Yamaha PSR280AD 61-Note Touch-Sensitive Portable Electronic Keyboard with AC Adapter

by Yamaha

Product Features

• 61-note, touch-sensitive keyboard
• Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) input and output
• 6-track, 5-song recorder for playback and recording your creations
• 256 total instrument voices and styles
• DJ Mode with programmed game to improve rhythm

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 17 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00004YAHD
• Item model number: PSR280AD
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,594 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Work out your musical fingers on 61 piano-size touch sensitive keys with the Yamaha PSR280AD portable electronic keyboard. It features bass ports for upgraded sound quality and two-way stereo speakers. You can test your creativity with 238 instrument voices and 100 accompaniment styles, along with a DJ button for instant access to special dance voices.

Beginner and intermediate keyboard players will enjoy the Yamaha Education Suite, featuring lessons and grading. This keyboard includes 100 built-in songs to learn to play and a song book. For private practice, a headphone jack is provided. The PSR280AD also features a five-song, six-track sequencer for recording original songs. You can embellish using multifingering auto-accompaniment, DSP, chorus, and reverb effects. With 10 drum kits and 32-note polyphony, the PSR280AD provides the flexibility and basics you need in a keyboard.

It includes a music rest and a Yamaha PA3B power adapter. Alternately, it uses six D-cell batteries. Weighing only 19.5 pounds, this keyboard will travel easily.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

68 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars More features than you can make sense of, December 9, 2000

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Eric Antonow (Palo Alto, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yamaha PSR280AD 61-Note Touch-Sensitive Portable Electronic Keyboard with AC Adapter (Electronics)

A very good basic keyboard with lots of strange features beyond the traditional 100 rhythms and 100 instruments. The most interesting is a piano training course, but it to date has been too complex to figure out. After trying out lots of others in this <($) price range, this seems to be the best quality for the money.

Good features:

- Very close to full sized keys

- Excellent basic sounds. The piano sounds like a piano.

- Basic features are easy to use.

Gripes:

- Instructions are not complete enough given the volume of features

- If you buy this at most other stores (which I did), they foolishly don't include an AC adaptor. The Amazon version (280AD) does.

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars from the piano player, June 24, 2001

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Jan (Waterbury, Ct United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yamaha PSR280AD 61-Note Touch-Sensitive Portable Electronic Keyboard with AC Adapter (Electronics)

I've had a casio CTK-541 and a yamaha psr260, but this is the one i wanted all along. I liked it because of its song recorder, sound effects, voices, etc.... When i got it, i couldn't wait to go home and try it out. It sounded so real that it felt like i was on stage. The yamaha education suite 2 helped me learn all 100 songs. This keyboard is worth 100 times more than its price

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best Gift Ever, December 28, 2000

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"dave_the_slave" (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yamaha PSR280AD 61-Note Touch-Sensitive Portable Electronic Keyboard with AC Adapter (Electronics)

I haven't slept for days. This is a great keyboard for the money! More voices, songs, and styles than one needs. The voices sound almost pro-quality. Keep in mind what the other reviewer wrote - you need to buy the adapter if it is not the AD model.