The styling is perhaps a little dated, a little too much like the much cheaper members of the PSR family. Within moments of turning the S950 on you realise it is quite a significant instrument.
#YAMAHA PSR S950 MANUAL PDF FULL#
With the addition of a sequencer, many many effects, a vocal harmoniser, USB audio playback and full one-touch registration memory this keyboard provides infinite flexibility only really limited by your imagination and your understanding of how the keyboard works. On top of all that there are a raft of multi pad sets, some of which are one-shot, others of which are MIDI based - they play along to your chord selection - and you can also play your own. In addition there are over 400 accompaniment styles, each with four variations, a set of fills and three intros and three endings. Four of these voices can be played at the same time, two each side of the split point. There are getting on for 1000 voices built in to the unit, several of them the same as those on the Tyros 4. All functions are designed to be accessible with as few presses as possible and, for the most part, the screen is clear about where you should go next. The main panel is a sea of buttons and a few knobs, the colour display being the centre of the keyboard’s universe. In addition there is a video output, primarily designed for showing the lyrics when running karaoke tracks - something this reviewer has yet to enjoy… The connections are basic: output L & R, foot pedal input, MIDI, USB B and USB A as well as a mic input (more on this later). The S950 is a 61-key keyboard workstation with features and options too numerous for a single review. What I was not expecting was to be pleasantly surprised at how this instrument not only ticked all the boxes I wanted but also provided inspiration for taking the show further. I wanted to perform from the keyboard as well as be supported with a realistic, or at least sympathetic accompaniment. When purchasing this keyboard I was looking for an instrument that could run a live show I was putting together without any other equipment. The quibble is easily missed by many customers since they typically use it with a million things going on loudly at once, and this plink sound would not be noticed. We tried another keyboard in the store which had the same disease to a lesser extent (my opinion). It's a bit subtle and not measurable, but it's extremely bothersome on such a highly-used melody keys as the C tone above middle C and its C# neighbor. I tried to return it, but dealer didn't hear the choked damping as I did. Since the problem moves up or down the physical keyboard, the problem is not with the white and black keys or their contacts.
#YAMAHA PSR S950 MANUAL PDF GENERATOR#
It's a tone generator (or sampling) quality problem because if I transpose a few half steps, the key (white or black keys) will change according to the half steps transposed. For high C and C#, they must have a defective or poorly adjusted tone generator. I believe each tone in the scale has 2 or more tone generators for this Yamaha product. The two tones sound like a dull plink (a choked off sound), that quits early, a bit damped.
I returned it for a new one (no hassle at the dealer) but on my second S950, when playing it as a grand piano voice, I noticed that high C and C# did not resonate like its neighbor keys. *But pay attention to my problem with high C and C# Grand Piano, and various other instruments.īut on my first S950 (before I returned it) middle Ab was dead. I've used it only a couple of days, so many bells and whistles I've not learned, but it seems to have about everything, including high quality sounds* for all the instruments you could think of. It's supplied with a clear manual at a elementary user level, and more depth findable at Yamaha web site. So that makes it more time consuming to learn if you are a arranger/workstation novice. This workstation/arranger has many features which makes for a lot of capabilities like pre-loaded drum loops in many styles, 2 layers upper keyboard, play-in record your own songs, much more. High end synth sounds, internal speakers,
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