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i put my money where my mouth is!!! (re: https://social.noyu.me/@hikari/statuses/01JBXQS2VBA5Q92G4SW3BNHMNH) but also i've been lusting after this forever and finally had an excuse. Yamaha PSS-A50 let's go

‪you can't really see it in the photo and i can't take more photos rn but i have to say i am really impressed by how shiny and nice the packaging is, especially for something that costs this little. they really want to sell you on it. better than on more expensive yamaha products!‬

Yamaha CBX-K1XG (1995)
Yamaha PSS-A50 (2020)

product packaging

Yamaha CBX-K1XG (1995)
Yamaha PSS-A50 (2020)

the things as they are

‪oh man the build quality of this thing is so much more premium despite having a price something like three to five times less even without adjusting for inflation. and the keys are so much easier to play…‬

YAMAHA DEFAULT GRAND PIANO TONE MY BELOVED 🥺

the keys feel soft. lush. gentle. premium more than anything

yeah they really made the right sacrifices to meet that price tag because i would gladly have paid twice as much for something this nice

I LOVE THE ELECTRIC PIANO ARE THEY TRYING TO HOOK ME AND MAKE ME WANT A REFACE CP BECAUSE it's working oh my god (the reface cp has the same keybed but is a dedicated high-quality e-piano mini-keyboard!!)

i am really not surprised that that jazz pianist/keyboardist i follow on youtube likes this thing so much it is so nice

(you should subscribe to Masataka Kono's youtube channel he is so lovely)

seriously how is this, which is by far the cheapest (at original MSRP) dedicated keyboard i own, the one with the best keybed. i know, i have refused to buy a modern midi controller and almost all the other stuff i own is like 1990's prosumer gear but Still. what

i'm really impressed by how much i like the single mono built-in speaker too. or rather impressed by how much i am not disliking it? i'm just not noticing it! i'm forgetting that i'm not wearing earphones and getting lost in the sounds. that's a very good thing

‪the jazz guitar tone and this lovely keybed are making me very very happy‬

‪this is going to sound like i've lost it but i'm having so much fun with this thing i can Feel my keyboard skill increasing just by playing it. it's just. particularly easy and satisfying to play. compared to all the other keyboards i have‬

‪lmao they categorised the saxophone as woodwind rather than brass. that certainly is a choice (probably to avoid you having to press the button too many times)‬

@hikari But even under General Midi, the Sax is grouped with the other Reed instruments (then followed by proper woodwinds under Pipe for GM1 and Wind for GM2) and isn't considered Brass

@hikari Sorry, this might be my brain being mush or me not understanding the particulars of how yamaha keyboards setup their instruments but I don't understand what you're getting at?

I may have also written my reply poorly with the implicit about brass = wrong not made explicit

Your toot: sax is listed as woodwind instead of brass lmao

My toot: it should be listed under Reed per the GM spec, but woodwind is also technically correct, a sax definitely isn't a brass instrument though (despite being made of Brass, that's not what actually defines it)

Your toot: but GM has a reed category

Me: ???