Archive for January, 2010

Any tips on buying or playing a keyboard (musical instrument)?

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

I have one but I want a better one that costs little or nothing and is similar sounding to a piano. Also I taught myself a few songs by myself already but I’m having trouble…

You won’t get a good one cheap unless you buy it used, and then check it out carefully. Play every note. Yamaha is a good brand.

Modifying the Yamaha PSS80 Electronic Synthesizer Keyboard

Sunday, January 24th, 2010

2 Modifying the Yamaha PSS80 Electronic Synthesizer KeyboardA How-To Video from ClydeSight Productions

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I bought a Yamaha PSS80 at a yard sale, and discovered that it did not have a sound output jack. Some later versions of this little keyboard may have corrected this problem.

This video shows step-by-step how to modify a Yamaha PSS80 “Portasound” electronic keyboard by installing a direct sound output jack for patching it into mixing boards, computers or any audio device. While this instrument is not a true synthesizer, it has some unique synthesizer sounds that can be a very useful part of the electronic musician’s toolkit. This technique can be used with any keyboard that has speakers but no direct sound output jack.

The modifications require a few simple tools and one 1/8″ non-circuit breaking mini jack, available at Radio Shack.

When modified, the Yamaha keyboard is able to patch and play music directly into audio devices, including the line-in of a computer, with no loss of sound quality. This allows one to use the unique synthesizer sounds in a variety of ways, mixing it with other tracks of a music composition in a sound editor, for example. At the same time, it will play through its own speaker, which in some cases can create a modified “stereo” effect.

The music performed in this video is Yamaha’s own “demo song” built into the little keyboard.

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How to Use Electronic Keyboards.mp4

Friday, January 15th, 2010

2 How to Use Electronic Keyboards.mp4

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Yamaha MusicSoft – Connect Your Keyboard & Computer – Windows XP

Friday, January 15th, 2010

2 Yamaha MusicSoft   Connect Your Keyboard & Computer   Windows XPThis video will show you how to connect your Yamaha keyboard to your Windows XP computer.

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Unbelievable Piano with my Yamaha Digital Keyboard

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

2 Unbelievable Piano with my Yamaha Digital KeyboardThis is done with Yamaha YPG-625. First learned by the chords and then the drum base sequence. Hope you enjoy it!

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Yamaha PSR-E313 demo EZ Keyboard Lesson from www.learn2playmusic.com

Monday, January 4th, 2010

2 Yamaha PSR E313 demo EZ Keyboard Lesson from www.learn2playmusic.comYamaha PSR-E313 keyboard, video lesson 1.
(Basic operation)
One of my EZ Keyboard Method lessons at
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Deutsches Museum – Electronic Musical Instruments

Friday, January 1st, 2010

2 Deutsches Museum    Electronic Musical InstrumentsA view of the historic electronic musical instruments in the Deutsches Museum

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