Affordable keyboard workstation with Amazingly Realistic Sounds!

The PSR-S550 inherit the high-quality sound features of the PSR-S700/S900 to the max, resulting in improved musical performance through increased polyphony and more voices variations.

Using the 16-track sequencer and Style Creator, the ability to produce a wide array of music has greatly increased.

Features:

• 283 realistic instrument voices, 11 Regional voices, 480 XG voices, 14 Drum/SFX kits and 8 Regional Drum/Percussion kits
• 16-track sequencer
• Style Creator
• 176 built-in accompaniment styles including 14 Regional styles
• Fully XG-compatible

Features

• Keyboard/Polyphony: 61 regular-sized touch sensitive keys and 64-note polyphony.
• Wide Selection of Voices & Styles: Total of 294 realistic instrument voices (283 panel voices, 11 Regional voices, 480 XG voices, 14 Drum/SFX Kits and 8 Regional Drum/Percussion Kits), and 176 accompaniment styles (including 4 Arabic, 2 Indian, 2 Chinese, 2 Mexican, 3 Latin & 1 Brazilian Style) which allows the enjoyment of regionally unique music, making it possible to have even more fun with music.
• Amazingly Realistic Sounds: Yamaha's highly acclaimed Sweet! and Cool! Voices deliver incredibly natural and dynamic sound. Use the Pitch Bend wheel, and hear these Voices - especially the Sax and Trumpet - truly come alive!
• Style Creator: Style Creator supports original style production and style editing. The newly added regional voices can also be used, expanding the joy of performing music.
• 16-track sequencer: 16-track sequencer allows more advanced music production to a wide range of people to enjoy music, from beginners to those involved in music production.
• XG-compatible: It provides more voices and variations, as well as greater expressive control over voices and effects, and to ensure compatibility of data well into the future.
• Music Database plus External Files: You want to play music in your favorite style, but you're not sure how to select the best voice and style for the type of music you want to play ... simply select the appropriate style from the Music Database. The panel settings will automatically be adjusted for the ideal combination of sounds and style! Furthermore, this instrument allows Music Database files transferred from a computer or stored on a USB flash memory device. These files can be used in the same way as the internal Music Database.

Specifications

• Color/Finish: Silver
• Size/Weight:
  • Width 946mm (37-1/4")
  • Height 130mm (5-1/8")
  • Depth 402mm (15-7/8")
  • Weight 7.5kg (16lbs., 9oz.)
• Control Interface
  • Number of Keys 61
  • Keyboard Type Organ Style
  • Touch Response yes
  • Pitch Bend yes
  • Display Type Full Dot LCD
  • Display Size 320 x 240 dots
  • Display Color Monochrome
  • Display Contrast yes
  • Score Display yes
  • Lyrics Display yes
  • Display Language English, Japanese
  • Panel Language English
• Voices
  • Tone Generating Technology AWM Stereo Sampling
  • Number of Polyphony 64
  • Preset - Number of Voices 294 + 480 XG + 22 Drum/SFX Kits
  • Preset - Featured Voices 11Regional Voices, 8 Regional Drum/Percussion kits, 11 Sweet! Voices, 16 Cool! Voices, 13 Live! voices
  • Compatibility - XG yes
  • Compatibility - XF yes
  • Compatibility - GM yes
• Effects
  • Reverb 35 types
  • Chorus 44 types
  • DSP 237 types
  • Master EQ 5 Preset
  • Functions - Dual Voice layer (RIGHT 1,2)
  • Functions - Split Separate split points for Chord and Voice (LEFT)
  • Panel Sustain yes
  • Poly/Mono yes
• Accompaniment Styles
  • Number of Preset Styles 176
  • Featured Styles 4 Arabic Styles, 2 Indian Styles, 2 Chinese Styles, 2 Mexican Styles, 3 Latin Styles and 1 Brazilian Style
  • Fingering Multi / Full Keyboard
  • Style Control INTRO ‚˜ 3, MAIN VARIATION x 4, FILL ‚˜ 4, BREAK, ENDING x 3
  • User Styles yes
  • Style Creator yes
  • Music Database 600 + External Files
  • One Touch Setting (OTS) 4 for each style
• Songs
  • Recording - Number of Songs 5
  • Recording - Number of Channels 16
  • Recording - Song Data Capacity Approx. 10,000 notes (when only "melody" tracks are recorded)
  • Approx. 5,400 chords (when only "chord" tracks are recorded)
  • Recording Function Quick Recording, Multi Recording
  • Compatible Data Format - Playback SMF (Format 0 & 1), Style File
  • Compatible Data Format - Recording SMF (Format 0)
• Functions
  • Registration Memory - Number of Buttons 8 (x 8 Banks)
  • Demonstration yes
  • Metronome yes
  • Tempo Range 5 - 280
  • Transpose yes
  • Tuning yes
  • Octave Button yes
• Storage and Connectivity
  • Flash Memory (Internal) 800KB
  • External Drives Optional USB Flash Memory (via USB TO DEVICE)
  • DC IN DC IN 16V
  • Headphones x1
  • AUX Pedal 1Footswitch (optional)
  • LINE OUT Shared with Phones
  • USB TO DEVICE x 1
  • USB TO HOST yes
• Amplifiers and Speakers
  • Amplifiers 12W + 12W
  • Speakers 12cm x 2 + 3cm x 2
• Power Supply
  • Power Supply Adaptor (PA-301/PA-300B)
  • Power Consumption 25W
• Bundled Software
  • CD-ROM yes
• Accessories
  • Music Rest yes

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