Yamaha PSRD1 61-Note Dance and Techno Portable Electronic Keyboard

by Yamaha

Product Features

• MIDI-compatible portable keyboard
• 61 full-size keys
• 283 voices and 15 drum kits
• Pitch bend wheel
• Digital sampler

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 19.9 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: B00002DDSN
• Item model number: PSRD1
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #97,636 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Yamaha PSRD1 Dance and Techno Keyboard is a 61-key portable keyboard with many advanced features for creating techno and dance tracks. It's your one-stop groove station--complete with a built-in sampler and real-time control knobs. Sample your own parts (from a microphone or CD player), then play them from the keyboard. You can use the knobs, pitch bend wheel, and ribbon controller to change the sound. Simple-to-use editing controls let you fine-tune your samples and even loop them.

The Yamaha PSRD1 features 100 patterns to groove with, 15 drum kits, and 283 voices including hits, scratches, break beats, loops, and human voice samples (with 128 general MIDI voices). It is MIDI-compatible, so you can use this keyboard in conjunction with your PC for even greater variety and control.

Powered by either six D batteries or a Yamaha PA6 power adapter (not included), and weighing only 15 pounds, the Yamaha PSRD1 can go anywhere. This keyboard comes with a one-year manufacturer's warranty.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Yamaha PSR-D1 DJX, June 28, 2000

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RAMMStEIN (St. Louis, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yamaha PSRD1 61-Note Dance and Techno Portable Electronic Keyboard (Electronics)

Why is it that musical critics who are accustomed to using $5,000.00 workstations frequently give the cheap, portable keyboard, the Yamaha PSR-D1 DJX, such rave reviews? Perhaps it is because underneath its tasteless, plasticy exterior looks lies so much uniqueness and potential for both the informal home hobbyist and the serious recording professional. In this price range, one would probably expect a "family" keyboard that entails multitudes of z-grade patches as well as limited effects and little or no MIDI implementation. However, the majority of the presets are deep, complex, and, most important of all, modern sounding. More amazing is that the sounds can actually be edited and implemented into serious recordings since the DSP, reverb, chorus, and arpeggiator effects are quite effective and innovative for a budget keyboard such as this. The MIDI functions of the DJX are also numerous, though it may be tricky for the typical user to program them into sequences at their fullest potential. Still, this keyboard is very unique and is one of the best keyboards, in any price range, for use in dance-techno styles. Overall, its value and its features makes it one of the few keyboards that is certain to please both the curious hobbyist as well as the recording professional.

20 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Throw a party with this DJX!, February 8, 2000

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DJ Jazzy Jeff (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yamaha PSRD1 61-Note Dance and Techno Portable Electronic Keyboard (Electronics)

What a blast! This things has sounds in it from a grand piano to a human voice singing. I recently had a party and brought out my DJX and we didn't quit plying until 3:00am! I could only imagine this unit hooked up through a p.a. system at a night club.. Anyone can be a DJ. This ROCKS!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars As good as it gets (for the price), October 18, 2000

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Darren A (Oakland, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yamaha PSRD1 61-Note Dance and Techno Portable Electronic Keyboard (Electronics)

Yep, this is one powerful and relatively easy piece of equipment. This is my first electonic purchase in ages and I am thrilled. The sound is fantastic, better that my home speakers in fact. My only criticism is that the manual assumes that you have read every page previous. For impatient enthusiasts, this can be a hinderance. I am just beginning to understand how to record my own tracks and it's been three weeks since the DJX has enhanced my life. But what about the next series of DJX? They are most certainly more powerful and easier, but for this price I am in love with my new toy.