Yamaha YDS-150 Digital Saxophone (YDS150 / YDS 150)

The Yamaha unique Integrated Bell Acoustic System gives you the best of both worlds - high-quality digital sound with the tactile feeling of an acoustic wind instrument. This new, advanced system consists of a speaker unit and enclosure, acoustic pipe, and a real brass bell. The YDS-150 responds to your breath from the mouthpiece, and digitally creates sound that drives the speaker, causing the brass bell to resonate. In fact, the entire instrument resonates with the sound, and that vibration comes back to you. The result is an instrument that breathes, moves and vibrates along with your playing, giving you the realistic feeling of an acoustic saxophone with the comprehensive capabilities of a digital instrument.

FEATURES

• MOUTHPIECE
  - In order to enable the most natural and comfortable playing experience, the YDS-150 features a mouthpiece designed from an acoustic saxophone. It can also be conveniently removed for easy maintenance.
  
  
• KEY LAYOUT
  - The YDS-150 key layout has been designed based on Yamaha acoustic saxophones for the most natural playability and smoothest feel. In addition, you can use the dedicated app to change the fingering and customize it to your own needs.
  
  
• BRASS BELL
  - The high-quality brass bell is made of the same material as used on Yamaha acoustic saxophones. Drawing on our extensive know-how and experience of making acoustic instruments, we designed this bell to reproduce the tactile feeling of an acoustic saxophone. Moreover, the resonance causes the entire instrument to vibrate, and lets you truly feel the music as you play it.
  
  
• BREATH SENSOR
  - The YDS-150 has a breath sensor that detects the intensity of your breath, letting you minutely control not only the volume of the sound but also the tone.

SPECIFICATIONS

• Width : 110mm
• Height : 699mm
• Depth : 103mm
• Weight : 1.0kg not including batteries
• Material (Bell) : yellow brass/gold lacquer finish
• Key systems : Fingering same as Saxophone, High-F#, Front-F, LowA
• Other Controllers : Analog controller
• Tone Generating Technology : AWM Sampling
• Number of Voices (Preset) : 73 voices (incl. 56 sax voices)
• Key : Eb, Bb, C（Sync with voice）
• Overall Controls (Tuning) : 427.0Hz〜440.0Hz〜453.0Hz, approx. 0.5Hz increments
• Bluetooth : Audio
• Effect : 5 types（for Headphones）
• Connectivity : Headphones : Stereo-mini | Aux In : Stereo-mini | USB to Host : micro usb type-b
• Power Supply : USB Power Adaptors:5V/1A (micro USB Type-B), batteries (four “AAA” size alkaline [LR3]) or Ni-MH rechargeable [HR3] batteries)
• Power Consumption : 4.5W (When using USB Power adaptor)
• Auto Power Off Function : Yes