Yamaha PSR-E373 Digital Keyboard - A Versatile, Entry-Level Keyboard with 61 Touch-Sensitive Keys, 622 Instrument Voices, in a Black Finish

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Roland GO:KEYS 61K Roland's unique take on the portable arranger keyboard concept features 61 keys, more than 500 sounds, onboard Bluetooth and a Loop Mix feature. The PSR-series has always been well known as a versatile keyboard, and that really comes down to the large selection of available sounds.

I commonly refer to these features as accompaniment features, and that’s the best way to describe what these features actually do. This keyboard comes with two free virtual lessons from the Yamaha Music School. This is the perfect opportunity to get the ball rolling with one-to-one sessions with a professional Yamaha keyboard mentor, tailored for whatever level you're at! Find out more here. As someone who primarily uses stage pianos, I really enjoy the ability to add effect chains to sounds. Adding on some chorus or distortion to say, an EP sound, can give it a lot of character, and make it fit perfectly into a song.

This seems to be the same effects from the prior models, which is activated right before the output. It will definitely need a bit of equalization before its stage ready, but the fact that Yamaha allows you to go that far is great.

For context, the biggest complaint people had about the PSR-E363 and its predecessors was the sound engine (which is a decade old at this point). When you reach the polyphony cap, the piano starts to drop the earliest played notes to free up memory for new notes, which in turn affects the quality and fullness of the sound.Put simply, engaging these features allows you to achieve performances that sound like a full band. This performance style is also the key part of many keyboard certification courses, such as Trinty Guildhall’s Keyboard course. The PSR-E373 has an audio interface built-in, which means you can easily send audio between the keyboard and your computer. Also, I’m still not a fan of the large subset of XGlite sounds. XGlite is Yamaha’s reimplementation of the General MIDI 2 standard, and these sounds are clearly inferior to the ‘panel voices’, which are designed specifically for the keyboard model they’re included on. If you want to train yourself up to become a pianist, the Roland FP-10 is still our favorite. This is primarily due to its hammer action keyboard, which allows beginners to get used to proper finger-strength use and dynamic control.