Hello from the middle of the United States Michael. I always enjoy your videos. No one else is as thorough as you are. You do a great job digging down into each keyboards capabilities. Thank you.
My EW425 will arrive in 3 days and I am SO very happy that I came across your channel! I have been watching many of your videos, and these Tutorials will be my guide to finally use a keyboard to its fullest potential. Thank you!
O wow, im totaly new to this , started 5 months ago with a mpc and mever played before. I got the 473 and its my 1st keyboard. Im only 19 min and wanna say thanks for making this indepth tutorial , already learned some things like the fixed option. Because im learning chords its better for me cuz otherwise certain notes are very soft
Waiting for the arrival of a e473, saw this video. What an awesome job you've done explaining all features with many detailed videos. Thanks so much!🙏🏻
Thank you for your comment! I’m glad this video has helped you so you can know a lot more about using the PSR-E473 when you get one, I know this is a PSR-EW425, but this tutorial will also help those that own a PSR-E473 as well. Thanks for watching!
@@SergioCzerweny that’s not a bad idea, I think I have also mentioned on my tutorial videos that these videos will help those who have a PSR-E473 as well as they are both the same keyboards, there are few differences between the E473 and EW425, the 76 keys are the main difference
Problem is that no one has been able to get the 425 and probably the 473 since April, at least, and the earliest that anyone is saying they'll be available is next February (2023).
@@Gladtobeleaving they are available, I have just received a 425 although they must have just shipped a consignment to the UK. The 473 has been available in most outlets but the 425 has only just arrived in a few shops after being out of stock for some time, & those shops that have acquired the 425 seem to have very limited stock so get it while it's going, as I did.
A very good machine for around 500€. I bought it last summer 'cause I needed a keyboard with 76 keys for splitting (good range). I'm quite satisfied. Lots of good sounds - especially the organs and i like the E-piano-sounds. Brass (with layer) and some synth-sounds are good as well - not highend, but absolutely useable. I've also used it two times on small gigs in a cover-band (just 8,2 KG - easy to transport), and it was ok - nobody really noticed that ;-). But the output (stereo or mono) to the mixer is very low. Sure - it's not a Roland Jupiter, but it's worth for the price.
Awesome buddy, it’s a great keyboard for what it is, you’ll have lots of fun on it, hope your keyboard collection is coming along well. Merry Christmas to you too and your family!
@@jordanlivesey4715 it’s a great improvement compared to the other PSR-E400 series of keyboards, also check out the guitar sounds, I’d say it has the equivalent sound quality to the tyros 2
I've checked them out, the folk rock style makes good use of them, I can't believe that style is on the psr e473 as it was introduced with the psr 1700 if I'm not mistaken
Hi Michael! Thanks for all the great videos! Today, I have a question please! I loaded by mistake 3times the same style via USB stick in my Yamaha PSR E 473 and now I do not know, how to delete 2 of them. I cannot find anything in the manual! For your advise thanks so much in advance! Best, Arabelle from Connecticut, USA
One obvious fault is that it has a freeze feature on the styles, but when you look for the freeze button as I had on an old one from the 90s, you find there isn`t one and you have to go deep into the functions which doesn`t seem to be a lot of use.
@@manuellayburr382 That sounds a good idea if you could make it work, but it seems a bit doubtful. Perhaps it`s one that Michael could answer. What I have found with these function buttons generally is that they are quite easy to operate on the E463 and the E373, but there are an absolute pain on the E473 as they have now included an ENTER button which you have to use constantly. Whether it`s the same on the E425 I don`t know.
Finished watching. Onto part 2 . Thank you brother for all this. I currently don’t have the keyboard but would be a lot easier with it while watching haha. What’s the instructions like that come with the keyboard? Very explanatory like how you been explaining it? Onto part 2😎
Thank you once again for your comments! The instructions manual is useful if you want to know how to use a certain function, but I don’t really use the manuals myself as I have had many Yamaha keyboards before this one, I still have a PSR-290 which is over 20 years old and was the current entry level keyboard at the time, I’ve also had the PSR-E403, E413, E443 and the EW410 in the past in which most functionalities remained the same, but each keyboard had extra functions that I quickly got to know how to use, so overall, the manual is useful to have to know how to use different functions, but what’s even better is to watch videos such as my own in which tutorial videos shows you what to do step by step. Thanks for watching and for your comments once again!
Thank you so much for making tgese detailed and informative videos. I have the 473 and i feel Yamaha could havr done better. Instead of 4 sample buttons make it eight, with a switch to toggle between sample mode, phrase recording and drum sequencer modes. This way we get eight samples to playback or eight phrases we recorded or create a drum pattern using the inbuilt drum sounds. Also still cant understand why only 32 registration slots, no sample playback on the keyboard and no portamento button or appregiator hold buttons
Sir can you plz help me ? For some reason when i want to record only the 1st track is available , whats going on ? Cant find anything about it. Is been since yesterday
Hi Michael. Congratulations Malta for all your interesting videos on the Yamaha PSR EW-425. I have just bought one and would like to ask you how I can increase the volume of the voices. I tried using the Function method, press enter and increase the volume. But then it goes back again to the normal volume. What am I doing wrong please? Thank you and keep it up.
Just a guess but do you have to press an exit button to get out of function? I want to get a PSR E473 to replace my current E373 on which the system is different.
I just bought a new PSR EW 425 keyboard, Do I have to get a sustain pedal for me to be able to sustain? Is there an in built functionality for sustaining voices
Hey hey ! Beautiful video and I love how you are so in depth and put a lot of effort into this. I’ve recently brought a PSR-E473. Will this video help me with mine ? Thank you . I personally haven’t watched all the video as not sure if it will help me with my key board.
Hello there, and thank you for your comment! Yes this video will also help owners of the PSR-E473 since this is exactly the same keyboard, but with 76 keys instead of 61. Thanks for watching!
Hello Michael! Great to see you uploading videos again! It's been a while since we've seen videos from you! Your videos have been very entertaining, and the songs and rhythms bring back tons of memories. My favorite ones to watch are the ones you uploaded where you demonstrated all of the songs, sounds, and rhythms on the Yamaha PSR-300 and the Casio CTK-495 keyboards. Keep up the good work and continue making us happy with these videos! Appreciate it!
I’m sure you can say something else other than ‘yep’ as a reply on comments such as a little paragraph comment to show that you appreciate the comments/videos
Hello Michael ... thank you for your great effort with this tutorial, I've just got this keyboard, but I'm unable to find out how to normalize the left side with the right side (one voice) to play chords with accompaniments on both sides as I have in my PSR s500, for example, I would play the chords on the right side and it would normally sound with the accompaniments, and I can't get this to work on e473, I don't like the smart chord and it seems there is only 2 options of "multi" and "smart chord", is there a way to turn them both off? .... thanks a lot
I prefer the audio sampling feature better on the PSR e463 and the Djx in my opinion because you can play it on the keyboard and you can change the pitch of the samples.
Hi Michael, I love your videos - you have to be the most knowledgeable guy on keyboards on RU-vid. I need your opinion. Is this model better than the old psr8000?? Or the e473? Which has the best articulation, especially in the brass section? I’d be so grateful if you could reply. Thanks in advance.
Thank you for your comment! I wouldn’t say that the PSR-E473 is better than the PSR-8000 but it is a lot newer than the PSR-8000, the PSR-8000 was released in 1997 and the PSR-E473 was released earlier this year, the PSR-E473 does have up to date sounds that were from the previous tyros keyboards and it has a better piano sound, for an entry level keyboard it does sound good, the PSR-8000 when it was launched was Yamahas top of the range keyboard whilst the PSR-E473 is only an entry level keyboard. All in all it’s all to do with choice, for its age, the PSR-8000 still sounds good even today, I have one myself which I still use every now and then, the PSR-8000 introduced a sound technology called Sweet voices which were restricted to wind instruments, there are functions on the PSR-8000 that the PSR-E473 doesn’t have such as style creator, creating your own sounds, vocal harmony and a lot more digital effects such as reverb, chorus and DSP effects. Hope this helps and thanks for watching!
@@KeyboardKrazy49 I wasn`t aware that the PSR 8000 was top of the range when I bought a PSR 730 in 1998, I thought that one was fairly close. I had that 730 until late 2022 and gave it a good hammering over that period. Was without for a while then got a 373 as a stop gap until deciding what to do. I considered a SX 600 but will probably go for a PSR E473 which might be more suitable atm. But I do get the feeling that the old keyboards were a lot more solid and reliable than the stuff Yamaha are putting out now, however advanced they may be.
Thank you very much for your comment and subscription! I’m glad that this tutorial has helped you in getting to know how to use the keyboard if you have one or are thinking of buying one. I haven’t used this keyboard in a while, but I’m pretty sure that it doesn’t have a left hold function to keep the left hand voices playing even when you release the keys.
@KeyboardKrazy49 i got this keyboard yesterday. Your tutorial helped me alot to understand its phylosophy so i will make it completely mine. It is disappointing though that it doesn't have the hold split voice ability, while my 30 years old Roland E16 has it. Also i couldn't find anyway to fast switch between variation styles A to B without fill-in. This is a dedicated button to my old keyboard. Thank you for your reply and for your amazing videos ! I will keep watching your channel, learning and admiring, even keyboard models that i will never own :)
Thanks for the tutorial. It still doesn't have Release functionality for the Split setting. Can you please suggest some alternatives for that? I want to split a different tone of Piano on the left side and also add sustain to it. But there isn't any clear setting for it.
Great review. One point: You say you prefered the quick sampling from e410, but with e410 you could not play a sample while playing regular piano right? You had to navigate to sampling function and use the sample zones. Here you have the four samples in separate buttons to use while playing. What do you think?
@@erjuanjojj that’s right, the sample zone is a separate sound itself, so you can’t play piano or organ sounds unless you use it in a dual voice, but there is much more to sample zones compared to the 4 buttons you’re limited to this keyboard, you’re only limited to one sample per button, and you can’t play them with a low or high pitch like you could on the EW410 as you can use the keys to play the samples
@@KeyboardKrazy49 hmm I see, I don't see very necessary to play a sample in different pitches (it is ok but if it is a snare, crash or whatever just want in one pitch). And in e410 how many different samples can you play at once? If there are 4 sample zones, you could play only 4 different samples at different pitches each one? Or more? Thank you very much.
Hi Michael. thank you so much for these videos you are producing.. the only channel on youtube showcasing every single detail. I am about to return my CTX3000 due to that some keys already start to have a squeeky sound (only 3 weeks in), and I find casio's arpeggio almost useless. plus not so fun to have to go in the menu for so many things. However I wonder between the 463, 473, Korg Ek50, and CT-S500, which one would you think is more fun to use? I know that 463 had the full keys sampling that is gone with 473, but some of the 473 feautures like octave buttons accesable in the front is great feature too. the other 2 doesn't have the groove but maybe I am missing something :)
Hello Michael and welcome back! I’ve wanted to know on why you don’t showcase keyboards if they have a “Music preset” or “Music database” feature? Is it because you think they aren’t worth showcasing off? My CT-X700 have a total of 310 music presets and although I don’t have any keyboard playing skills, I was still able to showcase them on my channel as I think it’s another major feature of a keyboard if they include them. Same goes with the arpeggiators as I have also showcased on my channel, all 100 of them.
Hey EB, the reason why I don’t show the music database presets is because they are just song titles that will give you the suitable style and sounds for the song, they are basically using the built in sounds and styles which I show every time I showcase a keyboard
Hi Michael, thanks for the videos. I have one question. My sustain pedal does not sustain my notes long enough, as far as the duration of the tones while pressing the sustain pedal. How can I get a longer sustain duration. For example while pressing my sustain pedal, while playing the note/chord, durations will last only about 2 to 3 seconds before the sounds die out. Can this be change for a longer duration of notes/chords?
Can I just ask one question and it's probably a stupid one but here goes, can the EW-425 allow me to create my own brand new styles from scratch? If I want my own funky bass line and rhythm will this allow me to create my own and have my custom bass adjust relative to what chord im playing. In other words, for me, just having yamaha onboard styles will not be enough for me, I need it to be completely customisable.
Hello. .can someone tell me how to approach with 425..to the nearest the sound of fender rhodes.. saturated, crunchy,....the ln built elp sems too sweet to my ears. Thanks !
Thanks for uploading this much awaited video. I am going to buy a Yamaha electric keyboard very soon but could not decide between the PSR E 473 or PSR E 425. I am just a beginner. Please suggest. Thanks with love ❤️.
Thank you for your comment! If you’re a beginner, I would say go for the PSR-E473 but if you want the 76 keys, then go for the PSR-EW425. Thanks for watching!
@@KeyboardKrazy49 Thanks for quick reply. Could a beginner play PSR E 425 with ease? If yes then I would go for PSR E 425. If not then obviously I would choose PSR E 473. Thanks. Please let me know.
@@rabindradahal7418 yes a beginner can play the PSR-EW425 easily, it is basically the same as a 61 key keyboard or any other keyboard but you get the extra octave of keys which is ideal for those that want a longer keyboard, functions on this keyboard is exactly the same as on the PSR-E473
@@KeyboardKrazy49 Thanks once again for your time and support. Obviously I am very much inclined towards PSR E 425. But somewhere in my mind, I think I should buy PSR E 473 first and should learn and play consciously PSR E 473 through out the year. After one year when I will be used to the Electric keyboard then I should go for higher range of Yamaha electric keyboard. What do you say? Please reply. Your response will be much appreciated. This ultimate reply by you will much dictate my final purchase decision. Thanks with love ❤️.
@@rabindradahal7418 that’s a great idea, start off with a lower ranged keyboard and as you progress over the years, then you can start building your way up to a better keyboard, I’ve started off with a very basic Yamaha over 20 years ago which was the PSR-170, but as I got better over the years, I’ve been getting higher ranged keyboards, over 4 years ago I got myself the flagship Yamaha Genos which is absolutely fantastic!
@@KeyboardKrazy49 I don't know if it get it. How these two voices on the right side work? Is it possible to have them separately or they are like dual? I mean, I wanna play a song that have 3 voices and I need them individual on the same config. If its not possible I will try create two split configs with same left hand voice
@@renatoperes8800 you can have 2 right hand voices going at the same time (dual voices) and 1 voice on the left hand, unfortunately you can’t split the 2 right voices to have 1 voice on the upper keyboard, 1 voice in the middle and 1 voice on the left
Man , thanks to this dude i as a total beginner (hopefully) learn the ins and outs of this keyboard with this long tutorial. Just started watching and already learned some of the functions
I couldn´t finish your video. The calling of all the numbers of models I´m not interested in made me quit the video. It lasted more than 2 minutes. Maybe the next time start your tutorial off second one
@@KeyboardKrazy49 I am sorry but I stopped watching a bit after two minutes because you were naming all the types of keyboard i am not even a bit interested in. I wasn't interested in the tutorial after that anymore. I wanted to watch a tutorial and not naming all different types I don't need to know Of course I am not a very patient guy, obviously. I didn't want to react negatively. Just wanted to give some advice
@@damarmar1001 well there are different ranges of keyboards that I have to mention since they have similarities to this one, I can’t believe that just because I’ve mentioned them, it put you off this video, I would suggest being more patient and not act negatively, it is still a tutorial after all, if you don’t like that I have mentioned different types of keyboards, then scroll on.
@@KeyboardKrazy49 you are right. I should have skipped that part. I will watch it later. It wasn't meant negative but I understand you took it that way. But let me explain that if I want to see a tutorial I don't need to hear anything about types I am not interested in. Why mention anything about number 473 when you want to talk about number 243. I don't understand that. What is the use of mentioning 376 when I want to know about 243. But I saw others didn't mind so don't bother too much what I 5hink.
@@damarmar1001 well the PSR-E473 is exactly the same as this keyboard but it is the 61 key keyboard, I had to mention that one for good reason, because this tutorial video will also help those that have a PSR-E473, just like what I said in my PSR-SX900 video tutorial that the video will also help those with a PSR-SX700 as well
