Yamaha PSRSX920 Arranger Workstation

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Following in the footsteps of the renowned Genos2, whether composing or performing, the new PSR-SX920 and PSR-SX720 continue to push the boundaries of Arranger Workstations, in terms of sound and versatility. Featuring the latest Super Articulation technologies and new Crossfade Portamento, the new PSR-SX infuse your performances with expressive dynamics and emotional depth
Style Insertion DSP power has been doubled from the previous models, further elevating their sound quality and with the new Style Dynamics Control, you’re in charge of the energy and dynamics of every Style, providing for more dynamic and refined performances.
Elevate your music with a new PSR-SX Arranger Workstation—where innovation meets inspiration!
Highlights:

• FSB keyboard, with 61 keys incl. touch response
• Voices:
• PSR-SX920: 1,587 Voices + 63 Drum/SFX Kits + 480 XG Voices incl. 12 S.Articulation2, 15 S.Articulation+ & 340 S.Articulation Voices
• PSR-S720: 1,377 Voices + 56 Drum/SFX Kits + 480 XG Voices incl. 9 S.Articulation+ & 252 S.Articulation Voices
• 128-note max polyphony
• Styles:
• PSR-SX920:             575 Styles incl. 6 Free Play Styles
• PSR-SX720:             450 Styles incl. 3 Free Play Styles
• Style Dynamics Control
• Enhanced Effect Power.   PSR-SX920 4 x Style insertion effects; 2 x SX720
• Increased Expansion Memory: 2 GB in PSR-SX920;  1 GB in PSR-SX720
• Assignable:                         Joystick, 2 knobs, 8 buttons (A-F, 1-2)
• Improved User Interface, Style Control Buttons – New Colour with LED’s
• Chord looper function        (added to PSR-SX720)
• Bluetooth audio                 (PSR-SX920 only)
• Display Out: USB               (PSR-SX920 only)

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Unleash your musical creativity. These powerhouse Arranger Workstations boast over 1,300 high-quality Voices and hundreds of Styles, all equipped with One Touch Settings to instantly ignite your performance. Use a Live Controller to adjust the energy and dynamics of any Style with Style Dynamics Control, and with double the Style Insertion DSP power from the previous model, new and familiar Styles, all enhanced with the latest Voices and effects, sound more refined, providing an elevated musical experience. 
For the first time in an SX-Series instrument, the PSR-SX920 includes Super Articulation2 technology.  Without even thinking about it, S.Art2 delivers unprecedented realism to Voices with lifelike instrument articulations added seamlessly to your performance.
Plus, with the new Super Articulation Plus Voices (S.Art+) in both models, you can switch between different instrument articulations with the touch of a button. This is an evolution of the existing S.Art voice, which previously allowed only one articulation per voice, but with S.Art+, multiple articulations can be used per voice. This allows for more natural expression
With the newly added Crossfade Portamento, experience smooth, fluid pitch transitions, adding expressive depth to your music.
The PSR-SX920 includes 8 assignable panel buttons, 6 home screen shortcuts and 2 Live Control knobs, giving you rapid access to your favourite functions for instant adjustments and flexibility.

Key Features :

Style Dynamics Control
With Style Dynamics Control, the energy and dynamics of all Styles, including User Styles, can be easily adjusted using a single Live controller or assigned to a pedal. Whether you want your backing band to play at a soft pianissimo level, a hard fortissimo level, or anything in between, the choice is yours.

Crossfade Portamento
Portamento is a musical technique that smooths out changes in pitch, creating a fluid transition between notes. The Crossfade Portamento feature in PSR-SX smoothly transitions between the notes you play, infusing your performance with expressive dynamics and emotional depth. The velocity limit for portamento can now be set independently, allowing greater flexibility for those who wish to use portamento.

Live Control & Assignable Buttons
During a performance, quick access to key features is crucial. With 8 assignable panel buttons and 6 home screen shortcuts, you can recall your favourite functions instantly with a single touch. Assign features like sound filtering or Style Dynamics Control to the Live Control knobs for real-time manipulation on the fly.

Chord Looper
Record a chord progression and loop it. Chord Looper assists with performance, practice, and composition. The new panel buttons provide quick access to recording and playing back chord sequences in real-time. In addition, a collection of standard chord progressions in 12 keys is also included in the presets for instant recall.

Extended EQ Settings
Finish your sound with the PSR-SX’s eight-band digital Master EQ, featuring Shelving & Peaking options, expanding the range of sound creation.

Playlist
Playlist is the best way to organise Registration Memory banks into convenient Playlists for instant recall during performance. With the updated user interface, Playlist entries can be sorted A to Z, or Z to A, you can jump alphabetically through Playlist records as well as filter for a specific term in the records.

Voice Edit
Preset Voices are ready to play out of the box, but for those who love to tweak, Voice Edit lets you fine-tune and customise your own sound.  The redesigned user interface makes it quick and easy to experiment and craft your perfect Voice.

EXPANSION EXPLORER App
The new EXPANSION EXPLORER app is the ultimate tool for supercharging your Arranger Workstation experience. Quickly access, search, and preview your favourite Expansion content on iOS, Android, Windows and Mac. With tailored recommendations and effortless management, EXPANSION EXPLORER makes discovering and installing new content easier than ever before.

Panel Reset
Press Direct Access and tap Panel Reset. This function allows you to return to the state when the power was turned on, without having to restart the main unit, when you have changed various MIDI channel settings or other settings, and as a result you are no longer sure of the current operating state of the instrument.
Smart Chord
The function is an automatic accompaniment for the root note of a chord, which is played with a single finger. This feature, familiar to users of the E series, is now available on the SX series, allowing you to play chords in any key with a single finger, without the need for chord playing skills or knowledge.
Beat Setting For Each Style Section
First, beats can be set for each STYLE section. This can be used for music that changes beats in the middle of a song, such as arabic music.
Also, when switching sections in STYLE, it is now possible to switch without waiting for the beginning of the next section. Of course, you can choose to wait until the next section as before.
Style Creator – Insertion Effect Bypass
Now with the ability to Bypass Insertion Effect in the Drum Settings in Style Creator. This allows for more detailed sound customisation, for example, bypassing the drum effect for kick.
Increased Style Effects
The number of available insertion effects for STYLE has been increased. This allows the use of more effects in STYLE and achieves a richer-sounding accompaniment.
PSR-SX920: Number of effects up to 4
PSR-SX720: Number of effects up to 2

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Q: What is the Yamaha PSR-SX920?
A: The Yamaha PSR-SX920 is a 61-key arranger workstation keyboard designed for performance, songwriting, and music production, offering Yamaha’s most advanced feature set in the PSR-SX range.

Q: What makes the Yamaha PSR-SX920 different from the PSR-SX720?
A: Compared with the PSR-SX720, the PSR-SX920 adds more voices, more styles, Super Articulation2 voices, more expansion memory, Bluetooth audio, display output support, and more advanced vocal features.

Q: Who is the Yamaha PSR-SX920 designed for?
A: The PSR-SX920 is designed for demanding performers, arrangers, songwriters, and solo entertainers who want a more advanced keyboard than the PSR-SX720.

Q: How many keys does the Yamaha PSR-SX920 have?
A: The PSR-SX920 has 61 keys with initial touch response.

Q: Is the Yamaha PSR-SX920 better than the PSR-SX720?
A: The PSR-SX920 is better for players who want the most advanced PSR-SX experience, because it offers more sounds, more styles, more expressive voice technology, more expansion capacity, and additional performance features beyond the PSR-SX720.

Q: Why should I choose the Yamaha PSR-SX920 over the PSR-SX720?
A: You should choose the PSR-SX920 over the PSR-SX720 if you want Yamaha’s most fully featured PSR-SX arranger workstation, with a bigger sound library, stronger vocal functionality, and greater long-term flexibility.

Q: Does the Yamaha PSR-SX920 have a better display than the PSR-SX720?
A: No. Both models use the same 7-inch colour touchscreen, so the main differences are in sounds, styles, vocal features, and expansion rather than screen size.

Q: Does the Yamaha PSR-SX920 have more sounds than the PSR-SX720?
A: Yes. The PSR-SX920 includes 1,587 voices, 63 drum and sound effect kits, and 480 XG voices, while the PSR-SX720 includes 1,377 voices, 56 drum and sound effect kits, and 480 XG voices.

Q: Does the Yamaha PSR-SX920 have more accompaniment styles than the PSR-SX720?
A: Yes. The PSR-SX920 includes 575 accompaniment styles, while the PSR-SX720 includes 450 styles.

Q: What sound technology does the Yamaha PSR-SX920 use?
A: The PSR-SX920 uses Yamaha’s AWM Stereo Sampling tone generation with AEM technology for more advanced sound reproduction.

Q: Does the Yamaha PSR-SX920 include more advanced voice technology than the PSR-SX720?
A: Yes. The PSR-SX920 adds Super Articulation2 voices as well as Super Articulation+ voices, giving it a higher level of realism and expression than the PSR-SX720.

Q: What is the polyphony of the Yamaha PSR-SX920?
A: The PSR-SX920 offers 128-note polyphony.

Q: Does the Yamaha PSR-SX920 have better live controls than the PSR-SX720?
A: No. Both models include an assignable joystick, two assignable control knobs, and eight assignable buttons, so their hands-on control layout is very similar.

Q: Does the Yamaha PSR-SX920 still include Style Dynamics Control and Chord Looper?
A: Yes. Like the PSR-SX720, the PSR-SX920 includes Style Dynamics Control and Chord Looper for more flexible live performance.

Q: Does the Yamaha PSR-SX920 have built-in speakers?
A: Yes. It includes built-in speakers for home use, rehearsal, and compact live setups.

Q: Can I use a microphone or guitar with the Yamaha PSR-SX920?
A: Yes. The PSR-SX920 includes a microphone or guitar input and adds dedicated vocal features that go beyond the PSR-SX720.

Q: Does the Yamaha PSR-SX920 include vocal harmony?
A: Yes. The PSR-SX920 includes 54 vocal harmony presets and 20 synth vocoder presets.

Q: Is the Yamaha PSR-SX920 better for singers than the PSR-SX720?
A: Yes. The PSR-SX920 is better for singers because it adds vocal harmony and synth vocoder functionality, which the PSR-SX720 does not include.

Q: Does the Yamaha PSR-SX920 include recording features?
A: Yes. It supports 16-track MIDI recording as well as audio recording in WAV and MP3 formats.

Q: Is the Yamaha PSR-SX920 better for recording than the PSR-SX720?
A: Not by a large margin for basic recording, because both models support 16-track MIDI recording and WAV and MP3 audio recording, but the SX920 gives you a larger sound library to record with.

Q: Can I expand the sounds on the Yamaha PSR-SX920?
A: Yes. It supports voice and style expansion and offers more expansion memory than the PSR-SX720.

Q: Does the Yamaha PSR-SX920 have more expansion memory than the PSR-SX720?
A: Yes. The PSR-SX920 offers approximately 2 GB of expansion memory, while the PSR-SX720 offers approximately 1 GB.

Q: Does the Yamaha PSR-SX920 have Bluetooth?
A: Yes. Bluetooth audio is available on the PSR-SX920 depending on destination.

Q: Is Bluetooth one advantage of the Yamaha PSR-SX920 over the PSR-SX720?
A: Yes. Bluetooth audio is one clear advantage of the PSR-SX920, because the PSR-SX720 does not include Bluetooth.

Q: Can the Yamaha PSR-SX920 connect to an external display?
A: Yes. The PSR-SX920 supports display output using a compatible USB display adapter, which is not offered on the PSR-SX720.

Q: Is the Yamaha PSR-SX920 suitable for live performance?
A: Yes. Its large touchscreen, expanded sound set, advanced articulation features, vocal tools, and arranger controls make it a strong choice for live performers and solo entertainers.

Q: Is the Yamaha PSR-SX920 suitable for beginners?
A: Yes. It is still approachable for committed beginners, but it is especially well suited to players who want to move beyond the PSR-SX720 into Yamaha’s most advanced PSR-SX arranger workstation.

Q: Who should buy the Yamaha PSR-SX920 instead of the PSR-SX720?
A: The PSR-SX920 is ideal for players who want more than the PSR-SX720 offers, especially if they need a larger sound library, more accompaniment styles, better vocal features, Bluetooth audio, and greater expansion capacity.