Yamaha EZ-300 Portable 61 Key-Lighting Keyboard Overview
The Yamaha EZ-300 is a great keyboard for beginners, with light-up keys making it easier to learn to play.
202 built-in songs
The Yamaha EZ-300 has a wide range of songs to learn in 9 different categories - Pop, Favorite, Instrument Master, Piano Repertoire, Learn to Play, Favorite with Style, Japanese Song, Duet, and Piano Solo. You can also use your computer to transfer MIDI songs so you can play along with them.
Light-up keys
The 61 light-up keys help guide you as you’re learning - this unique visual aspect is perhaps the easiest way to learn - as opposed to just labelling the keys. This function will let you improve much faster.
Keys To Success
This feature divides songs up into shorter phrases or ‘Steps’, letting you practice more bite-sized sections as opposed to the whole song, and you can also slow the tempo down so you catch everything. It’s also like having a real piano teacher available as each time you play all the way through the current step, your performance will be evaluated.
Voices
The EZ-300 has 622 built-in sounds (called Voices) that cover a wide range of musical instruments, including ‘Live’ Voices that are recorded samples from a grand piano, strings, and bass, providing you with incredibly authentic sounds.
Touch Response
This means the volume of the keys are directly affected by how strongly or softly you press the keys - similar to an acoustic piano.
Backing tracks
There are 205 ‘Styles’ (backing tracks)- get the appropriate backing track (rhythm + bass + chord accompaniment), which you can control just by playing root notes or chords with your left hand.
Instruction categories
Touch Tutor lets you refine your playing strength, Chord Study lets you learn individual chords, and Chord Progression lets you learn different chord progressions.
There’s also a built-in metronome to help you keep in time, the option to record your performance with a single button press, and the ability to connect a smartphone so you can use the Yamaha Rec’n’Share app that lets you record audio and video, as well as songs from your music library, then share your performances.
The Yamaha EZ-300 is an incredible option for beginners and is designed with entry-level learners in mind, from the light-up keys to the lesson functions.
- Cabinet Color: Silver White
- 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
- Language: English
- Panel Language: English
- Voices
- Tone Generating Technology: AWM Stereo Sampling
- Polyphony: Number of Polyphony (Max.) 48
- 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/AUTO FILL
- 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 (including 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 and Connectivity
- 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 Accessories
- Music Rest: Yes
- Song Book: Download from Yamaha web site
