I just like it. Actually I have learned music by myself with it. The rythm section with auto bass is ok.
The only thing I dislike is this kind of pulse you can hear with headphones and when amplified.
Today I use it as a rythm box with my electric organ.
When I got it, I loved it for two reasons (I was really young...) : look like a computer (at the time) and the Yamaha logo on the visible part for the audience
Rating: 5 out of 5
posted Tuesday-Nov-19-022 at 10:18
Mark S.
a part-time user
from New Orleans, LA USA
writes:
Apparently I'm the only person who unreservedly likes the Yamaha PSS-270. It was my first electronic keyboard and I got a lot of mileage out of it. My love of the 270 might have a lot to do with the fact that I'm primarily a guitarist, so I didn't judge it by the same standards that a real keyboardist would. I also have small hands, so the small keys didn't bother me.
I found a lot of sounds on this machine that were very usable, especially when I ran it through stompboxes and other outboard gear. It could be "hissy," but that's what they make noise gates for, isn't it? I liked a lot of the sounds. They were totally unrealistic, for the most part, but I always enjoyed that unrealistic aspect. I didn't expect the tuba preset to really sound like a tuba, but it sure was a cool noise when I ran it through a flanger and used the resulting sound as a "synth pad."
Unfortunately I lost the keyboard when I moved to my new house. I don't know how it happened and I'm still very annoyed about it getting lost. I keep searching Ebay and pawn shops for another one, but I'm beginning to suspect I'm not the only person who liked the 270, because I haven't found a decent one yet! Anybody willing to dump their 270, let me know. I used to surprise people with the good sounds I got out of it. If you take it for what it is, you can get a lot of cool sounds. But maybe I should stop praising it! That might be why I can't find one...
Rating: 4 out of 5
posted Tuesday-Jul-02-022 at 15:09
Nathan
a hobbyist user
from US
writes:
I got mine from an aunt for christmas. It is a toy but is good for truly screwed up sounds when aggressively processed or run through some old distortion pedals. Fun to mess around with.
Rating: 3 out of 5
posted Sunday-Oct-14-011 at 16:02
Fred D.
a hobbyist user
from USA
writes:
This was my first keyboard, got it in '89. Of course it's a toy, so I treat it as such. I once sampled it with my SY85, got some quirky sounds that when run through an effects processor actually sounded ok. Synth Tom 2 (97) actually makes a good bass drum on the lowest note of the keyboard if amplified. Occasionally I do entire multi-track songs on this thing when I'm bored. The sounds are plain bad, but fun for just fooling around. This is a classic, and it's built tougher than many pro synths today. But just to repeat the others, don't buy it!
Rating: 3 out of 5
posted Tuesday-Aug-07-011 at 18:36
Sambo the Elephant
a hobbyist user
from England
writes:
This was my first keyboard (I payed about £30), I couldn't play it and the keys were tooo small. It kinda put me off keyboards and that and only now (10 years later) I am getting back into them.
I would reccomend it only for the ghost sound and the fact it is stereo (rare on keyboards of this price).
Try to remember though it is just a toy, but then the VL-Tone is too...
Rating: 2 out of 5
posted Saturday-Mar-17-011 at 08:14
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