Yamaha PSR E473 (Keyboard)

• Touch-sensitive Keyboard: The PSR-E473 boasts a highly responsive touch-sensitive keyboard, allowing for expressive and dynamic performance, with nuances in touch translating to variations in volume and tone, providing a rich and engaging playing experience similar to that of an acoustic piano.
• Pro-Quality Sound Engine: The updated sound engine delivers professional quality sound, featuring 820 high-resolution Voices across a myriad of instruments, enabling musicians to produce a broad palette of tones for any genre of music and any performance situation.
• Super Articulation Lite Voices: This feature simulates the unique playing characteristics of different instruments, such as the finger slides on a guitar or the breath accents in wind instruments, providing incredibly lifelike sounds that enhance the realism of performances.
• Styles with Automatic Accompaniment: With 290 built-in Styles, the keyboard offers an array of rhythms and accompaniments that allow players to sound like a full band, catering to a variety of genres and musical preferences, and responding dynamically to chord changes played with the left hand.
• World Content: The instrument includes a rich selection of regional music styles and Voices, giving players the ability to explore and integrate a world of musical genres into their performances and compositions.
• Dual-channel DSP Effects: The PSR-E473 is enhanced with the capacity for two separate channels of high-quality digital signal processing (DSP) effects, which were previously only available in high-end models, extending the range of tonal options and sound-shaping capabilities for creative exploration.
• Revamped Control Panel and LCD: The intuitive redesign of the control interface, complete with Direct Category Access buttons, makes it easy to navigate and select Voices and Styles, allowing for a more focused creative process with Quick Sampling and Motion Effect functionalities enriching the playing experience.
• Live Control Knobs: Two real-time control knobs enable on-the-fly manipulation of filter, effect parameters and more, providing hands-on control for dynamic and expressive live performances.
• Motion Effect: The keyboard includes a function that allows for the application of instant effects, such as adding filters, pitch risers, or tape stops, offering creative possibilities for players to shape their sound spontaneously during live play.
• Pitch Bend Wheel: The pitch bend wheel offers additional expressive capabilities, ideal for emulating the pitch variations of stringed instruments, wind instruments, and synths, adding a realistic and exciting element to performances.
• Direct Category Access Buttons: This feature provides immediate access to the required Voices and Styles, simplifying the process of finding the right sound or accompaniment pattern during practice or performance.
• Groove Creator: For those interested in electronic music, the Groove Creator feature enables the assembly of professional-sounding dance tracks and grooves using personal presets.
• Quick Sampling: A broad range of external sound sources can be recorded through the AUX input, microphone, or USB and played directly from the keyboard, vastly expanding creative possibilities for musicians to craft unique performances and arrangements.
• Connectivity Options: A host of connectivity solutions, such as mic inputs for singing while playing, USB audio recording/interfacing, and integration with the Rec'n'Share app, allow musicians to practice, share, and perform seamlessly.
• Individual L/R Output: Separate left and right audio outputs facilitate professional integration with PA systems or studio gear, optimizing the keyboard for stage and recording scenarios.
• Mega Boost: The Mega Boost feature provides an immediate surge in volume, adding +6dB, ensuring the keyboard can be heard clearly during live performances with other musicians or above crowd noise without the need for additional amplification.
• Mic Input & Vocal Effects: This allows vocalists to plug in a microphone, sing along, and apply studio-quality vocal effects, enabling well-rounded and enriched performances.
• Registration Memory: Players can save and instantly recall their preferred settings for Voices and control panel configurations, streamlining the transition between songs or sound settings during performances.
• Dual/Layers: By layering two Voices together, such as piano and strings, players can create rich, textured sounds for more complex and interesting musical expressions.
• Octave Shift/Transpose: These functions facilitate the easy transposition of keys in semitone steps or octave intervals, offering versatility and accommodating different vocal ranges or instrumental keys.
• Split Keyboard Function: Assigning different Voices to either side of the split keyboard allows for dual-voiced performance, for instance, playing bass on the left and piano on the right, simulating playing two instruments at once.
• Arpeggio Function: By automatically generating arpeggios based on the pressed keys, users can effortlessly add complex musical elements to their compositions and performance, enhancing creativity and musical exploration.

Color/Finish

Body

• Color: Black

Size/Weight

Dimensions

• Width: 992 mm (39-1/16”)
• Height: 136 mm (5-3/8”)
• Depth: 404 mm (15-7/8”)

Weight

• Weight: 7.0 kg (15 lb, 7 oz) (not including batteries)

Control Interface

Keyboard

• Number of Keys: 61
• Touch Response: Yes (Soft, Medium, Hard, Fixed)
• Type: Organ-style

Other Controllers

• Pitch Bend: Yes
• Art. Switches: Yes
• Control Knobs: 2

Display

• Type: LCD
• Backlight: Yes
• Panel Language: English

Voices

Tone Generation

• Tone Generating Technology: AWM Stereo Sampling

Polyphony

• Number of Polyphony (Max.): 64

Preset

• 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, Split, Melody Suppressor, Crossfade

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)

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

• Sampling Rate: 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 (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

• Included Accessories: Music Rest, Song Book (Download from Yamaha web site)

• Music Rest: A sturdy support for your sheet music while you play.
• Power Adapter: PA-150
• Owner's Manual: Learn about the features and care of your instrument in this comprehensive manual.
• 1-Year Warranty for Total Assurance: Your Yamaha piano comes with a rock-solid guarantee against material and craftsmanship defects, valid for one full year after your purchase date.