The PSR-SX900 is loaded with content from Yamaha's flagship Genos digital workstation. This premium content sounds amazing through the PSR-SX900's state-of-the-art bi-amplified speaker system with its spacious stereo image. Navigate quickly and easily using the bright 7" color TFT touchscreen, or set up the assignable buttons to instantly access your preferred functions. Yamaha packed the PSR-SX900 with other new features, including a joystick controller, Chord Looper, new insertion effect structure, Style section reset, a new fantastic-feeling Yamaha synth keyboard action, and more! Whether you're a songwriter, arranger, or performer, the PSR-SX900 makes creating great-sounding music faster and easier than ever.
Every great song starts off as an idea — a simple melody or rhythm that you flesh out with accompaniment and arrange into a finished piece. With a Yamaha PSR-SX900 arranger workstation, you'll find that magical process smoother and more intuitive than ever. Loaded with amazing instrument Voices and exciting Accompaniment Styles, creating rich music beds and fully developed songs with the PSR-SX900 is as simple as playing a few chords on the silky 61-note keybed. The onboard Joystick Controller lets you achieve the wide variety of pitch and modulation combinations presented by many different world music styles. Add in hundreds of effects options to chose from, assignable real-time controls, built-in Bluetooth, and a full-color 7" LCD touchscreen for easy navigation, and you're just starting to get the picture of what this awesome arranger has in store.
Composers at Music Experience will tell you that a solid arranger keyboard is, practically speaking, the most efficient way to realize a musical idea. And nobody understands arranger keyboards like Yamaha. The PSR-SX900's Accompaniment Styles add an instant backing band to your performances while you maintain control over the chord changes and arrangement. You can quickly audition different hundreds of Styles, instantly swap out instruments, and record your arrangements on the PSR-SX900's 16-track song recorder/player or capture performances directly on a USB thumb drive.
Pre-loaded with Yamaha's premium Voice and Style content from their flagship Genos workstation, the PSR-SX900 comes packed with an arsenal of great sounds (1337 Voices, 56 Drum/SFX Kits, and 480 XG Voices) to suit any genre, including exotic world music styles. The PSR-SX900 also features a guitar/mic input, USB audio recording, and sample playback via flexible Multi-Pads. And the built-in MP3 lyrics player lets you display lyrics from MP3 song files on the keyboard’s sharp, bright, color LCD — perfect for karaoke! The PSR-SX900 can even connect to an external display via an optional USB display adapter for the ultimate in audience participation.
The PSR-SX900 provides a range of powerful production tools. Vocal Cancel lets you effectively remove the vocal or lead instrument from an audio song file to create minus-one tracks for practice or karaoke-style performances. The PSR-SX900 offers advanced, convenient audio playback and processing functions that include Time Stretch — which lets you slow down or speed up an audio file without changing pitch — and Pitch Shift, which lets you change the pitch without altering the time. The PSR-SX900 also supports Audio Styles that include rhythm tracks played by actual musicians, so the PSR-SX900 isn’t emulating the real thing — it's the real deal! And for karaoke, the PSR-SX900's professional-quality background singers put you center stage. Sing the song and Yamaha's state-of-the-art VH2 (Vocal Harmony 2) chip does the rest! Bottom line: Loaded with premium content and a comprehensive smart feature set, the Yamaha PSR-SX900 is designed to light up your musical ideas fast — and with total control.
The PSR-SX900 is the flagship in the PSR-SX Series. Surpassed only by the Genos, this power-house songwriting and performance keyboard features never before seen speaker technology, pro-level connectivity, and a completely redesigned user interface. The top-of-the-line in the PSR-SX Series, the PSR-SX900 delivers the best and most available in its class of Arranger Workstations today.
With a completely redesigned sound system, user interface, new assignable functions, Joystick and Live Controllers, you can completely tailor the functions and sounds of PSR-SX900, making your creativity positively limitless.
Perfect for songwriting, the PSR-SX900 is packed with rhythmic patterns (called "Styles") spanning many genres, making it ideal for creating the accompaniment to your musical ideas and an invaluable inspiration for your next composition or arrangement. Together with a tremendous range of expressive sounds and vocal harmony, the PSR-SX900 is your ultimate and inspirational musical partner.
The Joystick controller offers intuitive pitch and modulation control, allowing for rapid trills, expressive pitch bends and fully managed modulation. The Modulation Hold button above the Joystick let's you lock your modulation choice, so you can focus on pitch bends, or on your playing.
The onboard Expansive Soundfield Speakers ensure your performance sounds full and balanced no matter where your audience is. The innovative design of the speaker diaphragm provides a crisp, high-quality tone with high-definition response and balanced sound to a broad listening area.
The new FSB Keyboard offers remarkable playability thanks to its heavier initial key resistance and greater key travel. The refined keyboard structure, with an adjusted fulcrum, allows you to play comfortably even on the backs of the keys whilst upgraded components suppress horizontal key movement.
The audio output of the PSR-SX700 has been completely overhauled to focus on delivering the highest quality sound from your keyboard. The new Digital Audio Converter (DAC) delivers highly detailed sound across a wide frequency range, ensuring the PSR-SX700 always cuts through the mix.
While performing, you often need to act fast to access certain features. Assignable Functions make it easy to do just that. Choose from a range of functions to assign to one of six panel buttons, or to the Live Control knobs, pedals or the Home Shortcut menu, and then instantly recall your desired function with a single touch.
PSR-SX900 features four sub line-out connections giving you greater control over your signal routing. You can send bass Voices through to a separate speaker, or send the metronome click to your drummer's headphones. The flexibility is there to for you to explore.
The Chord Looper lets you record and loop a chord sequence, freeing your left hand so you can play two-handed passages, or manipulate sounds with any of the various assignable controllers.
Playlist makes it easy to manage and call up your songs and the related settings, no matter how large your repertoire. Organize Registration Memories into convenient Playlists for instant recall during performance.
When playing with Styles, easily jump to the beginning of the bar by pressing the [RESET/TAP TEMPO] button. This Style Section Reset is particularly handy when accompanying singers or when playing music with varying time signatures.
Styles are made up of many instrument Parts, such as drums, bass, guitar, piano etc. In Style Assembly it’s easy to explore, audition and combine Parts from any Style to create your own personal accompaniments.
PSR-SX900 is packed with a comprehensive and sonically stunning set of authentic Voices. With over 1,393 instrument sounds, PSR-SX900 gives you the tools to play them more naturally and with greater expressiveness. The sound of the new drums, derived from the Revo! Drums of Genos, brings new levels of authenticity to your performance.
Accompaniment and rhythmic backing patterns (called "Styles") cover a wide range of musical genres, including pop, jazz, and many more. Styles let you single-handedly recreate the sound of a full band or orchestra.
With a microphone connected to the PSR-SX900 you can easily apply various Vocal Harmony effects to your voice. You can also use the Synth Vocoder to graft your voice onto a synthesizer creating unusual machine‐like or robotic effects, as well as unique choir sounds. As you sing into the mic, these sounds are affected by what you play on the keyboard.
The Multi Pads can be used to play a number of short pre-recorded rhythmic and melodic sequences and loops that allow you to add impact and variety to your keyboard performance.
Multi Pads not only work with MIDI data, but also allow you to create unique, new pad content with your own audio (WAV) data for playing back during your performance
The 7" touch display and new graphic user interface provide intuitive control over the instrument's powerful features.
Voice & Style Expansion Packs enable you to customize the PSR-SX900 with a wide range of additional content from all over the world. When loaded into the keyboard, you can instantly access authentic new sounds, rhythms and backing in the musical style of your choice. Use Yamaha Expansion Manager to create individual expansion data sets containing content from various packs and utilize the 1GB memory on board. You can even create your own voices based on your sample library.
Create, perform, and record your music with a Yamaha PRS SX900 arranger keyboard!
Number of Keys | 61 |
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Type of Keys |
Touch response, Normal, Soft1, Soft2, Hard1, Hard2 |
Velocity Sensitive |
Yes |
Other Controllers |
Joystick |
Polyphony | 128 max |
Presets |
1337 Voices, 56 Drum/SFX Kits, 480 XG Voices |
Number of Effects |
487 Preset, 150 User |
Effects Types |
Reverb, Chorus, Compressor, EQ |
Memory |
4GB (internal) |
Storage |
USB Flash |
Audio Recording |
16-track, 80 minutes max/song, Step Recording |
Audio Playback |
WAV, MP3 |
Audio Inputs |
1 x 1/4" (mic/guitar), 1 x 1/8" (aux) |
Audio Outputs |
2 x 1/4" (L/L+R, R), 2 x 1/4" (aux 1/2 or L/L+R, R) |
USB |
2 x Type A, 1 x Type B |
MIDI I/O |
In/Out |
Headphones |
1 x 1/4" |
Pedal Inputs |
2 x 1/4" (sustain, articulation) |
Built-in Speakers |
2 x 5.11" |
Power Supply |
16V DC power supply (included) |
Height |
5.5" |
Width |
40.06" |
Depth | 17'' |
Weight |
23.37 lbs. |
Manufacturer Part Number |
PSRSX900 |