PSR-E473 Portable Keyboard

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Yamaha PSR-E473 Portable Keyboard

The touch-sensitive keyboard and powerful sound engine of the PSR-E473 bring together superb sound and great feel in an all-new portable instrument.

Yamaha revamped the control panel and LCD, phased out the numeric keypad, added Direct Category Access buttons.

The optimized control panel makes it quick and easy to access Voices, Styles and functions so that you can focus your time on being creative.

With dedicated buttons, Quick Sampling, and innovative Motion Effect functionality, you can intuitively express the sounds you‘re hearing in your head.

 

Features

Live Control Knobs

The two Live Control Knobs make it easy to manipulate and interact with the sound you produce as you play. The ability to set the filter cut-off frequency to change the brightness of the sound and control effects in real time helps bringing your performances to life.

Groove Creator & Quick Sampling

With Groove Creator, buttons and knobs are all you need to create contemporary electronic music and sound like a pro.

Capture sound from outside of your instrument using the AUX input, microphone input or even by importing files from a USB storage device, and then play those sounds directly from your keyboard. The possibilities are endless!

Motion Effect

The Motion Effect function lets you instantly add effects while you play that can, morph the sound with a filter, create pitch risers, add tape stop effects & slices, or other new dynamic sound effects. All by simply holding down the button!

Direct Category Access

Yamaha added Direct Category Access buttons to the user interface. Push the buttons for instantaneous access to the Voices and Styles you need for the musical genre of your choice.

 

Specification

Size/Weight

• Width: 992mm (39-1/16”)
• Height 404mm (15-7/8”)
• Depth: 136mm 5-3/8”)
• Weight: 7.0kg (15lb, 7oz) not including batteries

Control Interface

• Keyboard
• Number of Keys: 61
• Touch Response: Soft, Medium, Hard Fixed

• Other Controllers
  • Pitch Bend Wheel: Yes
  • Knobs: 2
• Panel
  • Language: English

Voices

• Tone Generation
  • Tone Generation Technology: AWM Stereo Sampling
• Polphony
• Number of Polyphony (Max.): 64
• Preset
  • Number of Voices: 820 (294 Panel Voices + 28 Drum/SFX kits + 40 Arpeggio + 458 XGlite Voices)

• Compatibility
  • XGlite

Effects

• Types:
• Reverb: 12
• Chorus: 5
• Master EQ: 4
• DSP: DSP1:41 DSP2:12 

Accompaniment Style

• Preset
  • Number of 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
• External Styles: 10
• Other Features
  • One Touch Settings (OTS): Yes
• Compatibility: Style File Format (SFF)

Groove Creator

• Preset
  • Number of Grooves: 35
  • Number of Sections: 5 (4 Sections + 1 Musical Climax/Ending)

Songs (MIDI)

• 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)
• Data Format
  • Playback: SMF Formats 0&1
  • Recording: Original File Format (SMF 0 conversion function)

USB Audio Recorder

• Recording Time (max): 80 minutes (approx. 0.9GB) per song
• Format
  • Playback: WAV(44.1 kHz, 16 bit, stereo)
  • Recording: WAV(44.1 kHz, 16 bit, stereo)

Quick Sampling

• Sampling Type: Oneshot, Loop
• Samples (Preset/User): 4
• Sampling Time: Approx. 9.6sec
• Sampling Sources: AUX IN, MIC INPUT, USB audio interface, WAV format files
• Sampling Format: Original File Format (16 bit, stereo)
• Sampling Rate: 44.1kHz

Functions

• Voices
  • Dual Split: Yes
  • Split: Yes
  • Harmony: 26
  • Arpeggio: 152
  • Articulation: Yes
• Registration Memory
  • Number of Buttons: 9
  • Control: Freeze
• Overall Controls
  • Metronome: Yes
  • Tempo Range: 11 - 280

• Transpose: -12 - 0 - +12
• Tuning: 427.0 – 440.0 – 453.0 Hz (approx. 0.2Hz increments)
• Octave Button: Yes
• Scale Type: 5 types
• Miscellaneous
• PIANO Button: Yes
• Demo: Yes
• Melody Suppressor: Yes
• Crossfade: Yes
• USB Audio Interface: 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, stereo
• Motion effect: 57
• Mega Boost: 2 steps (approx. +3 dB, and +6 dB)

Storage and Connectivity

• Storage
• Internal Memory> Approx. 1.72MB
• External Drives: USB flash drive
• Connectivity
• DC IN: 12V
• Headphones: Standard stereo phone jack
• Microphone: Yes
• Sustain Pedal: Yes
• AUX IN: Yes Stereo Mini Jack
• AUX OUTPUT: Standard stereo phone JACKS [L/L+R] [R]
• USB TO DEVICE: Yes
• USB TO HOST: Yes

Sound System

• Amplifiers: 6W + 6W
• Speakers: 12cm x 2

Power Supply

• AC Adapter: V PA-150 or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha (Output : DC 12V, 1.5 A)
• Batteries: Six 1.5 V “AA” size alkaline (LR6), manganese (R6) or six 1.2 V “AA” size Ni-MH rechargeable batteries (HR6)
• Power Consumption: 9 W (When using PA-150 AC adaptor)
• Auto Power Off: Yes

Accessories:

• Owner’s Manual
• AC adaptor (PA-150 (PSR-E473)/ PA-300C (PSR-EW425) or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha)
• Music Rest
• Online Member Product Registration

Separately Sold Accessories (May not be available depending on you area)

• Keyboard Stand: L-2C (PSR-E473)
• Headphones: HPH-150/HPH-100/ HPH-50
• Subwoofer: KS-SW100
• Footswitch: FC4A/FC5
• Wireless MIDI adaptor: UD-BT01