Yamaha PSR-550 keyboard (Yamaha PSR-550)

Member Name: teep

Product:	Yamaha PSR-550
Date:	03/02/08 (925 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Easy to use and midi capablities.

Disadvantages: Out dated model and is hard to find

The first thing that i would like to say about this keyboard is the amount of features you get in it is remarkable for the price you can pay for it (buying second hand is also a very good option as it further decreases the price and increases the value of the product).

The first noticable feature is the "Music Database" - This allows you to set up the entire keyboard by selecting a song title.
A floppy disk driveis integrated and plays and records songs on disk in standard MIDI file format.

This keyboard has 61 piano-size touch-sensitive keys for expressive/passionate playing and also a 16-track recording plus editing features. The large, back-lit, multi-color LCD display is great as it has full dot display,for an easy-to-read screen.

14 Drum kits are also included in order to create percussion tracks for even the most talanted drummers. Means you dont have to set up your kit!!!

699 Authentic instrument voices (219 panel and 480 XG) are included aswell as 112 accompaniment styles and 3 custom styles.The Yamaha has 8MB Wave ROM (more than twice the previous model) and adds realism to voices aswell as speeding up the the whole keyboard and saving progress.A midi input/output is available which means you can use the keyboard as a synth aswell as a one piece model.

Summary: As an owner of this model it is a worthy buy for a beginner/intermediate player!