525 Preset Styles
The new Yamaha mid-range arranger keyboards, the PSR-SX900 and PSR-SX700, will replace the current PSR-S975 and S775 models. These new models incorporate many features from the new flagship Genos keyboard that are not available in the current PSR-Sxxx series and thus mark the next generation of Yamaha keyboards. Here are some of the new features in these keyboards:
Touch-screen display - The 7" touch display and new graphic user interface (GUI) provide intuitive control over the instrument's powerful features. This interface matches the interface on the Genos.
This new display also highlights several of the new features. The midrange models now have a third right-hand voice. The bottom line of the main display contains the shortcut icons which let you call up various functions with a single touch. Touching a shortcut icon calls up the display of the corresponding function. Other new unique features include:
- Chord Looper - The Chord Looper lets you record a chord sequence and play it back, freeing your left hand and providing new ways to enhance your performance. The chords play back in a loop, so you no longer need to repeat the chord pattern manually.
- Live Control - The two LIVE CONTROL knobs let you intuitively control your performance in real-time. A wide variety of functions can be assigned to the knobs, so you can easily add variations to the sound during your performance.
- Assignable Functions - While performing, you often need to act fast to access certain features. Assignable Functions make it easy to do just that. Choose from a range of functions to assign to one of six panel buttons, or to the Live Control knobs, pedals or the Home Shortcut menu, and then instantly recall your desired function with a single touch.
- Joystick - The Joystick adds a new dimension to your live performance with a truly unique flair. The Joystick offers intuitive pitch and modulation control. Now you can play rapid trills, expressive pitch bends, and finely-nuanced modulation—all from a single, easily-configured controller.
- Style Assembly - Styles are made up of many instrument Parts, such as drums, bass, guitar, piano etc. In Style Assembly it’s easy to explore, audition and combine Parts from any Style to create your own personal accompaniments.
- Playlist and Registration Memory - Playlist makes it easy to manage and call up your songs and the related settings, no matter how large your repertoire. Organize Registration Memories into convenient Playlists for instant recall during performance.
Styles
The PSR-SX900 has 525 preset styles, 75 more than the PSR-S975. The PSR-SX700 has 400 preset styles, 40 more than the PSR-S775. The styles are now grouped into nine style categories.
The table below lists all of the styles in the PSR-SX900 and the PSR-SX700. The styles that are exclusive to the SX900 are marked with a " - 9" and shown with a blue background. Two styles appear only in the SX700 and they are marked with a " - 7" and shown with a red background. The category titles indicate the total number of styles in the SX900 (and the SX700).
| BALLROOM - 23 (18) Styles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Beguine Cha-Cha Charleston EnglishWaltz FinalWaltz Foxtrot Jive OrganCha-Cha |
OrganQuickstep OrganRumba OrganSamba Pasodoble Quickstep1 Quickstep2 - 9 Rumba Samba |
SlowFoxtrot1 SlowFoxtrot2 - 9 SlowWaltz - 9 SwingFox Tango VocalFoxtrot - 9 VocalWaltz - 9 |
| DANCE - 91 (69) Styles | ||
| 60sBigHit - 7 6-8ClassicSynth 70s8BeatBallad 70sDisco1 70sDisco2 70sDiscoFunk 70sGlamPiano 70sSpanishDisco - 9 80s8Beat - 9 80sAnalogBallad 80sBoyBand 80sBritishPop - 9 80sClassic6-8 - 9 80sDiscoBeat 80sDivaBallad 80sGuitarPop 80sEuroPop - 9 80sFunkIcon - 9 80sMonsterHit - 9 80sPianoBallad 80sPopBallad - 9 80sRetroDisco - 9 80sSynthDuo - 9 80sSynthPop - 9 80sTeenDisco - 9 90sDisco 90sPopBallad AngelSun BigRoom ChartEDM Chillout1 |
Chillout2 ChilloutCafe ChillPerformer ClassicalPop CloudyBay ClubDance1 ClubDance2 ClubHouse ClubHouse ClubMixDJ ClubReggaeton Cool8Beat Dance 80sGuitarPop - 9 DanceFloor - 9 DangerDance - 9 DirtyPop - 9 DiscoChocolate DiscoSurvival DreamDance Dubstep - 9 EDM Anthem - 9 ElectroHouse ElectroHouse - 9 Electronica ElectroPop - 9 ElectroStep Eurodance1 Eurodance2 EuroTrance FrenchClub - 9 FrenchDJ |
FunkDisco FunkyHouse GangstaHouse GlobalDJs GrindHouse HipHop Ibiza2010 MiamiHouse MinimalElectro ModernHipHop NatureHipHop NightWalk PartyAnthem - 9 PhillyDisco PianoHouse Play4Sofa PopWaltz ReggaetonDJ RetroDance RetroSoul Slow'n'Swingin' StreetBeatbox - 9 Swedish8BeatPop SwedishPopShuffle SynthPop TrancePop TropicalHouse TurkishEuro Up-tempo8Beat US ClubDance - 9 Wonder8Beat |
| ENTERTAINER - 43 (34) Styles | ||
| 70sFrenchHit AlpenBallad1 AlpenBallad2 AlpenSchlager - 9 ApresSkiHit ApresSkiParty - 9 DiscoFox DiscoFoxRock DreamSchlager - 9 FantasyFox GermanRock HelloShuffle MallorcaDisco MallorcaParty ModernSchlager |
OktoberRockHit PartyArena PartyPolka PolkaPop PopRumba - 9 PubPiano RumbaIsland Schlager6-8 SchlagerAlp SchlagerBeat SchlagerFever SchlagerFox SchlagerPalace SchlagerPolka SchlagerPop |
SchlagerRock SchlagerRumba SchlagerSamba SchlagerShuffle SchlagerWaltz SingalongDanceBand - 9 SingalongPiano - 9 SoftSchlager SynthPopDuo - 9 VolksDance - 9 VolksSchlager - 9 YoungBallad YoungFox |
| JAZZ - 60 (45) Styles | ||
| 40sSwingBallad - 9 70sChartBallad 70sEasyPop 70sPopDuo1 - 9 70sPopDuo2 - 9 8BeatAdria AcousticJazz AfroCuban BigBandBallad BigBandFast1 BigBandFast2 BigBandJazz - 9 BigBandMedium - 9 BigBandShuffle BigBandSwing ClassicBigBand CoolJazzBallad CoolJazzWaltz CoolPianoJazz CoolSwing |
CountrySwing Dixieland DreamyBallad Easy8Beat EasyBallad EasyListening EasyPop - 9 EasySwing EpicBallad EuroPopOrgan FastJazz FiveFour FrenchJazz HappyBeat - 9 Hawaiian InstrumentalJazz JazzGuitarClub JazzOrganCombo - 9 JazzOrganGroove JumpJive |
ManhattanSwing - 9 MediumJazzWaltz MidnightSwing ModernBigBand OrchBigBand1 OrchBigBand2 Orchestral12-8 Orchestral6-8 OrchestralSwing1 OrchestralSwing2 OrganBossa OrganSwing PartyAGogo - 9 Ragtime RomanticWaltz - 9 SlowJazzWaltz - 9 Swingin'BigBand - 9 Tijuana TradPianoBallad - 9 TradPianoJazz - 9 |
| LATIN - 40 (30) Styles | ||
| 80sBrazilianPop Axe Bachata BoleroLento BossaBrazil - 9 BossaNova BrazilianBossa CoolBossa CubanCha-Cha CubanSon EuroPopMambo FastCha-Cha Forro Guaguanco - 9 |
Guajira GuitarRumba HappyReggae JazzSamba - 9 Joropo LatinPartyPop LiveMerengue - 9 LoungeBossa - 9 Parranda PopBachata PopBossa PopCha-Cha - 9 PopCumbia - 9 PopLatin |
PopLatinBallad Reggaeton1 Reggaeton2 - 9 RockCha-Cha - 9 RumbaFlamenco Salsa SalsaGranCiclon SambaReggae SambaRio SheriffReggae SlowBossa TangoFlamencos - 9 |
| MOVIE&SHOW - 43 (35) Styles | ||
| 6-8March 70sTV Theme 80sChristmas - 9 80sMovieBallad AnimationBallad AnimationFantasy BaroqueAir BlockbusterBallad - 9 BroadwayBallad ChristmasBallad - 9 ChristmasSwing ChristmasWaltz EtherealMovie EtherealVoices GreenFantasia |
GuitarSerenade Gunslinger IcyBallad It'sShowtime Moonlight6-8 MovieBallad MovieClassic - 9 MovieDisco MovieHorns - 9 MoviePanther MovieSoundtrack MovieSwing1 MovieSwing2 OnBroadway OrchestralMarch |
OrchestralPolka - 9 OrchMovieBallad OrchPopClassics OrganHymn - 9 PopMusical SaturdayNight Sci-FiMarch SecretService StringAdagio - 9 TapDanceSwing US March VienneseWaltz WildWest |
| POP&ROCK - 96 (67) Styles | ||
| 00sBoyBand - 9 12-8PopBallad 16BeatBallad 16BeatRock 6-8BalladRock 6-8ChartBallad 6-8GuitarBallad 6-8Rock 70sHardRock 70sShuffleRock 70sStraightRock - 9 80sClassicRock - 9 80sEdgyRock 80sPowerRock 80sRockBeat 80sRockDiva - 9 80sSynthRock 90s8BeatBallad 90sAussiePop - 9 90sDancePop 90sGuitarPop 90sPopShuffle - 9 90sRockBallad 90sUS ChartBallad - 9 Acoustic8BtBallad AcousticRock BoyBandBallad - 9 BoyBandPop - 9 BritPopSwing BritRockPop CalifornianCountry - 9 CanadianRock |
CanadianTeenPop ChartPianoShuffle ContempGtrPop Country2-4 Country8Beat1 Country8Beat2 Country8Beat3 - 9 CountryBallad1 CountryBallad2 CountryBallad3 CountryBeat CountryFolk8Beat - 9 CountryFolkBallad - 9 CountryFolkUpbeat - 9 CountryHits CountryPop CountryPopDuo - 9 CountryRock CountryShuffle CountrySingalong CountrySongwriter CountryStraits - 9 CountryStrummin' CrazyPop - 9 DancehallPop ElectroRock - 9 FunkPopRock GrungeRock IrishPopBallad IrishPopRock - 9 KissDancePop - 9 Live8Beat |
LoveSong ModernPickin' ModernPopBallad NashvillePop - 9 NashvilleRock - 9 OrchRockBallad1 OrchRockBallad2 PianoBallad PopEvergreen - 9 PopRockShuffle PowerBallad PowerRock ReggaetonPop ReggaetonSlowJam RockShuffleFast SkyPop - 9 SmoothPopBallad SongwriterBallad SoulfulBallad - 9 StadiumRock - 9 StandardRock TopChartCountry UK FolkPop UK SoftRock - 9 UnpluggedBallad UnpluggedPop US CountryPop US ElectroPop US FolkPop US SingerPop VocalPopBallad - 9 WestCoastPop |
| R&B - 71 (53) Styles | ||
| 50sRock&Roll - 9 60s8Beat 60sBigHit - 9 60sBlueEyedSoul - 9 60sChartSwing 60sOrganBallad 60sPianoPop 60sPopRock 60sRisingPop 60sRock&Roll 60sShadowedPop 60sSuperGroup 60sUnderground - 9 60sVintagePop 60sVintageRock - 9 60sVintageRumba - 9 6-8SlowRock 6-8SoulBallad 70sChartSoul 70sCoolBallad - 9 70sScatLegend - 9 80sSmoothBallad 90sSmoothBallad - 7 AmazingGospel - 9 |
BeachRock - 9 BlueberryBlues BluesRock BluesShuffle BubblegumPop Classic8Beat CoolR&B - 9 CountryBlues DetroitBeat DetroitPop FranklySoul FunkPop FunkyShuffle FusionShuffle - 9 GospelBallad - 9 GospelBrothers GospelSisters GospelSwing HollywoodGospel - 9 JazzFunk JazzFusion JustRnB - 9 KoolShuffle LiveSoulBand |
LovelyShuffle MotorCity Mr.Soul OldiesRock&Roll PianoBoogie R&B 90sSmoothBallad - 9 R&B Shuffle R&B SlowBallad R&B SoulBallad Rock&Roll Rock&RollJive Rock&RollShuffle Skiffle SlowBlues SoulBallad SoulShuffle - 9 SoulSupreme - 9 SouthernGospel SurfRock - 9 Twist UK Soul VintageGuitarPop Worship6-8 WorshipSlow |
| WORLD - 58 (49) Styles | ||
| AlpenLand - 9 ArabicEuro Bhajan Bhangra Bluegrass BohemianWaltz BrassBand - 9 CelticDance - 9 CelticDance3-4 - 9 CountryWaltz Duranguense Flamenco FolkPop FolkSongDuo FrenchMusette FrenchWaltz GermanMarch1 GermanMarch2 - 9 GermanWaltz |
Grupera Hoedown IrishDance IrishHymnv ItalianMazurka ItalianWaltz Jing Ju Jie Zou Keroncong Laff MalfufFunk MariachiWaltz MexicanDance - 9 ModCeltic4-4 ModCeltic6-8 ModernDangdut1 ModernDangdut2 OberkrainerPolka1 OberkrainerPolka2 - 9 OberkrainerWaltz1 OberkrainerWaltz2 - 9 |
Saeidy SaeidyPop ScandBugg ScandCountry ScandShuffle ScandSlowRock ScandWaltz ScottishJig ScottishPolka ScottishReel ScottishStrathspey - 9 ScottishWaltz Sirtaki SpanishPaso Tarantella US MarchingBand WehdaSaghira Xi Qing Luo Gu ZitherPolka |
Additional Styles for the PSR-SX900/SX700
Rikki's Conversions
(Dec 2019) I just spent quite a bit of time sorting thru styles from earlier keyboards (PSR-3000/pa3x thru to PSR-S970/Tyros5 factory styles.) Basically, I deleted all the duplicates and came up with a set for the PSR-SX900 that I would like to share with sx owners. There’s around a couple of hundred that aren’t on the sx900. Basically all sorted, most sound really good. To simplify download, the styles are divided into zip files in 12 categories.
| Ballad 59 styles |
Ballroom 28 styles |
Country 40 styles |
Dance 79 styles |
| Entertainer 25 styles |
Latin 50 styles |
Movie&Show 36 styles |
Pianist 34 styles |
| Pop&Rock 86 styles |
Rhy&Blues 54 styles |
Swing&Jazz 65 styles |
World 36 styles |
PSR-SX900/SX700 Demos
- Jeremy See - New features in PSR-SX900 (14 min).
- Bonners Review & Buyers Guide - PSR-SX900 (29 min)
- Bonners PSR-SSX900 Keyboard Tutorial (3 hrs)
- Sounds & Styles of SX900 by Tiana Dups ran (14 min)
Woody Piano Shack - SX900
- Unboxing and Demo (25 min)
- Tour of the Front Panel Controls (18 min)
- How to Play Arranger Keyboard for Dummies (16 min)
- Woody First Impressions Review (13 min)
- Synth Sound and Styles (27 min)
Yamaha PSR-SX700 and PSR-SX900 Arranger Workstation Keyboards Raise Bar for Performance and Composition
BUENA PARK, Calif. (August 1, 2019) — Yamaha today debuted the PSR-SX700 and PSR-SX900, two 61-key Arranger Workstation keyboards for composing, arranging and playing confidently out at gigs.
These elegant, all-in-one instruments, which replace the PSR-S775 and PSR-S975 respectively, inherit inspiring content and powerful features from Genos, the world's most advanced Digital Workstation keyboard. Just as Genos set a new standard when it was introduced by the company last year, the new mid-priced keyboards are poised to raise the bar for workstations at more affordable price points, making it even easier to streamline creative flow, transform musical ideas into fully-arranged productions, and to recall them at the touch of a button.
How an Arranger Workstation sounds, and the ease with which the user can control these sounds, are critical considerations to the creative process. The PSR-SX700 and PSR-SX900 offer unmatched ultrarealistic and expressive Super Articulation Voices, with greater real-time control over a performance than other similarly-priced keyboards on the market today.
Both share a brilliant 7-inch TFT touch screen that incorporates the same intuitive graphic user interface offered on Genos, allowing users to easily navigate Voice and Style assignments, as well as assess and adjust other settings.
Six new assignable controller buttons have been added beneath the touch screen, each of which can be assigned a desired function. Simply pressing the button during a performance or composing/arranging session enables the user to jump directly to relevant controls in the display.
A new joystick controller with modulation hold opens up expressive possibilities and is ideally suited for almost every genre of music.
Built-in content from the Yamaha Voice & Style Expansion library provides instant access to a huge variety of international content. Expansion memory size has been greatly increased in both keyboards—to 400MB in the PSR-SX700, 1GB in the PSR-SX900—allowing users to further customize their instrument by adding their choice of content from YamahaMusicSoft.com
New Voices and DSP have also been added, inherited from Genos. To complete the creative process, arrangements made with the 16-track recorder/player can be output as studio-quality WAV audio files to play back on smart devices or computers.
The PSR-SX900, which incorporates a newly-designed, bi-amped speaker system with a wide stereo audio field, is the new flagship of the PSR-SX line. It boasts 4GB of internal memory, 1337 instrument Voices, 56 Drum/SFX kits, and 480 XG Voices, as well as 329 Multi Pad banks. To ensure silky-smooth, high-quality sound, the DAC (Digital Audio Converter) on this keyboard has been upgraded to 32-bit, the same as those found in Genos and in the top-of-the-line Yamaha MONTAGE synthesizer.
Other new features in this model include 8 insert effect slots, a Chord Looper function, Bluetooth audio, Main L&R line outputs, plus Sub L&R line outputs and two USB to device ports.
The PSR-SX700 includes many of the same features at a lower price point, and boasts 1GB of internal memory, 986 instrument Voices, 41 Drum/SFX kits and 480 XG Voices, as well as 5 insert effect slots, 226 Multi Pad banks, Main L&R line outputs and one USB to device port.
"Performers and writers will be very impressed with the breadth of new content, customizability and expandability found in these keyboards," said Ben Harrison, marketing manager, Digital Piano & Portable Keyboard, Yamaha Corporation of America. "The PSR-SX series represents some of the most powerful songwriting tools around. Using these keyboards, songwriters can get from an idea to a fully arranged demo faster than ever, and performers can get the room moving in no time."
As with their predecessors, both new keyboards can be used with the optional Yamaha KS-SW100 subwoofer, which makes the already powerful onboard speaker systems sound even bigger.
Pricing and Availability
The Yamaha PSR-SX900 (MSRP $2,799) and PSR-SX700 (MSRP $1,999) are expected to ship in October 2019.
For more information visit https://yamaha.io/2FzWQkL