Yamaha PSR E453 61-Key Portable Keyboard

The Yamaha PSR E453 is a 61 key portable keyboard that is geared towards the beginners but still has surprisingly strong features that takes it to the next level. This review is from a beginner's point of view and how this keyboard can still be used for music production.// DESIGN ----------It's a beautiful looking all black instrument. The finish is matte black plastic with a glass covered LCD display in the center. The top half slants down towards you so that you get a good look at the buttons and the LCD screen while sitting and playing. The bottom half has straight full sized 61 keys but bear in mind, they are non-weighted keys. Now if you're not into playing a real piano and want to use this for sound mixing and stuff, then it's not a problem.The upper half has the LCD in the center flanked by all the controls and two speakers at the either end that are covered by a mesh. The layout is really simplified and easy for beginners to get a hang of it. The left part is for controlling the sound and the right part is the actual sound, the voices, songs, DJ and patterns.Talking about the controls, the master volume is a smoothly rotating knob that is located on the left. There are controls next to it for arpeggio, harmony, dual and split and more controls at the top for metronome and recording. There’s learning function for beginners that let's you play along with a song and learn better and also a dictionary function that shows chords and scales and stuffs. I came from playing guitar so I didn't use this function too much, but might be useful for a complete beginner.The right part consists of a knob to quickly traverse through the voices and sounds and also through the other functions. But if you already know the number for a particular voice, you can use the numpad too that's next to it.This keyboard allows you to record up to 6 tracks that is great for someone who wants play along with a backing track or learn about how playing in a band feels like. For advance recording, you can connect it as midi device to a laptop or PC and record audio through a recording software.// SOUND ----------One of the surprising feature of this keyboard is the accurate sound. Accurate sound is very difficult to find in a relatively cheap keyboard but even the piano sound is close to a real grand piano. Of course, original instruments will have way better sound and feel than electronic ones, but it's quite close to real on this keyboard and can be used for compositions. Even if the sound didn't feel right, you can always tune to the way you like.// FEATURES ----------It has 758 high quality voices and 220 styles that you can use to create your own compositions. If you are into EDM then there are DJ patterns that allow you to practice chords and beats in that genre.There are many more features like live effects like reverb and chorus that are more pro level and need a little bit of leaning to use them. But all-in-all, this is a great keyboard from Yamaha that is advertised for beginners but packs much more. Being a guitar player, I am really happy buying the PSR E453 as it has a low learning curve and the ability to create my own compositions. Sure, I'll buy a more advanced and high-quality digital piano if I'm planning to get serious into music but the E453 is a great start. The only thing to learn now, is.. to actually play the piano with both hands.

Good Quality. Easy to learn. Good for beginners and professional. Tabla, sitar, flute.... Plus western, African... voices /styles /song tones. Speakers are loud n clear better than psr I455 model....

A truly awesome Keyboard to have. Though I am a beginner in this instrument, still I would like to recommend others to go with this keyboard for following reason:PROS:1. Grand Piano sound is really Genuine. I have heard some of the other Piano sound like CASIO CTK 7300IN, KORG, YAMAHA PSR i425 & PSR i455. Undoubtedly PSR e453 sounds more realistic than others.2. PSR e453 contains 758 voices which includes the quality sound of Strings,Brass,Flute,Harmonica,Trumpet,Sax and many others. You will experience that the sounds are quite real to a great extent within this range.3. There are enormous styles & patterns available in this keyboard to accompany with your own tunes.4. You will get a good number of options to record your tunes/songs along with your chords & other patterns as this keyboard provides 10 User track sections and each section can be recorded with 6 different banks.5. Speaker are great in-built quality. There are no cracked sound even if you play with its highest master volume.6. The most important thing - PSR e453 has 8 bank to register the voices where each bank has 4 sub banks. That means total 8*4 = 32 sound registration is possible in this keyboard which is quite good enough to perform on live stage.7. Many additional features like Dual voice,Harmony,Arpeggio,Split,Acmp mode,Live control assigning knob,Pitch bend wheel are available which are often required to showcase your music effectively while performing.8. This keyboard has the USB to host port through which you can import or export the tunes to/from the keyboard.CONS:1. Indian tones & patterns are not much available in this keyboard, So, if you are interested more on Indian styles then go for any Yamaha i-series like i455.Overall this is a decent keyboard available in this price.One can opt for this model without any hesitation.

It's a very nice product at this price range. The overall built and finish is very good. Though it's a beginner's range it has some professional features. The keys are smooth and responsive. Suppying the dedicated and compatible adapter with the keyboard is really good decision. The Amazon packing was also good. Though it was indefinite about the delivery date because of the festive season, the delivery came on time. Over all satisfaction is there after having the YAMAHA PSR E453

I am a beginner and I bought this keyboard from amazon. I have used casio keyboards which do not have pressure sensitive keys. This keyboard has excellent sound of grand piano which can't be compared to my old casio (it was much cheaper but i feel the significant difference). Keys are unweighted but you wont get weighted keys in this price range anyways. It feels good to play this keyboard and again speaker is impressive. It has onboard recording also. I have used this for months and I am still satisfied.

Good sound, good features, touch sensitive keys work well; all in all a good basic keyboard.4 stars coz Amazon delayed the delivery by a day, no issues with product or packaging.

Keyboard is very good but yamaha authorized service warranty is not provided in online keyboard purchaseAnd from Amazon tooSo do not purchase this product from amazon

Wese to bahut hi mast hai key,s mind bloing yar sound owsam .par ek bat ismain achi nahi hai jab tone change karni ho to jaldi se respond nahi karta ye !!!!!