Customer Reviews

Yamaha YPT-410 61 Full-Size Touch Keyboard Bundle - Professional Headphones, Keyboard Stand, and Power Supply

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Very nice keyboard for the price. Great sounds. However, I needed to hook up the USB/MIDI to my Mac and it didn't come with any Mac drivers, just drivers for Windows. User manual doesn't mention Mac at all. I searched the web and couldn't find anything - Yamaha's support pages are horrible. Finally found a drivers page for a different Yamaha keyboard (PSR-295) and thought I would try the Mac drivers offered there. Crossed my fingers and... IT WORKED! Here is the link so others don't have to go through my pain:
http://music.yamaha.com/products/downloads.html;jsessionid=EFC6294F53113F1626310DCE4734D3BC?productId=1040686&hierarchy_id=20020_20023_16277

This keyboard works great. It has many features and true Yamaha voices. I love it. Only thing is the stand that is not from YAMAHA so it does not fit axatly as it should be. Other than that, it is perfect.

First, I am not a professional musician. But I love music, and have a pretty good ear. This keyboard sounds just fine in it's default "Yamaha Piano" mode. However many of the other simulated instruments (called "voices") seem to be very much out of key. For example, a simple C-Major chord in the "church organ" voice actually hurts my ears. Playing the C and E notes together in this voice results in an obvious beat. Many of the voices that I would like to use have this problem, while others are OK. For example, the "chapel organ" C-Major chord sounds just fine. In addition, many of the simulated instruments do not sound much like the instrument they are imitating. Thus, to me none of the guitar options sound like a guitar.

The built-in speakers have a definite resonance point. This makes certain notes seem much louder. This is more obvious when using some of the other "voices" than it is in the "Yamaha Piano" mode.

The display panel is much too small for my older eyes. Using it to learn to play is also pretty useless, as it only displays one or two notes of the song at a time. It is really difficult to play when you can't see what is coming up, and the effort is reduced to basically an exercise in reaction time.

The plastic sheet music stand could have used a more defined lip at the bottom to keep pages in music books held open. I have resorted to setting something on the music stand in front of the pages.

As other reviewers have noted, the included keyboard stand does not fit the keyboard, nor is it adjustable for height. It is too high to use with any standard chair, and too low for me to use while standing. However Amazon is not the culprit here. The bundle is from Yamaha, and the stand is of their manufacture. I replaced it with On Stage KS7350 Pro Heavy Duty Folding Z Keyboard Stand ( http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000LCRP14/ref=oss_product ). This stand also does not attach to the keyboard. However it is adjustable for both height and width, and will go down to a height that makes the keyboard comfortable when sitting on a standard office or kitchen chair. The keyboard seems pretty secure sitting on it.

Bottom line - OK as a piano keyboard, so-so on the added bells and whistles. For the price, I am disappointed.

Excellent keyboard for the price...as good as a full scale synth!
The stand and the headphones work like a charm. However the tutorials are not very intuitive!

Full disclosure: Not a piano/keyboard player, I'm a guitarist who wants to augment my recordings. The Yamaha YPT 410 has a ton of voices, very powerful and useful, with a lot more to them than you can hear out of the built-in speakers. I hooked mine up to a decent amp and was blown away by the richness and depth. Also hooked it up to a bass amp and played the bass sounds, it's all there. If you have a vocoder pedal (mine's an electro-harmonix v256) and a mic, there are a ton of voices that sound great through it, and a sustain pedal makes this setup even better for all the other voices.
My kids love it, they can work it easily and have figured out more features than I have, pretty funny. The cool thing is that they're showing more interest in music because this thing is so approachable with the select wheel and other controls.
The headphone that comes with it is a decent quality, although for big-eared freaks like me they are uncomfortable. The stand seems good and is sturdy enough, but doesn't really fit the keyboard (not a yamaha brand made specifically for it) or keep it level. If you have other keyboards, it may work better with them.

The keyboard is great - everything we wanted and expected. That's why I gave it 5 stars. But there are issues with the other items in the bundle. The stand that was included in the bundle is not a Yamaha stand and not a great fit for this keyboard. It may be OK for adults but we have a 4 year old and it's only a matter of time before it get's bumped off the stand. We're going to buy a different stand right away. The headphones look nice but the connector on them is the wrong size for the jack on the keyboard. Going to follow up with Amazon about this issue.

The Yamaha sound is good as always. The voises, styles and other features are good. No complaints. Only thing I wish now is ability to quick save MIDI files (personal songs) on computer or any storage device. Now I need to play my song to record the MIDI or WAV file on computer. It takes time. Yes, and headphones are not so professional actually...

This is a very nice keyboard for home use or a beginner/hobbyist. I have owned numerous pro keyboards and purchased this for my son to use. The sounds are a very high quality and are worlds better than the home keyboards of 10 years ago. Very light key action is to be expected but the keys are responsive and velocity sensitive. Includes some interesting performance features and a USB connection to use with the included software or as a generic MIDI input device for any sequencing software you might use. In summary, this Yamaha YPT410 is a steal for the price and I'm tempted to buy another one for myself!

I needed to upgrade my keyboard. This does everything you could possibly want. Free shippping & no tax sweetened the deal. Recommended.

Sounds great and functions well. I am not a great keyboard player or anything but at a beginner level it is working really well. Even the music teacher liked it and asked for the model number to buy for his other students. I would have given 5 stars but the stand (that came with the keyboard) does not fit in the grooves but the keyboard rests ok on it and the rubber grips on the bars of the stand keeps it in place.