Yamaha YDS-150 Digital Saxophone
Same fingering as an acoustic saxophone -- including high F#, front F, and low A keys
Speaker unit and brass bell (connected by an acoustic tube) in conjunction form the patented acoustic system
IBAS (Integrated Bell Acoustic System): Reproduction of the sound resonance and vibration of an acoustic saxophone
AWM (Advanced Wave Memory) sampling
73 Sounds - including 56 saxophone sounds
5 Effects
Volume control with more than 15 levels
Tuning modes: Eb, Bb, C
Tuning: 427 - 453 Hz (adjustable in 0.5 Hz steps)
Auto power off
Bluetooth
Customisation via iOs or Android App: Change sounds, fingering, and instrument settings
Stereo headphone output: 3.5 mm Mini jack
Micro USB type B
Powered via battery (4x AAA) or external USB power supply (both not included)
Power consumption: 4.5 W (when using USB power supply)
Dimensions (W x H x D): 110 x 699 x 103 mm
Weight: 1.0 kg (without batteries)
Bell material: Brass (Gold lacquer finish)
Includes case, strap, saxophone mouthpiece with plastic reed, ligature, and cap
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Digital Saxophone YDS-150
PHYSICAL FEEDBACK FROM THE INSTRUMENT STIMULATES YOUR SENSES
Blowing into the mouthpiece resonates through the entire instrument—a vibration you can feel in your lips, fingertips, and even your heart. Integrated Bell Acoustic System, created by the fusion of acoustic and digital technologies, delivers an incredibly authentic, gorgeous sound that even feels and responds as if you were playing an acoustic instrument.
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GREATER JOY IN PERFORMING SEAMLESS UNITY IN PLAYING
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LUXURIOUS TEXTURE, RELIABLE RESPONSE IN YOUR MOUTH AND ON YOUR FINGERTIPS
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LUXURIOUS TONE AND RESONANCE YOU CAN FEEL THROUGHOUT YOUR BODY
VOLUME CONTROL
Tamp down your volume while retaining the tonal colors of a saxophone. Fifteen volume levels and a headphone jack allow you to enjoy playing, without worrying about being too loud.
INTEGRATED BELL ACOUSTIC SYSTEM
Yamaha's unique Integrated Bell Acoustic System gives you the best of both worlds—high-quality digital sound with the full expressiveness of an acoustic wind instrument. This new, advanced system, consists of speaker unit, enclosure, acoustic pipe and a real brass bell, responds to your breath from the mouthpiece, and digitally creates sound that drives the speaker, causing the brass bell to resonate and vibrate. In fact, the entire instrument resonates with the sound, and that vibration comes back to you—to your mouth from the mouthpiece and to your fingertips from the keys. The result is an instrument that breathes, moves and vibrates along with your playing, giving you all the expressive feeling of an acoustic saxophone with the comprehensive capabilities of a digital instrument.
MOUTHPIECE
In order to enable the most naturally expressive and comfortable playability, the YDS-150 features a mouthpiece designed the same as that of an acoustic saxophone. It can also be conveniently removed for easy maintenance.
KEY LAYOUT
The key layout is based on Yamaha’s acoustic saxophones, providing seamless usability. You can also change fingering using a dedicated app.
BRASS BELL
The high-quality brass bell is made of the same material as used on Yamaha's acoustic saxophone. Drawing on our extensive know-how and experience of making acoustic instruments, we designed this bell to gorgeously reproduce the long reverberation peculiar to wind instruments as well as the delicate sonic nuances sounds when playing pianissimo. Moreover, the authentic resonance causes the entire instrument to vibrate, and lets you truly feel the music as you play it.
BREATH SENSOR
The breath sensor detects the strength (pressure) of your breath, allowing you to control not only the strength, but also the tone of your sound as you play.
FULL-SCALE SAMPLING
We teamed up with professional performers to sample the sounds of Yamaha acoustic saxophones—soprano, alto, tenor and baritone—meticulously recorded in whole tones, so that you can enjoy a natural sound without any hint of incongruity.
SAXOPHONE TONE IN 4 TYPES, 56 PRESETS
Includes 56 different voices for the soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, to handle a variety of genres and styles. You can also play with the voices of other instruments, like the shakuhachi, flute, electronic instruments, and more, giving you a total of 73 voices to work with.
EXTERNAL CONNECTION TERMINALS
The YDS-150 comes equipped with an auxiliary input terminal for connecting devices such as smartphones, allowing you to connect to an external audio source* to feel like you’re playing in an ensemble.
DEDICATED CASE
Comes with a soft case that lets you easily carry the instrument over your shoulder.
APP
DEDICATED YDS CONTROLLER APP
This dedicated app enhances the performance of the YDS-150 and further expands the range of sound creation—and includes instrument settings and sound editing. You can make detailed settings intuitively and visually from the app, that cannot be done on the instrument itself.
