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| UK & Europe | EU Standard | Gear4music Standard | Gear4music Optional |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return Period | 14 days | 60 days | up to 180 days |
| Standard delivery charges refunded? | Yes | Yes | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Upgraded delivery charges refunded? | Standard costs only | Standard costs only | Standard costs only |
| Free collection on cancellation | No | No | Yes, up to 30 days |
| Free collection if defective, delivered damaged or incorrect item | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 14 days | Yes, within 30 days |
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Key Features
This instrument may show light signs of use. It has been quality checked by our team of repair technicians to ensure that it meets a high playing standard.
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The Yamaha YDS 150 is Yamaha's new groundbreaking wind instrument that makes playing the saxophone as convenient as possible. Now you can experience the joy of performing wherever you are. To ensure the YDS 150 feels as natural as possible, it utilises the same key layout, mouthpiece, and thumb rest as an acoustic saxophone. You'll also notice the Integrated Bell Acoustic System, which adds a luxurious resonance to your tone.
Although the YDS 150 has a mouthpiece, you can simply blow into the instrument to produce a note. This means you can learn the correct fingering and breathing techniques without having to worry about your embouchure. These features make the YDS150 a great instrument for student players, music schools, and professionals looking for a smaller and more convenient electronic version of a wind instrument.
Ex-Demo: This product may be ex-display, have light signs of use, have slight cosmetic marks or may have non-essential parts or software missing. The original box, packaging or manual may not be included. Each item is checked by our team of repair technicians to ensure it meets our high standards. This is a great opportunity to buy a fully functioning product at a discounted price.
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Everyone knows that the saxophone is a loud instrument. Although this makes it perfect for rocking out, it can be particularly problematic if you're in a flat or shared accommodation. This is why Yamaha designed the YDS 150 with a 15-step volume control - so you can still enjoy the rich and vibrant sound of the saxophone, but at your desired volume. If you want total silence, then simply connect a pair of headphones.
To ensure the Yamaha YDS 150 is as intuitive as possible, Yamaha decided to place all the settings into a dedicated app. The YDS Controller app, you can really start to enhance and fine-tune every element of your performance. Once you download the app, you can easily change between the many saxophone tones as well as electronic sounds. You can even adjust the effects for a truly personalised experience.
Although the YDS 150 is configured with standard saxophone fingering, with the app you can easily customise and change this. This is particularly useful for customised altissimo fingering. Finally, to add lots of nuance to your performance, the YDP Controller app enables you to adjust the breath resistance, response, and tuning for an infinite amount of customisability.
No matter what your standard, certain electronic instruments can feel lifeless when played. This is because the instrument isn't providing the same amount of feedback you'd get if you were playing an acoustic wind instrument. Yamaha understands the importance of this feedback, and have designed the whole instrument around reproducing this.
This new system consists of speaker units, enclosures, an acoustic pipe, as well as a real brass bell. When you blow down the instrument, the YDS 150 digitally creates the sounds and drives the speakers, causing the bell to vibrate and resonate. This resonance can then feedback to your mouth and fingers, giving you the impression that the YDS 150 is an acoustic saxophone.
To ensure you have the best possible sounds, Yamaha have sampled their very own premium saxes. Soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone models have all been meticulously recorded with professional players to make sure you can perform without any unnatural sounds.
At the press of a button, you can easily switch between these four saxophone types. What's more, each one of these sampled saxophones features additional Voices that represent different playing styles, including vibrato, jazz, and classical settings. In total, the YDS 150 features 73 instrument sounds, with 56 saxophone voices, and many other instrument sounds.
When you register your instrument you can get a three-month premium subscription to Tomplay where you can access over 40,000 scores with backing tracks. You are able to filter by musical style, composer, difficulty and accompaniment type and interact with the scores. The pieces are all recorded by professional musicians and you can control the tempo and even record yourself playing. If you wish, you can also print and annotate your score and create loops to focus on those more difficult passages. For more information, please see the Yamaha/Tomplay website.
Take a look at our guide to electronic wind instruments. This guide will help you to choose which electronic wind instrument is right for you.
