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Yamaha Arranger Workstation Comparison Chart

 
Below is a comparison chart between the new models of Arranger Workstations from Yamaha.  If you have any questions please feel free to contact us and one of our professionally trained sales-staff will be pleased to ensure you choose the right model for your needs.
 
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PSR-1500



PSR-3000



Tyros2
VOICES 
  Tone Generation: Tone Generating Technology AWM Stereo Sampling  AWM Stereo Sampling  AWM Dynamic Stereo Sampling 
  Polyphony: Number of Polyphony 96  128  128 
  Preset: Number of Voices 311 + 480 XG + GM2 + GS  349 + 480 XG + GM2 + GS  504 (486 Normal + 18 Mega) + 10 Organ Flute + 480 XG + 256 GM2 + 23 Drum kits + 6 SFX kits (And GS Voices for GS Song playback) 
  Preset: Featured Voices 8 Sweet! Voices, 5 Cool! Voices, 1 Live! Voice, 10 Organ Flutes!  14 Sweet! Voices, 18 Cool! Voices, 19 Live! Voices, 10 Organ Flutes!, 10 Mega Voices  MegaVoices (18 voices) Small Strings, Large Strings, Brass, Tenor Sax, Trumpet, Nylon Guitar, Solid Guitar 1/2, Steel Guitar, Hi String Guitar, 12Strings Guitar, Clean Guitar, Overdrive, Distortion, Acoustic Bass, Finger Bass, Pick Bass, Fretless Bass | Sweet! Voices (23 voices) Jazz/Pop/Ballad TenorSax, Growl Sax, Tenor Sax, Alto Sax, Soprano Sax, Jazz/Silver/Golden Trumpet, Cornet, Trumpet, Mute Trumpet, Flugel Horn, Trombone, Violin, Harmonica, Mandolin, Oboe, Clarinet, Flute, Pan Flute, Classical Flute | Live! Voices (58 voices) Dynamic Strings, Spiccato, Dynamic Brass, Power Brass, French Horn, Sax Section, Dynamic Steel Guitar, Grand Piano, Dynamic Nylon, Guitar, Gospel Choir, etc. | Live! Drums (9 drum kits) Live! PowerKit 1/2, Live! Studio, Live! Standard 1/2, Live! Brush, Live! Symphony, Live! PopLatin, Live! Cuban | Cool! Voices (39 voices) Sparkle Stack, Curved Bars, Slide Solid, Clean Guitar, Jazz Guitar, Power Lead, etc. | Organ Flutes!, 10 Presets | Super Articulation Voices (42 voices) Concert Strings, Tremolo Bowing 1/2, Big Band Brass, Brass Fall f/mf, Trumpet, Trumpet Shake1/2, Saxophone, Concert Guitar, FlamencoGuitar, Steel Guitar, Warm Solid, Guitar Hero, Feedbacker, Magic Bell, etc. 
  Compatibility: GM Yes (System Level 1 & 2)  Yes (System Level 1 & 2)  Yes (Level 2) 
  Compatibility: XG Yes  Yes  Yes 
  Compatibility: XG lite Yes  Yes   
  Compatibility: XF Yes  Yes  Yes 
  Custom: Sound Creator     Voice setting Editor / Voice Creator with Wave Assign 
  Custom: Optional Wave Capacity     4MB (Pre-installed) / MAX 1024MB (Optional) 
ACCOMPANIMENT STYLES 
  Preset: Number of Preset Styles 190  240  11 Categories 400 Styles (Pro Styles: 357, Session Styles: 43) 
  Preset: Featured Styles 176 Pro Styles, 14 Session Styels  217 Pro Styles, 23 Session Styels, Mega Voice Styles  MegaVoice Styles (used by preset styles) 
  Preset: Fingering Single Finger, Fingered, Fingered On Bass, Multi Finger, AI Fingered, Full Keyboard, AI Full Keyboard  Single Finger, Fingered, Fingered On Bass, Multi Finger, AI Fingered, Full Keyboard, AI Full Keyboard  Single Finger, Fingered, Fingered On Bass, Multi Finger, AI Fingered,Full Keyboard, AI Full Keyboard 
  Preset: Variations     Intro x 3, Fill In x 4, Main x 4, Break x 1, Ending x 3 
  Preset: Sections 3 Intro & Ending, 4 Main  3 Intro & Ending, 4 Main   
  Custom: User Styles Yes (Custom Style)  Yes (Custom Style)  Yes 
  Custom: Style Creator     Yes 
  Other Features: Music Finder/Music Database Yes  Yes  Preset: 1,835 records Edit: Programmable. Up to 2,500 records 
  Other Features: One Touch Setting (OTS) 4 for each Style  4 for each Style  4 for Each Style (Programmable), with OTS Link 
CONTROL INTERFACE 
  Keyboard: Type     FSX 
  Keyboard: Number of Keys 61  61  61 keys (C1 - C6) Initial touch/Aftertouch 
  Keyboard: Touch Response Yes  Yes  Yes 
  Keyboard: After Touch     Yes 
  Display: Type Full Dot LCD  Full Dot LCD  Full Dot LCD 
  Display: Color Monochrome  Color  Color 
  Display: Size 320 x 240 dots  320 x 240 dots  640 x 480 dots VGA Color LCD 
  Display: Back Light Yes (Fluorescent Light)  Yes (Fluorescent Light)  Yes 
  Display: Lyrics Display Yes  Yes  Yes 
  Display: Score Display Yes  Yes  Yes 
  Display: Wallpaper Customization     Yes 
  Other Controllers: Pitch Bend Yes  Yes  Yes 
  Other Controllers: Modulation Yes  Yes  Yes 
  Other Controllers: Multi Pads 4 (+ Stop)  4 (+ Stop)  120, Pad 1-4, Stop, Select 
SONGS 
  Recording: Number of Channels   16  16 
  Recording: Number of Songs     Unlimited (depending on the storage media's capacity) 
  Recording: Song Data Capacity 300KB  300KB   
  Compatible Data Format: Recording SMF (Format 0)  SMF (Format 0)  SMF (Format 0) 
  Compatible Data Format: Playback SMF (Format 0 & 1), ESEQ, XF, Style File  SMF (Format 0 & 1), ESEQ, XF, Style File  SMF (Format 0 & 1), ESEQ, XF, Style File 
  Recording: Recording Function     Quick Recording, Multi Recording, Step Recording, Song Editing 
  Hard Disk Recording: Control     Play, Pause, Stop, Rec, Prev, Next 
  Hard Disk Recording: Playlist     Repeat, Sort, Shuffle, Marking 
  Hard Disk Recording: File Format     Wave (16-bit, 44.1KHz, Stereo) 
EFFECTS 
  Functions: Split Yes  Yes  Yes. Separete split points for Chord and Voice (LEFT) 
  Accompany Style Related: Vocal Harmony   Yes (3-poly)  60 presets + 10 users 
  Accompany Style Related: Auto Harmony     Harmony/Echo (17 presets) 
  Types: Reverb 35 Preset + 3 User  35 Preset + 3 User  34 presets + 3 users 
  Types: Chorus 30 Preset + 3 User  30 Preset + 3 User  30 presets + 3 users 
  Types: Equalizer     Master EQ x 7, 2-band EQ x 29 
  Types: Others DSP 1 (183 Preset + 3 User), DSP 2-4 (106 Preset + 10 User)  DSP 1 (183 Preset + 3 User), DSP 2-4 (106 Preset + 10 User)  Mic effects: Noise Gate x 1, Compressor x 1, 3Band EQ x 1 
  Types: Master EQ     5 Bands : 5 presets + 2 users 
  Types: Part EQ     2 Bands: 29 Parts (R1, R2, R3, Left, MultiPad, Style x 8, Song x 16) 
  Types: Blocks     Reverb/Chorus/DSPs:6, Microphone:1 
  Types: DSP     DSP Effect For Style: 189 presets + 3 users DSP Effect For R1/R2/R3/Left: 189 presets + 10 users DSP Effect For Mic: 189 presets + 10 users 
  Types: Master Compressor     5 presets + 5 users 
  Functions: Poly/Mono     Yes 
FUNCTIONS 
  Demo/Help: Demonstration Voice Demos  Voice Demos  Overall Demo, Function Demo 
  Demo/Help: Help Yes (in 6 languages)  Yes (in 6 languages)   
  Registration Memory: Number of Buttons 8 x unlimited banks (depending on the storage media's capacity) 
  Lesson/Guide: Guide Yes  Yes  Follow Lights, Any Key, Karao-Key, Vocal CueTIME 
  Lesson/Guide: Performance Assistant Technology (PAT) Yes  Yes  Yes 
  Overall Controls: Metronome     Yes 
  Overall Controls: Tempo Range 5 - 500, Tap Tempo  5 - 500, Tap Tempo  5 - 500, Tap Tempo 
  Overall Controls: Transpose Keyboard/Song/Master  Keyboard/Song/Master  -12 - 0 - 12 (Assignable Keyboard / Song / Master) Upper Octave (-1, 0, +1) Part Octave (-2, -1, 0, +1, +2) 
  Overall Controls: Tuning Yes  Yes  414.8 - 440 - 466.8 Hz 
  Overall Controls: Scale Type Yes  Yes  9 presets 
  Miscellaneous: Direct Access     Yes 
  Miscellaneous: Language for Display English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Italian  English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Italian  5 Languages (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian) 
  Registration Memory: Control     Bank +/-, Regist Sequence, Freeze 
STORAGE AND CONNECTIVITY 
  Storage: Floppy Disk *Depending on the destination  *Depending on the destination  Optional 
  Storage: External Drives Optional connectivity to external HDD or CD-R drive with Optical Input (with External Adaptor via USB To Device)  Optional connectivity to external HDD or CD-R drive with Optical Input (with External Adaptor via USB To Device)  Optional USB Flash Memory, USB Hard Disk Drive, etc. (via USB to DEVICE) 
  Storage: Flash Memory (Internal) Yes (650KB)  Yes (1.5MB)  3.2MB 
  Storage: SmartMedia Slot Yes  Yes   
  Connectivity: To Host     Yes 
  Connectivity: Headphones Yes  Yes  Yes 
  Connectivity: MIDI Yes (In/Out)  Yes (In/Out)  MIDI A (IN/OUT), MIDI B (IN/OUT) 
  Connectivity: AUX Pedal Yes (2, Foot Volume)  Yes (2, Foot Volume)  Yes (Switch or Volume x 3, optional) 
  Connectivity: AUX Audio In Yes (L/L+R)  Yes (L/L+R)  Yes 
  Connectivity: AUX Audio Out Yes (Pre (L/L+R), Post (L/L+R))  Yes (Pre (L/L+R), Post (L/L+R))  Main Line Output (L/L+R, R) Sub Output 1, Sub Output 2 
  Connectivity: Microphone   Yes  Yes (Mic./Line in Stereo) 
  Connectivity: USB Yes (To Host, To Device)  Yes (To Host, To Device)  Yes 
  Connectivity: Video Out   Yes  RGB Out, NTSC / PAL Composite 
  Connectivity: Internet Yes (10Base-T with External Adaptor via USB to Device)  Yes (10Base-T with External Adaptor via USB to Device)  Internet Direct Connection : External Adapter (via USB to DEVICE) 
  Connectivity: USB TO DEVICE     2 terminals (Front/Back) USB Flash Memory, USB Hard Disk Drive, etc. 
  Storage: HDD     2.5 inch IDE (Optional, Internal) 
  Storage: Optional Memory     168 pin DIMM x 2 (MAX 1024MB) 
  Connectivity: Loop Send     Loop Send (L/L+R, R) / AUX Out (Level Fixed): Selectable 
  Connectivity: Loop Return     Loop Return (L/L+R, R) / Aux In 
  Connectivity: External Speaker     To Satellite Speaker (L/R), To Sub Woofer (L/R) 
BUNDLED SOFTWARE 
  Other     Tyros2 Voice Editor 
AMPLIFIERS AND SPEAKERS 
  Amplifiers 12W x 2  12W x 2  Optional Speaker (TRS-MS02) 
  Speakers (12cm + 5cm) x 2  (12cm + 4cm (dome)) x 2   
SIZE/WEIGHT 
  Dimensions: Width 93.7cm  93.7cm  114.0 cm 
  Dimensions: Depth 39.9cm