. They are priced locally at $400.00 and $700.00 respectively. The question is which board pr ...
tagged: Yamaha Piano Keyboards
Would there be any other advantage to the Yamaha P140 over the Yamaha P70 in this combination?
Question: Suppose I want to control a Yamaha Motif Rack ES with a digital piano with good keyboard action (via MIDI). The Yamaha P70 and P140 are a couple of candidates for that, yes? The Motif Rack ES has 128-note polyphony. The P70 has 32-note polyphony and the P140 64-note. What limits the p ...
tagged: Yamaha P70 Keyboard
Does anyone has more experience about Yamaha P120 ?
Question: Any Yamaha P120 owners here? I currently have a Clavinova CLP920 but am thinking about moving to something more portable. The P120 looks a neat little package, but how does it compare to the Clav in terms of: * Stability: The Clav cabinet is pretty solid at the expense of portability. ...
tagged: Yamaha P120 Keyboard
Question about Yamaha Motif ES ?
Question: I'm thinking of getting the Yamaha Motif ES rack module for my one-man-band rig, I'm kinda familiar with the Motif sounds because our church has a Motif keyboard that I hear occasionally, but I will audition it myself too. I was wondering overall what owners of this unit think of the ...
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How about Yamaha midi keyboard ?
Question: Can anyone recommend a yamaha midi keyboard that can make midi and mod songs on the PC and also good for simple enjoyment when it's not connected to the PC? My system has a sb16pnp soundcard. With the midi keyboard connected to it, Do I need to buy an additional daughterboard connecte ...
tagged: Yamaha Midi Keyboard