PSR-I500 Yamaha Portable Keyboard

Description

• Keyboard:
  • Number of Keys: 61 standard-size keys
  • Touch Response: Yes (Soft, Medium, Hard, Fixed) – Allows for dynamic control over volume based on playing strength.
  • Type: Organ-style
  • Other Controllers: Pitch Bend Wheel, Control Knobs (x 2, assignable for real-time sound manipulation)
• Voices:
  • Tone Generation Technology: AWM Stereo Sampling
  • Polyphony (Max.): 48 notes
  • Number of Preset Voices: 801 (257 Panel Voices + 32 Drum/SFX Kits + 50 Arpeggio Voices + 462 XGlite Voices)
  • Featured Voices:
    • 40 Indian Voices (e.g., Harmonium, Sitar, Santoor, Shehnai, Tabla, Pungi, Veena, Mridangam, etc.)
    • 8 Sweet! Voices, 3 Cool! Voices (high-quality samples for various instruments)
  • Compatibility: GM (General MIDI), XGlite
• Effects:
  • DSP (Digital Signal Processor): 10 types (adds effects like delay, distortion, flanger, etc.)
  • Reverb: 12 types
  • Chorus: 5 types
  • Master EQ: 6 types
  • Harmony: 26 types
  • Functions: Dual/Layers, Split, Arpeggio (160 types), Melody Suppressor
• Accompaniment Styles:
  • Number of Preset Styles: 282 auto accompaniment Styles
  • Indian Styles: Includes 50 dedicated Indian Styles (e.g., Dandiya, Bhangra, Bhajan, Teen Taal, Bollywood, Qawwali, Indian Pop, etc.)
  • Fingering: Multi Finger (recognizes various chord fingerings for auto-accompaniment)
  • Style Control: ACMP ON/OFF, SYNC START, SYNC STOP, START/STOP, INTRO/ENDING/rit., MAIN/AUTO FILL, TRACK ON/OFF
  • File Format: Style File Format (SFF)
  • Other Features: One Touch Setting (OTS)
  • External Styles: 10 slots for user-loaded styles
• Songs:
  • Number of Preset Songs: 60 (includes 20 Raga Scale Songs for practice)
  • Recording: 10 Songs, 6 Tracks (5 Melody + 1 Style/Pattern)
  • Data Capacity: Approx. 19,000 notes (when only “melody” tracks are recorded)
  • Playback: SMF (Formats 0 & 1)
  • Recording Format: Original File Format (with SMF 0 conversion function)
• USB Audio Recorder:
  • Recording/Playback Format: WAV (44.1 kHz, 16 bit, stereo)
  • Recording Time (max.): 80 minutes (approx. 0.9 GB) per Song
• Quick Sampling:
  • Sampling Type: Normal, Oneshot, Loop
  • Samples (Preset/User): 5
  • Sampling Time: Approx. 9.6 sec.
  • Sampling Sources: AUX IN
  • Sampling Format: Original File Format (16 bit, stereo)
  • Sampling Rate: 44.1 kHz
• Lesson Functions:
  • Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S.): Y.E.S.6 / Listening, Timing, Waiting (interactive lessons)
  • Chord Dictionary
• Riyaz Function:
  • Riyaz (Tabla/Tanpura Pattern) Preset: 30 patterns (with 5 sections each) – Provides authentic backing rhythms for practicing scales, improvisation, and vocal exercises in Indian classical music.
• Overall Controls:
  • Metronome: Yes
  • Tempo Range: 11 – 280 BPM
  • Transpose: -12 to 0 to +12 semitones
  • Tuning: 427.0 – 440.0 – 453.0 Hz (approx. 0.2 Hz increments)
  • Registration Memory: 4 buttons x 8 banks (with Freeze function) – Store and instantly recall your favorite keyboard settings.
  • HARMONIUM/PIANO Button: Yes (quick access to these key sounds)
• Display: Custom LCD with Backlight (92 mm x 42 mm), English Language
• Storage and Connectivity:
  • Internal Memory: Approx. 1.73 MB
  • External Drives: USB flash drive (USB TO DEVICE)
  • DC IN: 12 V
  • Headphones/Output: Standard stereo phone jack (PHONES/OUTPUT)
  • Sustain Pedal: Yes
  • AUX IN: Stereo mini jack (for connecting external audio sources)
  • USB TO DEVICE: Yes
  • USB TO HOST: Yes (for MIDI and Audio transfer to a computer)
• Amplifiers and Speakers:
  • Amplifiers: 6 W + 6 W (total 12W, higher output than I300/I400)
  • Speakers: 12 cm x 2 (with bass reflex for rich low-end)
• Power Supply:
  • AC Adaptor: PA-150 or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha (usually included in the box for the Indian market)
  • Batteries: Six “AA” size alkaline (LR6), manganese (R6), or Ni-MH rechargeable (HR6) batteries (not included)
  • Power Consumption: 8 W
  • Auto Power Off Function: Yes
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 946 mm × 404 mm × 139 mm (37-1/4” × 15-7/8” × 5-1/2”)
• Weight: 6.6 kg (14 lbs., 9 oz.) (not including batteries)
• Included Accessories: Music Rest, Owner’s Manual, Power Adaptor (usually included), Song Book (digital download).
• Country of Origin: India (Proudly manufactured in Yamaha Music India factory)
• Colors Available: Metallic Dark Gray