Yamaha PSR EW425 (76-Key Portable Keyboard)

• 76-key touch-sensitive keyboard: This expansive keyboard with touch sensitivity allows for expressive playing, suiting both beginners and experienced players.
• Pro-quality sound: The PSR-EW425 is packed with 820 realistic instrument sounds, delivering professional sound quality for an immersive musical experience.
• Super Articulation Lite: Realistically simulates the unique characteristics and playing styles of different instruments, adding depth and realism to your performance.
• Styles: With 290 automatic accompaniment Styles across various music genres, players can enjoy full band backing tracks that respond dynamically to chord changes.
• World content: Access Voices and Styles from different regions and genres worldwide for an authentic global music-making experience.
• DSP effects: Features two channels for insertion effects powered by the latest tone generator, delivering high-quality audio effects like on high-end models.
• Premium organ sound: Enjoy sounds sampled from Yamaha's high-end YC Series stage keyboards for realistic and expressive organ performances.
• User-friendly control panel: The revamped interface, including Direct Category Access buttons, simplifies navigation, making it easy to select Voices, Styles, and functions quickly.
• Live Control Knobs: Manipulate sounds in real-time during performance with two knobs that can control filters, effects, and sound characteristics.
• Motion Effect: Add dynamic effects instantly with a button press, enhancing live performances with tape stops, risers, and other sound alterations.
• Pitch bend wheel: Provides expressive control over pitch, allowing for realistic modulation of instrument Voices like guitars, saxophones, trumpets, and synthesizers.
• Groove Creator: Facilitates the easy creation of contemporary electronic music by using just buttons and knobs, making it accessible even for beginners.
• Quick Sampling: Capture and play external sounds using microphone input, auxiliary input, or USB import, expanding the keyboard’s sonic possibilities.
• Individual L/R output: Offers left and right audio outputs for simple PA system and studio connections, distinct from the headphone jack.
• Mega Boost: A dedicated button that adds significant volume to the keyboard's sound output when needed, helpful in live settings without amplification.
• Mic Input & Vocal Effect: Allows singing while playing with quality vocal effects built into the keyboard, ideal for solo performances or practice.
• USB Audio Recording/Interface: Record audio files directly on a USB flash drive and connect to computers and smart devices for high-quality audio and MIDI data exchanges.
• Rec'n'Share: This app integration enables the sharing of audio and video recordings of performances, making it easier to showcase talent on social media.
• Arpeggio function: Automatically generates musical phrases or patterns based on held chords, adding complexity and flair to productions and performances.
• Registration memory: Allows users to save and recall favorite settings with the touch of a button, streamlining the setup process for different songs and styles.
• Dual/Layers: Layer two instrument Voices together to craft unique sounds and textures, expanding the creative possibilities for composition.
• Octave shift/Transpose: Easily transpose the pitch of the keyboard in semitone steps or octaves, essential for matching the key of any song or composition.
• Split: Assign different sounds to the left and right sections of the keyboard for simultaneous playing of two instrument Voices, useful for complex performances and teaching scenarios.

Color/Finish

Body

• Color: Black

Size/Weight

Dimensions

• Width: 1,200 mm (47-1/4”)
• Height: 136 mm (5-3/8”)
• Depth: 404 mm (15-7/8”)

Weight

• Weight: 8.3 kg (18 lb, 5 oz) (not including batteries)

Control Interface

Keyboard

• Number of Keys: 76
• 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: 10 Premium Organ Voices, 4 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: 16 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: 12 W + 12 W
• Speakers: 12 cm x 2

Power Supply

• Power Supply: AC Adaptors (PA-300C or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha) or batteries (Six “D” size alkaline (LR20), manganese (R20) or Ni-MH rechargeable (HR20) batteries)
• Power Consumption: 11 W (When using PA-300C AC adaptor)
• Auto Power Off Function: Off/5/10/15/30/60/120 (minutes)

Accessories

• Included Accessories:
• Music Rest: Yes
• Song Book: Download from Yamaha web site

• Music Rest
• Power Adapter: PA-300C
• Owners 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.