Yamaha S03

Introducing the newest and most portable member of Yamaha's S Series synthesizers — the Yamaha S03. Whether you're an aspiring artist, a performing keyboardist, or you simply want to try your hand at making music, the S03 is just the keyboard for you. Bridging the gap between professional sound quality and affordability, it gives you over 700 incredible voices, including many sounds from Yamaha's top-of-the-line S80 synthesizer.

It also features full XG/GM compatibility, 64 notes of polyphony, 16 multi parts, and complete synthesizer editing capability. There's even a "To Host" serial interface that lets you connect it directly to your Windows¬ or Macintosh¬ computer.

And what better way to top off such a fantastic-sounding synth into a complete MIDI home studio than with Yamaha's original style and sequencing software, XGworks lite V3.0A. Compatible with both Mac and PC platforms, this bundled software package combines a full-featured MIDI sequencer, an intuitive voice editor, and a complete range of ready-to-use music styles. With the Yamaha S03, you'll have everything you need to satisfy your musical creativity — right out of the box!

Yamaha S03 - Over 700 Incredible Voices
Never before has a keyboard this affordable offered so many high-quality sounds. Packed into the Yamaha S03's huge waveform memory (equivalent to 25MB in linear 16-bit conversion) is a complete range of voices for virtually any style of music. All the essentials, including an exhaustive selection of stunning grand pianos, punchy basses, ultra expressive solo and ensemble strings, and more, are included — many of which have been taken from Yamaha's acclaimed S-80 and S-30 professional synthesizers.

But that's not all. There's also a vast collection of breathtaking synthesizer textures and avant-garde sounds suitable for anything from movie soundtracks to dance music. And because the S03 features 64 notes of polyphony, you can play long sustaining passages and rich multi-layered chords without worrying about notes cutting off.

Yamaha S03 - Quick Access to the Sounds You Want
Although the Yamaha S03 is loaded with hundreds of high-quality voices, finding the one you want is quick and easy. Simply press the Category Search button and select an instrument type, such piano, organ, bass, or strings. The Yamaha S03 will locate all the related factory voices, allowing you to browse through them one at a time. Perfect for when you need to quickly find a particular sound on stage, or for comparing the different voices within an instrument category.

Yamaha S03 - Full XG Compatibility
General MIDI (GM) is a standardized set of synthesizer voices and MIDI parameters that allows song data to be exchanged with other GM-compatible devices, regardless of the manufacturer. Although quite useful, the GM standard has a relatively limited number of instruments and voice parameters, which in turn limits the expressiveness and variety of music that can be created with it. Yamaha's XG standard, however, addresses these shortcomings by providing more voices (480 + 12 drum kits), more effects, better dynamics, and greater control over MIDI parameters — all this, while retaining full compatibility with the original GM standard. Because the Yamaha S03 is fully XG compatible, you can be assured that GM MIDI song files will sound their absolute best.

Yamaha S03 - High-Quality Digital Effects
Just as important as the waveforms themselves, a high-quality effects processor is an essential part of a synthesizer's voice architecture. And Yamaha — a world leader in digital effects processing technology — has equipped the Yamaha S03 with rich reverb and chorus effects as well as a wide selection of variation effects such as delays and distortions. A total of 64 different effect types are available.

Yamaha S03 - Large Easy-To-See Display
Unlike the small 2-line displays used in most competing keyboards, the Yamaha S03's custom backlit LCD screen makes it easy to see the names of voices and other parameters at a glance.

Yamaha S03 - A Complete Music Production System
With so many song-inspiring voices at your fingertips, chances are you'll want to get started making music right away. With the bundled XGworks lite V3.0A sequencing software, you can! A total of 100 MIDI tracks are available for you to lay down your musical ideas on the Yamaha S03. Plus there's a music database complete with drum patterns, bass lines and chord progressions, so you'll be able to put together professional-sounding backing tracks in virtually no time at all. You can even import audio tracks into your composition and transform and edit any of the Yamaha S03's onboard voices. All custom voices and multi-setups can be stored in the Yamaha S03 for instant recall at any time.

Yamaha S03 - Bundled Software
The Yamaha S03 comes bundled with all the software necessary to get you started making music on your Windows¬ or Macintosh¬ computer.

Yamaha S03 - XGworks Lite V3.0A
This comprehensive easy-to-use MIDI and audio sequencing package gives you everything you need to produce and fully arranged songs with your S03, including 100 MIDI/audio tracks for recording a built-in database of music styles, full editing and mixing capabilities, and more!

Yamaha S03 Voice Editor
The S03 Voice Editor features an intuitive graphical user interface, making it a snap to edit the keyboard's onboard voices.

Yamaha S03 - TWE Wave Editor
This audio waveform editor lets you edit and transform digital audio files that you've recorded or imported from CD or MD. Once it's tweaked to perfection, you can bring the new audio into Xgworks lite V3.0A and mix it with your MIDI tracks.

Yamaha S03 Technical Description

• Keyboard: 61 Key/Initial Touch
• Tone Generator: AWM2
• Multi-timbres: 16
• Polyphony: 64 Notes
• Reverb: 11
• Chorus: 11
• Variation: 42
• XG Bank Voices: Normal: 480, Drum Kits 20
• Preset bank: Normal: 128
• User Bank: Normal: 128, Drum Kits: 2
• User Multi: 32
• Controllers: Pitch Bend Wheel, Modulation Wheel, Master Volume Slider
• Output: L/MONO, R (1/4 in. Jack)
• Foot Controller input
• Foot Switch input
• MIDI: In/Out/Thru
• To Host: 1 (Mini Din)
• Dimensions (W x D x H): 38-1/4 x 11-1/4 x 3-1/4 in. (976 x 285 x 87mm)
• Weight: 12.56 lbs. (5.7 kg)