LEARN TO PLAY AND SING ALONG
WITH YAMAHA PSR K1 PORTABLE KEYBOARD
—61-Key Model Combines Professional Features
and Teaching Elements
With Karaoke Fun—
ANAHEIM, CA—Yamaha Corporation of America, Portable Keyboards,
will unveil a new concept in fun and performance with the Winter
NAMM 2003 debut of the PSR K1 Portable Keyboard, available in
July 2003.
“It’s not very often that a manufacturer brings
out a new product that appeals to a whole new set of customers,”
states Jim Presley, marketing manager, Yamaha Portable Keyboards.
“The Yamaha PSR K1 is an affordable keyboard that can
be used and enjoyed by everyone that wants to play, as well
as everyone who wants to sing. It’s educational with its
ability to display and play sheet music, and expandable with
its ability to accept new music from a SmartMedia card or the
Internet.”
As always, realistic sound and feel are a top priority to
Yamaha. The PSR K1 features 61 piano-sized, touch sensitive
keys that emulate the tactile characteristics of an acoustic
grand, 32 notes of polyphony, and a selection of some of the
best voices available today—including 480 realistic instrument
voices, 100 accompaniment styles and 12 drum kits—with
a generous 4MB Wave ROM to add even more realism.
Perhaps the most unique aspect of the Yamaha PSR K1 is its
function as a comprehensive Karaoke system. Features include
an integrated microphone input, plus vocal reverb and echo.
In addition, song lyrics and music notation will scroll across
the large bit-mapped LCD screen in time to the music.
The PSR K1 also functions as a self-teaching keyboard with
the built-in Yamaha Education Suite (YES II), containing exercises,
a chord directory, over 100 songs to learn and other interactive
features. YES II will count down the beat and even offer feedback,
just as a teacher would.
Using the USB connection and a home computer, users can have
an instant music production studio. Bundled Scorch/XF software
allows digital interactive sheet music scores to be downloaded
from a PC to the keyboard and saved to SmartMedia storage. In
addition, up to five original songs (with six tracks each) may
be recorded by using the integrated sequencer.
A new innovation, Magic Performer™, allows anyone to
play chords to either the built-in songs or any song with chord
information. With the onboard Music Database, simply select
from over 200 song titles, and the entire keyboard will set
itself up for that song. The Multi-Fingering Auto Accompaniment
function will automatically recognize either a single finger
or full chords.
The Yamaha PSR K1 can be played through headphones or through
the 20W/side speaker system with bass ports, adding the ambience
of a concert hall to any performance.
“The Yamaha PSR K1 has a long list of ‘firsts’
for a portable keyboard in this price point,” states Mark
Anderson, product manager, Yamaha Portable Keyboards. “These
include SmartMedia data storage, vocal audio capability and
a bitmap graphics display that will also show lyrics. If there
was ever a breakthrough product, this is the one.”
For more information on the PSR K1, visit Yamaha at Winter
NAMM 2003 in the Marquis Ballroom at the Anaheim Marriott Hotel;
write Yamaha Corporation of America, Pro Audio & Combo Division,
Portable Keyboards, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622; telephone
(714) 522-9011; e-mail infostation@yamaha.com;
or visit www.yamaha.com.
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