Yamaha PSR-I300 61-Key Portable Touch Sensitive Keyboard with Adaptor

For those just starting to enjoy Indian music, the entry-level PSR-I300 features Voices, auto-accompaniment Styles and Riyaz Lite essential to this genre, as well as a Super Articulation Lite function that recreates the unique performance techniques of each instrument at the touch of a button.

Enjoy your absolute favorite songs!

Loaded with the authentic instrument Voices and auto accompaniment Styles essential to playing music from India, the PSR-I300 lets you enjoy the music you love with your favourite people.

The Voices you need to play Indian music

The PSR-I300 comes with more than just Yamahas acclaimed piano and electronic sounds, offering an extensive array of Voices for the Indian instruments so essential to playing Indian music, paired with a keyboard that has won popularity for its great dynamics and for being smooth and easy to play. Features such as Dual, Arpeggio, and Harmony, and high-quality DSP effects enhance your sound and help you play like a pro. The PSR-I300 even includes functions such as Super Articulation Lite and Pitch Bend Wheel that reproduce the unique playing techniques and sounds of instruments with impressive authenticity.

The Styles you need to play Indian music

Auto-accompaniment "Styles" are a function that adds rhythm and accompaniment when you play chords with your left hand. In addition to genres such as rock and jazz, the PSR-I300 also responds to the patterns often used in Indian music, offering a comprehensive range of support functions that allow you to enjoy performing with Styles without any knowledge of chords or music, including Smart Chord for one-finger performance with Styles, a Music Database that offers suggestions for frequently used combinations of Voices and Styles, and Chord Dictionary, which lets you look up how to play chords. The PSR-I300 also offers a Riyaz Lite function that plays Tabla/Mridangam and Tanpura, so that you can practice scales and singing as well as provide backing for Indian music.

A suite of lesson functions

The PSR-I300 comes equipped with a variety of lessons for independent study that will put beginning players at ease, and which help you learn everything from classic songs known around the world to the Raga scales unique to Indian music.

Features* For enjoying Indian music

* 644 instruments, including 30 Indian instruments

* 224 types of auto accompaniment Styles, including 30 Indian Styles

* 15 Riyaz (Tabla / Mridangam & Tanpura) patterns

* 164 lesson Songs including 10 Indian traditional Raga scales

* DSP effects and 15 Super Articulation Lite Voices

* Touch-sensitive keyboard

* Built-in powerful amplifiers with bass reflex speakers

* USB TO HOST allowing two-way MIDI and digital audio transfer

* Pitch bend wheel

SpecificationsColour: Metallic Dark Gray

Dimensions (W x H x D): 945 x 118 x 369 mm (37-3/16" x 4-5/8" x 14-1/2")

Weight: 4.6 kg (10 lbs. 2 oz.) (not including batteries)

CONTROL INTERFACE

Number of Keys: 61

Touch Response: Yes (Soft, Medium, Hard, Fixed)

Type: Organ Style

Other Controllers: Pitch Bend, Control Knobs

DisplayType: LCD

Backlight: Yes

Language: English

Panel Language: English

VOICES

Tone Generating Technology: AWM Stereo Sampling

Number of Polyphony (Max.): 48

Preset Number of Voices: 644 (250 Panel Voices + 29 Drum/SFX kits + 20 Arpeggio + 345 XGlite Voices)

Featured Voices: 30 Indian Voices, 15 Super Articulation lite Voices, 6 Sweet! Voices, 6 Cool! Voices, 3 Live! Voices

Compatibility: GM and XGlite

EFFECTS

Types

DSP: 38 types

Reverb: 12 types

Chorus: 5 types

Master EQ: 6 types

Functions

Dual/Layers: Yes

Split: Yes

Panel Sustain: Yes

Melody Suppressor: Yes

Duo: Yes

ACCOMPANIMENT STYLES

Number of Preset Styles: 224 (Incl. Indian 30 Styles)

Fingering: Smart Chord, Multi finger

Style Control: ACMP ON/OFF, SYNC START, START/STOP, INTRO/ENDING/rit., MAIN/AUTO FILL

Other Features

One Touch Setting (OTS): Yes

Music Database: 220 (Incl. Indian 50 music)

Expansion Style: 10

Compatibility: Style File Format (SFF)

SONGS

Number of Preset Songs: 164 (Incl. 10 Raga Scale Songs)

Recording Number of Songs: 5

Number of Tracks: 2

Data Capacity: Approx. 10,000 notes

Compatible Data Format

Playback: SMF (Formats 0 & 1)

Recording: Original File Format

FUNCTIONS

Lesson/Guide: KEYS TO SUCCESS, Lesson 13 (Listening, Timing, Waiting), Phrase Repeat, A-B Repeat, Chord Dictionary, Touch Tutor, Chord Study, Chord Progression

Demo: 3 Demo Songs

USB audio interface: 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, stereo

Registration

Number of Buttons: 9

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)

Riyaz (Tabla/Tanpura Pattern)

Preset: 15

Sections: 3

Miscellaneous

HARMONIUM/PIANO Button

Voices

Harmony/Echo: 26 types

Arpeggio: 162 types

STORAGE AND CONNECTIVITY

Internal Memory: Approx. 1.4 MB

DC IN: 12 V

AUX IN: Stereo mini jack x 1

Headphones: Standard stereo phone jack (PHONES/OUTPUT) x 1

Sustain Pedal: Yes

Foot Switch: Yes (Sustain, Arp Hold, Sus+ArpH, Articulation, Sostenuto)

USB TO HOST: Yes (MIDI/Audio)

OUTPUT: Standard stereo phone jack (PHONES/OUTPUT) x 1

AMPLIFIERS AND SPEAKERS

Amplifiers: 2.5 W + 2.5 W

Speakers: 12 cm x 2

Power Supply: AC Adaptor (PA-130, PA-3C, or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha) or batteries (Six "AA" size alkaline (LR6), manganese (R6) or Ni-MH rechargeable (HR6) batteries)

Power Consumption: 5 W (When using PA-130 AC adaptor)

Auto Power Off Function: Off/5/10/15/30/60/120 (minutes)

Accessories

Included Accessories: Music Rest, Song Book (Can be downloaded from Yamaha web site), Power Adaptor, AC Adaptor (PA-130 or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha)