Yamaha PSR-340 Home Keyboard Information, Specifications and Resources

Author: Andy Merrett / Data Driven

Overview

The Yamaha PSR-340 is a home keyboard released in 1999. It is marketed primarily to home musicians.

The PSR-340 has 61 synth/organ style full sized keys with touch sensitivity but no aftertouch. It has 32 notes of polyphony. It has 100 on board sounds including pianos and real world sounds, accompaniments and rhythms, and a sustain/damper pedal.

It uses Yamaha's AWM sound generation. Advanced Wave Memory is a classic high-quality sample playback and layering engine.

It has the ability to record and play back user performances. It has built-in MIDI capabilities. It offers an on-board learning system. It has a built-in amplifier and speakers. It can run from both AC and battery power.

The keyboard is a decent choice for children. It's very much an entry level model, making it cheaper but also with fewer functions or lower quality sounds than more expensive keyboards. It's a part of the PSR family of instruments, whose models span from 1984 to the present day. Its release year of 1999 has it launched in the main years of PSR production.

Description

The PSR-340 is a sophisticated yet easy-to-use keyboard with the following features and functions:

Built-in Disk Drive

Built into the PortaTone is a convenient floppy disk drive. By simply inserting a floppy disk, you’ve got access to a wide variety of powerful functions, such as recording and playback of your own original User Songs, as well as saving and loading of User One Touch Setting data and User EZ Chord data. The PortaTone is compatible with a wide variety of disk formats, allowing you to playback song data on commercially available GM , DOC, and Clavinova Disklavier Piano Soft disks. Portable Grand

The PortaTone also has a Portable Grand function for realistic piano performance. Pressing the PORTABLE GRAND button instantly calls up the stunningly authentic “Stereo Sampled Piano” voice and configures the entire PortaTone for optimum piano play. Special Pianist styles — with piano-only accompaniment — are also provided.

Yamaha Education Suite

The PortaTone features the new Yamaha Education Suite — a set of learning tools that utilize the latest technology to make studying and practicing music more fun and fulfilling than ever before!

The Yamaha Education Suite includes:

Chord Guide functions in the Style mode — Smart and Dictionary — that make it exceptionally easy to learn chords and chord relationships. There’s also a powerful EZ Chord function that lets you easily record and play back chord progressions.

Smart lets you easily play harmonically “correct” chord progressions for whatever key you specify. It’s great for learning — and performing!

Dictionary is a built-in “chord encyclopedia” that teaches you how to play specific chords. You type in the chord name, and the PortaTone shows you which notes to play!

EZ Chord is a powerful and simple way to pro- gram and play chord progressions. Record all the chord changes you need for a song, then play back the chords one after another by simply playing a single key!

Other powerful features include:

• Exceptionally realistic and dynamic sounds with 100 voices, utilizing digital recordings of actual instruments.
• Dual voice and Split voice modes that let you layer two voices together or assign two voices to separate sections of the keyboard
• Four high-quality effects — Reverb, Chorus, DSP, and Harmony — each with a variety of different types.
• 100 auto accompaniment styles, each with different Intro, Main A and B, and Ending sections. All styles (except for the Pianist styles) also have their own four Fill-in patterns. The PortaTone also gives you convenient control over accompaniment Styles — including Tempo and independent Accompaniment Volume.
• Powerful song recording operations for recording and playing back complete compositions (three User songs are available). Up to six tracks can be recorded to a song, including a special chord track for style accompaniment.
• One Touch Setting (OTS), for automatically calling up an appropriate voice for playing with the selected style. Plus, there are 16 User OTS memory spaces that let you save your custom panel settings for instant recall.
• Touch response (with front panel on/off switch) for maximum expressive level control over the voices. This also works in conjunction with the Dynamic Filter, which dynamically adjusts the timbre or tone of a voice according to your playing strength — just a like a real musical instrument!
• Convenient footswitch control over various functions — including sustain, start/stop, and more.
• GM (General MIDI) compatibility and full GM voice set.
• Large custom LCD (backlit) gives you easy, at-a-glance confirma- tion of all important settings, as well as chord and note indications.
• Comprehensive MIDI functions that let you integrate the PortaTone into a MIDI music system, for sequence recording and other advanced applications.
• Built-in, high-quality stereo amplifier/speaker system (2-way speaker system).

FAQ

What year was the Yamaha PSR-340 launched?

This instrument was launched in 1999

What other models did Yamaha release in 1999?

• CS6X
• P-80
• PSR-140
• PSR-140PC
• PSR-240
• PSR-248
• PSR-270
• PSR-540
• PSR-540PC
• PSR-640
• PSR-74
• PSR-740
• PSR-9000
• S08
• YPR-50

What models did other manufacturers release in 1999?

• Casio AP-21
• Casio CTK-550
• Korg Sigma
• Korg sp-100
• Korg Triton
• Roland EM-10
• Roland EM-20
• Roland EM-30
• Roland EM-50
• Roland RD-100
• Roland XP-60

What other home keyboards were released at a similar time?

• Casio AL-100R
• Casio CTK-451
• Casio CTK-471
• Casio CTK-511
• Casio CTK-515
• Casio CTK-518
• Casio CTK-519
• Casio CTK-550
• Casio CTK-560L
• Casio CTK-571
• Casio CTK-573
• Casio CTK-601
• Casio CTK-620L
• Casio CTK-651
• Casio CTK-671
• Casio CTK-731
• Casio CTK-811EX
• Casio LK-40
• Casio SA-38
• Casio SA-39
• Casio SA-41
• Casio SA-45
• Casio SA-6
• Casio SA-65
• Casio SA-67
• Yamaha 9000Pro
• Yamaha DJX-II
• Yamaha EZ-20
• Yamaha EZ-30
• Yamaha EZ-J22
• Yamaha HD-100
• Yamaha KB-110
• Yamaha KB-130
• Yamaha KB-160
• Yamaha KB-210
• Yamaha KB-410
• Yamaha MIE-2XG
• Yamaha PSR-1000
• Yamaha PSR-130
• Yamaha PSR-160
• Yamaha PSR-195
• Yamaha PSR-2000
• Yamaha PSR-201
• Yamaha PSR-225
• Yamaha PSR-225GM
• Yamaha PSR-225PC
• Yamaha PSR-260
• Yamaha PSR-262
• Yamaha PSR-280
• Yamaha PSR-282
• Yamaha PSR-330
• Yamaha PSR-350
• Yamaha PSR-530
• Yamaha PSR-530PC
• Yamaha PSR-550
• Yamaha PSR-630
• Yamaha PSR-730
• Yamaha PSR-79
• Yamaha PSR-D1
• Yamaha PSR-GX76
• Yamaha PSS-14
• Yamaha PSS-15
• Yamaha PSS-7
• Yamaha SKB-130

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Resources

• Yamaha PSR PortaTone Models 1984-2026
• Old Yamaha keyboard models: an overview of vintage

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