I'm the original owner of a PSS-270. My girlfriend at the time bought it for me and paid around $110.00. It still works like a charm and I hope to pass it on to one of my two grandkids. Thanks for the work you do on "the you tubes"!
"Do not buy one of these, with the impression that you are going to make beautiful piano music." And then he proceeds the next 3 minutes making beautiful piano music.
It has great sounds (I have mine with me now), just nothing that sounds like the instrument it is supposed to be. There are 3 "human voice" sounds that are absolutely hilarious. I love this keyboard. It is great for adding in quirky effects that are hard to find anywhere else.
I love how the instrument emulation brought new timbre, color, and brand new sounds to explore and exploit. Thats why im in love with sound design and synthesis
Brilliant.... I'm 65, recovering from a stroke and have decided to teach myself how to play a little music. I picked up one of these for £5 and I'm very happy to have just found some of the features you've demonstrated here. I only wanted a 'toy' to teach myself some fingering techniques and have a bit of fun trying to play tutorials I find on RUclips. As far as I am concerned this is great value and loads of fun. I used to have the old Miracle Piano Teach System for the early Apple Mac, but I kept losing access to the Mac, so I didn't make nearly as much progress as I had hoped - but I loved that thing. I wish I could find an equivalent, because it was a great learning aid. Thank you very much for your demonstration.
Hey !! I know that the post is 3 years old but I hope that you are doing well. I'm 57 and had a stroke 2 years ago. I lost being able to play guitar. I can still play a kick ass bass though. 😁I'm looking for a midi sound module. What self respecting bass player who worships Rush doesn't want to dabble with synths ? LOL. If this synth has midi and 1/4 outputs I'd give this a shot.
This was my third (ish) keyboard when I was a kid, and hearing the sounds brought back a lot of memories. I remember improv'ing a lot of fantasy sounding music with it. I also remembering liking the synth tom sound (95), which was reminiscent of cheezy techno Jan Hammer-esque music of the time.
I love your 8-BK shows, my friend!! Please keep doing these. He , you're a pretty decent player too. I have a big old upright piano and a 7 year old Kurzweil Keyboard I love to play with most every day.
Yes, mine is in excellent condition, I get it tuned now and then. Unless you have serious damage, old pianoes can be tuned up or restored... though some may not be worth it. I have a 1920s era upright that sounds really excellent when in tune.
Man, every 3 years i feel i need another heap of retro synth. And when i go to my local ebay-like site, i watch your videos. They are both entertaining and informative.
Love your channel!I bought one of these today for $25.00 from a goodwill.I just played it through a Korg KP-3 and a Zoom MG50, I was surprised at how versatile it is, really cool vibe.
I Love this Keyboard. I use mine pretty much every day. I've used it in so many songs in the last year. The second I played this keyboard I knew that it was special to me. I'm so happy you reviewed this keyboard!
I have one of these and a PSS-570 and they sound amazing, especially if you run it through an amp or the right effects. I’ve gotten some incredible electric piano sounds from it.
I had this keyboard as a kid. My favorite thing to do with it was let it play "Just the Way You Are" and swap the instruments manually while it was playing.
thats what my brothers and I did as kids! when i first heard Just the Way You Are on the radio I exclaimed "ITS THE DEMO SONG" and i still think of it as the demo song.
I have the PSS 170, and it's my favorite 'low-pro' keyboard. The 270 seems very close as a keyboard, although I have never used one. Thanks for reviewing this!
thanks for covering my old keyboard. this was my 8th grade graduation present. I will never let it go, I learned my first piano on it. need help getting power supply fixed. could use a suggestion on that.
I've owned this particular keyboard for 14 years (my mom gave it to me when I was a baby to toy around with), and I can say that it is not superb, but it still suits my needs for creating music on the fly. I just love the sound of the horns on this keyboard, especially with some sustain.
That is exactly what I do as well. I have a Casio CTK-611 that is my primary for recording, but I usually start a melody on this one just because it is so much more portable. Then I come back to this one along with the Casio, to add in some of these great vintage sounds that the Casio (as cool as it is) just doesn't have.
love these comprehensive review videos. i like them better than some other reviewers I've seen. it's the right level of nerdiness and good sounds. I scored this same keyboard at st vinny's for $5. the best part is that the plastic was still on the display part so it looks super shiny and new
MY GOD A DOZEN MORE POSSIBLE EPISODES!? Keep em' coming! Seriously one of my favorite channels on youtube (if not my favorite!) My friend just found out his niece had a PSS 480 hiding around in her closet and I still haven't gotten a chance to play it! I just love the sound of these things.
This techno-track from 2015 is what people now call 'Synthwave'. And I for one would love to hear more like this. :-) Thank you very much for sharing, and have a wonderful week!
It was my first keyboard, i was 8 in holidays in the USA, 10 dollars in a garage sale, now I'm a musician and producer working for television and big shows in Italy but as bassist and singer mostly. I'm impressed to see that my phone speakers are more detailed and deep than the original integrated ones of the original keyboard!
I had this keyboard in my closet for years. I do not remember where it came from. I took it out the closet for first time, cleaned it up, downloaded the user manual, got an adapter from my closet, and watched some videos. This keyboard came out when I was a Senior in high school (LOL). I can’t wait to play it. I’m going to use it in my new Home Music Studio, along with my new RockJam RJ761-SK Keyboard Synthesizer. This was made before MIDI was invented. It’s sold on Amazon for $200 (which cost more than my RockJam)
I picked one of these up at Good Will recently for $20 or so. I keep it in my office by my computer and pull it out every now and then. It's actually turned out to be useful. First it's relatively small, battery powered and has it's own speaker so I can just start playing without worrying about any wires. Whenever inspiration strikes I have a keyboard ready within a few seconds to play around with whatever tune has popped in my head. And when I'm trying to figure out a song it's great play along to a song or video while I figure it out. The piano sound is awful, but some of the sounds (especially the brass) have actually aged quite well and sounds pretty classy.
I am sitting with this keyboard now, still a sentimental favorite. It was a present for my 8th or 9th birthday, I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. I didn't play piano (still don't), but I rehearsed the demo song "Just the Way You Are" by ear until I could play it all. (without the switching instruments each verse). That was my contribution to my 3rd grade talent show in 1987....good times. You are right about it being durable...I bet I spent hundreds of hours on it as a kid. It was fun to find it at home, then find the video here! Graduated from this to Casio CTK 611, that's still my best one. Before the PSS-270, I had an old 70s Magnus Organ...those are incredibly cool. Essentially an accordion on a table top. Played it till the fans broke. REALLY wish I still had that one. Anyway, cool video...awesome to see all it can do. After seeing these vids I want to expand my collection of old keyboards, too! 😊👍
The YM2413 was a pretty nice move when it comes to keyboards actually. It makes much more sense to pair it with a keyboard, rather than something like a midi module or a sound card, since you're only going to be using a single patch at any given time on a keyboard.
Right after snare gun is "machine gun" (you probably wouldn't find THAT today) and it is rapid fire snare drum on every key. And then "Ocean", some keys aren't bad, but the top register is so glitchy, it actually makes the sound even cooler. It's similar to the bottom register on tuba he plays in the video. This is still my absolute favorite to just sit and start writing a tune.
I just whipped this bad boy out of storage while cleaning out a closet. I don't actually know how to play a keyboard but that doesn't stop me from using the easy to use accompaniments and auto chords to significantly annoy the hell out of my teenage children. If all else fails playing the demo of, "I love you just the way you are" at max tempo while alternating styles really solidifies that his is my territory and the only way out is to be successful with your life and move out.
I really love this channel. Very informative and you are really good at playing. + the sounds make my retro gaming brain jump in happiness from listening :) You're the man 8-bit!
5:43 was that starting to be the doctor who theme tune? Id love to hear you play a bit style version of it or full instrumental on a keyboard. also could you look at the Casio CTK-631? the midis sound great except the square and sawtooth.
The PSS-480 and 680 were amazing. That 2 operator synth could make some great sounds. These keyboards also had MIDI bulk dump. You could save synth sounds to a sequencer, then save them to cassette tape. Or you could use a MIDI data filer, such as the Yamaha MDF2.
OMG!!! I have one of these!! I dug her out of the closet a few minutes ago once I saw this video. She's been in storage since I was about 10 years old (I'm 37 now. She's also embarrassingly dirty and I think still works, but I will need to find batteries or my DC power power supply before I'll know for sure. Thank you for bringing back a piece of childhood Nostalgia. I'll have to do a full restoration and put her up on my channel.
Just bought a pss 790 for £5.00 from a charity shop, nice sounds and it works perfectly, I’m loving the vector joystick on it .can get some incredible sounds out of it by blending between the four voices
Still have mine. Man, that was the best birthday ever! All these years later, some sounds make my kids laugh. But it is a sentimental fave for me. And these vids make me want to go find more old keyboards!
Very Good review! I just bought one of these units and I already have the PSS-470. I like the 270 because it has tones that are easy to get to without having to fiddle around on it, like you would the 470.
I find these videos so interesting ... unlike guitars, it can be so hard to understand HOW keyboards make their sound, and it is so useful to start to understand
+David Bennett Indeed. Especially with these older ones they are all so very different and have different personalities. The newer keyboards are all the same to me.
+8-Bit Keys If you could do a video explaing 'how' the microchips actually create the sounds, that would be amazing. I still don't really understand if they are sampled or synthesized
Wow nostalgia trip. No idea how i came to own it, but i had one of these growing up (i think it was my uncles and he gave it to me but im not sure). Got mine out and its really seen better days...
I had one of these, and even recorded some songs with it. I was pretty fond of it. Definitely agree on the sounds being pretty good, y'know, for a toy.
I got this one after my 70's Magnus Organ blew an air fan (cried for days). I really want to find another Magnus. The PSS-270 is still going strong, though. I remember opening it as a birthday present and feeling like I'd just won a million bucks. Fun times....feeling nostalgic and a touch ancient seeing it again. 😊
Now that I'm a wise 39 years old, I finally sat down and tried to make sense of the Single Finger accompaniment. I finally figured out all the right keys to press to recreate the demo song "Just The Way You Are." When I was young I could only do the first 3 measures.
This is a great video, thanks for posting. I was given one of these PSS-270s for free. Sadly, the power jack is broken from the PCB but I tested it with batteries in and the keyboard works! I think it won't be that difficult to salvage, I'll get my soldering kit out and see if I can get power into her again. Overall it seems much more sturdier than a lot of keyboards I've seen recently, that would explain how it works well even after 30 years.
I got a a pss 260, it was a gift from my uncle back when I was 4. I'm now 19 years old and I'm not a musician so I just keep the keyboard to play some DM riffs and for the sentimental value.
This was the keyboard I used when I was a teenager. Well, banged on randomly, since I never bothered to learn how to play properly. But since I wrote and played novelty songs, it enhanced the humor. Maybe.
Seems exactly like a slimmed down version of the PSR-6 I had growing up. I made so many albums on cassette tape where my friend and I would write hilariously crude lyrics to the cheesy auto-accompaniment. Classic sound.
Actually now I'm worried about hammering around on my PSS-460 too much. I really like the e-piano sound and I like to play some jazz-ish stuff with it so hammering on it is neccessary. ----- "Pro" and "Semi-Pro". So hyped about that. ---- Great, now I need to hear Luna Waves again. :D ---- As always, this was an exellant review
+derLPMaxe The one I got from ebay (PSS-470, same as your 460)was disgusting and cracked in several places. So I had to completely tear it down and even remove all of the keys for proper cleaning and repair. I was impressed at how it was put together.
8-Bit Keys I would describe mine as almost new/refurbished. So I'm not really in need to open it. I was extremly lucky picking it up in such a good state, in basically no time, on such modalities. Ebay *can* be a true treasure chest.
+8-Bit Keys I have this keyboard too. but my can play more than 9 voices. i wondered about that. (sorry ab out my Bad english. im from germany and only 13.)
The 270 was my first keyboard. I expanded to have a PSS-680 and PSS-590, and because the latter two had MIDI I picked up a used Kawai Module, and an Alesis Sequencer. To fatten up the sounds on the otherwise flat sounding PSS models, I picked up a BOSS Multi-FX Processor. Definitely breathing new life into those units. Sadly, the term "starving artist" has some merit to it, so I sold off all that gear, except my PSS-680. I still have that old beast. I use it, primarily as a MIDI Controller.
I can't play, and I have no real interest in music, but man I love this channel! I'm always fascinated by these old gadgets.
Michael Adams same...
I am probably the worst musician in the world, but I love this channel and the videos...
I'm the original owner of a PSS-270. My girlfriend at the time bought it for me and paid around $110.00. It still works like a charm and I hope to pass it on to one of my two grandkids. Thanks for the work you do on "the you tubes"!
"Do not buy one of these, with the impression that you are going to make beautiful piano music."
And then he proceeds the next 3 minutes making beautiful piano music.
Yes this thing sounds pretty damn good!
@@hifijohn I suppose if you were looking for a specific sound, it'll float your boat.
i pay for thiw one now
It has great sounds (I have mine with me now), just nothing that sounds like the instrument it is supposed to be. There are 3 "human voice" sounds that are absolutely hilarious. I love this keyboard. It is great for adding in quirky effects that are hard to find anywhere else.
I have one of these. It hadn't worked in 30 years, but my brother who is good with electronics tinkered with it, and now it plays like new.
I love how the instrument emulation brought new timbre, color, and brand new sounds to explore and exploit. Thats why im in love with sound design and synthesis
While the piano definetaly doesn't sound like a piano, it does sound cool!
i might release my own album fully with the yamaha pss 270 soon
@@loonkingdom4552 have you released it yet?
The flute and harpsichord don't sound like a flute and harpsichord either. And the tuba...
Brilliant.... I'm 65, recovering from a stroke and have decided to teach myself how to play a little music.
I picked up one of these for £5 and I'm very happy to have just found some of the features you've demonstrated here.
I only wanted a 'toy' to teach myself some fingering techniques and have a bit of fun trying to play tutorials I find on RUclips.
As far as I am concerned this is great value and loads of fun.
I used to have the old Miracle Piano Teach System for the early Apple Mac, but I kept losing access to the Mac, so I didn't make nearly as much progress as I had hoped - but I loved that thing. I wish I could find an equivalent, because it was a great learning aid.
Thank you very much for your demonstration.
Hey !! I know that the post is 3 years old but I hope that you are doing well. I'm 57 and had a stroke 2 years ago. I lost being able to play guitar. I can still play a kick ass bass though. 😁I'm looking for a midi sound module. What self respecting bass player who worships Rush doesn't want to dabble with synths ? LOL. If this synth has midi and 1/4 outputs I'd give this a shot.
Woah! 43-Strings is straight out of an epic 80s movie!
"It also has a headphone jack" unlike some other new technology
Nageek Gamer **cough** Apple **cough**
Nageek Gamer GBA SP?
But the GBA SP doesn't have a headphone jack either though
This isnt the year 2k. :/
made me laugh
This was my third (ish) keyboard when I was a kid, and hearing the sounds brought back a lot of memories. I remember improv'ing a lot of fantasy sounding music with it. I also remembering liking the synth tom sound (95), which was reminiscent of cheezy techno Jan Hammer-esque music of the time.
The PSS-270 is an absolute banging classic. I remember when we got our first keyboard lab at school, populated with about 20 of these babies.
The Flute+Harpsicord preset gives me goosebumps. I love your videos, we need more people like you on RUclips!
Yeah, that was amazing.
The demos you make with these keyboards are one of the four main reasons I continue to watch.
I found this baby at the swapmeet this Saturday afternoon , best 10 bucks i have ever spent lol
Nice!
got mine from a goodwill for 3 dollars lol
@@BRGRPAUL Excellent!
same here, best 10 € i've spent🍌
Oh, that is awesome! Mine was my 8th or 9th birthday present and still sounds great after all these years!
I love your 8-BK shows, my friend!! Please keep doing these. He , you're a pretty decent player too. I have a big old upright piano and a 7 year old Kurzweil Keyboard I love to play with most every day.
+minnescanada Thanks. I hope to make many more.
+8-Bit Keys i love this video. god bless you. i have special needs
+minnescanada hey I have an upright too but its broken does yours work?
Yes, mine is in excellent condition, I get it tuned now and then. Unless you have serious damage, old pianoes can be tuned up or restored... though some may not be worth it. I have a 1920s era upright that sounds really excellent when in tune.
As an upright it is almost perfect but I forgot to say it is a player piano but that bit needs fixing
I still have mine and it works just about perfectly, love it to death and back again!
Man, every 3 years i feel i need another heap of retro synth. And when i go to my local ebay-like site, i watch your videos. They are both entertaining and informative.
Found one of these at Goodwill today for $20! Been playing it all day haha
Love your channel!I bought one of these today for $25.00 from a goodwill.I just played it through a Korg KP-3 and a Zoom MG50, I was surprised at how versatile it is, really cool vibe.
3:55 - the iconic sound used in Laughing Stock (for Grandaddy fans looking to buy it)
I Love this Keyboard.
I use mine pretty much every day. I've used it in so many songs in the last year.
The second I played this keyboard I knew that it was special to me.
I'm so happy you reviewed this keyboard!
I have one of these and a PSS-570 and they sound amazing, especially if you run it through an amp or the right effects. I’ve gotten some incredible electric piano sounds from it.
Wow the strings(43) sounds amazing !
+theChillChanneL Chimes(91) also sounds amazing !
+theChillChanneL Flute & Harpsichord (61) is also very impressive !
I had this keyboard as a kid. My favorite thing to do with it was let it play "Just the Way You Are" and swap the instruments manually while it was playing.
Me too!! 😂
Me too!
yes. mine stopped working RIP
Which Just The Way You Are?
thats what my brothers and I did as kids! when i first heard Just the Way You Are on the radio I exclaimed "ITS THE DEMO SONG" and i still think of it as the demo song.
I have the PSS 170, and it's my favorite 'low-pro' keyboard. The 270 seems very close as a keyboard, although I have never used one. Thanks for reviewing this!
thanks for covering my old keyboard. this was my 8th grade graduation present. I will never let it go, I learned my first piano on it. need help getting power supply fixed. could use a suggestion on that.
I've owned this particular keyboard for 14 years (my mom gave it to me when I was a baby to toy around with), and I can say that it is not superb, but it still suits my needs for creating music on the fly. I just love the sound of the horns on this keyboard, especially with some sustain.
That is exactly what I do as well. I have a Casio CTK-611 that is my primary for recording, but I usually start a melody on this one just because it is so much more portable. Then I come back to this one along with the Casio, to add in some of these great vintage sounds that the Casio (as cool as it is) just doesn't have.
Heck yeah! These things are great songwriting devices.
I had it as a child.
Nice to see and hear it again.
The all-snare-drum key test sounded like a bunch of popping balloons.
Metalic,string and lower comel and tuba are my favorite awesome sound effects.
I looove this channel so much. Thanks for videos!
This is the same one I had growing up!!! Thank you David for so memories
Omg I've had one in the garage for the last 20 yrs. And yes it works.
Yamahas never die.
love these comprehensive review videos. i like them better than some other reviewers I've seen. it's the right level of nerdiness and good sounds.
I scored this same keyboard at st vinny's for $5. the best part is that the plastic was still on the display part so it looks super shiny and new
yamaha makes great keyboards. i own a psr 640 since 2001 and i still play it and use it for recording music.
Mymom had this when she was a young teen and she still has it, the sounds still amaze me.
MY GOD A DOZEN MORE POSSIBLE EPISODES!? Keep em' coming! Seriously one of my favorite channels on youtube (if not my favorite!) My friend just found out his niece had a PSS 480 hiding around in her closet and I still haven't gotten a chance to play it! I just love the sound of these things.
+Ravaged Rob Glad you like this. I have some far more interesting stuff coming that I just bought.
This techno-track from 2015 is what people now call 'Synthwave'.
And I for one would love to hear more like this. :-) Thank you very much for sharing,
and have a wonderful week!
This show is so great. Keep up the fantastic, and informative, work!
+Gregory Miller - Thanks. Comments like this keep me motivated to make more.
It was my first keyboard, i was 8 in holidays in the USA, 10 dollars in a garage sale, now I'm a musician and producer working for television and big shows in Italy but as bassist and singer mostly.
I'm impressed to see that my phone speakers are more detailed and deep than the original integrated ones of the original keyboard!
I had this keyboard in my closet for years. I do not remember where it came from. I took it out the closet for first time, cleaned it up, downloaded the user manual, got an adapter from my closet, and watched some videos. This keyboard came out when I was a Senior in high school (LOL). I can’t wait to play it. I’m going to use it in my new Home Music Studio, along with my new RockJam RJ761-SK Keyboard Synthesizer. This was made before MIDI was invented. It’s sold on Amazon for $200 (which cost more than my RockJam)
just found this channel and its fantastic!
despite the negatives of this keyboard you've convinced me of a purchase
keep up the awesome job
+Mr. Meeseeks also love the 80's aesthetic
My first keyboard... Feels very nostalgic to me!
I picked one of these up at Good Will recently for $20 or so. I keep it in my office by my computer and pull it out every now and then. It's actually turned out to be useful. First it's relatively small, battery powered and has it's own speaker so I can just start playing without worrying about any wires. Whenever inspiration strikes I have a keyboard ready within a few seconds to play around with whatever tune has popped in my head. And when I'm trying to figure out a song it's great play along to a song or video while I figure it out. The piano sound is awful, but some of the sounds (especially the brass) have actually aged quite well and sounds pretty classy.
I got it for like 5 dollar foot long plus beaucoup many 5 cents. Lol
3:20 Great work on the Enya, No Holly For Miss Quinn. I have the Yamaha PSS-170, PSS-50, and PS-55.
I am sitting with this keyboard now, still a sentimental favorite. It was a present for my 8th or 9th birthday, I felt like the luckiest kid in the world. I didn't play piano (still don't), but I rehearsed the demo song "Just the Way You Are" by ear until I could play it all. (without the switching instruments each verse). That was my contribution to my 3rd grade talent show in 1987....good times. You are right about it being durable...I bet I spent hundreds of hours on it as a kid. It was fun to find it at home, then find the video here! Graduated from this to Casio CTK 611, that's still my best one. Before the PSS-270, I had an old 70s Magnus Organ...those are incredibly cool. Essentially an accordion on a table top. Played it till the fans broke. REALLY wish I still had that one. Anyway, cool video...awesome to see all it can do. After seeing these vids I want to expand my collection of old keyboards, too! 😊👍
I picked one of these up for $10 in the box at a thrift store. Absolutely adore the thing.
I actually miss the PSS-780 I used to have. Just had a lot of fun stuff.
got one of these from my grandpa learned a bit of piano on this. i hate the piano sound but it’s really fun to mess around with
The YM2413 was a pretty nice move when it comes to keyboards actually.
It makes much more sense to pair it with a keyboard, rather than something like a midi module or a sound card, since you're only going to be using a single patch at any given time on a keyboard.
the snare drum kinda sounded like cooking popcorn in a brass pan
It sounded to me like touching the metal strings under a snare drum
Right after snare gun is "machine gun" (you probably wouldn't find THAT today) and it is rapid fire snare drum on every key. And then "Ocean", some keys aren't bad, but the top register is so glitchy, it actually makes the sound even cooler. It's similar to the bottom register on tuba he plays in the video. This is still my absolute favorite to just sit and start writing a tune.
The demo on this thing seriously brings on nostalgia.
I just whipped this bad boy out of storage while cleaning out a closet. I don't actually know how to play a keyboard but that doesn't stop me from using the easy to use accompaniments and auto chords to significantly annoy the hell out of my teenage children. If all else fails playing the demo of, "I love you just the way you are" at max tempo while alternating styles really solidifies that his is my territory and the only way out is to be successful with your life and move out.
I had one of these keyboards when I was a kid. It was a very fun and cool sounding FM keyboard! Very cool review!
Just bought this and can't wait to add this to my collection ! Now I'm looking for a pss. 480
I really love this channel. Very informative and you are really good at playing. + the sounds make my retro gaming brain jump in happiness from listening :)
You're the man 8-bit!
That Crystal sound makes me think of some of the music in Terraria
My grandfather has a piano like this. He and I don't use it anymore. It is still in good condition and the speakers sound good.
5:43 was that starting to be the doctor who theme tune? Id love to hear you play a bit style version of it or full instrumental on a keyboard.
also could you look at the Casio CTK-631? the midis sound great except the square and sawtooth.
I inherited this keyboard from my grandma. I would play around with it in the early 90s when visiting. Very nostalgic tones. 😀
The PSS-480 and 680 were amazing. That 2 operator synth could make some great sounds. These keyboards also had MIDI bulk dump. You could save synth sounds to a sequencer, then save them to cassette tape. Or you could use a MIDI data filer, such as the Yamaha MDF2.
OMG!!! I have one of these!! I dug her out of the closet a few minutes ago once I saw this video. She's been in storage since I was about 10 years old (I'm 37 now. She's also embarrassingly dirty and I think still works, but I will need to find batteries or my DC power power supply before I'll know for sure. Thank you for bringing back a piece of childhood Nostalgia. I'll have to do a full restoration and put her up on my channel.
They are female?
Very impressive instrument. Has some really awesome sound to many of its synths.
love the videos , and the good keyboard playing!
I still have mine and I agree its a fun one to see what can be done with it.
I have this keyboard and it still works.
Just bought a pss 790 for £5.00 from a charity shop, nice sounds and it works perfectly, I’m loving the vector joystick on it .can get some incredible sounds out of it by blending between the four voices
I had this as a small child!
me as well
So did I
Isiah Folio omg same
I still use this right now
Still have mine. Man, that was the best birthday ever! All these years later, some sounds make my kids laugh. But it is a sentimental fave for me. And these vids make me want to go find more old keyboards!
Just bought one of these for 26 bucks. Love these old keyboards.
My grandmother had this one for us kids. And half way in I'm crying.
Very Good review! I just bought one of these units and I already have the PSS-470. I like the 270 because it has tones that are easy to get to without having to fiddle around on it, like you would the 470.
I had this keyboard as a kid! I just had a wave of nostalgia seeing this.
I find these videos so interesting ... unlike guitars, it can be so hard to understand HOW keyboards make their sound, and it is so useful to start to understand
+David Bennett Indeed. Especially with these older ones they are all so very different and have different personalities. The newer keyboards are all the same to me.
+8-Bit Keys If you could do a video explaing 'how' the microchips actually create the sounds, that would be amazing. I still don't really understand if they are sampled or synthesized
Wow nostalgia trip. No idea how i came to own it, but i had one of these growing up (i think it was my uncles and he gave it to me but im not sure). Got mine out and its really seen better days...
Great video ! I guess the sounds are the same on the PSS-170? thanks
I had one of these, and even recorded some songs with it. I was pretty fond of it. Definitely agree on the sounds being pretty good, y'know, for a toy.
fun fact: In Ecuador this particular keyboard in called "chicherito" and it is an instrument pretty often used in folk music
I really need to keep an eye out for one of these soundblaster chip keyboards, so much nostalgia!
The PSS-170 was my second ever keyboard. Didn't even know there was a 270 lol
This was my second keyboard, my first was a Casio VL-Tone VL1 both really good keyboards for the beginner back in the 80's :)
I got this one after my 70's Magnus Organ blew an air fan (cried for days). I really want to find another Magnus. The PSS-270 is still going strong, though. I remember opening it as a birthday present and feeling like I'd just won a million bucks. Fun times....feeling nostalgic and a touch ancient seeing it again. 😊
Now that I'm a wise 39 years old, I finally sat down and tried to make sense of the Single Finger accompaniment. I finally figured out all the right keys to press to recreate the demo song "Just The Way You Are." When I was young I could only do the first 3 measures.
This is a great video, thanks for posting. I was given one of these PSS-270s for free. Sadly, the power jack is broken from the PCB but I tested it with batteries in and the keyboard works! I think it won't be that difficult to salvage, I'll get my soldering kit out and see if I can get power into her again. Overall it seems much more sturdier than a lot of keyboards I've seen recently, that would explain how it works well even after 30 years.
5:36 After those first two notes my brain went "This is Doctor Who!" and after two more it went "Awww"
Teknikal_Domain disappointing that it's the X-Files instead huh?
Thus was my thought exactly
Weren't you right? Isn't that how the Doctor Who theme song goes?
La escencia de sus sonidos ochenteros es lo que lo hace una maravilla este teclado de gama baja. 👍🏻
I got a a pss 260, it was a gift from my uncle back when I was 4. I'm now 19 years old and I'm not a musician so I just keep the keyboard to play some DM riffs and for the sentimental value.
In past i used Yamaha PSS-290, same sounds but more options. Great times.
OMG I had this one sounds so nostalgic
I had this keyboard as a kid. Never could play it but it was a fun toy.
I think I will love this channel!
3:20 - The middle section from "Watermark" by Enya (1988). One of the best piano-based songs from the 1980s...
It's not Watermark... It's No Holly for Miss Quin from Shepherd Moons.
Great vid and demo, thanks!
Thanks for the vid. Came across one in the wild for $13, and this was an extremely helpfull guide
This was the keyboard I used when I was a teenager. Well, banged on randomly, since I never bothered to learn how to play properly. But since I wrote and played novelty songs, it enhanced the humor. Maybe.
i just bought my cousin the pss 270 and i think she is goin to love it
+Oddball gamer I hope she's into retro keyboards.
8-Bit Keys she likes to play my psr 32
oh! I was waiting for the demo bouton, one of my pref as a child!
This keyboard is awesome and is a gem. Your being to hard on it dude. Love your vid. PSR 36 review please
I love your introduction theme.
Seems exactly like a slimmed down version of the PSR-6 I had growing up. I made so many albums on cassette tape where my friend and I would write hilariously crude lyrics to the cheesy auto-accompaniment. Classic sound.
Actually now I'm worried about hammering around on my PSS-460 too much. I really like the e-piano sound and I like to play some jazz-ish stuff with it so hammering on it is neccessary.
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"Pro" and "Semi-Pro". So hyped about that.
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Great, now I need to hear Luna Waves again. :D
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As always, this was an exellant review
+derLPMaxe Your PSS-460 has the exact same keyboard mechanism as the PSS-270. So it is pretty sturdy.
8-Bit Keys Glad to hear that. Thanks.
I really need to take a look inside. According to the preowner it was never opened before.
+derLPMaxe The one I got from ebay (PSS-470, same as your 460)was disgusting and cracked in several places. So I had to completely tear it down and even remove all of the keys for proper cleaning and repair. I was impressed at how it was put together.
8-Bit Keys I would describe mine as almost new/refurbished. So I'm not really in need to open it.
I was extremly lucky picking it up in such a good state, in basically no time, on such modalities.
Ebay *can* be a true treasure chest.
+8-Bit Keys I have this keyboard too. but my can play more than 9 voices. i wondered about that. (sorry ab out my Bad english. im from germany and only 13.)
The 270 was my first keyboard. I expanded to have a PSS-680 and PSS-590, and because the latter two had MIDI I picked up a used Kawai Module, and an Alesis Sequencer. To fatten up the sounds on the otherwise flat sounding PSS models, I picked up a BOSS Multi-FX Processor. Definitely breathing new life into those units. Sadly, the term "starving artist" has some merit to it, so I sold off all that gear, except my PSS-680. I still have that old beast. I use it, primarily as a MIDI Controller.
"so dont expect to be making beutyful paino music with this thing"
*procides to play the most HEAVENLY keyboard melody ive ever herd*