INTUITIVE CONTROL WITH YOUR SMART DEVICE
Simply connect the instrument to a smart device and use the dedicated Smart Pianist app to access all instrument controls and setup tools. You can also enjoy powerful features such as app-generated piano scores of your favourite songs, helping you learn and play.
STREAM LIGHTS SHOW YOU THE WAY
The red and blue lights above each key show you which notes to play and when to play them. This amazing feature helps you learn how to play and practice, even if you have never learned to read music, making learning more fun than ever!
PLAY YOUR FAVOURITE SONGS FROM THE BUILT-IN LIBRARY
The instrument has 403 built-in songs covering a wide range of genres, from pop songs to classical pieces. You can play the songs along with the support of a full band arrangement. The powerful Audio to Score function automatically creates piano accompaniment scores from your favourite audio songs, allowing you to play along with the original recordings.
PIANO QUALITY
Two of the best grand pianos in the world
The P-S500 features piano sounds captured from the Yamaha CFX concert model and the famous Bösendorfer Imperial. These piano samples put two of the best and most prominent concert pianos in the world at your fingertips.
A fully immersive concert experience, even with headphones
Binaural sampling is a sampling method where special microphones are placed on the head of a mannequin in the same positions as a pianist's ears to capture the piano sounds as they actually sound. We chose this method to create the full natural atmosphere and resonance of acoustic pianos in the P-S500. This makes pianists feel as if they are sitting at a grand piano even when playing with headphones on. The experience is so enjoyable that they forget they are wearing headphones, no matter how long they continue to play.
Virtual Resonance Modeling (VRM)
In a grand piano, the strings and sounds resonate throughout the entire body of the instrument, producing a rich reverberation that envelops the listener in sound. Not only do the strings of the keys you press vibrate, but other strings also sound in response to those you play. This is one of the reasons why the sound of the piano is so complex and rich. This phenomenon is perfectly reproduced in the P-S500 through Virtual Resonance Modeling (VRM), which calculates the various states of the strings for each of the 88 keys on the keyboard from moment to moment. As a result, the P-S500 reflects the unlimited number of inherent factors in playing an acoustic piano, such as the keys pressed, the force with which the keys are pressed, and the timing of the pedal.
Authentic piano touch, weighted GHS keyboard with 88 keys
The Yamaha Graded Hammer Standard (GHS) keyboard has weighted action, with a heavier touch in the lower range and a lighter touch in the upper range, just like the hammers inside an acoustic piano. Excellent for the aspiring pianist, practicing on the GHS action builds proper finger technique and ideal finger strength for when it comes time to play on an acoustic piano.
VOICES & STYLES
Voices
The P-S500 is equipped with 660 varied, high-quality voices, including stunning pianos, electric pianos, organs, brass, strings, percussion, and more. From breathy saxophones to resonant guitars and warm strings, the P-S500 impressively reproduces sounds down to the finest nuances. Thanks to the acclaimed Super Articulation technology, the distinctive characteristics of each instrument are reproduced in incredible detail as you play.
Styles
The accompaniment and rhythmic support patterns (called “Styles”) covering a wide range of musical genres, including pop, jazz, and more, allow you to recreate the sound of a full band or orchestra on your own.
OTHER ADVANCED FEATURES
Audio and MIDI recording
The P-S500 allows you to record your own performances in two different formats: audio and MIDI. Audio recording lets you capture playback in the conventional way, which you can then play back on your smart device. MIDI recording, on the other hand, allows you to record up to 16 tracks, with separate parts for the left and right hand or complex multi-instrument arrangements.
Microphone connection and vocal harmony
Since a microphone can be connected to the P-S500, you can enjoy singing along with your keyboard performance or along with the playback of songs. Moreover, you can apply various studio-quality effects, such as chorus, to your singing voice and even cancel the vocal part of audio recordings, allowing you to sing along with (or instead of) your favourite artists and bands and making it even more enjoyable to sing.
Wireless connection with Smart Pianist
The Smart Pianist app supports not only wired connection but also wireless connection with the optional UD-WL01 Wi-Fi USB LAN adapter.
