Keyboards like the pss110 were seen as toys, and yamaha #PortaSound by extension was seen as not professional. But it doesnt mean they were not usable in a semi-pro or pro environment. Well perhaps not the 110, but the 140 and 170, and select pss from the 2,3,4,5 and 6 series. I’ll cover some of those perhaps in the future, with some soundcloud examples.

One reason for the “toy” perception was that #Yamaha kind of marketed the #PSS series to / for kids. Here is an advertisement from the mid 80s

Turns out the synthpedia entry was wrong. I just pulled it out to check and no chorus or arpeggiator on this one. I have a Casio in a similar size that has both. But this one only has strange sounds as percussions as unusual feature. Takes 4 C sized batteries or a wall wart. NO audio out, just speaker out. That's why I haven't played with it in a long time.

#Yamaha #portasound