You are so awesome for doing this. Been trying to figure out that drum thing for a while, and now I got the looper down too. I LOVE this keyboard, had it for 3 years now, even used just the piano sound for performance on a BIG stage through a huge PA a few years back, needed to pack light. I used a high quality 1/4" to 1/8" plug and more people asked me about that keyboard after the show, because it sounded so incredible through the PA! We had a wonderful sound engineer, too. THANKS AGAIN!!
Bought this keyboard a few days ago (also from Japan via ebay) for my 6 year old son, and I've been playing it just as much as him. Loving it. Incredibly good, especially for the price point. I was wondering if it had the ability to loop the recording, so thank you for demonstrating that!
Bought one this Christmas (89 EUR brand new), as a total beginner, so I can practice piano, improvisation and learn MIDI. It's perfect in that role ! My flow to build a song is to record a backing track, use the "arp hold" function to overlay one of the built-in beat, and play over that : 3 instruments in parallel. Didn't know about the loop functionality, very useful tip !
nice job! I am a professional musician whose guilty pleasure is maximizing the use of small/inexpensive keyboards. Among my collection of instruments of all brands and categories is this PSS-A50 as well as the "arranger" PSS-F30. I think you've done a fantastic job explaining and demonstrating your workflow. Rock On!
I'm looking to buy my 10 year old daughter one for Christmas. She's a complete beginner. Which model would you recommend? The A50 or the F30. Thanks in advance 👍🏻
@@MBYT83 If you can find one the F30 would be my recommendation based upon the variety of sounds and accompaniment styles. The A50 has more synth sounds and arpeggios which is fun for electronic dance music etc, which might be a fun noisemaker for a teen or young 20-something.....but I'm not sure that would be the right choice for a 10-year old beginner. Actually for a 10year old beginner I would strongly recommend looking at a Yamaha PSR-E383 right now as there are some exceptional holiday deals now around $150 US which is not much more than you'd pay for either the F30/A50 if you can find one. The PSR-E383 is very musical. Lots of voices, lots of accompaniment styles, full-size keys. it is a tremendous bargain. Good luck!
I remember when the portasounds came out I would put mine in channel 2 in my ɓassman 70 amp my guitar player would go in channel one and I would go in the bass guitar side. We would do gospel music and some jazz in some small halls. And people were always surprised by how good it sounds
These are sold in the US. You just may have had a hard time finding it, that why you don't have the English documentation/manual. I have one of these, it's great for the price, size, and what it can do. It has the keys from Yamaha's more expensive Reface Series of four different keyboards, as well as other entry models like this, but this is the best one. My good friend from Japan, Masataka Kono, a jazz pianist has a whole lots of videos with this and many other keyboards, he is the MINIKEYs master for this and the Reface CP and using two or more of these, or in combination of other keyboards, drum machines, or as a keyboard controller for in iPad and MacBook. The only real downside is the older micro USB that makes it harder to find a cable if not hooking up to a device with USB A.
No, there is no way to layer two instruments or split the keyboard. This is a toy keyboard keep in mind. For children. Only costs $100. If you want to layer sounds together, look to spend around $800 - 1000 on a keyboard.
you can only loop ONE instrument and then drums. and then play over it. Its not like a real looper where you can keep making layers. still cool though! great keyboard
Hi. Great video!. I bought this keyboard some days ago. I'm enjoying. Well, The piano sound is not so good as I wanted. But as you said, there's always the midi connection and app where we can choose the sounds we like. The recording section is very interesting. But it looks only can record a frase. And that frase don't stay save. I mean. If we record another we loose that one. Any suggestion so we can keep the fazes and right we create? So we can use it again without having to create them again? Thanks so much. Wish you health and sucesso. From Portugal :)
I started to record stuff off the A50 onto a Tascam recorder, and then transfer that to a computer, so I am building some basic backing tracks that I can play off an Ipod and that saves time when I'm busking, etc.
@@harpreetsinghmoga not exactly sure. It goes by number of keystrokes, rather than time. I've recorded a comp track for a short song like 3 mins. I mostly use it to build a loop of bass or some drum loop for my songs.
Use the metronome when recording. Stop the recording before the "one" beat of the next measure sounds. The chime sound is the "one" beat, so if you hear the chime, then hit stop, you will have silence on the loop. So you have to hit stop before the chime. I find that hitting stop at the same time as the 4 beat works. Try that.
Thanks, nice demo. Could you tell us how many measures it can record please? Or how much time it can record? i.e. can it do a 12 bar blues or a I vi IV V in 4 bars?
@@gtberg Thank you very much for the quick response. Looking to purchase a used DX today. Can the looper overdub? Edit: I found the Quick Start Guide: 2K notes or 10 minutes at 120 BPM. You can overdub and modify loop synth params during playback. Looks like 1 loop and on power off it is gone. Thanks again.
You are so awesome for doing this. Been trying to figure out that drum thing for a while, and now I got the looper down too. I LOVE this keyboard, had it for 3 years now, even used just the piano sound for performance on a BIG stage through a huge PA a few years back, needed to pack light. I used a high quality 1/4" to 1/8" plug and more people asked me about that keyboard after the show, because it sounded so incredible through the PA! We had a wonderful sound engineer, too. THANKS AGAIN!!
@@ACOUSTICDI I know! I plan to use it to perform with too. Sounds much bigger than it's size through a PA.
Bought this keyboard a few days ago (also from Japan via ebay) for my 6 year old son, and I've been playing it just as much as him. Loving it. Incredibly good, especially for the price point. I was wondering if it had the ability to loop the recording, so thank you for demonstrating that!
The sound is more superb than most low end Casios
Bought one this Christmas (89 EUR brand new), as a total beginner, so I can practice piano, improvisation and learn MIDI. It's perfect in that role ! My flow to build a song is to record a backing track, use the "arp hold" function to overlay one of the built-in beat, and play over that : 3 instruments in parallel. Didn't know about the loop functionality, very useful tip !
Lol it's a toy
This is a wonderful lesson Thank You!! 👍🎶💖
nice job! I am a professional musician whose guilty pleasure is maximizing the use of small/inexpensive keyboards. Among my collection of instruments of all brands and categories is this PSS-A50 as well as the "arranger" PSS-F30. I think you've done a fantastic job explaining and demonstrating your workflow. Rock On!
I'm looking to buy my 10 year old daughter one for Christmas. She's a complete beginner. Which model would you recommend? The A50 or the F30. Thanks in advance 👍🏻
@@MBYT83 If you can find one the F30 would be my recommendation based upon the variety of sounds and accompaniment styles. The A50 has more synth sounds and arpeggios which is fun for electronic dance music etc, which might be a fun noisemaker for a teen or young 20-something.....but I'm not sure that would be the right choice for a 10-year old beginner. Actually for a 10year old beginner I would strongly recommend looking at a Yamaha PSR-E383 right now as there are some exceptional holiday deals now around $150 US which is not much more than you'd pay for either the F30/A50 if you can find one. The PSR-E383 is very musical. Lots of voices, lots of accompaniment styles, full-size keys. it is a tremendous bargain. Good luck!
@@jeffeason853 Thank you so much for your reply. I very appreciate it .
This is exactly what I was looking for.
Thank you!
I remember when the portasounds came out I would put mine in channel 2 in my ɓassman 70 amp my guitar player would go in channel one and I would go in the bass guitar side. We would do gospel music and some jazz in some small halls. And people were always surprised by how good it sounds
Thank you very much for sharing the looping method 🥰
Thunder only happens when it's raining ❤
I want one of these
Amazing tutorial, stay blessed ❤
These are sold in the US. You just may have had a hard time finding it, that why you don't have the English documentation/manual. I have one of these, it's great for the price, size, and what it can do. It has the keys from Yamaha's more expensive Reface Series of four different keyboards, as well as other entry models like this, but this is the best one.
My good friend from Japan, Masataka Kono, a jazz pianist has a whole lots of videos with this and many other keyboards, he is the MINIKEYs master for this and the Reface CP and using two or more of these, or in combination of other keyboards, drum machines, or as a keyboard controller for in iPad and MacBook.
The only real downside is the older micro USB that makes it harder to find a cable if not hooking up to a device with USB A.
Nice and clearly axpained. Thank you!
really excellent and relevant / thanks so much for sharing !
I wish it could do 2 loops. I would be able to loop piano as well and play the guitar along with it.
Thank you for this video 😊
Great information, thanks 😊
Can we contact each other somehow ? ...due to eureka experience please 🙏?
I got mine on Amazon in 2021 for $100. I see now they're $150 on Amazon, but ships before Christmas!
How to contact you sir Mr. Gutenberg for the lesson how to do multitrack thong thing please 🙏?
@@martinmartin6720it only has the 1 record track available. The onboard Arpeggio is the drum machine. Do you know how to use that?
...I'm am not able to facilitate the opportunity to make this non conform machine to perform...
Awesome thanks, very useful
Please can anyone let me know if this keyboard can play 1980's style synth sound (s) please ?🙏
It has a couple 80s synth sounds, but If you want something with a larger base of 80s sounds, go with the JUNO DS. They have a lot more sounds.
well done. can you do multiple instruments on loop or only one?
@@suitableace1028 You can do drum machine as you record another instrument but that is it.
@gtberg does it have transpose function please?
Is possible to records only one so two voices and it has only on slot in memory, and no way to record layer above ? It’s really sad thing
No, there is no way to layer two instruments or split the keyboard. This is a toy keyboard keep in mind. For children. Only costs $100. If you want to layer sounds together, look to spend around $800 - 1000 on a keyboard.
Can you loop multiple tracks?
you can only loop ONE instrument and then drums. and then play over it. Its not like a real looper where you can keep making layers. still cool though! great keyboard
Hi. Great video!. I bought this keyboard some days ago. I'm enjoying. Well, The piano sound is not so good as I wanted. But as you said, there's always the midi connection and app where we can choose the sounds we like. The recording section is very interesting. But it looks only can record a frase. And that frase don't stay save. I mean. If we record another we loose that one. Any suggestion so we can keep the fazes and right we create? So we can use it again without having to create them again? Thanks so much. Wish you health and sucesso. From Portugal :)
I guess the only way is to record the phrases (audio or midi) on an external device.
I started to record stuff off the A50 onto a Tascam recorder, and then transfer that to a computer, so I am building some basic backing tracks that I can play off an Ipod and that saves time when I'm busking, etc.
Maximum Loop Recording Time ?
@@harpreetsinghmoga not exactly sure. It goes by number of keystrokes, rather than time. I've recorded a comp track for a short song like 3 mins. I mostly use it to build a loop of bass or some drum loop for my songs.
@@harpreetsinghmoga not sure. It foes by keystrokes, not time, so it depends on what you are recording.
@gtberg Thanks.
Hi, on 11.29 you played 5 bars (4 beats) i am doing this loop recording so maximum times extra 4 beats or 1 bar goes extra silently, please help me
Use the metronome when recording. Stop the recording before the "one" beat of the next measure sounds. The chime sound is the "one" beat, so if you hear the chime, then hit stop, you will have silence on the loop. So you have to hit stop before the chime. I find that hitting stop at the same time as the 4 beat works. Try that.
@gtberg thank you for helping me out, i will try this and all the best i will wait for more contents i have subscribed you
Nice video!
Thanks, nice demo. Could you tell us how many measures it can record please? Or how much time it can record? i.e. can it do a 12 bar blues or a I vi IV V in 4 bars?
I saw another demo from a guy. I want to say it will do around 4-5 minutes of a record. It will show the text FUL on the display.
@@gtberg Thank you very much for the quick response. Looking to purchase a used DX today.
Can the looper overdub?
Edit: I found the Quick Start Guide: 2K notes or 10 minutes at 120 BPM. You can overdub and modify loop synth params during playback. Looks like 1 loop and on power off it is gone.
Thanks again.
@@johnlagreca6288how it possible to change ?
What are you looking to change?
Yeah. Yamaha is like that. Even cheapest keyboards have studio sounds.
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Talk too much
This sucks 😂