This review is from: 61-KEY Portable Keyboard with Touch-sensitive KeysI recently purchased a Yamaha YPT-400 keyboard (retail), and the first thing I noted after opening the box was that it didn't come with a power-adapter. I was disappointed about this.After gathering up some batteries and playing with it for a while, I did find it to have good sound quality for the price, and I also liked the two control-knobs (that is, sound-wise, but I don't like their feel). The playability is overall - pretty good (though the keys aren't weighted, but that's understandable for the price).A couple of days after I got the keyboard, my USB cables came in so that I could hook it up to the computers... But then I learned the truth, and that's that it's not USB-MIDI class-compliant, meaning that you have to use their proprietary drivers. The problem is that their drivers are not just simple drivers - and have a license-agreement which I find unacceptable. This is very upsetting to me, especially being that using it with my computers was an essential goal. I will now need to purchase something that is USB-MIDI class-compliant - when I can afford it.To sum it up: Had I known, I wouldn't have bought it....
This review is from: 61-KEY Portable Keyboard with Touch-sensitive KeysI am an adult who took piano for a year as a kid and am now taking lessons again. This keyboard has been great for me, as it is small and has good sound. I appreciate that I can plug in earphones or turn the volume way down if I don't want everyone else to have to listen to me practicing. Except for the built in metronome, I have not used any of the extra "features" and honestly would prefer that there just be fewer buttons, but that's a silly complaint. The one thing that really bothers me is that the touch sensitive feature isn't as responsive as I would like. The idea is that just like a piano if you push a key hard it plays loud, and if you push it softly it plays quietly. I don't have experience with other keyboards, but when I play on a real piano at my lesson, it is so much easier to play quietly or loudly when I want to. I am definitely glad that I got the one with touch sensitive keys rather than a cheaper one, but I don't know if other keyboards might have better control....
This review is from: 61-KEY Portable Keyboard with Touch-sensitive KeysYamaha YPT-400 has USB-MIDII bought the Yamaha YPT-400 too and using a regular USB cable I was able to:(a) add/subtract songs (.mid files) from a WinXP computer.(b) use the USB-MIDI feature...play the PYT-400 as a MIDI keyboard & play/record on computer using any 3rd party MIDI software (I used Voyetra Teach Me Piano Deluxe). - the USB-MIDI keyboard is seen as "Yamaha Portatone-1" using "General MIDI" by such MIDI software on the computer.I used USB driver included on CD-ROM (all USB devices need a driver whether it's provided via Microsoft or directly from manufacturer) and also the newer USB driver version available free for download at some yamaha site (just google for "yamaha ypt 400 usb driver")....
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