YAMAHA: A-350 Oriental Keyboard

A standard entertainment keyboard packed with realistic Oriental content and featuring a 61-key touch response keyboard, Scale Setting buttons & many upgraded features.

Enter a Whole New Dynamic World of Oriental Music

Following on from the legendary PSR-A300, the PSR-A350 is our latest keyboard for performing Oriental music!

Players looking for an instrument for authentic Oriental music will appreciate the comprehensive capabilities and realistic sound of the PSR-A350.

A wide variety of quality content inherited from high-end keyboard models such as the renowned PSR-A2000/3000 ensures authentic sound in whatever style of music you play, while upgraded features and connectivity expand the joy of playing music even further.

Description

Powerful, realistic sound and the latest features

In comparison to the previous model (PSR-A300) the sampling of the Voices used in the PSR-A350 has been greatly improved. In addition, we have fine-tuned the built-in speaker system to achieve even better performance. As a result, the sound of the PSR-A350 has been significantly improved and is now even more powerful and realistic.

A wide variety of high-quality Voices, Styles and Arpeggiators including realistic Oriental content

The PSR-A350 features a wide variety of high-quality Voices, Styles and Arpeggiators including realistic Oriental content inherited from high-end models such as the renowned PSR-A2000/3000.

Arabic, Maghreb, Khaligi, Iranian, Turkish and Greek content is all available to the player.

A total of 613 high-quality instrument Voices including

– 1 Sweet! Voice, 3 Cool! Voices and 3 Dynamic Voices

– 45 Oriental Voices and 19 Oriental Drum Kits

210 accompaniments Styles including 115 Oriental Styles (26 Arabic, 25 Khaligi, 11 Magherebi, 23 Iranian, 20 Turkish and 10 Greek Styles)

150 Arpeggiators (including 5 Oriental)

For more details, please refer to the details on Owner’s Manual.

Scale Setting buttons with Memory Banks & Pitch Bend Wheel

The scale setting buttons allow you to create custom scale tuning by altering each of the 12 scale steps. You can change the scale settings at any time, even when you are playing.

The scale tune memory function allows you to store four of your own scales and recall them instantly whenever you wish.

The pitch bend wheel allows you to control pitch in real-time to add realistic expression to your playing.

USB to Host & 10 user banks for Styles

You can connect the keyboard to your PC via the USB to Host terminal to transfer data. 10 Style user banks allow you to store and use external Styles.

You can also connect an iPhone, iPod touch or iPad to experience a new dimension of MIDI control with apps. (**)

**For iOS device connection, refer to the “iPhone/iPad Connection Manual”

Audio AUX IN & Melody Suppressor Function

By connecting an external audio player to the AUX IN jack, you can play along with your favourite songs. The advanced vocal/melody suppressor lowers the volume of vocals and melody lines in the original recordings, leaving that part open for you to play.(***)

***Depending on the song, the volume of the melody part may not be affected.

Use Master EQ to adjust the sound

The PSR-A350 is equipped with a preset Master EQ that allows you to adjust the nuances of the keyboard sound with settings such as Bright and Boost, making it easier to get exactly the sound you like.

Useful functions for learning and practice

The 5 song/2 track recorder helps to achieve efficient practice sessions while Duo mode allows two people to play together on identical keyboard sections. This can be very useful when performing live or during lessons.

The PSR-A350 features Yamaha Education Suite lesson functions which offer a total of nine stages—three for the left hand, three for the right, and three for both hands. This helps keyboard students to practice the songs stored in the instrument. There’s a scoring function that makes it fun to practice, and a waiting function that adjusts the tempo to the person playing, pausing the accompaniment until the correct note is played.

9 Registration Memories

Registration Memory allows the user to save panel settings as a ‘snapshot’ to a Registration Memory location and then instantly recall the settings by pressing a single button.

Specifications

Body Color Black
Dimensions Width 945 mm (37-3/16”)
Height 122 mm (4-13/16”)
Depth 369 mm (14-1/2”)
Weight Weight 4.6 Kg ​(10 lbs 2 oz) (not including batteries)
Keyboard Number of Keys 61
Type Organ Style
Touch Response Yes On (Hard/Medium/Soft) / Off
Other Controllers Pitch Bend Yes
Display Type LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
Backlight Yes
Language English
Panel Language English
Tone Generation Tone Generating Technology AWM Stereo Sampling
Polyphony Number of Polyphony (Max.) 32
Preset Number of Voices 613 Voices (221 Voices + 33 Drum/SFX kits + 20 Arpeggio + 339 XGlite Voices)
Featured Voices 1 Sweet! Voice, 3 Cool! Voices, 3 Dynamic Voices (including 45 Oriental Voices + 19 Oriental Percussion)
Compatibility GM Yes
XGlite Yes
Types Reverb 9 types
Chorus 5 types
Master EQ 6 types
Arpeggio 152 types
Harmony 26 types
Ultra-Wide Stereo 3 types
Functions Dual/Layers Yes
Split Yes
Panel Sustain Yes
Melody Suppressor Yes (for AUX IN)
Preset Number of Preset Styles 210
Featured Styles 115 Oriental Styles (26 Arabic, 25 Khaligi, 11 Magherebi, 23 Iranian, 20 Turkish, 10 Greek)
Fingering Multi Finger
Style Control ACMP ON/OFF, SYNC START, START/STOP, INTRO/ENDING/rit., MAIN/AUTO FILL
Other Features One Touch Setting (OTS) Yes
External Styles Yes
Preset Number of Preset Songs 50
Recording Number of Songs 5
Number of Tracks 2
Data Capacity Approx. 10,000 notes
Compatible Data Format Playback SMF (Format 0, Format 1)
Recording Original File Format
Registration Number of Buttons 9
Lesson/Guide [KEYS TO SUCCESS], [1 LISTENING 2 TIMING 3 WAITING], [PHRASE REPEAT], [A-B REPEAT], [CHORD DICTIONARY]
Yamaha Education Suite (Y.E.S.) Yes
Overall Controls Metronome Yes
Tempo Range 11 – 280, Tap Tempo
Transpose -12 – 0 – +12
Tuning 427.0 – 440.0 – 453.0 Hz (approx. 0.2 Hz increments)
Number of Scale Keys 12
Number of Scale Memory Buttons 4
Scale Setting Yes
Scale Memory Yes
Duo Yes
Miscellaneous PIANO Button Yes (Oriental Instrument/Piano Button)
Storage Internal Memory Total maximum size approx. 1.26 MB
Connectivity DC IN 12 V
Headphones Standard stereo phone jack (PHONES/OUTPUT)
Sustain Pedal Yes
AUX IN Stereo Mini Jack
USB TO HOST Yes
Amplifiers 2.5 W + 2.5 W
Speakers 12 cm x 2
Power Supply AC Adaptor PA-130 or an equivalent recommended by Yamaha, or six “AA” size alkaline (LR6), manganese (R6) or Ni-MH rechargeable batteries
Power Consumption 8 W (When using PA-130 AC adaptor)
Auto Power Off Function Yes
Included Accessories Music Rest Yes