"With Weighted Keys & RICH With Features! The Yamaha YPG 635 88 Keyboard Comes Very Much Recommended To Anyone That Wants To Learn, Compose & Arrange Music!" |
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Yamaha YPG-635 Portable Grand Piano Review
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Price: $799.00 (currently priced/price may change) Return Policy: The Yamaha YPG-635 88-Key Weighted Portable Grand Piano has a 30-day FULL money back guarantee. Yamaha also offers a 2-year limited warranty on parts and labor for digital piano models. Brand: Yamaha Model #: YPG635 Recommended Merchant: www.amazon.com About The Product: The Yamaha YPG-635 is an 88-key weighted piano keyboard that comes with the Graded Hammer feature. What's different about this feature compared to soft touch keyboards is that it mimics the feel of the heavier piano touch along the bass region as it progresses with lighter ones as you go up the keyboard. So you get closest to real playing on a digital model as you would on an acoustic. The YPG-635 also features a crisp and bright 320 x 240 blue back lit LCD, 130 panel voices, 160 preset styles, a 6 track sequencer, pitch bend wheel, and a music dictionary, among others. The LCD is also able to convert recorded music into readable scores for you to practice on. Another new feature that comes with the YPG-635 is its DSP effects. DSP is short for digital signal processing which means the user is able to experiment with a lot of cool and handy effects he can use as he plays his piano pieces. The onboard speakers are a bit small although you can route the keyboard thru an external sound system to produce fabulous sound outputs. |
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The Good Stuff:
 Twice the polyphony of its predecessors
Graded hammer keyboard for true acoustic feel on a digital
Large 320 x 240 backlit LCD given comprehensive readouts and note scoring
130 voice selections with nearly 500 total voices and 12 drum and special effects kits
6-track recorder and over 200 on board effects
Impressive list of DSP effects for experimenting with new and cool combinations
Can operate in dual and split voice modes
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The Bad Stuff:
 No MIDI ports
Limited sounds selection and very small speakers
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Product Specifications:
The Yamaha YPG 635 includes the following standard specifications:
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Product Features:
Listed below are some of the features that come with this Digital Piano. Take a quick look below...  Top of the line features weighted action
Lyric, chord and notation display
6-track sequencer allows user to record own music
Performance Assist Feature enables user to play melody & chords like a pro
Interactive Lessons provides different modes to teach user how to play
Pitch bend wheel for more expressive playing of brass/guitar
Backlit LCD displays lyrics, chords & notation
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Our Verdict:
The Yamaha YPG-635 Key Weighted Portable Grand is an upgrade from the earlier 625 model and the added features are definitely worth your while! Primarily, the weighted keys are a great improvement to its sound quality over the soft-touch type. Doubling its polyphony is also a welcome upgrade as the previous 32-polyphony was quite lacking for any digital piano. Overall, you can be blown away by all the improvements and added features, sounds and effects, except we're still a little disappointed that Yamaha didn't do anything about the on-board speakers. For a measly 6W of power a piece, this couldn't do much to keep up with the added features and sounds. Other than that, the YPG-635 comes highly recommended for anyone wanting to learn, compose and arrange music. |
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Customer Feedback-
"We decided to get this because: 1. It fit our budget 2. We live in a town home and need the option of headphones 3. I hope the "bells" and "whistles" make it fun for my kids to play. 4. Looks nicer than a keyboard on an X stand, but is still small and easy to move. For lessons now, I think it will be okay, but if any of us get more serious, then I would really feel like I needed to invest in a better alternative." - Actual User Review - Amazon.com "The Yamaha sounds like a piano - within the limitations of its speakers. Its action? Better than some real pianos and much less likely to need an action tuneup. And all the benefits that you can get from modern electronics. Full DSP so that you can get simulated concert hall acoustics if you want. This is an amazing item." - Actual User Review - Amazon.com "Incredible feel; just like a grand. Sound is spectacular, even through the relatively small speakers. Have not hooked it up to the PA yet, but I'm sure that when I do, it will blow my hair back. Relatively straightforward." - Actual User Review - Buzzillions.com "What won me over to the Yamaha was the key action and variety of tones and rhythms. The "sweet" voices are wonderful -- almost wistful. This keyboard has more dsp features and such than I'll ever know how to use." - Actual User Review - Guitarcenter.com |
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