Yamaha YPT-200 Portable Keyboard with Portable Grand Function (no AC Adapter)

by Yamaha

Product Features

• No AC Adapter included in this package
• Portable Grand Piano for the Realism of a Stereo Grand Piano
• Large Backlit LCD Display Shows Musical Staff and Chords.
• Stereo Speakers, Bass Ports and Bass Boost System Provide Great Sound Quality
• 61 standard keys

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 42 x 17 x 6.5 inches ; 13.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 20 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BD326U
• Item model number: YPT-200
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,283 in Musical Instruments (See Top 100 in Musical Instruments)
  • #57 in Musical Instruments > Keyboards > Electronic Keyboards > Portable Keyboards

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Designed for the beginner or music hobbyist, the Yamaha YPT-200 Portable Keyboard with Portable Grand Function represents the first model in its price point to include complete General MIDI compatibility and functions that, up until recently, could only be found on higher-priced units and professional workstations. With a broad set of features and functions, including Yamaha's Y.E.S.5 Education Suite, this is not only a truly affordable portable keyboard that allows you to play almost anything you can imagine, but that can act as your own personal music teacher as well.

The Yamaha Y.E.S.5 features 102 built-in songs for you to learn to play, separated into left- and right-hand parts and providing seven levels of lessons plus a convenient chord dictionary. The three keyboard lessons for each hand allow you to listen and learn the melody or rhythm of a selected song. A timing mode allows you to play the melody or chord by pressing any key using the correct timing. A waiting mode automatically stops the playback of a song until you find the correct note and then continues. Y.E.S.5 includes "lesson grading" that monitors your progress as you practice each of the timing and waiting lessons and gives you feedback. Finally, the chord dictionary shows you how to play chords and tells you which chords you are playing by displaying the notes and chord-name on the LCD screen.

The Yamaha YPT-200 also allows you to take advantage of the Internet on a whole new level. This unit includes General MIDI (GM) compatibility with a MIDI in and out connection to your computer giving you access to thousands of MIDI songs and files on the Internet. This portable keyboard features a built-in, fully-adjustable metronome, additional jacks for a sustain pedal, headphones for private practice, and stereo speakers that have individual amplifiers with stereo-sampling technology.

The YPT-200 also includes 61 standard keys, a large LCD display screen, an auto-accompaniment with 100 styles and four variations to choose from, 134 MIDI compatible voices, and it allows a maximum of 32 notes of polyphony. The easy-to-use panel and function controls allow you to create or choose from almost any sound, such as trumpets, violins, drums and even a choir, giving you a virtual orchestra at your fingertips. The keyboard weighs only nine pounds and 11 ounces. User's should note that the UX16 MIDI/USB converter necessary to connect the keyboard to a computer is not included.

Product Description

Yamaha YPT-200 is a music keyboard that transcends the piano. First you've a selection of 134 digitally-sampled voices to deliver authentic sounds of different instruments. Then there are 100 selectable accompaniment styles that make your one instrument sound like many. A built-in teaching device, the fifth version of Yamaha's Y.E.S. (Yamaha Education System), offers step-by-step instruction to help you become familiar with keyboard play and functions. There are even 102 built-in songs that are part of the Y.E.S. system that you can play along with - or just sit back and listen. A central backlit LCD screen displays several control functions. Integrated speakers with bass ports deliver outstanding sound through its built-in amplifier that delivers 2 watts per channel to 2 stereo channels. Built-in reverb and Sustain effects (port for connecting an optional Sustain pedal). Use your YPT-200 with your computer using it MIDI in/out interfaces for recording studio capabilities (when used with optional software applications). It is powered with an optional Yamaha PA-3B AC adapter or you can take the keyboard out with you almost anywhere when powered by 6 AA batteries (not included). As an entry-level keyboard, the YPT-200 is really a fine musical instrument for an aspiring musician of any age. Sound Effects Turn the Entire Keyboard into a Sound Factory Yamaha Education Suite 5 (Y.E.S.5) Teaches timing, Note Reading, Chords in 7 Steps; Grades your performance so you can determine where you need more practice Reverb and Sustain Effects 134 Instrument Voices and 100 Accompaniment Styles Play any Type of Music General MIDI, MIDI In and Out for computer connectivity Headphone Jack for Private Practice

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

54 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Could have been better, December 8, 2005

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This review is from: Yamaha YPT-200 Portable Keyboard with Portable Grand Function (no AC Adapter) (Electronics)

I am very happy with this purchase; Some added features would have made this product a fabulous buy though.

cons:
a) The LCD display is not backlit and has a small viewing area. It is extremely difficult to read it.

b) The keyboard body has notations for each key, but is engraved on the body, and it being the same body color, it is impossible to read those notations - even in the day light.

c)It cannot record your voice. It is important if you want to compose and transmit through midi.

d) In the learning section, it would have been helpful if there was a 'slow' playback function too.

Pros:

a) Light weight
b) Grand piano is an excellent feature. Very good for piano learners, until they buy full size piano of their own.
c) Great features.
d) YESS learning suite is simply fabulous.

This model is far better than casio 496, which I was planning to buy earlier.

Great purchase...I like it.

29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No Power Adapter, Industry Standard., January 17, 2006

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Ollie "ojchillinndc" (Columbia, Maryland United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yamaha YPT-200 Portable Keyboard with Portable Grand Function (no AC Adapter) (Electronics)

Casio and Radio Shack also force you to buy an adapter for their keyboards so there is no way to avoid it but to buy a much more expensive keyboard or buy Sharper Image. But don't do that because Sharper Image's keyboard is awful, just awful. This keyboard doesn't have as many voices and styles as it's big brother the 300 but it does sound as nice. It also sounds better then the Casio $99 keyboard. I tested them all out at the store where they were on display and the Yamaha 300 and 200 had equal quality with the piano voice and beat out the Casio hands down. They also beat out the more expensive Casios. Plus, music stores that sell nothing but instruments carry only one brand, yup, Yamaha. At least the music stores here in Maryland.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars No touch-sensitive keys = dealbreaker, December 1, 2006

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Hombre de Hierro (Fort Collins, CO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yamaha YPT-200 Portable Keyboard with Portable Grand Function (no AC Adapter) (Electronics)

As for some other users mine was advertised (on eBay) as having touch-sensitive keys. Unfortunately, the YPT-200 does not (I only found this out after receiving it)... it's the next higher model, the YPT-300, that does. I was sorely disappointed by that, because no touch-sensitive keys means no expressive playing whatsoever. Just imagine every single note being the same volume and intensity throughout a song and understand what I mean (monotonous).

Going hand-in-hand with that is key feel. This keyboard (perhaps most keyboards without hammer action) felt very plasticky/springy, not like a real piano at all. Of course not being touch-sensitive just added to my disorientation. I haven't tried the YPT-300 with touch-sensitive keys but it's my suspicion that it is well worth the extra $.

Another thing I was very unimpressed with was the Yamaha Education Suite. It flashes notes on a tiny LCD screen while playing a song to you. Then somehow you are supposed to learn how to play it back to it. There were a couple of nice songs built into the keyboard that I'd have loved to learn, but gave up in frustration after several days. It would have been much better if 1) instead of notes flashing on the tiny LCD screen, have individual LEDs above each key that would light up when a song was being played by the keyboard, and 2) if sheetmusic for the songs the keyboard tries to teach you was included. Ultimately I think a beginner could learn how to play songs much quicker by spending a little bit of time learning how to read sheetmusic than by relying on the Yamaha Education system.

In conclusion, don't think of the Yamaha Education suite as anything of value, and the lack of touch-sensitive keys should make one seriously think twice about even considering this keyboard for anything but child's play.