Synthesizers - YAMAHA TYROS 4

Extraordinarily expressive and realistic Voices

The Tyros4 has an expanded and enhanced set of exceptionally authentic Voices, and gives you the means to play these Voices more naturally and with greater expressiveness. In particular, the instrument has many new Super Articulation Choir Voices, with amazingly realistic and natural human voice sounds—giving you even more expressive capability.

Powerful, professional Auto Accompaniment Styles

The Styles of the Tyros4 have been vastly enhanced with the expert use of new Super Articulation and Super Articulation 2 Voices. Greater and more expressive variations in the MegaVoices have been employed as well, particularly in the Scat and Gospel Voices.

Dynamic and Versatile Vocal Harmony feature—with Synth Vocoder

The newly enhanced Vocal Harmony 2 (VH2) processing engine delivers superior sound, lightning-fast processing, and comprehensive, flexible control of the harmonies applied to your singing voice. It also has a Synth Vocoder feature, providing the dynamic, popular vocoder effect for a variety of luscious and even other-worldly sounds. Moreover, the rear-panel combo jack lets you easily connect either XLR mic cables or 1/4" phone plug.

Voice expandability

Tyros4 is an open-ended instrument that lets you continually expand the available content for your creative explorations. Yamaha has an online service website (https://service.music.yamaha.com) featuring Premium Voices, Waves, Songs and Styles, etc. (called Premium Pack data) that can be purchased and loaded to the Tyros4. (In order to use the additional Waves and Voices you purchased, you’ll need to install the optional Flash Memory Expansion Module.)

Audio recording and playback

Tyros4 lets you record your performances as audio data, with two different methods, Simple (quick and easy recording to a single audio track) and Multi Track (overdub recording for complex songs). Since the created audio data is saved in WAV file format, you can edit your recordings on computer and share it over the Internet or burn your own original CD. The instrument also allows you to play back MP3 data.

Convenient, easy-to-use Music Finder function

With the enormous wealth of data available on the instrument (including your own Song and Audio data), the Music Finder function lets you instantly find and call up what you need. Not only can you get ideal setups (Voice, Style, etc.) for each song—searching by song title/genre—you can also easily retrieve your original Song and Audio data (registered beforehand). Additional new panel settings for the Tyros4 can be directly downloaded from the Internet.

Enhanced features for directly connecting to the Internet

The Tyros4 can also be directly connected to the Internet with the Internet Direct Connection function, allowing you to download special content without the need for a computer. Enhancements include a convenient, easy-to-use IDC Setup Wizard, as well as new security options, with WPA2 and WPA.

Audio Recording

No need for separate recording hardware—you can record your keyboard performance as well as your own singing or the sound of other instruments directly to the Tyros4! The audio is captured to the built-in hard disk drive as digital audio data—with absolutely noise-free audio quality. With computer and audio editing software, you can also edit the sound file as needed, and then re-import it to the Tyros4. Since the created audio data is saved in WAV file format, you can easily share your performances over the Internet or burn your own original CD. The instrument also supports MP3 data, allowing you to play back files in that popular format.

Features

Size/Weight

Width 1,140mm
Height 143mm
Depth 450mm
Weight 14.5kg

Control Interface

Keyboard Number of Keys 61
Type FSX
Aftertouch Yes
Touch Response Yes
Other Controllers Pitch Bend Yes
Modulation Yes
Multi Pads Yes
Display Type Full Dot TFT LCD
Size 640 x 480 dots
Color Color
Score Display Function Yes
Lyrics Display Function Yes
Wallpaper Customization Main/Lyrics
Language English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
Panel Language English

Voices

Tone Generation Tone Generating Technology AWM Stereo Sampling
Polyphony Number of Polyphony (Max.) 128
Preset Number of Voices 993 Voices + 30 Organ Flutes + 480 XG Voices + 256 GM2 Voices + 44 Drum/SFX Kits (And GS Voices for GS Song playback)
Featured Voices 15 S.Articulation2! Voices (AEM technology), 164 S.Articulation Voices, 43 MegaVoices, 30 Sweet! Voices, 101 Live! Voices, 44Drums (including SFX Kits), 71 Cool! Voices, 30 Presets Organ Flutes!
Compatibility XG XF GS GM GM2
Custom Optional Wave Capacity 4MB (Pre-installed) / MAX 1,024MB (Optional)
Sampling Custom Voice
Voice Edit Yes
Sound Creator/Voice Set Yes

Effects

Types Reverb 44 + 3 User
Chorus 106 + 3 User
DSP DSP1–7 : 285 Presets, DSP8–9 : 285 Presets (for Style)
Master Compressor 5 Presets + 5 User
Master EQ 5 Bands : 5 Preset + 2 User
Others Mic effects: Noise Gate x 1, Compressor x 1, 3Band EQ x 1
Part EQ 2 Bands: 29 Parts (R1, R2, R3, Left, MultiPad, Style x 8, Song x 16)
Functions Dual/Layers Voice layer (RIGHT 1-3)
Split Separete split points for Chord and Voice (LEFT)
Panel Sustain Yes
Mono/Poly Yes
Accompany Style Related Vocal Harmony VH2: 44Preset + 10 User

Accompaniment Styles

Preset Number of Preset Styles 500
Featured Styles 403 Pro Styles, 47 Session Styles with MegaVoices (used by preset styles)
Fingering Single Finger, Fingered, Fingered On Bass, Multi Finger, AI Fingered, Full Keyboard, AI Full Keyboard
Style Control INTRO x 3, MAIN VARIATION x 4, FILL x 4, BREAK, ENDING x 3
Custom User Styles Yes
Style Creator Yes
Other Features Music Finder Yes
One Touch Setting (OTS) 4 for each style

Songs

Recording Number of Songs Unlimited (depending on the storage media’s capacity)
Number of Tracks 16
Data Capacity approx. 300KB
Recording Function Quick Recording, Multi Recording, Step Recording, Song Editing
Compatible Data Format Playback SMF (Format 0 & 1), ESEQ, XF, Style File
Recording SMF (Format 0)
Other Features Hard Disk Recording Yes (Play: 2 stereo tracks, Rec: 1 stereo track)

Functions

Registration Number of Buttons 8 x unlimited banks (depending on the storage media’s capacity)
Control Bank +/-, Regist Sequence, Freeze
Lesson/Guide Lesson/Guide Follow Lights, Any Key, Karao-Key, Vocal CueTIME
Performance Assistant Technology (PAT) Yes
Demo/Help Demonstration Yes
Overall Controls Metronome Yes
Tempo Range 5 - 500, Tap Tempo
Transpose Yes
Tuning Yes
Octave Button Yes
Scale Type 9 presets
Direct Access Yes

Storage and Connectivity

Storage Internal Memory 6MB
Hard Disk Drive 250GB or more
External Drives Optional USB Flash Memory, USB Hard Disk Drive, etc. (via USB to DEVICE)
Optional Memory Flash Memory Expansion Module FL1024M/FL512M x 1 (MAX1024M)
Connectivity Headphones x 1
Microphone Mic./Line in Stereo
MIDI MIDI A (IN/OUT), MIDI B (IN/OUT)
AUX IN L/L+R, R(LEVEL FIXED) or LOOP RETURN L/L+R, R
AUX OUT L/L+R, R(LEVEL FIXED) or LOOP SEND L/L+R, R (Selectable)
AUX Pedal (optional) Switch or Volume x 3
LINE OUT MAIN OUT (L/L+R, R), Sub Output 1, 2
VIDEO OUT RGB Out, NTSC / PAL
Loop Return Yes
USB TO DEVICE USB 2.0 HighSpeed x 2 (Front /Back)
USB TO HOST USB 2.0 HighSpeed x 1
External Speaker To Satellite Speaker (L/R), To Sub Woofer (L/R)