Yamaha PSR-S975 61-Key Portable Arranger Keyboard

Description
The elegant, intuitive, self-contained PSR-S975 is the flagship model of the S-series, that inspires you the player, to achieve your musical ideas with the least amount of effort and the maximum amount of control. The powerful performance features cut the normal creative time from hours to seconds, allowing you to capture your best ideas and recall them at the touch of a button. For the ultimate in live performance, you can call up a Style of music, display mp3 lyrics and connect up to a larger display for audience participation.

The PSR-S975 utilizes Wi-Fi connectivity to stream audio and MIDI to/from your iOS device and your Yamaha instrument to integrate with compatible apps for iOS. The MP3 Lyric Display allows you to read the lyrics MP3 songs that have lyric data attached, including thousands of karaoke titles. For unique sound shaping, the assignable real-time control knobs allow you to filter and adjust your sound just like an analog synthesizer. Accompaniment Styles add a “backing band” to your performances while you remain in complete control of chord changes and arrangements.

The modulation wheel lets you control the amount of modulation effect on your sound, and will remain at the desired setting until you increase or decrease it again. With its 16-track song recorder/player, the PSR-975 can capture your best performances and play them back from a USB flash drive. DJ Styles are preprogrammed with chord progressions leaving your hands free to play melodies or tweak the real-time control knobs.

The accompaniment Styles in the PSR-975 add a “backing band” to your performances while you remain in complete control of chord changes and arrangements. The modulation wheel lets you control the amount of modulation effect on your sound, and will remain at the desired setting until you increase or decrease it again.
Pro-quality background singers put you center stage at your in-home Karaoke party. You sing a song and Yamaha’s latest VH2 (Vocal Harmony 2) chip does the rest. Want to expand your sound? Voice & Style Expansion Packs enable you to customize your PSR-S series Arranger Workstation with a wide range of additional content from all over the world.

 

Yamaha PSR-S975 Specifications
Control Interface

Keyboard: Number of Keys
61

Keyboard: Type
Organ, Initial Touch

Keyboard: Touch Response
Hard1, Hard2, Medium, Soft1, Soft2

Other Controllers: Pitch Bend
Yes

Other Controllers: Modulation
Yes

Other Controllers: Control Knobs
2 (assignable)

Display: Type
TFT Color Wide VGA LCD

Display: Size
7″

Display: Color
Color

Display: Language
English, German, French, Spanish, Italian

Panel: Language
English

Voices

Tone Generating Technology
AWM Stereo Sampling

Polyphony: Number of Polyphony (Max.)
128

Preset: Number of Voices
1090 Voices + 55 Drum/SFX Kits + 480 XG Voices

Preset: Featured Voices
140 S.Art!, 30 Mega Voices, 32 Sweet! Voices, 74 Cool! Voices, 99 Live! Voices, 30 Organ Flutes!

Compatibility: XG
Yes

Compatibility: GS
Yes (for Song playback)

Compatibility: GM
Yes

Compatibility: GM2
Yes

Expandability: Expansion Voice
Yes (approx. 768MB max.)

Expandability: Editing
Voice Set

Part
Right 1, Right 2, Left

Effects

Types: Reverb
52 Presets + 3 User

Types: Chorus
106 Presets + 3 User

Types: DSP
322 Presets (with VCM) + 10 User

Types: Master Compressor
5 Presets + 5 User

Types: Master EQ
5 Presets + 2 User

Types: Part EQ
27 parts

Types: Others
Mic/Guitar effects: 1x Noise Gate, 1x Compressor, 1x 3Band EQ

Types: Arpeggio
Yes

Vocal Harmony: Number of Presets
Vocal Harmony: 44, Synth Vocoder: 10

Vocal Harmony: Number of User Settings
60 (The number is the total of Vocal Harmony and Synth Vocoder)

Vocal Harmony: Vocal Effect
23

Accompaniment Styles

Preset: Number of Preset Styles
523

Preset: Featured Styles
40 +Audio Styles, 431 Pro Styles, 34 Session Styles, 15 DJ Styles, 3 Free Play

Preset: Fingering
Single Finger, Fingered, Fingered On Bass, Multi Finger, AI Fingered, Full Keyboard, AI Full Keyboard

Preset: Style Control
3x INTRO, 4x MAIN VARIATION, 4x FILL, BREAK, 3x ENDING

Other: Music Finder
2,500 Records

Other: One Touch Setting (OTS)
4 for each Style

Expandability: Expansion Style
Yes

Expandability: Expansion Audio Style
Yes (approx. 128MB max.)

Compatibility
Style File Format, Style File Format GE

Songs

Preset: Number of Preset Songs
5 Sample Songs

Recording: Number of Songs
Unlimited (depends on the drive capacity)

Recording: Number of Tracks
16

Recording: Data Capacity
Approx. 300 KB/Song

Recording: Recording Function
Quick Recording, Multi Recording, Step Recording

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

Compatible Data Format: Recording
SMF (Format 0)

Multi Pads

Preset: Number of Multi Pad Banks
188 banks x 4 Pads

Audio: Audio Link
Yes

Functions

Registration: Number of Buttons
8

Registration: Control
Registration Sequence, Freeze

Lesson/Guide: Lesson/Guide
Follow Lights, Any Key, Karao-Key, Your Tempo

Lesson/Guide: Performance Assistant Tech
Yes

Demo/Help: Demonstration
Yes

Overall Controls: Metronome
Yes

Overall Controls: Tempo Range
5 – 500, Tap Tempo

Overall Controls: Transpose
-12 – 0 – +12

Overall Controls: Tuning
414.8 – 440 – 466.8 Hz

Overall Controls: Octave Button
Yes

Overall Controls: Scale Type
9 types

Other: Direct Access
Yes

Other: Text Display Function
Yes

Other: Wallpaper Customization
Yes

Voices: Harmony/Echo
Yes (with Arpeggio)

Voices: Panel Sustain
Yes

Voices: Mono/Poly
Yes

Voices: Voice Information
Yes

Styles: Style Creator
Yes

Styles: Style Recommender
Yes

Styles: OTS Information
Yes

Songs: Song Creator
Yes

Songs: Score Display Function
Yes

Songs: Lyrics Display Function
Yes

Multi Pads: Multi Pad Creator
Yes

Audio Recorder/Player: Recording Time
80 minutes/Song (max.)

Audio Recorder/Player: Recording
.wav (WAV format: 44.1 kHz sample rate, 16 bit resolution, stereo)

Audio Recorder/Player: Playback
.wav (WAV format: 44.1 kHz sample rate, 16 bit resolution, stereo), .mp3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer-3: 44.1/48.0 kHz sample rate, 64-320 kbps and variable bit rate, mono/stereo)

Audio Recorder/Player: Lyrics Display
Yes (.mp3 only)

Audio Recorder/Player: Time Stretch
Yes

Audio Recorder/Player: Pitch Shift
Yes

Audio Recorder/Player: Vocal Cancel
Yes

Storage and Connectivity

Storage: Internal Memory
Approx. 13MB

Storage: External Drives
USB Flash Memory (via USB to DEVICE)

Connectivity: Headphones
Yes

Connectivity: FOOT PEDAL
1 (SUSTAIN), 2 (ARTICULATION), Function Assignable

Connectivity: Microphone
1x Microphone/Guitar

Connectivity: MIDI
IN, OUT

Connectivity: AUX IN
Stereo mini jack

Connectivity: LINE OUT
L/L+R, R

Connectivity: RGB OUT
Yes

Connectivity: USB TO DEVICE
Yes

Connectivity: USB TO HOST
Yes

Amplifiers and Speakers

Amplifiers
2x 15 W

Speakers
2x 13cm (5.12″) + 2x 2.5cm (0.98″) (dome)

Power Supply

Power Supply
PA-300C or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha

Power Consumption
20 W

Auto Power Off Function
Yes

General

Dimensions (WxHxD)
1002 x 148 x 437mm (39.45 x 5.83 x 17.20″)

Weight
11.6kg (25.57 lbs)