Yamaha PSR-175: Some great sounds, and some REALLY annoying ones!

[@EASNORTHCAROLINA19]

This was my 1st keyboard I started on when I was about 7. I had this keyboard from 2010 until it died in 2015. I'm 17 now about to be 18 in couple months. This bring a lot of memories. I'm buying the PSR 373 next month and I can't wait to experience it. Thanks for sharing this.

[@DistressedNotBlessed]

Oh damn, they can die? I've had mine for over 15 years at the minimum

[@Leysiver]

I had this keyboard since I was 7, right now I'm 26 and my keyboard died last year

[@karinkorenkova2059]

This was the second keyboard I got when I was little, still have it, I loved playing the songs on repeat and the lessons taught me so many songs lol

[@gearfacts]

aww nice!

[@hami5655]

One of my teachers gave me this to play at high school. As far as I am aware, it's still there :)

[@gearfacts]

They go forever, you can't kill them :)

[@hami5655]

@@gearfacts My mistake. It was the EZ-150 i had.

[@gearfacts]

@@hami5655 Great keyboard!

[@markc5413]

I liked the features like YES system and playalong bits. I have to agree the quality of sounds was not the best but the price it was ok.

[@jcstevegigs]

I found one of these in the trash years ago and threw it up in my attic. Found a 12V DC power supply. Decided to bring in down to use to record some demos. I'm not even a piano player but I'm hoping some of the funky effects will gives my songs a cool retro vibe. I need to download a manual though.

[@gearfacts]

Yep just search “psr-175 PDF” and I’m sure the manual will appear :)

[@gamagames4311]

Still learning piano and this is currently my keyboard lmao, thanks

[@gearfacts]

Good one to start on :)

[@haferstenproductions3515]

LMAO, this was my first keyboard!

[@gearfacts]

Good place to start, not a good place to linger! haha

[@yourdrivinginstructor9199]

hold on I wanna get this. Where did u get it?

[@89subhodeep]

Still Playing in this Keyboard

[@miAimTIL]

Certainly not Yamaha best keyboard. Thanks for demonstrating and sharing.

[@gearfacts]

Agreed!

[@pianokeyjoe]

lol! I bought this keyboard last summer in 2019 in a Florida flea market for $5USD! It was one of the only keyboards that worked and had a power adapter to try it out with. No touch response made it a not so fun and way too loud keyboard to play but it did allow me to play some tunes I had in my head to practice them. But that is about IT.. On the DJX. I have the DJX2 and it DOES sound nice, but it took a while for me to figure out the PATTERNS mode. Not your typical portatone keyboard setup. The caveat of all these 1990s Yamaha keyboards was the dreadful all plastic keybeds! On pretty much ALL my 90s Yamaha home keyboards with full sized keys, the keys get stuck in the down position or some mistrigger due to the key getting jammed. It is a design defect that Yamaha FIXED in the later models of which I own only ONE. These keys can break off real easy on the thin plastic pivot point too. The newer ones are real thick now. So not bad ELECTRONICS, but bad keybeds.. baaaad!

[@gearfacts]

100% agree. Good bargain you got at the flea market though!

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

I got this keyboard about 10 years ago from a charity shop for £15 Shoved it in the cupboard because it didn't have a sustain but I could of just plugged in a Jack connector at the back. Any way when I put My studio together I'll have this and the Yamaha pss 570 in there.

[@delscoville]

My last PSR was a 280. It was OK, but when I acquired a MOTIF 6.... well, no comparison. BTW, I had purchased a PSR-260 and only held onto it for two days, returned it for a refund and got the 280.

[@gearfacts]

I'm sure I've reviewed the 260... Not sure about the 280

[@Horic_Ze]

Hello. Can this Yamaha at the same time play solo bass on the left side, and some other sound on the right?

[@gearfacts]

It has a few sounds that are split into bass and lead sounds, so yes there are a few options.

[@MadameCorgi]

They still make these? Got one for Christmas 15 years ago as a child

[@gearfacts]

No, they don't make them anymore, I just like reviewing things that are slightly obsolete :)

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

@@gearfacts Achtully Yamaha do still make keyboards the same as this. They had one just like it new at Lidle a cupple years ago.

[@BobbieTheTechGuy]

Request: Yamaha PSR 260 piano keyboard demonstration.

[@gearfacts]

Challenge accepted, I'll keep my eyes open for one

[@BobbieTheTechGuy]

@@gearfacts another request: Yamaha PSR 282 keyboard demonstration.

[@GrandpaMunstersMultitrackLab]

I am looking to get a cheap keyboard for multitrack recording. Does this have a line out jack and would it work for that? Just looking for basic organ and piano sounds .... thanks.

[@gearfacts]

It has headphones socket out (usable for recording but not ideal) and very basic piano and organ sounds.

[@mbchannel1037]

Hi! can you please do a review of Panasonic KZ250 or KZ450 Keyboard? None of the people in KZbin has made these Panasonic KZ series Keyboards video review yet. I am wondering how do they sound like. 😅

[@gearfacts]

If I can find one, I'll certainly review it :)

[@mitchconnor1948]

hey man not sure if you would know this but I’m a semi beginner looking for a keyboard and i’m in between this and the psre-263. Do you have any suggestions or recommendations? I’m looking for something that doesn’t sound too cheesy but also doesn’t cost over like $100 used. Any feedback is appreciated!

[@gearfacts]

The PSRE263 sounds a lot less cheesy. These 90's/early 00's keyboards have very thin piano sounds and somewhat annoying beats. Anything with that "E" in it (as in PSR-E453 etc) has next-gen sounds which are much more pure.

[@Partisan1993]

From what year to what they did this model of Synth.

[@ashleyg2872]

every British music teachers biggest fear: DJ DJ DDDDDDDJ DJ COME OOON! URRGH! DJ!!! DDDJ!

[@gearfacts]

Totally - they have my sympathy!

[@JorgeGonzalezC10]

the party starts at 5:38 hahah

[@Nono-ie4ew]

hey just a doubt, is there a way to set a specific voice in a quick access button so that it'll be comfortable to switch two voice while playing ?

[@gearfacts]

Yes it can remember two sounds, accessed with one press for each.

[@Nono-ie4ew]

@@gearfacts can you teach me that atleast the basic way of using it

[@ΝίκοςΔημητριάδης-φ6χ]

Did you find out? 😂

[@cherrychocolate7587]

how do you add the backround chords while playing a beat?

[@gearfacts]

I think there's a button marked "ACCOMP" or something like that next to the rhythm buttons. Switch that one on, then play keys at the lower end while a beat is playing.

[@cherrychocolate7587]

@@gearfacts it works,thanks :)

[@CommercialGasEngineerVideos]

Wonder if this piano is worth €60 for the kids to practice whilst abroad. I know it can't touch my p45 but can it be that bad🤔

[@gearfacts]

Wouldn’t pay that much personally, and also I think I’ll be looking for something a little bit slimmer for travel. Not saying it’s a terrible keyboard, but I think there would be better options out there on the secondhand market.

[@CommercialGasEngineerVideos]

@@gearfacts thanks, didn't buy one in the end. Only issue is that the kids didn't get to practice for 3 months. 2nd hand keyboards in Tenerife were far too expensive and hard to track down. I checked Facebook market place, 2nd hand shop and segundo mano. None of these places had reasonably priced 2nd hand keyboards.

[@gearfacts]

@@CommercialGasEngineerVideos That's a shame. There's a radical over-supply here in Australia, people can't even get $50 for their old keyboards. Seems unfair!

[@rayudutravelvlogs9261]

This is available

[@gearfacts]

Yep I still have it

[@ronangelox]

This was the only electronic keyboard I had ever played years back. I am now thinking of buying the Casio CT-X3000 or its Yamaha equivalent. I know those keyboards are not weighted just like this old one, but I'm just wondering if there is any noticeable improvement in the feel of the keys compared to something like this which is 18 years old? Thanks.

[@gearfacts]

The Casio CTX3000 keys are very soft, squishy and mechanically smooth. Some might say "Lifeless". The equivalent would be the Yamaha PSR-E463 which has a more solid keybed. If keys are really important to you though, also have a look at the Korg EK50, its keys are superb.

[@Sam-no3re]

How do I enable the sustain option on this keyboard?

[@gearfacts]

It'll be in the function menu. Keep pressing function until you see it :)

[@huseyinikizlerli2051]

Press voice then 074

[@TheBillyJones]

Can you use this for MIDI?

[@gearfacts]

I think it did have midi sockets, yep

[@3181esmeralda]

I have one

[@kimthompson5871]

It’s a mixed bag for sure .

[@gearfacts]

Those sound effects ...so harsh!

[@molakanibharath]

If you want sale this bord

[@teteuxxd1]

Dos it has sustain?

[@gearfacts]

Yep

[@YaliShiray]

What bottom should I press to have a long sound like piano

[@DarkMelodies-hv9wf]

It’s called sustain mister

[@dreamer5498]

press voice and type 074

[@Simon-ui6db]

got given one of these a few years ago. playwed with it for 5 minutes then took a sledgehammer to the thing. I don't agree with destroying instruments but this was truly awful.

[@pianokeyjoe]

hammer?! No man no.. You have to take it by the end and SLAM it down on a table until it is destroyed in a million pieces and you have to spend an entire night picking up the pieces and tossing them in the rubbish bin. Anything else is just not as fun.. I mean if ya gonna go all the way, go all the way. lol!

[@gearfacts]

woah ...how did the person who gave it to you feel about that? haha

[@mpmansell]

That is a seriously asshole thing to do. If you didn't want it, then you should have given it to someone else.