Yamaha I love this !!!. I just bought one. It's truly amazing. As for me, I would LOVE to see one more octave and perhaps add an ADDITIONALL keyboard, IE 2 manual and it would take over the world of music. Even stick with the 3 active but make it a duel keyboard and even that would be over the top insanely fun. Just do it, I can't imagine that you would have a backorder on them. Brilliant. thanks again.
They all sound wonderful. The best part is the interview with the Japanese designers of the Reface line. Wonderful people. So much enthusiasm in them. I am hoping larger audiences reach out to these instruments and buy them. Not just musicians, not just hobbyist, but everybody. That's what I'd like to see, and this is the right product for this to happen. I want Yamaha to sell million of these and change the world for the better.
Yamaha Corporation of America Thank you Yamaha for making wonderful instruments over so many years, the VP1 being arguable the most advanced synthesizer every devised by man.
Hey fellow TH-camrs, we just want to let you know we appreciate the feedback on the synth. Have questions about reface? Simply reply to this comment and we will do our best to respond in a timely manner. Thanks!
+Yamaha Corporation of America Can the reface synths be controlled from a midi keyboard via USB? Say from a korg microkey? Or can they only be controlled via the midi cable or from a computer?
Reuben Unkovich Yes, the keyboard can be controlled via another MIDI keyboard via a MIDI connection. It can also be controlled through your computer via USB simultaneously. However, it is not possible to connect a MIDI device to the USB port on reface without additional interfacing hardware.
+Yamaha Corporation of America I absolutely love the reface products, but I wish they weren't so expensive. I mean, you have to charge how much you do because of cost of manufacturing and design, but if they were 100 cheaper, I'd be way more inclined to buy them.
+Yamaha Corporation of America Are you coming out with a full size version? This is great but only because it gives me hope for an upgraded version, for an organ to only have 3 octaves it's like half an instrument, much like the CP. This organ in full size 5-octave is a perfect dream and would fill a hole in the market, especially if it's lower priced than those ridiculous nords. By the way, the only reason I'm interested in this is that it has the farf, vox, and yam models. Also a thing thats underrepresented in the market. So if you ever expand the YC line, please continue to take those models as seriously as the hammonds.
Wow... Last time I saw someone playing something that sounded like this.. I was in my great aunt's basement, and she was hammering out very old songs on a huge table sized organ that probably had a few decades on me..
I used to hate organs. Until I saw this video years ago and for whatever reason, I keep coming back to watch it. I wish I had half the energy and spirit Dr. Mix puts into these videos. He's like the 'Ants Canada' of music. If you know what I'm talking about, you'll definitely get the comparison.
I've watched all of your Reface videos and left this one til last because I really wasn't expecting much from this model... But I think it's actually my favourite!
The Reface series is so underrated. I've never really been into the organ sound, but even I can hear potential in it for house and techno music. Heard some nice settings in this demo. As all in the Reface series, this has topnotch effects. But you could still experiment with guitar pedals.
This was so awesome! This video made me want to go out and buy the Yamaha Reface as I've been looking for a synth that's small, portable, and has a slew of incredible organ sounds! Thank you so much for the test and your energy, and incredible skill! Loved that you played Bridge to Nina's How Good it Feels to Be Free!!!
Having the 3 others namely CS, DX and CP and I love em all, they are soo good keyboards, will get me this one as well, that way will have all 4 reface keyboards. These are some serious sounding synths and keyboards.
Wow! What a fantastic demo! Having grown up learning organ, I'm very fussy about my organ sounds. You did an awesome demo and you're a fabulous player! Yamaha should sell shiploads of these! I want one now!!!!
Back in the 70's I had a Yamaha yc 30 and ive been looking for something to come close to it. Yamaha almost did it but they forgot a few things on this I really wanted from the yc 30 . The portamento strip woulda been nice to of added on this also the marimba switches woulda also made it extra great. Close but no cigar
Hello Doctor Mix, I went to the specifications and played the audio samples, and the YC has the sounds that will be good for my church choir accompaniment and also jamming with my friends playing the 60s 70s music. It does not have the piano strings combi but it has superb organs. Overall, the YC model is for me. I heard the U.S. street price has gone down to below $400. thanks Ed
Yamaha, I and many others would have liked a Yamaha AN2X, with a control ribbon, a lots of knobs, larger patch memory and the same lovely sound, that would have been amazing. My absolut favo-synth is the AN1X, it also gets harder to find, people realise now how good it is. Also, the AN2X could have been made into a Korg Ms2ooo/Radias-like rack with a large control surface with many knobs, buttons, this is what people want, to go haywire with pots and buttons, lol.
Tengo la fortuna de tener este teclado que en realidad es un real hammond, su sonidos son muy superiores a un hammond sk1 a mi parecer o las de numma organ es un sonido limpio y fidedigno.
Hey Yamaha Product Design, here is a clue for you to chew on: This and the DX are slightly tempting, but what you really need to do is put ALL FOUR Reface's together in one 5-octave keyboard for a grand. Include multitimbral layering and zone/split capability, and you can sell 2-5 million of them in 3 years, and do it rather easily. Instead, with this particular customer the DX is waaay down my gearlust list, and this is even lower. What were you thinking with this rinky-dinky keybed? "Let's not market our product to anyone over 18%BMI... Brilliant!" (and I'm skinny, besides) And the name 'Reface' - it makes no sense, and sounds dumb to say.
shaft9000 Actually it's not called Reface. It's just the project name. The instruments are called YC, CP, DX and CS. It doesn't say Reface anywhere. You can call it a reboot of the series. Maybe they will make more in the future. Start small, then grow.
As a guitarist in a band who wants to occasionally add a bit of keyboard without having to shell out for or hump around a Nord, this is absolutely perfect. It would be great if they were all in the same keyboard though. Just have to choose which to get. This sounds epic though.
Reface CP is the closest to guitar amp interface (big knobs that have concrete actions). The CP has rhodes and wurlitzer emulations it perfectly completes guitar. As a guitar player it is a pleasure to play on the CP (small enough, nice sounds). But I really want the YC too!
All you need to do is plug it into another midi keyboard, I hooked my reface up to my workstation with a full size keyboard and it works great... no need for the octave switch when you use a full size keyboard.
Love this organ, its so small, compact, has such a authentic sound, yes the size of the keyboard puts me off a little but Midi fixes that!!!! Also, love that you played Axel F in the middle hahahaha!
As a guitar player I would love to have one of two of the instruments from this series. They would be great to mess around with for song ideas and recording. Plus it would come in handy for spontaneous jams with friends.
I can see this little organ being a really useful in a live setting. Say you'd want to thicken up the chorus of a few songs with some great Hammond or combo organ stuff, but might not have the space or desire to bring your organ/clonewheel and Leslie. I've tried the full Reface series and they all sound great- and I've owned a Hammond tonewheel organ, Fender Rhodes, vintage analogs, and a DX7IIFD. Perhaps we'll see some scaled-up versions of these later on, Yamaha? I sure hope so.
Absolutely over the moon about mine that I got as a personal Christmas gift in 2020 with a cheap clean amp to plug it into. It has a setting to a much older Yamaha I used to have as a kid (got sold on me while I was at school, I still mourn it) I can’t believe such a beefy gigantic sound comes out of a device that’s a bit longer than my arm and so light to carry unlike my original Yamaha.
I don't understand, why people are bitchin' about the Reface line... "Small keys!, too expensive!, shitty sound!". Show me ANY PRODUCT that delivers so many options in so small, portable and CHEAP package! Where would you find anything similar to eg. CP? Native instruments Scrabee Vintage Keys - 150 Euros, than you have to add midi controller to your rack - at least 100 Euros, than you need laptop. And that's it. You can go this way, or you can just buy Yamaha CP, which gives you EVERYTHING you need in one, elegant, logical solution. No mouse clicking, no presets, no cables, just few knobs, intuitive layout and BIG sound. You can take it anywhere and in an instatnt you have pro sounds at your fingertips. Not to mention great sounding FX on board. Ref CS? It cost about the same as MiniBrute. Well, Minibrute has normal-sized keys, but Yamaha has three octaves. Which, I think, you would prefer, if you had experience with POLY SYNTH! CS has 8-note polyphony! Show me 8-note poly synth with FM modulator and onboard effects. Show me anything that cheap with so many possibilities. MiniBrute, MS-10 and so on? Mono synths needing other stuff to just to turn it on, not to mention playing with it. DX? No comparison to anything on the market. Simple, small FM synth with amazing sound. Not understanding how FM synthesis works? No prob, just play with basic 4 sliders. Wanna create your own sounds from the scratch? Get a degree and then click Edit. Boom! What else could you get to have FM synth? NI FM8+controller+laptop+speakers. Again, you have to invest much more. And you don't have portability you have with any Reface product. Reface YC? Again, nothing like that on the market. simple, small solution with 5 organ models, drawbars and onboard effects. 500 bucks? That's CHEAP. Wanna play Farfisa organs while taking a dump? No prob. Then wanna compose a track in your super-duper home studio? Plug it to your DAW via MIDI, plug outs to your soundcard and you have complementary, pro, studio solution. Need bigger keys or/and more octaves? No problem, you have MIDI In. Just plug any midi controller and you're good to go. And then wanna go on vacation with some instrument to have fun with, compose while sitting on the beach? Wanna play with your guitarist friend at night by the fire? Try to do this with Korg MS-10 :) I think people forgot what's important in music. It is playability and creativity, not the way it looks on your desk. You don't need bunch of stuff to play music, you need complementary intrument, who cares how it looks? If it doesn't look like Doepfer Eurorack synth, it immidietely is bad? No. Who cares about looks, size, what's importatnt - what you can do with it. Basically, with any of Refaces you can do exactly tha same things you could do with much bigger and more expensive insruments, which probably wound never leave your hosue due to their size. I had chance to play these instruments. aNd I immidietely fell in love with these. It releases so much creativity, when you have simple, small and complete solution with you. These instruments have the same spirit as an acoustic guitar or any other acoustic intrument. All in one solution, just take it on your lap and play. It is so much fun, when you don't have to turn on your computer, than your speakers, than you DAW, than your virtual instrument. No matter how much these products will be critisized, I think they will over time become legendary. Just like Yamaha DX7, Roland TR808/909 and so much more other instruments. At the begginning they were critisized, and then... they became legendary :)
Excellent point of view. I play my YC via MIDI on the upper manual of my old HS-8 home organ, just fantastic. And when I'm outside I put it into a small bag, and play my organ sounds everywhere.
Nice rant and I agree, I love that recently Yamaha with their preface series, Roland with their boutique series and Korg with their volca series have all tried to recreate smaller, very portable but still for the most part accurate sounding recreations of their classic synthesizers. Are they more limited than the originals? Sure. But if you're trying to tour DIY venues with a live setup, would you rather carry around an original DX7, original TR9, original CS-80, or the Volcas FM, TR-09 boutique and a Reface CS, which can all be found in the $100-400 range? Easy choice, and your back will thank you later for it, let alone the jumping around the room you need to do to play all of the full-size ones. Plus, that kind of convenience and new limitations leads to new perspective on old sounds, rather than just rehashig the same approach to a 35 year old synth, yet again.
I bought an Alesis Micron back when they were new, and at the time, I didn't end up using it much because the interface of the regular Ion was shrunk down into a tiny, menu-driven interface that I had difficulty getting the hang of. I eventually sold it and always regretted it because I loved to hear some of the sounds that were possible with that synth, the Ion engine just sounds rather unique to my ears when it comes to analog-modeling synths. Last year I finally went and picked myself up another Micron. I really do love this thing, it's so compact and yet so full of big, luscious sounds. There are now software patch editors for it, too! So ultimately, while it would have been awesome owning a full-blown Ion, the Micron actually fits much better with the rest of my gear because I already own several bigger synths. I agree about the Reface line, to my ears these things sound really, really good. Every one of them. My only gripe is with the touch controls on the DX, they don't seem to be very consistent and I just really dislike most touch controls in general, especially something like that which is controlling numerical parameters and has zero tactile feedback. Every time I watch a video of someone using them they seem to be hit-or-miss. If you need bigger keys or more octaves, I get it, I wish they made that, too, but personally I enjoy adding small synths to my collection because they don't take a lot of space and I find myself sometimes fiddling more with them than the bigger ones because I can just grab them and sit them on my lap instead of sitting down at the thing and going at it. In my opinion, you're absolutely right, people are going to look back on these things and kick themselves for not picking one up for what is, in my opinion, relatively cheap prices for the sound you can get from them. Compact size, I think, is a virtue overlooked in today's instruments, especially when there are loads of bigger MIDI controllers out there. Don't get me wrong, the old, original stuff is great and if you want to own that, by all means go out and find a good one that is still left (you can pry my Ensoniq ESQ-1 from my cold, dead hands). But when that stuff starts to break down or become harder to find, or more expensive, at some point it might make sense to give stronger consideration to the other options out there. At the end of the day, I think these are ultimately pretty well-designed products that (most importantly) produce great sound, so I think the correct attitude to have is "what a great thing it is that companies like Yamaha are making synths like this." I feel the same way about the resurgence of small analog synths like the MicroBrute and Monologue. Ten years ago you couldn't find anything close to synths like these, at all. For that reason alone, I think many of these synths will become classics.
I’ve watched this video hundreds of times but everytime he hits the Leslie control I get chills
Who is also still coming back after all these years to appreciate the playing and sound?
It's a beautiful sound
I'm ordering one soon!!
Yes. And I have one lol
I want to buy it
Yo mama
This is how you present an instrument!
+derLordVetinari Thank you for your great comment!
Yamaha I love this !!!. I just bought one. It's truly amazing. As for me, I would LOVE to see one more octave and perhaps add an ADDITIONALL keyboard, IE 2 manual and it would take over the world of music. Even stick with the 3 active but make it a duel keyboard and even that would be over the top insanely fun. Just do it, I can't imagine that you would have a backorder on them. Brilliant. thanks again.
1:43 "I don't know why I'm playing bridge over troubled water"
Because it sounds fucking amazing!
Wasn't it about 'Axel F", in fact?
In that moment I think, he will sing too, wow, but it was just an comment hahah
They all sound wonderful. The best part is the interview with the Japanese designers of the Reface line. Wonderful people. So much enthusiasm in them. I am hoping larger audiences reach out to these instruments and buy them. Not just musicians, not just hobbyist, but everybody. That's what I'd like to see, and this is the right product for this to happen. I want Yamaha to sell million of these and change the world for the better.
Andrew Piatek Yes. Thanks! We are very glad you enjoy the product - spread the word!
Yamaha Corporation of America
Thank you Yamaha for making wonderful instruments over so many years, the VP1 being arguable the most advanced synthesizer every devised by man.
+Yamaha Corporation of America Thank you for responding to viewer comments, great products & customer service go hand in hand, again Thank you.
+Andrew Piatek Thank you so much for your appreciation and your love!!
Hey fellow TH-camrs, we just want to let you know we appreciate the feedback on the synth.
Have questions about reface? Simply reply to this comment and we will do our best to respond in a timely manner. Thanks!
+Yamaha Corporation of America
Can the reface synths be controlled from a midi keyboard via USB? Say from a korg microkey? Or can they only be controlled via the midi cable or from a computer?
Reuben Unkovich Yes, the keyboard can be controlled via another MIDI keyboard via a MIDI connection. It can also be controlled through your computer via USB simultaneously. However, it is not possible to connect a MIDI device to the USB port on reface without additional interfacing hardware.
+Yamaha Corporation of America I absolutely love the reface products, but I wish they weren't so expensive. I mean, you have to charge how much you do because of cost of manufacturing and design, but if they were 100 cheaper, I'd be way more inclined to buy them.
+Yamaha Corporation of America Are you coming out with a full size version? This is great but only because it gives me hope for an upgraded version, for an organ to only have 3 octaves it's like half an instrument, much like the CP. This organ in full size 5-octave is a perfect dream and would fill a hole in the market, especially if it's lower priced than those ridiculous nords. By the way, the only reason I'm interested in this is that it has the farf, vox, and yam models. Also a thing thats underrepresented in the market. So if you ever expand the YC line, please continue to take those models as seriously as the hammonds.
+vforvillain77 PS: using a bigger midi controller as a hack isn't a solution for many. They want a complete instrument, as do I.
Wow... Last time I saw someone playing something that sounded like this..
I was in my great aunt's basement, and she was hammering out very old songs on a huge table sized organ that probably had a few decades on me..
I used to hate organs. Until I saw this video years ago and for whatever reason, I keep coming back to watch it. I wish I had half the energy and spirit Dr. Mix puts into these videos. He's like the 'Ants Canada' of music. If you know what I'm talking about, you'll definitely get the comparison.
1:15 AHHAHA I died. I was NOT expecting that! Brought me to tears, man. A+ playing and unbelievable sound for such a small little thing. Great video
I was shocked, it legit sounds like an actual Hammond organ. Was no expecting that good of a sound
I've watched all of your Reface videos and left this one til last because I really wasn't expecting much from this model... But I think it's actually my favourite!
This looks like a lot of fun to play, with so many different timbral variations possible. High tweakability factor too, which is great.
ewanstefani Glad you enjoy the product!
The Reface series is so underrated. I've never really been into the organ sound, but even I can hear potential in it for house and techno music. Heard some nice settings in this demo. As all in the Reface series, this has topnotch effects. But you could still experiment with guitar pedals.
Many house music is make with organs in the jahre 90
@@antoniocalimero1173 True :)
And accordeon 😀
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A time where people had inspiration
Connecting this to my Yamaha Montage 6 trough midi oh man can't wait.
This was so awesome! This video made me want to go out and buy the Yamaha Reface as I've been looking for a synth that's small, portable, and has a slew of incredible organ sounds! Thank you so much for the test and your energy, and incredible skill! Loved that you played Bridge to Nina's How Good it Feels to Be Free!!!
Having the 3 others namely CS, DX and CP and I love em all, they are soo good keyboards, will get me this one as well, that way will have all 4 reface keyboards. These are some serious sounding synths and keyboards.
The CP and YC will be my next purchases. Don’t need the CS and DX (tho I love them too and have owned them both).
I love how you make it sound like a synth after 5:00 :)
that's because it's a synth.
@@littlesnowflakepunk855 an awesome synth at that
That would be great to sorprend some folks with some Bach Sacred ones! cool remind me my childhood organ lessons
5:07 - 5:22 Nice innovation for Axel F...
Wow! What a fantastic demo! Having grown up learning organ, I'm very fussy about my organ sounds. You did an awesome demo and you're a fabulous player! Yamaha should sell shiploads of these! I want one now!!!!
If this thing had a built in looper it would be the stuff of my dreams
A little late to say that this dude makes great demo's !
Excellent review! Man, I'm still cracking up about "I don't know why I'm playing Bridge Over Troubled Water."
it sound exactly like their better series electone 70s organ models
Right sounds are amazing, left of centers sounds are interesting too. The resolution is solid and plain
3:26 Makes me want to go to a church and scream Halleluja..
then, don't forget to listen 1:32 !!
Back in the 70's I had a Yamaha yc 30 and ive been looking for something to come close to it. Yamaha almost did it but they forgot a few things on this I really wanted from the yc 30 . The portamento strip woulda been nice to of added on this also the marimba switches woulda also made it extra great. Close but no cigar
Bridge Over Trouble Water sounds so natural on the organ.
:)
Hello Doctor Mix, I went to the specifications and played the audio samples, and the YC has the sounds that will be good for my church choir accompaniment and also jamming with my friends playing the 60s 70s music. It does not have the piano strings combi but it has superb organs. Overall, the YC model is for me. I heard the U.S. street price has gone down to below $400. thanks Ed
How much do you think is a good price for the reface?
Still enjoying mine years later.
The people definitely needs a long version of Bridge Over Troubled Water.
you're so good on the keys!
Yamaha, I and many others would have liked a Yamaha AN2X, with a control ribbon, a lots of knobs, larger patch memory and the same lovely sound, that would have been amazing.
My absolut favo-synth is the AN1X, it also gets harder to find, people realise now how good it is. Also, the AN2X could have been made into a Korg Ms2ooo/Radias-like rack with a large control surface with many knobs, buttons, this is what people want, to go haywire with pots and buttons, lol.
Great sounding instrument and fantastic presentation!
Man that sound who you played at 2:30 It’s very familiar... but I can’t remember where I listened that.
I am really digging the organ sounds on that keyboard. I really wish that I can buy those in the department store like Best Buy.
If Yamaha and Nord would have a baby, this is what it would look like.
Mit Kopfhörern hört sich das so geil an xD
HALLELUJA, Brother!!! \o/
WOW!! Super Video! This is so so cute! Amazing! Thank you so much for this great Video. Very best regards from Anni from Germany 💕 💞 💓 💗 💖
I love that ending😂
Why didn't they make a combined string machine and combo organ? The SS30 and SK-series were great!
*COOL KEYBOARD*
Hallelujah praise the Lord!
very good
wish a nice week
Greetings Frank
This is the Elevator Music mashine :D
Loved it!
Nice sound, shame about the price and mini keys?? gotta be kid-in me.
wow this is so nice .
LerLoons Glad you like it!
So good
Thanks :-)
👍 for the nice playing 😌
うわー、良い音してるなぁ。
Yamaha shot a dart, and hit on the triple twenty :O
The Power!!!!
What song is played around 3:30? You also played it on the prophet 5, its a very lovely song!
I am experimenting with this great instrument to get a sound like the portative medieval pipe organ. Any suggestions out there?
dat 2:01 - 2:19 tho, man its good
Tengo la fortuna de tener este teclado que en realidad es un real hammond, su sonidos son muy superiores a un hammond sk1 a mi parecer o las de numma organ es un sonido limpio y fidedigno.
Great
Full size keys too
how big are the keys?
Hey Yamaha Product Design, here is a clue for you to chew on:
This and the DX are slightly tempting, but what you really need to do is put ALL FOUR Reface's together in one 5-octave keyboard for a grand. Include multitimbral layering and zone/split capability, and you can sell 2-5 million of them in 3 years, and do it rather easily.
Instead, with this particular customer the DX is waaay down my gearlust list, and this is even lower.
What were you thinking with this rinky-dinky keybed? "Let's not market our product to anyone over 18%BMI... Brilliant!" (and I'm skinny, besides)
And the name 'Reface' - it makes no sense, and sounds dumb to say.
shaft9000 Actually it's not called Reface. It's just the project name. The instruments are called YC, CP, DX and CS.
It doesn't say Reface anywhere. You can call it a reboot of the series. Maybe they will make more in the future. Start small, then grow.
***** It is called Reface. It says Reface on the back, so they're called Reface YC, Reface DX etc.
***** Looks like its called Reface to me. www.sweetwater.com/store/search.php?s=yamaha+reface
***** - yeah, tha'ts coool., The keybed is still stupid which is the main point.
Nice sounds and great playing!!!I hate micro keyes.Otherwise ,seemes as a great instrument
I'm so glad the user has a choice of waveforms. That REALLY expands the range of sounds available. What a great little instrument.
I would actually feel giddy and lost at the same time...
What does this do? *pulls slider a little bit more
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That sounds insanely good. Now I want to buy one to play during our beer-league hockey games between whistles, haha
FinalBaton I was thinking a baseball game.
Wow. That's a HUGE organ sound coming from that little thing. I'm such a sucker for that old Southern gospel sound.
Leslie speaker
that is definately what we are talkin' bout here!
Me too 😍😍😍😍😍💚💚
Same
The industrial designer did a fantastic job with this series of keyboards.
👍
The letters are actually types of organs. For example: H stands for Hammond, V stands for Vox, F for Farfisa, and so on
+Keraken Great point! I should have mentioned it :-)
+Doctor Mix no problem, great demo, by the way, awesome songs you played lol
I got that, but what is the A for?
Christopher Bride analog i guise
Ace Tone
I could literally watch you play with keyboards all day!
dood same
as opposed to, say, metaphorically watch him play all day?
As opposed to only watching him in short periods of time in the TH-cam videos. Durr!
@Crap oh no!
almost caught the holy spirit in this bitch
As a guitarist in a band who wants to occasionally add a bit of keyboard without having to shell out for or hump around a Nord, this is absolutely perfect. It would be great if they were all in the same keyboard though. Just have to choose which to get. This sounds epic though.
Reface CP is the closest to guitar amp interface (big knobs that have concrete actions). The CP has rhodes and wurlitzer emulations it perfectly completes guitar. As a guitar player it is a pleasure to play on the CP (small enough, nice sounds). But I really want the YC too!
@Tuco Ramirez you can’t really get the CS aspect with that tho
Agreed man.
OH MY GOD, I was expectin' an organ demo, but a little over halfway in you turned it into a wicked soundin' synth.
Wow.. you are such a good player..!!! Great videos!
Sleepydog thanks!!
Sleepydog Doctor Mix We second that.
Combo organs will rise again!!!
+OP Alaraasakka hopefully
Brian Torres
I just bought myself a vintage combo organ (CRB Diamond 700) a month ago. It rocks. Much better than all the shit these days..
The south will rise again!!!
I always preferred my organs with pipes
I have a Hammond A-100 it's fantastic.
now give it another 51 keys and your there
In my wildest dreams I see the 4 Reface in a single box with a full size keyboard
well it has a MIDI input right?
in my wildest dream, yamaha gx 1 in my mothers coffin instead of her body
All you need to do is plug it into another midi keyboard, I hooked my reface up to my workstation with a full size keyboard and it works great... no need for the octave switch when you use a full size keyboard.
By Design give me octave buttons and I’m all good
Love this organ, its so small, compact, has such a authentic sound, yes the size of the keyboard puts me off a little but Midi fixes that!!!! Also, love that you played Axel F in the middle hahahaha!
Oh yes, the Leslie speeds up and slows down properly.
O H MY GOD I LOVE THOSE ORGAN SOUND LIKE IN THE 70S
I WANNA REQUIREMENT TO BUY EVERYONE THESE ORGAN !!!!
Charlie is that you?
I was sold at "let me try the next waveform..." 4:16
Yamaha hit the ball out of the park with this. After all these years, still a kick-ass keyboard.
As a guitar player I would love to have one of two of the instruments from this series. They would be great to mess around with for song ideas and recording. Plus it would come in handy for spontaneous jams with friends.
Brian Rodman same idea
I got the four of them they're all great
I know what I'm gonna get myself for Christmas this year.
I can see this little organ being a really useful in a live setting. Say you'd want to thicken up the chorus of a few songs with some great Hammond or combo organ stuff, but might not have the space or desire to bring your organ/clonewheel and Leslie. I've tried the full Reface series and they all sound great- and I've owned a Hammond tonewheel organ, Fender Rhodes, vintage analogs, and a DX7IIFD. Perhaps we'll see some scaled-up versions of these later on, Yamaha? I sure hope so.
5:40 i want it for those sounds alone
4 years later and I’m still sold. This is pure Gold ⭐️🙌🏼
Absolutely over the moon about mine that I got as a personal Christmas gift in 2020 with a cheap clean amp to plug it into. It has a setting to a much older Yamaha I used to have as a kid (got sold on me while I was at school, I still mourn it) I can’t believe such a beefy gigantic sound comes out of a device that’s a bit longer than my arm and so light to carry unlike my original Yamaha.
Nine years here.
No Whiter Shade of Pale??
+Daniel O'Neill Not big enough
Daniel O'Neill I know that feel... Sadly no Whiter Shade of Pale
05:22 a satisfied laughter, that’s what every musician should aim for... of all other complex things.
Exactly what I thought
I feel like fish and chips by the British sea-side now for some reason haha
4:31 "UHH"
So refreshing to find a video where someone PLAYS THE DAMN THING. Too many Americans standing round talking about the features and cables.
Nosy Egg as an American I can confirm we do that
lol
@@sethunderwood5525 Yup, sorry about that! ;)
@@dougfa3515 nothing to apologize about, just a joke that I took part in
@@sethunderwood5525Hehe, just taking part in it myself.
This is one of the best, if not the best, keyboard test I've seen. Fucking awesome. I want to buy the 4 keyboards damn it.
Glad you liked it! :)
I don't understand, why people are bitchin' about the Reface line... "Small keys!, too expensive!, shitty sound!". Show me ANY PRODUCT that delivers so many options in so small, portable and CHEAP package!
Where would you find anything similar to eg. CP? Native instruments Scrabee Vintage Keys - 150 Euros, than you have to add midi controller to your rack - at least 100 Euros, than you need laptop. And that's it. You can go this way, or you can just buy Yamaha CP, which gives you EVERYTHING you need in one, elegant, logical solution. No mouse clicking, no presets, no cables, just few knobs, intuitive layout and BIG sound. You can take it anywhere and in an instatnt you have pro sounds at your fingertips. Not to mention great sounding FX on board.
Ref CS? It cost about the same as MiniBrute. Well, Minibrute has normal-sized keys, but Yamaha has three octaves. Which, I think, you would prefer, if you had experience with POLY SYNTH! CS has 8-note polyphony! Show me 8-note poly synth with FM modulator and onboard effects. Show me anything that cheap with so many possibilities. MiniBrute, MS-10 and so on? Mono synths needing other stuff to just to turn it on, not to mention playing with it.
DX? No comparison to anything on the market. Simple, small FM synth with amazing sound. Not understanding how FM synthesis works? No prob, just play with basic 4 sliders. Wanna create your own sounds from the scratch? Get a degree and then click Edit. Boom! What else could you get to have FM synth? NI FM8+controller+laptop+speakers. Again, you have to invest much more. And you don't have portability you have with any Reface product.
Reface YC? Again, nothing like that on the market. simple, small solution with 5 organ models, drawbars and onboard effects. 500 bucks? That's CHEAP. Wanna play Farfisa organs while taking a dump? No prob. Then wanna compose a track in your super-duper home studio? Plug it to your DAW via MIDI, plug outs to your soundcard and you have complementary, pro, studio solution.
Need bigger keys or/and more octaves? No problem, you have MIDI In. Just plug any midi controller and you're good to go. And then wanna go on vacation with some instrument to have fun with, compose while sitting on the beach? Wanna play with your guitarist friend at night by the fire? Try to do this with Korg MS-10 :)
I think people forgot what's important in music. It is playability and creativity, not the way it looks on your desk. You don't need bunch of stuff to play music, you need complementary intrument, who cares how it looks? If it doesn't look like Doepfer Eurorack synth, it immidietely is bad? No. Who cares about looks, size, what's importatnt - what you can do with it. Basically, with any of Refaces you can do exactly tha same things you could do with much bigger and more expensive insruments, which probably wound never leave your hosue due to their size.
I had chance to play these instruments. aNd I immidietely fell in love with these. It releases so much creativity, when you have simple, small and complete solution with you. These instruments have the same spirit as an acoustic guitar or any other acoustic intrument. All in one solution, just take it on your lap and play. It is so much fun, when you don't have to turn on your computer, than your speakers, than you DAW, than your virtual instrument.
No matter how much these products will be critisized, I think they will over time become legendary. Just like Yamaha DX7, Roland TR808/909 and so much more other instruments. At the begginning they were critisized, and then... they became legendary :)
Excellent point of view. I play my YC via MIDI on the upper manual of my old HS-8 home organ, just fantastic. And when I'm outside I put it into a small bag, and play my organ sounds everywhere.
Nice rant and I agree, I love that recently Yamaha with their preface series, Roland with their boutique series and Korg with their volca series have all tried to recreate smaller, very portable but still for the most part accurate sounding recreations of their classic synthesizers. Are they more limited than the originals? Sure. But if you're trying to tour DIY venues with a live setup, would you rather carry around an original DX7, original TR9, original CS-80, or the Volcas FM, TR-09 boutique and a Reface CS, which can all be found in the $100-400 range? Easy choice, and your back will thank you later for it, let alone the jumping around the room you need to do to play all of the full-size ones. Plus, that kind of convenience and new limitations leads to new perspective on old sounds, rather than just rehashig the same approach to a 35 year old synth, yet again.
The small keys really are a massive drawback imo otherwise the sound of these for the price is insane really
I bought an Alesis Micron back when they were new, and at the time, I didn't end up using it much because the interface of the regular Ion was shrunk down into a tiny, menu-driven interface that I had difficulty getting the hang of. I eventually sold it and always regretted it because I loved to hear some of the sounds that were possible with that synth, the Ion engine just sounds rather unique to my ears when it comes to analog-modeling synths. Last year I finally went and picked myself up another Micron. I really do love this thing, it's so compact and yet so full of big, luscious sounds. There are now software patch editors for it, too! So ultimately, while it would have been awesome owning a full-blown Ion, the Micron actually fits much better with the rest of my gear because I already own several bigger synths.
I agree about the Reface line, to my ears these things sound really, really good. Every one of them. My only gripe is with the touch controls on the DX, they don't seem to be very consistent and I just really dislike most touch controls in general, especially something like that which is controlling numerical parameters and has zero tactile feedback. Every time I watch a video of someone using them they seem to be hit-or-miss.
If you need bigger keys or more octaves, I get it, I wish they made that, too, but personally I enjoy adding small synths to my collection because they don't take a lot of space and I find myself sometimes fiddling more with them than the bigger ones because I can just grab them and sit them on my lap instead of sitting down at the thing and going at it. In my opinion, you're absolutely right, people are going to look back on these things and kick themselves for not picking one up for what is, in my opinion, relatively cheap prices for the sound you can get from them. Compact size, I think, is a virtue overlooked in today's instruments, especially when there are loads of bigger MIDI controllers out there.
Don't get me wrong, the old, original stuff is great and if you want to own that, by all means go out and find a good one that is still left (you can pry my Ensoniq ESQ-1 from my cold, dead hands). But when that stuff starts to break down or become harder to find, or more expensive, at some point it might make sense to give stronger consideration to the other options out there. At the end of the day, I think these are ultimately pretty well-designed products that (most importantly) produce great sound, so I think the correct attitude to have is "what a great thing it is that companies like Yamaha are making synths like this." I feel the same way about the resurgence of small analog synths like the MicroBrute and Monologue. Ten years ago you couldn't find anything close to synths like these, at all. For that reason alone, I think many of these synths will become classics.
full size reface CP and YC would be so much better
they have midi capability. Just plug in a full size keyboard and there you go.
plug in your favorite midi set of keys then!
I'd like the CP and YC together.
This is not a Yamaha, it's a YamaHammond! 😊
Doctor takin' us to church in that first part!
This is my favourite Synth/Organ of the Reface family...Realy it's amazing!
really cool but like
it has only 3 octaves
Either im at a wedding or watching the dodger win the baseball world series
Gets very "synthy" in some places. More versatile than one might initially think.
I just bought this and I love it :) Great piece of hardware
@:4:50 and that change @5:07 sold me. I didn't think it would have made that type of sound. Amazing!