Description

Yamaha P-S500 Digital Piano Black

The Yamaha P-S500 Digital Piano is perfect for beginners. When used with the Smart Pianist app, it opens the doors to a world of possibilities. An impeccable sound from the virtual resonance modelling combined with multiple speakers ensures that you will produce an accurate acoustic tone. You can play with or without headphones, and even add a microphone!

You can record and playback with audio and MIDI, or play songs from the built in library with the P-S500. “Audio to Score” also allows you to create melodies for your favourite songs. With hundreds of presets and voices, you can find the sound you want. You can even play along without sheet music with the Steam Lights function. This piano is also portable, meaning that you can use its advanced features on the go.

Enjoy the authentic piano experience Yamaha can provide. The P-S500 digital piano is special with Virtual Resonance Modelling. Not only does this give you the same surrounding resonance of a concert grand, but also provides aliquot resonance in the upper octaves. This is a feature you won’t find in many digital pianos. Aliquot is a stringing method that uses extra, un-stuck strings in the higher octaves to enrich the tone. These extra strings do this when they vibrate in sympathy with your other strings, adding complex colour to your sound.

Not only do you get an authentic sound, you will also be able to learn the proper acoustic technique with your new P-S500 digital piano. You don’t have to worry about any nasty surprises when you sit down at an acoustic piano in your lessons or a new venue. Rather, with Yamaha’s renowned Graded Hammer Standard (GHS) 88 key piano keyboard, your teacher will be pleased with the proper technique you develop. That’s because a GHS keyboard is fully weighted, giving you resistance just like an acoustic. This extends to the detail of being heavier on the bass notes and lighter in the higher keys.

The P-S500 makes learning easier with the addition of Stream Lights. Small lights above the keys flash gently in the sequence of notes needed to play a piece, offering a more adaptable and versatile learning experience for inexperienced players. When you don’t want to use these, you can turn the function off to allow complete focus. It takes the pressure off reading scores and provides an extra layer of support.

Enjoy two of the most famous concert grands. Many dream of playing either the Yamaha CFX or the Bösendorfer Imperial, but here you get an authentic experience of playing both. This gives you the chance to match your tone based on the genre of your music, whether that works better with the strong, full-bodied palette of the CFX or the warm Viennese tones of the Imperial. Either way, the P-S500 is the best way to play these iconic piano sounds.

The P-S500 isn’t just about its amazing acoustic performance. With over 600 voices when connected to the Smart Pianist app, you have a world of options to get creative with. You’ll quickly get into the swing of things with 403 preset songs in a variety of genres. As you master your new tunes, you can practise silently so you won’t disturb anyone. With headphones, you don’t lose sound quality thanks to binaural CFX sampling, designed to give you a realistic, natural sound at any volume.

This piano also offers the opportunity to sing with an included microphone socket and automatic Vocal Harmony. “Audio to Score” can convert your favourite songs into piano accompaniment scores so that you can play along. The P-S500 is infinitely adaptable when used with the Smart Pianist app!

Who said pianos had to be traditional? The Smart Pianist app offers a range of features that places you in control. The app enables you to select instrument voices, adjust various settings, record your performance, and much more! You will find yourself making music faster with this app as it gives you the freedom to do it via your smart device.

Want to play along with your favourite songs? Now you can! Smart Pianist scans the audio songs loaded in your music library, analyses the chord progressions, and then displays them for you on the screen of your smart device. It’s that simple. Play along as the chords scroll by, all the while hearing the song playback through your piano’s speaker system. Loading MIDI songs into the app will also allow you to follow along with digital sheet music while you play. Please note: Smart Pianist functionality may vary dependent on the model of Yamaha piano used.

Yamaha P-S500 Digital Piano Black Specifications:

Dimensions

• Width: 1329 mm
• Height: 167 mm
• Depth: 410 mm
• Weight: 21.8 kg

Keyboard

• Number of keys: 88
• Type: Graded Hammer Standard keyboard with matte black keytops
• Touch sensitivity: Hard2, Hard1, Medium, Soft1, Soft2, Fixed

Display

• Type: Full dot LCD
• Size:80 x 16 dots
• Language: English and Japanese

Voices

• Tone generation:
  • Piano sound: Yamaha CFX Bösendorfer Imperial
  • Binaural sampling: Yes (“CFX Grand” only)
  • Virtual resonance modeling: Yes
  • Key-off samples: Yes
• Max. polyphony: 256
• Number of voices: 660 when connected to Smart Pianist app, 100 when not
• Featured voices: 13 VRM Voices, 111 super articulation voices, 25 natural voices, 27 sweet voices, 47 cool voices, 58 live voices, 29 organ flutes voices

Compatibility

• For song playback: XG, GS, GM, GM2

Effects

• Reverb: 58 types when connected to Smart Pianist app, 5 when not
• Master EQ: 5 preset + user (*)
• Intelligent acoustic control: Yes
• Stereophonic optimiser: Yes
• Vocal harmony: Yes, 44 preset (*)
• Dual/layer function: Yes (*)
• Split function: Yes (*)

Accompaniment styles:

• Number of preset styles: 370 when connected to Smart Pianist app, 100 when not
• Featuring styles: 328 pro styles, 25 session styles, 3 free play styles, 13 pianist styles
• Fingering: Chord detection area full, chord detection area lower (*)
• Style control: Intro x 1, ending x 1, main x 4

Songs

• Number of preset songs: 403 when connected to Smart Pianist app, 100 when not
• Number of recording tracks: 16 (*)
• Data capacity: Dependent on linked smart device (*)
• Recording function: Yes (*)
• Playback data format: SMF (format 0 and 1), XF
• Recording data format: SMF (format 0)

Functions

• Lesson/guide: Correct key, any key (*), your tempo (*)
• Guide lamp: Stream lights (4 steps)

USB audio fuction

• Recorder playback: Supported format by connected smart device
• Recording: WAV, AAC
• Time stretch: Yes (*)
• Pitch shift: Yes (*)
• Vocal cancel: Melody supressor (*)

Miscellaneous:

• Metronome: Yes
• Tempo range: 5 – 500, tap tempo
• Transpose: -12 – 0 – +12
• Tuning: 414.8 – 440.0 – 466.8 Hz
• Scale type: 9 (*)
• Max. recording time: Dependent on linked smart device
• Audio to score: Yes (*)
• Registration memory: Yes (*)

Storage

• Internal memory: Dependent on linked smart device
• External drives: Dependent on linked smart device

Connectivity

• Headphones: Standard stereo jack x 2
• Microphone: Standard mono phone jack, input volume
• AUX in: Stero mini
• AUX out: Standard phone jack (L/L+R, R)
• AUX pedal: Yes
• Pedal unit: Yes
• USB to device: Yes
• USB to host: Yes
• iPad: 5 V, 2.1 A
• DC in: 24 V

Sound

• Amplifiers: (20 W + 6 W) x 2
• Speakers: (Oval (12 cm + 6 cm) + 2.5 cm (dome)) x 2

Power

• Power supply: PA-500
• Power consumption: 40 W
• Auto power off: Yes

Included accessories

• Owners manual
• Online member product registration
• PA-500 AC adaptor
• Music rest
• Footswitch
• USB cable (USB type A – USB type B)
• USB conversion cable (USB type A to micro B/USB type A to USB type C)