Yamaha PSR-EW400 Overview
 
The PSR-EW400 from Yamaha is the company's top-of-the-line PRS-series portable keyboard for both piano-focused players and live performers. The Live! Grand Piano voice makes this a powerful instrument for practice, performance, and creating music, while individual left/right outputs provide professional connectivity to PA systems or recording hardware. The Keyboard's sound system features two 12W amplifiers that drive dual speakers, and the depth of features, controls, and connectivity, make the instrument a long-lasting musical companion for learning, honing one's skills, and live performing.
-758 voices, ranging from acoustic to electric instruments, use Yamaha's advanced sampling technologies to capture the realism and specific characteristics of each sound
-Live! Grand Piano voice for inspired and expressive piano performances
-76 keys and 48-note polyphony allows for the performance of complex passages without dropped notes
-Individual Left/Right outputs make connecting to a PA system or studio hardware convenient and quick
-Two assignable, real-time control knobs allow for filtering and adjusting sound, just like on an analog synthesizer
-Ten DSP effects can be assigned and controlled by the knobs for dynamic and expressive live performance
-Pitch Bend wheel adjusts the pitch of the sound for life-like guitar, sax, and trumpet performances
-Audio transfer through the USB TO HOST terminal for recording performances to a computer or smart device
-Connecting to an iOS device adds a new dimension of MIDI control using apps (apps purchased separately)
-Connect an external audio player to the AUX IN jack and play along with favorite tunes
-Built-in Melody Suppressor lowers the volume of vocals and melody lines of the original recordings, leaving those parts open for the user to play
-USB TO DEVICE terminal provides for loading and saving settings and songs to a USB flash drive, as well as transferring data from a PC
-Pattern function with loops and beats for instantly creating music on the fly like a DJ, with crossfade and retrigger functions for an even more authentic performance
-Arpeggio function with a hold mode and allocated key range frees hands for improvising over the pattern
-150 Arpeggio patterns adjust and morph around the notes and chords played on the keyboard allowing for almost limitless creativity
-Wide set of ethnic sounds and scale tuning for enjoying many styles of music around the world, including Latin, Indian, Arabic, African, Chinese, and more
-Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S.) is an advanced set of helpful learning tools built into the instrument, for learning how to play and perform, regardless of ability
-Choose from nine step-by-step lessons for left, right, or both hands
-Choose a song and the Music Database automatically selects the best accompaniment and voices for immediate playability
-12W + 12W amplifiers drive 4.72" bass-reflexed speakers, offering clarity and detail