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The World Arranger Unlocks a World of Sounds





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The Yamaha PSR-A5000 World Arranger keyboard stocks your creative palette with a treasure trove of of exotic voices and styles from across the planet. The PSR-A5000 opens up a world of sounds ? literally. Loaded with new voice samples that include the Oud, Qanoon, Nay, Watariat, and Istanbul Strings (the famous Turkish string group), as well as new Styles such as Khaleeji, Shami, Masri, Maghrebi, Persian, and Turkish, the PSR-A5000 is the ideal instrument to accompany you on your world music journey. With its handy joystick controller and intuitive touchscreen interface, you’ll find the PSR-A5000 quick to get around on, too. Cutting-edge features like Key-off Percussion Samples and Velocity Sensitive Portamento free you to express your music in your own inimitable fashion. If you’ve been wanting an arranger keyboard that can do it all, Sweetwater highly recommends auditioning the Yamaha PSR-A5000.





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You’ll never run out of unique sounds





Based on Yamaha’s top-tier PSR-S Series arranger keyboards, the PSR-A5000 serves up the kind of flexibility you’d expect from a superb Yamaha instrument. The PSR-A5000 packs a cornucopia of world sounds, arranged into a dizzying array of styles that include Arabic, Maghreb, Khaligi, Iranian, Turkish, Greek, and many more. With the Yamaha PSR-A5000 arranger keyboard, you’ll have ample sonic firepower to fuel your musical expeditions the world over.





New, innovative features:


7-inch Touch Screen


Assignable knobs and buttons


4 Voice Parts


1,160 Voices 86 Drum/SFX Kits


Revo! SFX Kits


128 Keys Mapped for Drums


454 Styles


2 Insertion Effects per Style


Style Section Reset


Style Section Time Signature


1GB Expansion Voice


Expansion Audio Style


Playlist (vs MusicFinder)


Chord Looper


12 Types of Scale Tuning


Mic/Guitar input


Sub Out


Scale-savvy performance powerhouse





Yamaha has incorporated a powerful and innovative panel scale tuner into the PSR-A5000 that makes short work of composing in exotic tunings. Smart features such as custom Real Time Scale Tuning and a handy scale set button make nailing your perfect scale on the PSR-A5000 fast and effortless.





All the right stuff ? and expansion, too!





The PSR-A5000 arranger keyboard has all the essentials you'd expect from Yamaha: 61 great-feeling keys; a fast, intuitive interface; ample I/O; and USB audio recording and playback. And since it's equipped with dedicated space for your choice of expansion content, the PSR-A5000 can be easily expanded with new voices and styles. What’s not to love?





Yamaha PSR-A5000 61-key World Arranger Features:


Never run out of characterful voices ? or inspiration


Broad range of voices and styles with a world focus


Intuitive user interface with touchscreen and joystick controller


7-inch TFT color VGA LCD touchscreen


Velocity Sensitive Portamento Time


Key-off sounds for percussion instruments


Top-panel Real Time Scale Tuning


Super Articulation Voices reproduce the expressive nuances of non-keyboard instruments


329 Multi Pad banks


Assignable Knobs


Multiple time signature within styles


Style Section Reset


Chord Looper


Registration Memories


Pitch shift, Audio Time Stretch, Voice Cancel


USB flash memory audio recording and playback


USB-to-host for computer connection


Sonic palette features Arabic, Maghreb, Khaligi, Iranian, Turkish, and Greek styles


Powerful multi-amp onboard stereo speaker system


Music rest and power supply included