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Yamaha EZ30AD 61-Note Touch-Sensitive Portable Electronic Keyboardby YAMAHA
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Features
- 608 instrument voices and 32-note polyphony
- Two-way stereo speakers with bass ports
- 61 piano-sized, touch-sensitive keys with guide lights
- 100 built-in songs to learn
- Interactive Yamaha Education Suite 3 with lessons for beginners
Amazon.com Review
Yamaha's EZ30AD portable keyboard is geared for the beginning musician. It's easy to use, powerful, inexpensive, and educational. With 600 different sounds, 100 accompaniment styles, 200 songs, a built-in sequencer, and guided piano lessons, the EZ30AD comes loaded with as many features as a new car.The 600 sounds range from pianos to clarinets to drums to special effects. The EZ30AD is a General MIDI compatible keyboard, which means that when it's connected to a computer--via the MIDI ports using MIDI cables (sold separately)--the EZ30AD will correctly play General MIDI files (a standard of most MIDI files in educational software and of those available on the Internet).
Add an accompaniment to the sound that you are already playing, and you immediately have a whole band at you fingertips. The EZ30AD can supply drums, bass, chords, and other instruments, freeing you to be the star musician of the group. The sequencer allows you to record your song. It works very much like a multitrack cassette recorder. You can first record one instrument--a bass, for instance. Then add another instrument, such as a guitar, while you're listening to your first track. If the guitar track is not quite right, then you can record it again without changing the bass part. The sequencer is a great tool; however, you can only save up to five songs on the keyboard.
The 200 songs are fun to listen to, but the EZ30AD also wants you to learn how to play them. There are three lesson types on the EZ30AD: timing, waiting, and minus one. All lessons can be done with left hand alone, right hand alone, or both hands together. In the timing lesson, the song plays and the student presses any note in the proper time. In the waiting lesson, the EZ30AD holds the accompaniment until the student plays the correct notes. In the minus one lesson, the student plays the proper notes in the correct time. An evaluation function gives a grade for each lesson.
Colored lights above the keys and a staff display will help the student identify the correct keys. A dictionary function shows the student chord types on the keyboard and on the display staff. All these educational activities are very entertaining, and by doing them, the student will pick up rudimentary skills that may help in the further study of music.
The keys on the EZ30AD feel a little flimsy, so try not to play them too hard. The keys are also touch sensitive, which means that the harder you strike the key, the louder it will sound. Touch-sensitivity allows for greater control over how your music sounds.
The EZ30AD is lightweight, yet it has speakers built in, so you don't have to get an amplifier. A built-in headphone jack lets you keep your musical mistakes to yourself. It is hard to find many downsides with the EZ30AD.
A Beginners Dream Come True!
Makes it fun to learn!
