PSR2100

The PSR-2100 is the instrument of choice for many professional and semi-professional musicians, home hobbyists, singers and songwriters because this keyboard is all about sound. If you are familiar with other hi-end Arranger Workstations from Yamaha, you'll be amazed to find out that the PSR-2100 has 50% more wave ROM than the PSR9000 and 100% more than the PSR-2000 that it replaces and more wave ROM translates to better sound. It is also the first in the line to feature organ flutes with virtual drawbars and a vocal harmony unit that allows you to back up your singing performance with stunning 3-part harmony (including your original voice). And finally, you'll find a huge array of innovative features and functions tailored to the special needs of live and studio musicians including Quick Record, a large LCD with Score and Lyric capability, USB connectivity, 4 sections to each style, User memory for storing data, 32 channels of MIDI via USB and fixed level line-outs that make it easy to capture the creative moment.

The PSR-2100 features a huge 32MB of wave ROM that is on par or higher than many professional synthesizers. And Yamaha puts this wave ROM to good use with an ample selection of over 800 voices, including 14 Sweet, 6 Cool! and 12 Live! Voices. Sweet Voices are special voices from Yamaha that reproduce all the natural expression and vibrato of their respective acoustic instruments. A couple of examples would be Sweet Flute, Harmonica, Flugel Horn and Muted Trumpet. Cool! Voices feature samples of electronically amplified instruments like Jazz Guitar and Electric Piano. Ultra expressive Live! Voices use stereo samples to ensure the most accurate reproduction of each instrument's natural presence, resonance and vibrato. Check out the Live Grand Piano, Strings, Hyper Brass, Gospel and Nylon Guitar. Whether you're looking for a keyboard to make demo songs, playing live gigs or simply looking for a lot of sound value for your dollar, you'll like what you hear from the 2100.

If you are a fan of that vintage organ sound, then look no further than the PSR-2100 Organ Flutes. One press of the Sound Creator button calls up a visual representation of eight drawbars and assigns the increment/decrement buttons under the screen for controlling them. You can make adjustments in real time that include flute footage volume, rotary speaker speed and type, organ type, vibrato, percussive attack and length, response and EQ. Once you get it the way you like, then simply save the new voice and call it up any time you like. And because the PSR-2100 has 2 Foot Pedal jacks, you can assign one to control rotary speed for smooth, hands free operation.

There are many advantages to having a larger screen. For one thing, it conveys a lot more information at one time. For example, the screen on the PSR-2100 is able to show you mixer settings at a glance, the chords you are playing, what sounds are on the right and left side of the keyboard, what Style or MIDI file is currently playing, score and lyrics. In fact, if you record a song into the PSR-2100 using the arranger features, it will not only display the notes you played, but the chords as well. The bottom line about having a bigger screen is that it's your window into how the music is being created – you might as well make it a big one.

In the past, when you wanted to learn a new song, you would probably head off to your local music store where hopefully they had the piano sheet music for the song you eagerly were looking to play and sing. This music generally contained the left and right hand piano parts, chords and lyrics. Recently, Yamaha, Hal Leonard and Sebelius got together to create digital interactive sheet music. Here's how it works. Using your computer, go to yamahamusicsoft.com, find your favorite Scorch® song(s), purchase them and download them into your computer. At this point, if you like, you can change the key and print the music using your printer. But it doesn't stop there!