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YAMAHA EZ250i - The Ultimate Learning Machine guides you on the path of musical mastery, with 61 piano size touch sensitive keys that light in sequence to help you play any of 80 built-in songs. USB interface makes it easy to connect to computers PC Button for quick computer connection Includes Portable Grand - The most realistic piano sound available General MIDI (GM), MIDI In and Out via USB 480 Instrument Voices and 100 Accompaniment Styles to play any type of music Two way stereo speakers, bass ports, and Bass Boost System Includes song book Headphone jack for private practice (headphones optional)
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A great starter and advanced instrument, Yamaha's EZ-250i touch-sensitive keyboard features the Yamaha Educational Suite and lighted keys to help you learn, and quality sound topped by a stereo-sampled piano voice with dynamic filtering--technology previously reserved for much more expensive, professional keyboards. In addition, you'll find that playing piano is fast and easy with Yamaha's Portable Grand function. One dedicated button brings up a great sounding piano, stunningly rich and authentic in its sound and exceptionally responsive to your playing touch.
The 32-note polyphonic EZ-250i comes equipped with 480 voices that include all the sounds of the orchestra, synthesizer patches, 10 drum kits, and 2 sound-effects kits. It is both General MIDI (GM) and XG Lite voices, making it compatible with pretty much every MIDI file available anywhere.
The EZ-250i also has many state-of-the-art features to make connecting as quick and easy as possible. These features include a dedicated PC button, which takes a snapshot of your MIDI settings so you can instantly return to them at the press of a button, and a USB port for transferring song data to and from your computer. In addition, the USB port acts as a MIDI interface, freeing you from having to purchase other MIDI peripherals like cables and adapters.
Once you're done practicing, challenge yourself to a multi-level game against the computer using Konami Keyboard Mania software (PC only). Post your scores online and see and how well others are doing. And without even knowing it, you'll still be learning to play music. The software challenges you to find notes on the keyboard before they disappear from the computer screen. There are different levels and different tasks, such as practicing your timing as the notes drop or finding the actual pitch of the notes. In addition, there are variations that stop and wait for you to find the notes before continuing. You can choose any tracks of the music that you like (even the drum track) and load in new General MIDI songs that you download online with your computer.
And no matter what your level of playing, you'll appreciate being able to build combinations of your favorite sounds. Pressing the "split" button divides the keyboard into 2 parts, allowing you to have 2 different sounds on the keyboard at the same time, such as piano on the right and bass on the left. "Layer" mode allows you to combine 2 sounds across the keyboard range. For example, you could layer piano and strings and play both sounds at the same time. With 480 voices to choose from, the combinations are only limited by your imagination. The EZ-250i comes with 80 built-in songs. But if you've never played before, where do you start?
The Yamaha Education Suite, a set of music training functions. Seven types of lessons are included, as well as a convenient chord dictionary. You get 3 keyboard lessons for each hand, timing mode (you can play the melody or chord by pressing any key using the correct timing), waiting mode (playback pauses until you find and play the correct chord or melody note; keys illuminate to guide you to the correct notes), minus-one mode (mute the left-hand, right-hand, or both parts of a song and play along nonstop). Lesson grading monitors your progress as you practice each lesson, and the chord dictionary shows you how to play chords by lighting the keys.
The EZ-250i comes with 100 built-in styles--it's like having a built-in band. Call up your favorite style of music like rock, big band, or country, press a chord or play single-finger mode, and the 250i will follow you through a piece of music, providing all of the drums, bass, piano, guitar, horn, and string parts.
What's in the Box
Keyboard, music rest, song book, CD-ROM, USB cable, a user's manual, and warranty information. Batteries and PA-C3 power supply not included.
- Includes interactive software from Konami which plays songs and teaches musical skills like timing in game format
- YAMAHA Education Suite (Y.E.S.2) teaches timing and note ready using lights ? even grading your performance
- 80 built-in songs to learn, organized by degree of difficulty
- Built-in flash ROM allows downloads of new songs into the keyboard
- Plays any MIDI file using lighting system and interactive teaching system
Yamaha EZ-250i Portatone Lighted Musical Keyboard Reviews
yamaha keyboards : Yamaha EZ-250i Portatone Lighted Musical Keyboard Reviews
| 89 of 91 people found the following review helpful  Let there be Light, By Steve Conslaw (INDIANAPOLIS, IN United States) - See all my reviews This review is from: Yamaha EZ-250i Portatone Lighted Musical Keyboard (Electronics) We got this keyboard just before Christmas 2003. Due to the pace of daily life, I haven't gotten too deeply into it. But since it has been several months and no one else has reviewed it, I'll start the ball rolling. The reason why I purchased THIS keyboard because it has a touch sensitive (velocity) and lighted keyboard. The only other model that fit this description was the Casio LK-55. I just thought the Yamaha sounded a bit better and was made a bit better. It is also more expensive. The sounds are quite good. There is an XG lite implementation as well as the standard General Midi soundset. The lighted keys make it easy to learn.I have been too busy to hook it up to my computer yet to try out the downloading of General Midi sequences, but I am looking forward to it. The supplied USB cable is too short unless your keyboard is right up against your computer. I was disappointed to find out that the only MIDI implementation is through a USB interface... Read more 8 of 8 people found the following review helpful  Pretty good, but could be better, By Amazon Verified Purchase This review is from: Yamaha EZ-250i Portatone Lighted Musical Keyboard (Electronics) The Pros: After a decade since its creation, the Yamaha's proprietary soundset of XG MIDI (Extended General Musical Instrument Interface) is still unmatched in quality of sound and its versatility. As all Yamaha products are, it seems well-built, sturdy, reliable.The Cons: No 64-bit drivers available. Old USB v. 1.1 connection (at least on my unit. I would expect them to change that into the 2.0 eventually). Comes with no dust cover, which is an essential accessory. Part of these keyboards are packaged without an AC adapter. Included (and boasted shamelessly) Konami Piano learning software is incompatible with Windows XP. It installs well, but crashes when launched. Konami CSR said this version of software is for distribution in Europe only, so they don't support it in the USA. When I objected that I've purchased it from Amazon.com in the U.S., as a part of new, full retail Yamaha unit, they said it's an outdated software and they don't support it anyway. Translation:... Read more 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful Found driver for XP/2000 and maybe fix for bundled software, This review is from: Yamaha EZ-250i Portatone Lighted Musical Keyboard (Electronics) I have been tracking this product in a number of forums. Re a newer driver, it appears that one can be downloaded from the yamaha.com website (http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/CDA/ContentDetail/ModelSeriesDetail/0,,CNTID%253D21387%2526CTID%253D205300%2526RLTID%253D715%2526DETYP%253DRELATION,00.html), or find the keyboard under the "products" link, then go to "downloads."Under the "knowledge base" link, there is an item "Bundled Computer Game will not Start with an EZ250i If the EZ250i is connected to the computer, and the game won't start, the Yamaha USB MIDI driver has probably not been selected as the preferred MIDI Music Playback Device in Windows. For Windows 98/ME: Browse to My Computer/Control Panel/Multimedia/MIDI. Select 'Yamaha USB OUT' as the default MIDI device. For Windows 2000/XP: Browse to My Computer/Control Panel/Sounds & Multimedia/Audio/MIDI Music Playback. select 'Yamaha USB... Read more |
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