Yamaha EZ-300 Portable Keyboard

EZ-300 is a 61-key, touch-sensitive keyboard—specially equipped with lighting keys, and designed as an entry Portable Keyboard model for the first-time players. Stylish and comprehensive, it allows you to practice, play and perform with a variety of lesson functions and authentic instrument sounds.

Lighting keys – makes playing fun from the very first time!

Just play the lighted keys and get beautiful music—naturally and effortlessly. It’s easy to get hooked and have fun practising and playing. And if you want to improve more, practice at your own pace with the three Lesson functions. Work on the right and left-hand parts separately, and even break the song up into separate sections for repeated practice. The lighting keys guide you throughout, helping you enjoy playing—even if you can’t read music.

Play the songs you love.

The EZ-300 includes 202 built-in Songs that the whole family will enjoy. With popular hits and famous songs that you’ve heard and want to play on the piano—from pop songs, children's songs, classics, and more. You can have fun playing along with the song or simply listen to it playing automatically. Moreover, you can use the EZ-300 with your computer to add even more of your favourites.

Pop Songs

• Includes: Happy, It’s My Life, Viva La Vida, Bad Romance, Shape of You, Duele El Corazon, Titanium, Perfect, Treasure and Something Just Like This.

• Includes: Frère Jacques, Old MacDonald Had a Farm, Aloha Oe, Santa Lucia, Brahms' Lullaby, Menuett BWV Anh.114, Prelude op.28-15 "Raindrop", Für Elise, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and Turkish March …and many more.

Enjoy playing with the authentic sounds of various actual musical instruments.

The EZ-300 features a total of 622 built-in instrument sounds (called Voices). Included with these are special “Live” Voices, which feature actual recorded samples from a grand piano, strings and brass. Just with this single keyboard you can play a huge variety of authentic musical instruments and perform with an amazingly full sound. In addition, there’s a Touch Response function that lets you expressively control the loudness by how strongly or softly you play the keys—helping you become familiar with the music as you express yourself while having fun with the Auto Accompaniment functions and various effects.

Features

• Convenient Light Guide function shows you which notes to play with lighting keys
• A total of 202 built-in demo Songs, including popular and famous songs, as well as pieces for study
• Authentic and natural instrument Voices—622 in total—including actual samples of a grand piano
• Variety of useful functions, including 205 dynamic auto accompaniment Styles that power your performance
• Song expansion feature that lets you play and practice your favourites
• Elegant silver-white finish that enhances any interior

Specifications

Colour/Finish

• Cabinet Color: Silver White

Size/Weight

• Dimensions
• Width: 945 mm (37-3/16”)
• Height: 118 mm (4-5/8”)
• Depth: 369 mm (14-1/2”)
• Weight: 4.8 kg (10 lb 9 oz) (not including batteries)

Control Interface

• Keyboard: Number of Keys 61
• Type: Lighted Keyboard / Organ Style
• Touch Response: Yes (Soft, Medium, Hard, Fixed)
• Display Type: LCD
• Backlight: Yes
• Display Language: English
• Panel Language: English

Voices

• Tone Generation: Tone Generating Technology - AWM Stereo Sampling
• Polyphony: Number of Polyphony (Max.) = 48
• Preset Number of Voices:
• 622
• 241 Panel Voices
• 22 Drum/SFX kits
• 20 Arpeggio
• 339 XGlite Voices)
• Featured Voices:
• 3 Live! Voices
• 4 Sweet! Voices
• 6 Cool! Voices
• 11 Super Articulation Lite Voices
• Compatibility GM: Yes
• XGlite: Yes

Effects

• Types
• DSP: 38 types
• Reverb: 12 types
• Chorus: 5 types
• Master EQ: 6 types
• Harmony: 26 types
• Functions
• Dual: Yes
• Split: Yes
• Arpeggio: 150 types
• Melody Suppressor: Yes

Accompaniment Styles

• Preset:  Number of Preset Styles 205
• Fingering: Smart Chord, Multi-finger
• Style Control: ACMP ON/OFF, SYNC START, START/STOP, INTRO/ENDING/rit., MAIN/AUTOFILL
• File Format Style: File Format (SFF)
• Other Features
• Music Database: 170
• One-Touch Setting (OTS): Yes
• Expandability Expansion Style: 10

Songs

• Preset
• Number of Preset Songs: 202
• Touch Tutor: 10
• Chord Study: 12
• Chord Progression: 40
• Recording
• Number of Songs: 5
• Number of Tracks: 2
• Data Capacity Approx: 10,000 notes
• Compatible Data Format
• Playback: SMF Formats 0 & 1
• Recording: Original File Format

Functions

• Lesson/Guide
• KEYS TO SUCCESS
• Lesson 1–3 (Listening, Timing, Waiting)
• Phrase Repeat
• A-B Repeat
• Chord Dictionary
• Touch Tutor
• Chord Study
• Chord Progression
• USB audio interface 44.1 kHz, 16 bit, stereo
• Registration
• Number of Buttons: 9

• Overall Controls
• Metronome: Yes
• Tempo Range: 11 - 280
• Transpose: -12 to 0, 0 to +12
• Tuning: 427.0–440.0–453.0 Hz (approx. 0.2 Hz increments)
• Duo: Yes

• Miscellaneous PIANO Button Yes (Portable Grand Button)

• Storage: Internal Memory - Approx 1.4 MB
• Connectivity: DC IN 12 V
• Headphones: Standard stereo phone jack (PHONES/OUTPUT)
• Sustain Pedal: Yes
• AUX IN: Yes (Stereo mini jack)
• USB TO HOST: Yes

Amplifiers and Speakers

• Amplifiers: 2.5 W + 2.5 W
• Speakers: 12 cm × 2

Power Supply

• Power Supply: AC Adaptor (PA-130, PA-3C, or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha) or batteries (Six “AA” size alkaline (LR6), manganese (R6) or Ni-MH rechargeable (HR6) batteries)
• Power Consumption: 5 W (When using PA-130 AC adaptor)
• Auto Power Off Function: Yes (Time can be set)

Accessories included

• Music Rest: Yes
• Song Book (Download from Yamaha web site)