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2024-11-08T19:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

personal opinion

Thanks for your good products for Middle East region.I have 30 years of experience working with Yamaha arrangers.And I won 2 Yamaha keyboard playing competitions. I would love to talk to you about improving the performance of the Yamaha keyboards. I have very complete experience and information in this field. (The user interface in Series S is much better than Series SX) thank you

behrang

2020-07-05T20:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Tons of Possibilities!

The PSR S975 is a very nice keyboard! I have been playing keyboards for over 40 years, and bought this because l have found Yamaha to be amongst the best in features and durability. I have yet to have one simply "die" on me. I usually give an older keyboard away to someone wanting to learn music. The great thing about this unit is that you do not have to be a professional musician to get great results! The huge rhythm bank and instrument sounds are only limited to your imagination. In fact, upon simply hearing a lot of the rhythms, many songs that you already know will come to mind. I have owned this unit for a little over two years now, and feel I have yet to scratch the surface on what it is capable of. I needed a keyboard to expand my composing efforts and options, and this provides that very well. l play many genres of music, and a lot of them are nicely indexed by style, decade, or country of origin. If there is anything that could be improved upon, it is the built-in speaker. As a stand-alone, it is not a complement to the rich instrument sounds the unit hosts. But I'm sure Yamaha knows this, so be prepared to spend another $700+ if you plan to really maximize its sound quality, or wish to perform in public.

Bandanaman

2019-09-12T20:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

Best product for you

I use product in competition beacuse of its high quality sounds and my creative.

Alan

2019-06-01T20:00:00

Rated 5 out of 5

I would by this product again

A professional Arranger Workstation with a good price and professional support by Yamaha. For the money you can not find a better keyboard.

Blukman

2019-04-18T20:00:00

Rated 2 out of 5

It needs assignable outputs and more assignable buttons.

Give us at least 2 assignable outputs and a row of assignable buttons on top-left of keys bed. Add bluetooth for wireless headphones. Add ability to read styles directly from a connected laptop.

Still L.

2019-01-12T19:00:00

Rated 3 out of 5

Best PSR I have ever played!

1. Even though it is a fantastic sounding instrument. It doesn't have a good keybed and key action is pretty bad. I have seen nice keybed in low end E-Series keyboard (the same keyboard I have found in Yamaha MOXF6 as well). 2. Yamaha PSR-S Series looks really boxy and it doesn't have good aesthetics and it doesn't look good from the audience's point of view (Please reduce). 3. Please give us a 76 keybed option without speaker with external speaker as an option. 4. Touch screen interface with atleast 4 assignable faders and 4 knobs and midi integration. 5. Please use Metal such as Aluminium in the top of the keyboard at least it will make people think it is a good quality keyboard.

Judson C.

2018-11-22T19:00:00

Rated 4 out of 5

hi

super

inba

Yamaha PSR-S975 Specifications

Control Interface

Control Interface

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  • Keyboard: Number of Keys

    61

  • Keyboard: Type

    Organ, Initial Touch

  • Keyboard: Touch Response

    Hard1, Hard2, Medium, Soft1, Soft2

  • Other Controllers: Pitch Bend

    Yes

  • Other Controllers: Modulation

    Yes

  • Other Controllers: Control Knobs

    2 (assignable)

  • Display: Type

    TFT Color Wide VGA LCD

  • Display: Size

    7"

  • Display: Color

    Color

  • Display: Language

    English, German, French, Spanish, Italian

  • Panel: Language

    English

  • Tone Generating Technology

    AWM Stereo Sampling

  • Polyphony: Number of Polyphony (Max.)

    128

  • Preset: Number of Voices

    1090 Voices + 55 Drum/SFX Kits + 480 XG Voices

  • Preset: Featured Voices

    140 S.Art!, 30 Mega Voices, 32 Sweet! Voices, 74 Cool! Voices, 99 Live! Voices, 30 Organ Flutes!

  • Compatibility: XG

    Yes

  • Compatibility: GS

    Yes (for Song playback)

  • Compatibility: GM

    Yes

  • Compatibility: GM2

    Yes

  • Expandability: Expansion Voice

    Yes (approx. 768MB max.)

  • Expandability: Editing

    Voice Set

  • Part

    Right 1, Right 2, Left

Effects

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  • Types: Reverb

    52 Presets + 3 User

  • Types: Chorus

    106 Presets + 3 User

  • Types: DSP

    322 Presets (with VCM) + 10 User

  • Types: Master Compressor

    5 Presets + 5 User

  • Types: Master EQ

    5 Presets + 2 User

  • Types: Part EQ

    27 parts

  • Types: Others

    Mic/Guitar effects: 1x Noise Gate, 1x Compressor, 1x 3Band EQ

  • Types: Arpeggio

    Yes

  • Vocal Harmony: Number of Presets

    Vocal Harmony: 44, Synth Vocoder: 10

  • Vocal Harmony: Number of User Settings

    60 (The number is the total of Vocal Harmony and Synth Vocoder)

  • Vocal Harmony: Vocal Effect

    23

Accompaniment Styles

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  • Preset: Number of Preset Styles

    523

  • Preset: Featured Styles

    40 +Audio Styles, 431 Pro Styles, 34 Session Styles, 15 DJ Styles, 3 Free Play

  • Preset: Fingering

    Single Finger, Fingered, Fingered On Bass, Multi Finger, AI Fingered, Full Keyboard, AI Full Keyboard

  • Preset: Style Control

    3x INTRO, 4x MAIN VARIATION, 4x FILL, BREAK, 3x ENDING

  • Other: Music Finder

    2,500 Records

  • Other: One Touch Setting (OTS)

    4 for each Style

  • Expandability: Expansion Style

    Yes

  • Expandability: Expansion Audio Style

    Yes (approx. 128MB max.)

  • Compatibility

    Style File Format, Style File Format GE

  • Preset: Number of Preset Songs

    5 Sample Songs

  • Recording: Number of Songs

    Unlimited (depends on the drive capacity)

  • Recording: Number of Tracks

    16

  • Recording: Data Capacity

    Approx. 300 KB/Song

  • Recording: Recording Function

    Quick Recording, Multi Recording, Step Recording

  • Compatible Data Format: Playback

    SMF (Format 0 & 1), XF

  • Compatible Data Format: Recording

    SMF (Format 0)

Multi Pads

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  • Preset: Number of Multi Pad Banks

    188 banks x 4 Pads

  • Audio: Audio Link

    Yes

Functions

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  • Registration: Number of Buttons

    8

  • Registration: Control

    Registration Sequence, Freeze

  • Lesson/Guide: Lesson/Guide

    Follow Lights, Any Key, Karao-Key, Your Tempo

  • Lesson/Guide: Performance Assistant Tech

    Yes

  • Demo/Help: Demonstration

    Yes

  • Overall Controls: Metronome

    Yes

  • Overall Controls: Tempo Range

    5 - 500, Tap Tempo

  • Overall Controls: Transpose

    -12 - 0 - +12

  • Overall Controls: Tuning

    414.8 - 440 - 466.8 Hz

  • Overall Controls: Octave Button

    Yes

  • Overall Controls: Scale Type

    9 types

  • Other: Direct Access

    Yes

  • Other: Text Display Function

    Yes

  • Other: Wallpaper Customization

    Yes

  • Voices: Harmony/Echo

    Yes (with Arpeggio)

  • Voices: Panel Sustain

    Yes

  • Voices: Mono/Poly

    Yes

  • Voices: Voice Information

    Yes

  • Styles: Style Creator

    Yes

  • Styles: Style Recommender

    Yes

  • Styles: OTS Information

    Yes

  • Songs: Song Creator

    Yes

  • Songs: Score Display Function

    Yes

  • Songs: Lyrics Display Function

    Yes

  • Multi Pads: Multi Pad Creator

    Yes

  • Audio Recorder/Player: Recording Time

    80 minutes/Song (max.)

  • Audio Recorder/Player: Recording

    .wav (WAV format: 44.1 kHz sample rate, 16 bit resolution, stereo)

  • Audio Recorder/Player: Playback

    .wav (WAV format: 44.1 kHz sample rate, 16 bit resolution, stereo), .mp3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3: 44.1/48.0 kHz sample rate, 64-320 kbps and variable bit rate, mono/stereo)

  • Audio Recorder/Player: Lyrics Display

    Yes (.mp3 only)

  • Audio Recorder/Player: Time Stretch

    Yes

  • Audio Recorder/Player: Pitch Shift

    Yes

  • Audio Recorder/Player: Vocal Cancel

    Yes

Storage and Connectivity

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  • Storage: Internal Memory

    Approx. 13MB

  • Storage: External Drives

    USB Flash Memory (via USB to DEVICE)

  • Connectivity: Headphones

    Yes

  • Connectivity: FOOT PEDAL

    1 (SUSTAIN), 2 (ARTICULATION), Function Assignable

  • Connectivity: Microphone

    1x Microphone/Guitar

  • Connectivity: MIDI

    IN, OUT

  • Connectivity: AUX IN

    Stereo mini jack

  • Connectivity: LINE OUT

    L/L+R, R

  • Connectivity: RGB OUT

    Yes

  • Connectivity: USB TO DEVICE

    Yes

  • Connectivity: USB TO HOST

    Yes

Amplifiers and Speakers

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  • Amplifiers

    2x 15 W

  • Speakers

    2x 13cm (5.12") + 2x 2.5cm (0.98") (dome)

Power Supply

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  • Power Supply

    PA-300C or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha

  • Power Consumption

    20 W

  • Auto Power Off Function

    Yes

General

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  • Dimensions (WxHxD)

    1002 x 148 x 437mm (39.45 x 5.83 x 17.20")

  • Weight

    11.6kg (25.57 lbs)

  • UPC Code

    889025114721

About Yamaha PSR-S975

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personal opinion

By behrang

Thanks for your good products for Middle East region.I have 30 years of experience working with Yamaha arrangers.And I won 2 Yamaha keyboard playing competitions. I would love to talk to you about improving the performance of the Yamaha keyboards. I have very complete experience and information in this field. (The user interface in Series S is much better than Series SX) thank you

Tons of Possibilities!

By Bandanaman

The PSR S975 is a very nice keyboard! I have been playing keyboards for over 40 years, and bought this because l have found Yamaha to be amongst the best in features and durability. I have yet to have one simply "die" on me. I usually give an older keyboard away to someone wanting to learn music. The great thing about this unit is that you do not have to be a professional musician to get great results! The huge rhythm bank and instrument sounds are only limited to your imagination. In fact, ...

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The PSR-S975 is the ultimate PSR, with more content and a large memory capacity for expansion packs. PSR-S975 combines all the functionality of other models in the range together with powerful performance features including versatile effects, external display capability and a programmable vocal harmony function.

Powerful features for live performance
The PSR-S975 features two assignable live controllers, a modulation wheel and two assignable foot pedal inputs, ensuring that you have total control over Voices, Styles, effects and other functions during live performance. Newly implemented Half bar fill-in and Mono legato function expand the variation of your performance. Live control settings can be immediately called up from registration memory.

Let your music take you to new places
Voice & Style Expansion Packs enable you to customize the PSR-S975 with a wide range of additional content from all over the world. When loaded into the keyboard, you can instantly access authentic new sounds, rhythms and backing in the musical style of your choice. Use Yamaha Expansion Manager to create individual expansion data sets containing content from various packs and utilize the 768 MB memory on board. You can even create your own voices based on your sample library.

Get real with the sound
Enjoy realistic Super Articulation Voices, Organ flutes and many other sounds from Tyros series. The PSR-S975's superb sonic quality, meticulously sampled voices and a comprehensive suite of effects will take your performances to a new level of authenticity that is sure to satisfy even the most demanding audience.

Attractive sound library covering a wide range of genres
In addition to a wide variety of PSR-S975's contents, popular packs like Euro dance or Salsa pack are pre-installed in PLUS category.

Play with the atmosphere of real sound
Bring your performances to life with Audio Styles, featuring high quality percussion ensembles and drums, all recorded by world-class musicians in studios around the globe. Audio Styles add natural feel and warmth to any rhythm track for greater expressive potential than ever before.

Real effects
The PSR-S975 features the Real Distortion and Real Reverb effects from the renowned Tyros 5, delivering authentic, natural sound unparalleled in its class. Effortlessly add and edit effects parameters via an attractive, intuitive interface that gives you the feeling of controlling conventional effects and amplifiers in real time. Yamaha's Virtual Circuitry Modeling (VCM) technology simulates the effects of phaser, Wah, compressors and phasers at circuit level.

Powerful Synth Vocoder and Vocal Harmony
The PSR-S975 is equipped with a Synth Vocoder function, which allows you to use your voice and synthesize with the PSR-S975's sound. The powerful Vocal Harmony 2 system controls the pitch, level and number of harmonies added, ensuring that your vocals are always the star of the show.

Yamaha PSR-S975 Features

  • 1625 Voices, including Super Articulation Voices, Organ Flutes! Voices. 55 Drum/SFX kits and 480 XG voices
  • 523 Styles, including 40 Audio Styles, 34 Session Styles, 15 DJ Styles and 3 Free Play
  • Half bar fill-in and Mono legato function
  • 768 MB on-board memory for expansion data
  • Mic/Guitar input for use when singing or collaborating with other performers
  • Vocal Harmony 2 and Synth Vocoder functions
  • Real Distortion and Real Reverb, with an intuitive effects interface
  • USB audio playback with time stretch, pitch shift, vocal cancel and MP3 lyrics display functions
  • External display capability

What's in the box:

  • Yamaha PSR-S975 61-Key High-Level Arranger Workstation Keyboard
  • Music Rest
  • Power Supply
  • Yamaha 1 Year Limited Warranty