Yamaha - PSR-A5000 61-key World Music Arranger Workstation

Designed especially for oriental musicians, the PSR-A5000 becomes an ultimate partner for your greatest live performances and original content production. Explore the new features and get inspired with the new sound.

Perform
Make your performances of traditional and modern oriental music more powerful with newly sampled instruments and 210 fresh Styles. Oud, Qanoon, Nay, and many other Voices sound incredibly realistic thanks to new velocity-sensitive portamento, Super Articulation! Voices, and dedicated oriental instrument waveforms that are 10 times larger than in previous model.

Produce
Program your original Voices and Styles with the PSR-A5000. Expansion memory has been increased to 1 GB (approx.). It allows you to create and store various and higher quality contents. The PSR-A5000 supports Styles with individual time signatures for each variation, which increases your possibilities in Style programming.

Features
• 1,161 Voices, including 299 Oriental Voices, 44 Oriental Drum Kits, 20 Revo!SFX kits
• 454 Styles (including 260 Oriental Styles, Khaleeji, Shami, Masri, Maghrebi, Persian and Turkish)
• Crossfade Portamento with velocity and time related parameters
• 128 key drum kits with key off note, Upper Octave (-3 - +3)
• Style Section Time Signature, Style Section Reset
• Live Control knobs, Live Control joystick, Assignable buttons, 7-inch color touch screen, FSB keyboard, Sub output
• Scale Tune Setting buttons, Scale Tune Memory buttons
• Mic/Guitar input for use when singing or collaborating with other performers
• Chord Looper function
• Playlist and Registration for quick and easy set-up, Preset Registration
• Voice and Style expandability with the Yamaha Expansion Manager
• Audio Recording (WAV/MP3)
• 1 GB (approx.) on-board memory for expansion data, 2 GB (approx.) internal memory
• 2 USB TO DEVICE terminals

Specifications
Colour: Black
Dimensions (W x H x D): 1,017 x 139 x 431 mm
Weight: 11.5 kg

CONTROL INTERFACE
Keyboard
Number of Keys: 61
Type: Organ (FSB), Initial Touch
Touch Response: 5 settings

Other Controllers
Joystick: Yes (assignable)
Control Knobs: 2 (assignable)
Assignable Buttons: 7

Display
Type: TFT Colour Wide VGA LCD
Size: 800 x 480 dots (7 inch)
Touch Screen: Yes
Language: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian

VOICES
Tone GenerationTechnology: AWM Stereo Sampling
Polyphony (Max.): 128
Preset Number of Voices: 1,161 Voices + 86 Drum/SFX Kits + 480 XG Voices
Supported MIDI Standards: XG, GS (for Song playback), GM, GM2

EFFECTS
Types
Reverb: 59 Preset + 30 User
Chorus: 106 Preset + 30 User
DSP: 322 Preset (with VCM) + 30 User
Insertion Effect: 1-8: 322 Preset (with VCM) + 30 User
Master Compressor: 5 Preset + 30 User
Master EQ: 5 Preset + 30 User
Part EQ: 28 Parts
Mic/Guitar effects: Noise Gate, Compressor, 3 Band EQ

ACCOMPANIMENT STYLES
Number of Preset Styles: 454 (including 260 Oriental Styles)
Featured Styles: 429 Pro Styles, 15 Session Styles, 10 DJ Styles
Other Features
Chord Looper: Yes

SONGS
Number of Preset Songs: 3 Sample Songs

Recording
Number of Songs: Unlimited (depends on the drive capacity)
Number of Tracks: 16
Data Capacity: Approx. 3 MB per Song
Recording Function: Quick Recording, Multi Track Recording, Step Recording

Compatible Data Format
Playback: SMF (Format 0 & 1), XF
Recording: SMF (Format 0)

MULTI PADS
Number of Multi Pad Banks: 257 Banks x 4 Pads
Audio Link: Yes

FUNCTIONS
Registration
Number of Buttons: 8
Control: Registration Sequence, Freeze

Playlist
Number of Records: 2,500 (max.) Records per Playlist file
Guide: Follow Lights, Any Key, Karao-Key, Your Tempo
Search: Yes
Demo: Yes

Overall Controls
Metronome: Yes
Tempo Range: 5 - 500, Tap Tempo
Transpose: -12 0 +12
Tuning: 414.8 440 466.8 Hz
Octave Button: -3 0 +3
Scale Type: 12 types
Sub Scale Setting: Yes
Scale Tune Memory: 5

Voices: Harmony/Echo, Arpeggio, Panel Sustain, Mono/Poly
Styles: Style Creator, OTS Information
Songs: Score Display Function, Lyrics Display FunctioN, Song Creator
Multi Pads: Multi Pad Creator

Audio Recorder/Player
Recording Time (max.): Approx. 0.8 GB (80 minutes) per Song
Recording: WAV (44.1 kHz, 16 bit, stereo), MP3 (44.1 kHz, 128/256/320 kbps, stereo)
Playback: WAV (44.1 kHz, 16 bit, stereo), MP3 (44.1/48.0 kHz, 64320 kbps and VBR, mono/stereo)
Lyrics Display Function: Yes (.mp3 only)
Time Stretch: Yes
Pitch Shift: Yes
Vocal Cancel: Yes

STORAGE AND CONNECTIVITY
StorageInternal Memory: Yes (approx. 2 GB)
External Drives: USB flash drive

Headphones: Standard stereo phone jack
FOOT PEDAL: 2 (Assignable)
Microphone: Microphone/Guitar
MIDI: IN, OUT
AUX IN: Stereo mini jack
LINE OUT: MAIN OUTPUT (L/L+R, R), SUB (AUX) OUTPUT (1,2 (L/L+R, R))
USB TO DEVICE: Yes (x 2)
USB TO HOST: Yes

AMPLIFIERS AND SPEAKERS
Amplifiers: 15 W x 2
Speakers: 13 cm x 2 + 5 cm x 2

POWER SUPPLY
Power Supply: PA-300C or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha
Power Consumption: 24 W
Auto Power Off Function: Yes

ACCESSORIES
Included Accessories: Owner's Manual, Online Member Product Registration, Music Rest, AC Adaptor