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ArrangerKeyboards.Every Yamaha arranger keyboard has built-in styles that are included with that keyboard. Sometimes called internal styles, these styles are stored in the PRESET area and they are always available and can not be changed or erased. They can, however, be modified and then 'saved' to the USER area or to a HARD DRIVE or to a USB drive.The navigation bar on the left takes you to a page of styles for theindicated Yamaha arranger keyboard.

You will find there a listing of all the internal preset stylesthat came with that keyboard. On many of the pages, there are also additional stylesets that are compatible with, indeed, have been tuned to work with, thatparticular keyboard. All of these style sets can be downloaded. In all cases,you will be downloading a compressed file (a zip file) that must be uncompressedto get at the included styles.

Be sure to check each page and to scroll tothe end of the page. There are many thousands of styles available in thissection.In addition to styles for each keyboard, you may find one or more links to YouTube video demos of the keyboard.

You will also find the original Yamaha press release for that keyboard.If Yamaha and/or arranger keyboards are new to you, you might be interestedin learning a bit about these keyboards and the 'styles' they containas well as Yamaha's track record for announcing new keyboards. This site, the PSR Tutorial, originated when the PSR2000/1000 models were introduced. These models represented a brand new mid-range Yamaha arranger keyboard very different from the previous PSR740/640 series. Hence the PSR 'tutorial' was born. Since then there have been many more models and the PSR Tutorial kept expanding with each new model.

To learn a little bit more of this history, read on below. New Keyboards Every YearYamaha Arranger HistoryKeyboardPress Release,Tyros4PSR-S910,PSR-S710Tyros3Sep,2008PSR-S550BPSR-S900, PSR-S700PSR-S500Tyros2PSR-3000/1500PSR-2100/1100TyrosPSR-200ProPSR-550Jan, 2001PSR-9000PSR-740/640/540PSR-8000PSR-730/630/530Anyone who has had an arranger keyboard for a few years knows how much thisindustry changes over time. These keyboards are, at their heart, computersand like your typical desk-top computer, the features available seem to getbetter and better every year (although sometimes users are disappointed tosee the disappearance of appreciated features). So, I've arranged the Yamahastyles section to reflect a small part of the historical record of Yamahaarranger keyboards.The table shown on the right lists the various Yamaha arranger keyboard model familiesand the month and year of the press release for that model. You can click on any of thosepress release dates to see the original press release for that model. This information is also provided at the bottom of each model's styles page.

Of course Press Release dates often precede the actual arrival of the keyboard in stores by months. For recent models, you can seea detailed listing of features and specifications by clicking on the keyboard model.The pages in this section are focused on the models starting with the PSR730series introduced in 1997 and going all the way to the present PSR-S975 modelintroduced in February 2018.

Some models represented a series of keyboards, for examplethe PSR740, PSR640, and PSR540. Keyboards in a 'family'generally operated the same way with the more expensive models having morestyles, more voices and, usually, more features. I refer to the top-of-the-linemodel in a keyboard family, but many of the styles provided will also workon the more junior brothers.We also include the high-end series along with the mid-range series. The high-end is representedby the PSR8000, PSR9000, 9000Pro, Tyros, Tyros2, Tyros3, Tyros4, Tyros5/5-76 and, most recently, the new Genos. The mid-rangeis represented by the PSR730, PSR740, PSR2000, PSR2100, PSR3000,PSR-S900, PSR-S910, PSR-S950, PSR-S970, and the new PSR-S975. As the table indicates, a new mid-range keyboard is introducedone year and a new high-end keyboard the following year in a two-year sequence.There's no guarantee that this pattern will continue, but chances are thatnew and better keyboards are now on the drawing board. The PSR-S975/S775were introduced in 2018 as replacements for the PSR-S970/S770.

TheTyros5 replaced the previous flag-ship model Tyros4. The Genos keyboard, however, has a significantly different interface than the previous Tyros5. It represents a new generation of high-end model for Yamaha. Similar Keyboards Every YearIf you have paid attention to the evolution of car models, you will undoubtedlyhave noticed a major model change occurring in one year and then that basic 'bodystyle'being carried forward for several years before another major style change.You'll find that same idea in these arranger keyboard models. The PSR730and PSR740 model families operated much the same way.

The introduction ofthe PSR2000 was an entirely new and different operational system. That systemhas been carried forward in the Tyros, the 2100, the 3000, the Tyros2, thePSR-S900, the Tyros3, the PSR-S910, the Tyros4, the PSR-S950, the Tyros5, the PSR-S970, and the PSR-S975. It is also essentially the same operationalsystem used in the Yamaha CVP digital pianos. The similarity in the operatingsystem means it is fairly easy to move from one model to another. It alsomeans that many of the styles will be somewhat interchangeable.

I say 'somewhat' becausewhile the operating system may be similar, the hardware is not and the voicesincluded with each new keyboard are generally different. Thus,a style from an older keyboard may, indeed, play on a newer one, but it maynot sound exactly the same. Styles, however, can be 'tuned'to optimize their sound on each of the keyboards. More on this below. Preset and 'Tuned' StylesFor each keyboard, the Styles page gives you the internal preset stylesprovided with that keyboard.

In several cases, you will also find additionalstyle sets, tuned specifically for that particular keyboard, available onthe 'Styles' page. For example, you will find the Tyros4 stylestuned for the PSR-S950 on the PSR-S950 Styles page. You'll also find thousands of styles from earlier (and later) Yamaha keyboards tuned specifically for the PSR-S950 on that page. Style Compatibility & MegaVoicesWhile there have been a series of Yamaha keyboards produced, they have ALLincluded a basic set of 480 XG and GM voices. These voices are used in creatingthe styles for many of the keyboards.

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It is for this reason that one cantake a style that was available on the PSR8000 and play it in the PSR740or the PSR2000. This style compatibility, however, wasbroken with the introduction of the Tyros model. This model included anew MegaVoice technology. This technology provided more realistic soundinginstruments, particularly the guitars, for the styles built into the Tyros.But the technology was only available in the Tyros. Those original styleswill play, as is, in earlier keyboards, but they will NOT sound good. Theearlier keyboards do not have the megavoice technology.

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Fortunately, there issoftware available that can detect and remove the megavoices from the styleand replace it with a standard guitar or similar voice. When you see Tyrosstyles for the PSR2000, that is what had to occur. All the styles had tobe tuned, fixing up the accompaniment voices where needed.In addition, thestyles on the models from PSR2000 onward, included one-touch-settings(OTS) built in and stored with the style. The OTS use the preset voices on thekeyboard. If newer keyboards have voices not available on older keyboards,then these voices would also have to be adjusted to 'tune' thatstyle to use the voices available on earlier keyboards.This 'tuning' of styles is one of the strengths of the PSR and Tyros arrangerline since the PSR2000 model. Not many users actually create their own stylesfrom scratch, but many have learned how to modify an existing preset styleto'tune' it to their own particular preferences. It is fairly easyto modify accompaniment voices and volumes to suit your own personal tastes.You can change the default tempo of a style and the various OTS voices savedwith that.

You can even take parts of a style, for example, a bass patternused in one style, and put it in another style. All ofthis can be saved in a new version of the style that you can name whateveryou like. So each user can create as many styles as needed with thesekeyboards. The lessons available in the sectionof this site help you learn how to do all this style tuning.

In thissection of Styles as well as other sections, you will be able to downloadstyles created and/or tuned by other owners for your use and enjoyment.This page updated onOctober 20, 2019.

Free Yamaha Styles Pack for all Yamaha PSR ArrangersHere are a wonderful free Yamaha styles pack, they are suitable for every PSR keyboard, these ones was especially designed for the PSR-8000 but it is compatible with almost all Yamaha PSR series.