For Those Who Want More, Look No Further than the Yamaha YPG-235
If
you're looking for a reasonably priced piano replacement, look no
further than the YPG-235. It is the music student or professional
musicians' answer to “I need more keys!” and many music teachers
encourage new students to get a keyboard that will grow with their
needs. It features 76 non-weighted keys that not only look like piano
keys but have a Graded Soft Touch (GST) action with different levels of
resistance, making it easier for a budding musician to move to an
acoustic or digital piano.
Sound Quality: More Power. More Clarity. More Precision.
The
YPG-235 has 30 built-in songs plus 70 more on included CD-ROM for you
to learn to play using the Yamaha Education Suite. The songs are
separated into left and right hand parts, providing 7 levels of lessons
plus a convenient chord dictionary.
- 2-Way
Speaker System: Separate woofers and tweeters deliver sounds with
clarity and precision for more lifelike instrument voices
- Bass Boost System: A special port on each speaker adds a powerful impact to bass sound reproduction.
- Stereo
(Not just 2 Speakers): We all know that stereo sound adds realistic
character and spatial depth. But how can you tell if the portable
keyboard you're looking to purchase is stereo or not? With Yamaha, the
answer is simple. All Yamaha Portable Keyboards are true stereo.
- Advanced Wave Memory (AWM): Yamaha Advanced Wave Memory technology delivers amazingly realistic sound.
- Digital Signal Processing (DSP): Enhances sound quality with sophisticated digital effects like Harmony, Reverb & Chorus.
Product Features
- 76 piano-style keys with Graded Soft Touch (GST) action
- Backlit LCD, panel lights, pitch bend wheel
- 6-track sequencer allows you to record your own music
- Portable Grand Button: industry's best piano
- USB & Flash ROM to download new Songs and Styles for playing
Full Keyboard Mode
The
YPG-235 delivers on its piano theme with a special mode of fingering
called Full Keyboard Mode. This allows the player to play the keyboard
like a piano; for example a chord with the right hand and bass notes
with the left. When using the accompaniment feature, the virtual band
will follow these chords. Traditional portable keyboards normally
require you to chord on the left side of the keyboard, in the bass
section, which is foreign to most piano players. The YPG-235 is also
capable of this mode, for those who prefer it.
Yamaha Education Suite: Learn to Play. Play to Learn.
The
YPG-235 has 30 built-in songs plus 70 more on included CD-ROM for you
to learn to play using the Yamaha Education Suite. The songs are
separated into left and right hand parts, providing 7 levels of lessons
plus a convenient chord dictionary.
- Three keyboard lessons for each hand:
- Waiting Mode – stops the playback of a song until you find the correct note and then continues
- Your
Tempo Mode – Learn to play the correct notes with the correct timing.
Song playback tempo will vary to match the speed you are playing at. The
song will slow down when you play wrong notes, so you can learn at your
own pace.
- Minus One Mode –
Here's where you can perfect your technique. The song will play at the
normal tempo, minus the part you have chosen to play. Play along while
listening to the song.
- Lesson Grading – monitors your progress as you practice each lesson and gives you a grade.
- Repeat
and Learn – the song location will move back four measures from the
point at which you pressed the button, and playback will begin after a
one-measure count-in. This section will repeat allowing you to practice
until perfect!
- Chord Dictionary
– shows you how to play chords and tells you which chords you are
playing by displaying the notes and chord names on the LCD screen.
6-Track Sequencer: Record Your Own Music
Imagine
capturing your child's first performance or writing and recording your
own songs. With the YPG-235, you have the equivalent of a built-in
multi-track recorder to record one or multiple instrument parts at a
time and assign each part to a different track. Six tracks are provided
to accommodate sophisticated melodies, chord accompaniment and rhythm
parts.
Computer Connectivity: USB and Flash ROM
The
YPG-235 comes with 30 built-in songs plus 70 more on an included CD-ROM
and an interactive lesson system, divided into left and right hand
parts, for learning them. In addition, you have the ability to connect
to a computer via USB, download more songs from the Internet into the
internal Flash ROM (PC only), and use all of the Yamaha Education Suite
features to help you learn to play them. Yamaha makes it easy to get
connected with the new PC button. Now, instead of wading through
function menus and fighting through a maze of selections, one button is
your expressway to music on the web and your computer. In addition, once
connected, you can play your songs into the computer (PC and Mac), edit
them if necessary, and e-mail them to your friends and family. And with
General MIDI (GM) and XGlite compatibility, song data always plays back
with the correct sounds.
Ease of Operation
There are many tools in the keyboard that make it easy to be a power user from the first day you own the keyboard.
- Expandable
Music Database: Complete keyboard setups by song title. The keyboard
selects an appropriate voice for the right hand melody, the correct
musical style and the correct tempo. Simply call up a song title and
start playing.
- One Touch
Setting (OTS): Provides you with a recommended voice with effects for
each Style. For example, on a jazz style OTS might be piano, for a Latin
style it might be acoustic guitar and for a rock style it might be a
guitar with overdrive etc.
- Registration
Memory: Set the keyboard up just the way you like and take a digital
snapshot by memorizing it to one of the Registration buttons. Load and
save up to 16 Registrations to User memory. The Registration buttons are
conveniently located just above the keyboard.
- Performance
Assistant Technology: Performance assistant technology is a feature
from Yamaha that guarantees that you can't play a wrong melody note or
chord. Here's how it works. Select a song, press the Performance
Assistant button Chord Mode and play the keyboard – any notes you like.
Every note you play will fit the music! If you move up the keyboard, the
pitch goes up. If you move down, the pitch goes down. Play a perfect
arpeggio, or play chords in time with the music, or really "go for it"
and play a solo. As long as performance assistant is "on ", you're "
on".
Imagine being able to give a concert to your friends or relatives the
very first day that you bring this remarkable keyboard home. Well, with
the YPG-235 and performance assistant technology, you can! This keyboard
is the first in the line to offer Chord/Free Mode in addition to Chord
Mode described above. Chord/Free Mode allows those that have learned a
melody with their right hand to have the keyboard correct the notes of
their left hand. This allows you to concentrate on one hand at a time
while learning. Play the correct notes with the right and any notes with
the left and you're making beautiful music. In addition to working with
any of the internal songs with chords, this feature also works with XF
MIDI files.
Master EQ: Tailor Your Sound
Five
different master equalizer (EQ) settings are provided to give you the
best possible sound when listening through different reproduction
systems—the instrument's internal speakers, headphones, or an external
speaker system. You're in control.
Easy Song Arranger: You're the Conductor
You
can change the "feel", or arrangement, of songs by simply pressing the
Easy Song Arranger button, allowing you to re-mix any MIDI file. For
example, you can try your favorite song with a Rock feel, Hip Hop, then
Jazz. It's fast, powerful and one-button simple.
Realistic Sounding Voices
The
YPG-235 comes equipped with 116 panel voices, 12 drum/SFX kits plus 361
XGlite voices. Included in this selection is stereo-sampled Piano, a
selection of special voices including Sweet! Trumpet, Flute, Pan Flute,
Soprano & Tenor Saxes and Cool! Voices including Galaxy Electric
Piano, Organ and Rotor Organ.
- Sweet! Voices reproduce all the natural expression and vibrato of their respective acoustic instruments
- Cool! Voices feature long samples of electronically amplified instruments
- Dual Mode- allows you to combine two voices across the keyboard at the same time — for example piano and strings.
- Split
Mode allows you to select a different voice for each hand — for example
piano for your right and bass for your left. The combinations are
limited only by your imagination.
32 Note Polyphony and 16 Part Multi Timbrel
In
electronic keyboards, the more sounds made at the same time — polyphony
— the more memory is needed. Obviously, more is always better, because
too little polyphony can cause dropouts in dense passages of music. The
YPG-235 has 32 notes of polyphony and will play back 16 different parts
or sounds at once (16-part multi timbrel); enough for the most demanding
needs.
Digital Effects
Yamaha
has long been a world leader in digital signal processing technology.
In fact, Yamaha professional audio products are found in most
professional recording studios around the world.
The YPG-235 takes full
advantage of this know-how, giving you an extensive range of nine,
top-quality reverb effects that simulate playing in everything from a
small room to a large spacious concert hall and four chorus effects that
add richness to electric pianos and guitars in particular. You'll also
find 26 types of Harmony effects for your melody part.
Built in Metronome
Just what the teacher ordered! A fully adjustable metronome is just a button push away.
Auto Accompaniment Styles
In
addition to the 100 songs mentioned above, the YPG-235 also has auto
accompaniment styles that “follow” your playing. Simply select a style
of music from the 160 built-in styles (example Rock) and start playing.
The YPG-235 will create a backup band (bass, drums, strings, guitar
etc.) and “follow” you through the song. You can play your songs and try
different genres of music. And if you can't find the right style for
your song, you can go to www.yamahamusicsoft.com , preview from the
selection, purchase and transfer it to your keyboard (PC only).
Portable Grand: Industry's best piano
You're
never more than a button push away from the most realistic piano sound
in portable keyboards today. One press of the Portable Grand button
resets the entire keyboard to a stereo-sampled piano — perfect for when
it's time to practice. Yamaha is known around the world for the quality
of our acoustic pianos and this attention to detail is evident as you
enjoy the warmth and clarity of the YPG-235 Portable Grand piano. And of
course, the keyboard includes a Sustain Pedal jack on the back for
practicing and playing piano pieces.
Product Specifications
| Body Color: | Champagne Gold |
| Dimensions (W x H x D): | 46-3/8" x 5-3/8" x 16-1/4" |
| Weight: | 18 lbs. 5 oz. |
| Number of Keys: | 76 |
| Keyboard Type: | Graded Soft Touch |
| Touch Response: | Yes |
| Display Type: | Custom Back-lit LCD |
| Internal Memory: | 373KB |
| Speakers: | 12cm x 2 + 3cm x 2 |
| Amplifiers: | 2 x 6W |
| Power cord: | Included. |
| Keyboard Stand: | Included. |
| Headphones: | Included. |
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