Yamaha’s SK AW Arranger Workstation Survival Kit includes a variety of keyboard accessories that will expand your creative horizons. Included in this kit is a Yamaha FC5 Foot Switch-Style Sustain Pedal. This pedal allows you to draw out the notes played on your keyboard until the pedal is released. Additionally, there’s a pair of Yamaha stereo headphones and 2GB USB flash drive for saving your work or transferring audio files. If you write and edit original compositions, there’s a copy of Cubase AI music production program included as well. There’s also a 1-year extended manufacturer’s warranty and a code that’s good for $25 worth of content from yamahamusicsoft.com. Finally, there are rebates that will save you hundreds of dollars on related Yamaha accessories.

Yamaha FC5 Foot Switch-Style Sustain Pedal

The Yamaha FC5 sustain pedal included in this kit functions the same way an acoustic piano’s sustain pedal does. After you press the key you want to sustain, push down on the pedal with your foot and the note will be held indefinitely until you move your foot. The pedal can also be used as an FS controller for synthesizers, tone modules and drum machines.

Cubase AI Software

Composers and audio engineers will have a field day with the copy of Cubase AI that’s included in this keyboard kit. Cubase AI is a digital music production application that’s compatible with both Windows and Mac and offers users a robust set of features. This program gives you access to editing tools that can handle 32 audio tracks and 48 MIDI tracks, along with 28 audio VST plug-ins covering everything from EQ to dynamics and reverb. The software also gives you a huge library of instrument samples and virtual amps to customize tone. Also included is a MixConsole Mode with up to 4 Insert Effect Slots, 4 Sends and Receives and Eight Group Channels.