Yamaha PSR-S500 Arranger Workstation Keyboard

The Yamaha PSR-S500 keyboard is an entry-level arranger workstation with a powerful sound engine that gives you 283 realistic instrument voices, 361 XGlite voices, and 15 Drum/SFX kits. Yamaha's highly acclaimed Sweet! Cool! and Live! Voices let you play with all expressive nuance to make your performances come alive! 61 synth-action keys; USB connection for access to computers and other devices; large backlit LCD displays lyrics, chords, and notations; plus an intuitive interface with 4 one-touch settings per style. 12W stereo sound system. 32-note polyphony and multiple reverb, chorus, and DSP effects.Built-in Sound System Yamaha drew on their long-standing expertise in acoustics and sound reproduction as well as advanced technology, to give the PSR-S500 a sound system that perfectly complements the authentic voices inside. Exceptionally clear and powerful sound in a small, portable package.Live!, Cool! and Sweet! Voices A huge palette of acoustic and electronically amplified instrument sounds. A blend of long, stereo and multi-layered samples is used to fully capture the natural presence, resonance, expression and vibrato of the real instrument.Dynamic Styles Everything you need to make high-quality music is right here-at your fingertips. The PSR-S500 provides fully automatic, fully realized accompaniment with drum, bass, guitar, piano, organ, strings, and more—with 150 built-in Styles, expertly programmed for playing a wide variety of music genres.Easy to play, Easy to use The PSR-S500 is set up with a simple, logical layout of panel controls and a full dot LDC display. You get complete at-a-glance control over the workings of the entire instrument. The Style, Song and Voice controls as well as the One Touch Setting buttons are conveniently located for optimum operation. In music creation, in performance—the PSR-S500 is remarkably easy to use.USB TO DEVICE Terminal Insert a USB flash memory in the USB TO DEVICE terminal on the instrument. It would let you save or load the registered settings and user songs created on the instrument.Easy Performance with Music Notation Display When you play back a song, the corresponding score will be shown on the display as the song plays. This is a great way to learn how to read music. If the song contains lyric and chord data*, the lyrics and chords will also appear on the score display. * No lyrics or chords will appear on the display if the song you are using with the score display function does not contain the appropriate lyric and chord data.Music Database You want to play music in your favorite style, but you're not sure how to select the best voice and style for the type of music you want to play . . . simply select the appropriate style from the Music Database. The panel settings will automatically be adjusted for the ideal combination of sounds and style!