Yamaha EZ250i
This instrument is discontinued

A Great Keyboard with 61 Keys and General Midi

The EZ-250i can function as a music component in a home entertainment system Learning to play music doesn't have to be all work and no play.

PC Button & USB: This keyboard loves your computer! The EZ-250i has many state of the art features to make connecting as quick and easy as possible. These features include the PC Button, which takes a snapshot of your MIDI settings so that you can instantly return to them with just the press of a single 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 to play music. Simply connect the included cable to your computer, open your favorite music software program and hit PLAY. That's it.

How about the sound?

The EZ250i has a touch-sensitive keyboard, features a stereo-sampled piano voice and dynamic filtering; technology previously reserved for much more expensive, professional keyboards. In addition, you'll find that playing piano is fast and easy with Yamahas 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, as well as setting up the keyboard to play as a piano in full keyboard mode.

But it doesn't stop there. The 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 XGlite compatible, making it compatible with pretty much every MIDI file available anywhere. And no matter what level of playing ability your at, youll appreciate being able to build combinations of your favorite sounds. Pressing the \"Split\" button divides the instrument into two parts, allowing you to have two different sounds on the keyboard at the same time, like piano on the right and bass on the left and \"Layer\" mode allows you to combine two 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. Yamaha Education Suite™ Learning to play songs and chords

The EZ-250i comes with 80 built-in songs with Songbook. But if youve never played before, where do you start? Well, if learning to play music is important to you, the Yamaha Education Suite, a wonderful set of music training functions, makes learning music incredibly easy. Seven types of lessons are available as well as a convenient chord dictionary. Three 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. Chord Dictionary - shows you how to play chords by lighting the keys.

Keyboard Styles and the One Touch Setting

The EZ-250i comes with 100 built-in styles, waiting for you to play along with. Its just 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 for you. And to make it easy and fun, when you select one of the styles, the

One Touch Setting function will automatically configure keyboard parameters, such as voice selection and digital effects, to match that selected music style.

Sound Quality Bass Boost System A special port on each speaker adds a powerful impact to bass sound reproduction.

Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Enhances sound quality with sophisticated digital effects like Harmony, Reverb & Chorus.

Advanced Wave Memory (AWM) Yamaha Advanced Wave Memory technology delivers amazingly realistic sound.

32-note Polyphony Whats polyphony, you ask? Simply put, polyphony is how many notes a keyboard can reproduce simultaneously. The EZ-250i has 32-note Polyphony allowing you to play intricate arrangements and dense musical passages.

Specifications Yamaha EZ250i