Yamaha - PSR-A700 Oriental

Yamaha’s PSR-A700 Oriental arranger is designed for musicians seeking sounds suited to the musical traditions of the Middle East. Its 306 Oriental sounds and 279 regional styles offer a vast scope for melodic and rhythmic exploration.

Its Scale Tune section allows you to customise a wide range of scale types, including quarter-tone tunings with rigorous precision, enabling you to reproduce authentic regional interpretations with accuracy and flexibility.

Crossfade Portamento ensures smooth transitions between note pitches, particularly for glissandos and characteristic melodic slurs, with expressive control enhanced by real-time controls. This technical combination facilitates nuanced playing, suited to both traditional repertoires and personal interpretations.

To bring out the nuances of the melodies, the 226 Super Articulation sounds reproduce the playing nuances specific to the sampled instruments, including characteristic ornaments and inflections. The touch-sensitive keyboard, combined with the joystick controller, allows you to work on variations in intensity, pitch and modulation with a response suited to expressive musical interpretations.

The Chord Looper records and repeats up to 8 chord sequences, freeing up the left hand to develop melodies, enrich improvisations or work on instrumental motifs. This function brings greater flexibility to arrangements, as harmonic progressions can serve as a basis for various musical variations. With the two assignable control buttons, expressive controls remain accessible in real time, allowing you to adjust nuances and effects without interrupting the flow of your performance.

With 700 MB of expansion memory, the Yamaha PSR-A700 oriental keyboard supports additional content to expand its sound palette according to musical requirements. Compatibility with EXPANSION EXPLORER makes it easy to discover and install new compatible sounds and styles.

For rehearsals and personal practice, the built-in 2× 15 W amplifier and two speakers provide self-contained sound output, with enhanced bass response. The microphone input with vocal effects opens up further possibilities for combining vocals and keyboard on stage.

The Bluetooth audio connection allows you to stream tracks wirelessly from a mobile device, so you can play along to backing tracks or practise passages by ear. The USB-C and USB-A ports expand connectivity options, particularly for data transfer and compatible audio applications.