Yamaha YPG635

Low Price for Yamaha YPG635The USB-to-HOST port and associated drivers work
 with Windows 7 (64 bit). I was worried as my previous
MIDI interface doesn't. I have several MIDI capable
Yamaha YPG635devices and was planning to replace my
Save on Yamaha YPG635. Fast & transportno-longer-compatible MIDI interface box (and still may
fiables, Commander dès maintenant!since I still have the other MIDI devices). See my note
in the "the Bad" section about the lack of standard MIDI
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Save BIG!. Ship with fast delivery and storage. LimitedOK, the title for this section is a little humorous (I know,
time offer! Today it is in stock, order now before thevery little). The points I want to make, though, fit in
prices up.neither the good nor bad, but are comments on
You can goto Store for see more detail, Priceadvertising hype and expectations. 
or ORDER product by press ORDER NOW Button .The advertising claims the Piano voice is the best... their
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Customer Review:keyboards today." I have to quibble with two parts.
I ended up buying inspected during the month, andThis keyboard, at 70 pounds or so, isn't all that portable
recommended him to his father. I was lucky enough to(unless you're a professional musician with Roadies to
own, and found a very good facility for IT and end upmove your stuff), and the sound is good, but not the
buying one myself. best since Yamaha's pro-Line portable stage piano's
It's just a very good piano. This is a very good feelinghave even better sound (along with much higher price
(possibly the best feeling that you need to go one leveltags). 
in the price), piano sounds are very warm and sincere,The display isn't big. They advertise playing songs from
then all other sounds very well (some string / horn isthe score display. You probably won't. It's big enough
not quite there, but come on, who really takes care ofyou could and small enough you won't want to. 
you bought the piano, saxaphone). Includes pedal is notThe wood doesn't seem to be real wood, but more
a suitable job when I was going to call for an optionallike the particle board with veneer like that of cheap
three pedal unit at some point. These speakers arefurniture (well, it's a fairly cheap digital piano, so I guess
very loud and good sound. There is a headphone jackthat fits, huh?). However, it is solid (and 70 pounds or
and USB port to control MIDI. so). 
In general, this is a great digital piano. It looks very good,The auto-accompaniment isn't as feature rich as I
and it is well built. Sound is very good at this price, howexpected moving up from my ancient PSR synth.
he feels. Is the sound / feel better? Of course, just beThere are more choices, but fewer controls over
prepared to pay 2-3 times more. Everyone wantsthem. Perhaps I just haven't learned them yet. 
good piano for the whole family, that some of theThe Bad: 
tunes, feel good, full size, and has a nice sound, youAs mentioned a few times in other reviews, the
can not find much better than this! I would definitelyvolume isn't impressive. A real piano would easily
recommend it to others!drown out the YPG audio output. Not an issue if you
 listen on headphones or are in a small room - just be
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Buy today you Save All!or feed it to a PA, but there will be a signal to noise
Great Value, Good Digital Pianoissue since you're using a headphone jack as the
keyboard does not have Line-Out jacks. I realize the
The Yamaha YPG-635 is an excellent value. ThereYPG isn't a pro-line instrument and Line-out is a
are a few things I think Yamaha could have donepro-level feature. 
better, and thus the four star rating. In summary: GoodSpeaking of the headphone jack, it's on the back side
sound, great keyboard, great value. of the keyboard, behind the music rest. A really
The Good: awkward spot if you ask me. On the front would be
This keyboard has excellent and realistic keyboardmuch better. This is a minor deficiency. 
action. I played on several at a music store to seeWhile we're on the back of the instrument, the USB to
which of the various brands felt best. To my fingers atDevice (for flash drives) is on the back of the
least, none of the keyboards in the price range felt anykeyboard and hard to get to if you have the keyboard
better (and even many that cost more didn't feel asnear a wall. I bought a 30 inch USB Extension cable so
real). It's easily within the normal variation of real pianoI can plug and unplug my flash drive more easily. Not a
keyboards. This was the key deciding factor forshow stopper, and not an issue if you don't use a flash
picking this keyboard. drive, but how hard would it have been to put it on the
The Grand Piano voice is good, easily acceptable.front. 
There are better sounding piano voices; typically foundThe MIDI implementation is Yamaha's USB to Host
only in instruments at twice the price. connection. You can't use a MIDI controller to use the
The general MIDI spread of voices is decent, andsounds of the YPG, or use the YPG to control an
many are top quality. The extended voices are veryexternal tone module unless you have a computer
good as well, but are obviously synthetic. Two of thehandy - it doesn't have the standard 5 pin DIN MIDI
deciding factors for me were the 64 note polyphonyports. I thought long and hard about this before deciding
and the general MIDI compatibility. I play a lot of MIDII could live without standard MIDI ports. If you need the
files and my old keyboard was not general MIDIstandard MIDI jacks, think about another keyboard. 
compatible (it had the voices on the wrong patches).Conclusion: 
Many songs overrun the 28 note polyphony of my oldThe YPG-635 is an excellent value, you do get what
synth; they do not on the YPG. I'm sure I could createyou pay for and there are a couple of compromises
sequences that need more that 64 note polyphony,and quirks at this price level. The combinations of
but for the most part, 64 is enough (128 would befeatures, though, are well worth the price. The sound is
great, though). good, the keyboard action very good, and the good
For a complex keyboard, most of the functions arepoints far out-weigh the bad points. 
easy to use. For the complex things, there is a menuIt doesn't come with a cover, but Amazon sells one
selection system and scroll wheel that I've foundthat fits: Musician's Gear 88 Key Stretchy Keyboard
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