I'm 65 years old, I've always been in love with the sax. My barber is a life long sax player. About 6 months ago he purchased a YDS 150. Well I just had to have one, got it yesterday. He wants to teach me, I.ve never played an instrument before, you make it look too easy. Can an old man like me , really be able to really learn to play this instrument...lol
I learned the sax by learning the notes on the staff, then i got a fingering chart and learned the fingers with some songs. Don't just finger with the chart, get a song and try to learn it. The way you put your mouth on the instrument is kind of difficult to explain, but there are some good videos on TH-cam about it.
I was just about to buy the Roland Aerophone ae-10 online today when I saw this pop up through my google feed. I have searched endlessly to see a demo of it and your video so far is the only only I've found. To start with, this looks fantastic. It actually looks like an accoustic instrument of its own and it seems Yamaha concentrated on thee sax sound. I can see 56 of its internal 70 sounds are actually Saxophones. For me, this is the instrument to buy. It makes the Aerophone look like a complete toy.
Was in the same boat. My AE10G turned up then literally within half an hour my sax teacher sent me a link to the new Yamaha. AE10G sent back now I’m waiting for the Yamaha on the 30th October
FYI-Based on my early research the main difference between Roland AE-10G and Yamaha YDS-150 instruments is that AE-10 is a synthesizer while YDS-150 is a sampler.
@@abolajiidowu8284 We need to wait for the final release and some serious head-head comparisons. I have some experience with AE-10G and that is why I am curious about this Yamaha instrument. AE-10G is definitely not just sax sound oriented it offers quite a lot versatile sound palette. Let's see what Yamaha brings to the table.
@@jrgenlundkarlsen8921 As Yamaha advertises it that way : The YDS-150 uses sampled sounds of Yamaha acoustic saxophones-soprano, alto, tenor and baritone-meticulously recorded in whole tones with professional players, letting you fully enjoy performing without any unnatural sound. I think a lot of player is looking for a "real saxophone" sound. The closest sound to a real acoustic saxophone. How does it sound that way ? :-)
@@jrgenlundkarlsen8921 If possible, could you review some of the major specs, the different instrument sounds, and most of all... compare to the Akai 4000s or 5000 in regard to sound and ease of use? That would be amazing!
Why Wx7 has a lip control and this sax not realy? This is the real fuck up! I.m still waiting for Lyricon II! The best and most expressive electric woodwind instrument ever!
Really interested as a non sax player. Would like to hear this in a blues band setting or with a blues backing track ! Also : no problem to learn the fin gerings of a sax but as a guitarist I don't have the time to learn the embouchure of a real sax. I guess this is easier and less demanding regarding embouchure ?
@gary butler same here. Already over 35 on pre order. AE-10G haven’t tried it yet but I did purchase one. We’ll see but I tend to agree, the YDS-150 will probably be better overall to being closest to acoustic sax...
Thanks for the demo! Is it possible to use the YDS-150 with virtual instruments like Wivi-Band or the Swam Saxophones? What I really don't understand: Why doesn't yamaha implement their well known breath control technology with breath and lip pressure (bite control) sensor like they used in the WX series? The YDS would be a really interesting competitor to the Roland AE-10 and combined with the bell accoustic system that would be a really groundbreaking practising sax. But for me without bite control it lacks an essential feature for a digital sax.
It's no competitor to the AE10 at all. As I understand it 'all' this has is the 4 saxes albeit in various guises? The AE10 has 124 others - it really is no contest!
Up to now, all YDS-150 demonstrations are in a fast-paced style. It's lively and dynamic, but I can't hear the delicate sound changes. I hope there is a demonstration of this kind. Thank you.
Thats true. An a lot of loud backing tracks and movement of the player. I very much enjoy and appreciate your youtube channel and your demonstrations on the yamaha wx5 and Aerophone. For me it would be very interesting to hear you playing the YDS-150 in a quality recording like your recording of Libertango for example. One with the internal sounds of the YDS and one with vl-70m or swam instruments. Regarding your superb way of playing this would provide a real good insight in the sound quality and expressive capability of the YDS. So if you get hold of an YDS and record some demos I would be very grateful. Best wishes from Germany.
@@manolaya69 OK, next week, music China opens in Shanghai, and I'm going to see Yamaha yds150. But I'm not sure if I can play it in person. After all, it's still in the epidemic period.
Amazing video! It would be great to see a comparison between the YDS-150 and the Akai EWI, but not in terms of similarity with a saxophone, but in terms of possibilities they give as individual instruments.
Could you compare its control (fingering, etc) with acoustic sax? I want something like that for practising. It would be my practice intrument. I tested roland. they have really bad buttons, really low quality.
It's similar keys/control as a normal sax. The design team has done a really well job with the response and springs on the keys, to make it as close to a normal sax as possible. Much more easy to play than the touch solution at the EWI.
@@jrgenlundkarlsen8921 Do you think if it comes with any adaptors to use my own tenor mouthpiece? Even if it does not cause any function change in the electronic saxophone, I think it will be useful to use our mouthpiece in the practice process to develop embouchure.
@@erginyilmaztenor The YDS is shipped with its own mouthpiece, based on a alto-sax model with synthetic reed. You have to use the DS mouthpiece, for the breath sensor to work properly.
@@jrgenlundkarlsen8921 Does the mouthpiece respond like a real sax? E.g. Can you use your tongue at all to stop the sound / articulate, or is it just the speed of air?
@@thisisnotdom The synthetic plastic reed is a bit thicker, so it does not vibrate as much as a normal legere or normal reeds. You can use your tongue as normal, but the YDS only contain breath sensor and not vibrato-sensor (as the EWI). At 00:37 in my video above you can hear me using flutter tongue, that is a huge advantage on the YDS. Keep asking questions, and what kind of content you want me to post for demonstrating the possibilities from the YDS.
I have a brand-new YDS-150. The bottom three keys are not working. When I press the keys sound doesn't change. Is it a defect or do I need to set up something?
Does this instrument have MIDI out, if not how well does it function with a usb midi host? One thing I hate is being limited by the on-deck sounds and being able to control hardware synths with an EWI is something that intrigues me.
@tootonit I ordered from Sax.co.uk yesterday as well. Been looking at all the new practice saxophones. Finally something like the real acoustic sax or practice any time anywhere in silence. A huge tool for musicians everywhere....
@@jrgenlundkarlsen8921 Is it possible to use a usb to Midi convert cable to use a "normal" midi cable so I can plug this into a Hardware synth such as VL70m?
Hi, I would like to know if Yamaha YDS-150 Digital Saxophone can be used as midi controller? Can I still use other software to interacat with this instrument? The voices and the presets are only the internal ones provided by Yamaha? How it sounds when unplugged? Can it be played as acoustic? Kind regards
Hi Mito! Yes it can be used as a midi controller with the USB midi out port. It works great. I tried it with different patches and omnisphere is awesome. The instrument can be played acoustic with the internal speaker.
@@jrgenlundkarlsen8921 - thanks for your reply - just one last question - what kind of reeds can be used? special ones or we can simple use the traditional ones?
@@mitoelias The YDS is shipped with 2 synthetic reeds that is made for the YDS mouthpiece. It would work to use traditional reeds as well, but for best control and effect I would suggest to use the synthetic ones.
That is hilariously specific... also, when I think 1998 I do NOT think of the stuff this guy is playing.. I'm thinking like, Shania Twain, Spice Girls and Puff Daddy.
I love Yamaha instruments having had 2 real alto saxs, an 842 Custom euphonium and a digital piano. This is a nice demo but it's not a patch on a Roland Aerophone AE10 which has so much more to offer especially regarding the 128 tones. This is simply a glorified, digital, sax: you'd be better off playing the real thing. Try this link for some excellent AE10 demos. th-cam.com/video/g65fh23TCto/w-d-xo.html
I'm 65 years old, I've always been in love with the sax. My barber is a life long sax player. About 6 months ago he purchased a YDS 150. Well I just had to have one, got it yesterday. He wants to teach me, I.ve never played an instrument before, you make it look too easy. Can an old man like me , really be able to really learn to play this instrument...lol
Yes
I learned the sax by learning the notes on the staff, then i got a fingering chart and learned the fingers with some songs. Don't just finger with the chart, get a song and try to learn it. The way you put your mouth on the instrument is kind of difficult to explain, but there are some good videos on TH-cam about it.
I was just about to buy the Roland Aerophone ae-10 online today when I saw this pop up through my google feed. I have searched endlessly to see a demo of it and your video so far is the only only I've found. To start with, this looks fantastic. It actually looks like an accoustic instrument of its own and it seems Yamaha concentrated on thee sax sound. I can see 56 of its internal 70 sounds are actually Saxophones. For me, this is the instrument to buy. It makes the Aerophone look like a complete toy.
Was in the same boat. My AE10G turned up then literally within half an hour my sax teacher sent me a link to the new Yamaha. AE10G sent back now I’m waiting for the Yamaha on the 30th October
FYI-Based on my early research the main difference between Roland AE-10G and Yamaha YDS-150 instruments is that AE-10 is a synthesizer while YDS-150 is a sampler.
Thank you all of you for the informations guys 🙏🎶👍the same,I m searching for this
@@LukasVlcek I'm a bit new to this synth world but I would have thought a properly done sampler should sound better than a synth. Am I wrong?
@@abolajiidowu8284 We need to wait for the final release and some serious head-head comparisons. I have some experience with AE-10G and that is why I am curious about this Yamaha instrument. AE-10G is definitely not just sax sound oriented it offers quite a lot versatile sound palette. Let's see what Yamaha brings to the table.
It still sounds quite "synthy", especially its sustain and low notes. Hope more videos about sound and tones can be released!
What kind of content in the review of the app would you like to see?
@@jrgenlundkarlsen8921 As Yamaha advertises it that way : The YDS-150 uses sampled sounds of Yamaha acoustic saxophones-soprano, alto, tenor and baritone-meticulously recorded in whole tones with professional players, letting you fully enjoy performing without any unnatural sound.
I think a lot of player is looking for a "real saxophone" sound. The closest sound to a real acoustic saxophone. How does it sound that way ? :-)
Yeah no. For just $4k more you can buy a pro Yamaha horn.
@@jrgenlundkarlsen8921 If possible, could you review some of the major specs, the different instrument sounds, and most of all... compare to the Akai 4000s or 5000 in regard to sound and ease of use? That would be amazing!
Of course it sounds synthy - IT IS A SYNTH !!!!!!!
I've had one 6 months.. hopefully your goodness has improved.. good luck and maybe we'll meet, in the Field.
This looks like heaps of fun! Adding it to the wish list!!
WoW!!love the way you played with it💥♥️🎶
Please announce the release in Japan as soon as possible！
Why Wx7 has a lip control and this sax not realy? This is the real fuck up! I.m still waiting for Lyricon II! The best and most expressive electric woodwind instrument ever!
Really interested as a non sax player. Would like to hear this in a blues band setting or with a blues backing track !
Also : no problem to learn the fin gerings of a sax but as a guitarist I don't have the time to learn the embouchure of a real sax. I guess this is easier and less demanding regarding embouchure ?
@gary butler same here. Already over 35 on pre order. AE-10G haven’t tried it yet but I did purchase one. We’ll see but I tend to agree, the YDS-150 will probably be better overall to being closest to acoustic sax...
Thanks for the demo! Is it possible to use the YDS-150 with virtual instruments like Wivi-Band or the Swam Saxophones? What I really don't understand: Why doesn't yamaha implement their well known breath control technology with breath and lip pressure (bite control) sensor like they used in the WX series? The YDS would be a really interesting competitor to the Roland AE-10 and combined with the bell accoustic system that would be a really groundbreaking practising sax. But for me without bite control it lacks an essential feature for a digital sax.
It's no competitor to the AE10 at all. As I understand it 'all' this has is the 4 saxes albeit in various guises? The AE10 has 124 others - it really is no contest!
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Up to now, all YDS-150 demonstrations are in a fast-paced style. It's lively and dynamic, but I can't hear the delicate sound changes. I hope there is a demonstration of this kind. Thank you.
Thats true. An a lot of loud backing tracks and movement of the player.
I very much enjoy and appreciate your youtube channel and your demonstrations on the yamaha wx5 and Aerophone. For me it would be very interesting to hear you playing the YDS-150 in a quality recording like your recording of Libertango for example. One with the internal sounds of the YDS and one with vl-70m or swam instruments. Regarding your superb way of playing this would provide a real good insight in the sound quality and expressive capability of the YDS.
So if you get hold of an YDS and record some demos I would be very grateful. Best wishes from Germany.
@@manolaya69 OK, next week, music China opens in Shanghai, and I'm going to see Yamaha yds150. But I'm not sure if I can play it in person. After all, it's still in the epidemic period.
@@AnYiPapa Thank you for your quick answer.. Much appreciated. It's really not a good time for testing wind instrument. Stay safe!
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Amazing video! It would be great to see a comparison between the YDS-150 and the Akai EWI, but not in terms of similarity with a saxophone, but in terms of possibilities they give as individual instruments.
Did you ever create this as a song? Such a slamming intro! Would love this as an official track!
Could you compare its control (fingering, etc) with acoustic sax? I want something like that for practising. It would be my practice intrument. I tested roland. they have really bad buttons, really low quality.
It's similar keys/control as a normal sax. The design team has done a really well job with the response and springs on the keys, to make it as close to a normal sax as possible. Much more easy to play than the touch solution at the EWI.
@@jrgenlundkarlsen8921 Do you think if it comes with any adaptors to use my own tenor mouthpiece? Even if it does not cause any function change in the electronic saxophone, I think it will be useful to use our mouthpiece in the practice process to develop embouchure.
@@erginyilmaztenor The YDS is shipped with its own mouthpiece, based on a alto-sax model with synthetic reed. You have to use the DS mouthpiece, for the breath sensor to work properly.
@@jrgenlundkarlsen8921 Does the mouthpiece respond like a real sax? E.g. Can you use your tongue at all to stop the sound / articulate, or is it just the speed of air?
@@thisisnotdom The synthetic plastic reed is a bit thicker, so it does not vibrate as much as a normal legere or normal reeds. You can use your tongue as normal, but the YDS only contain breath sensor and not vibrato-sensor (as the EWI). At 00:37 in my video above you can hear me using flutter tongue, that is a huge advantage on the YDS.
Keep asking questions, and what kind of content you want me to post for demonstrating the possibilities from the YDS.
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May I ask does this one can use mouth or lips to band reed make different sound or vibration? thanks lot
@Alexander Terakhin I agree that would be very helpful for all of us!!
I have a brand-new YDS-150. The bottom three keys are not working. When I press the keys sound doesn't change. Is it a defect or do I need to set up something?
Hello! Can chords be made as a midi controller? for example piano chords?
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Does this instrument have MIDI out, if not how well does it function with a usb midi host? One thing I hate is being limited by the on-deck sounds and being able to control hardware synths with an EWI is something that intrigues me.
Whoa.......
@tootonit I ordered from Sax.co.uk yesterday as well. Been looking at all the new practice saxophones. Finally something like the real acoustic sax or practice any time anywhere in silence. A huge tool for musicians everywhere....
That looks like soooo much fun
Would this be run through a sampler or a modeler?
¿Can it be used as a bluetooth or USB midi controller?
Yes, YDS has a USB-midi out port.
@@jrgenlundkarlsen8921 Is it possible to use a usb to Midi convert cable to use a "normal" midi cable so I can plug this into a Hardware synth such as VL70m?
Hi, I would like to know if Yamaha YDS-150 Digital Saxophone can be used as midi controller? Can I still use other software to interacat with this instrument? The voices and the presets are only the internal ones provided by Yamaha? How it sounds when unplugged? Can it be played as acoustic?
Kind regards
Hi Mito! Yes it can be used as a midi controller with the USB midi out port. It works great. I tried it with different patches and omnisphere is awesome.
The instrument can be played acoustic with the internal speaker.
@@jrgenlundkarlsen8921 - thanks for your reply - just one last question - what kind of reeds can be used? special ones or we can simple use the traditional ones?
@@mitoelias The YDS is shipped with 2 synthetic reeds that is made for the YDS mouthpiece. It would work to use traditional reeds as well, but for best control and effect I would suggest to use the synthetic ones.
@@jrgenlundkarlsen8921 - thankx - take care
Does it play similar to regular soprano, alto or tenor ?
How do I record yds-150 through my computer??
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やっぱり、ありとあらゆる分野で韓国より日本の方が世界に先かけていちはやく名品を生み出してますね。普通の頭からはYDS-150のアイデア何かは出ません。もっぱら、天才のみの発想でござる。
以上、ソウルに住んでる親日派韓国人でした。私が提言しましたタンギングとベンドアップとベンドダウンを感知できるスマートリードも天才の発想で御座る。
It's AWM sample based, not VL. Dang it! It sounds really good, though.
Thor Z. Yes, why did they not make the engine VL-based? That should have so much potential..
It's great if you like playing in cathedrals...
It has something in it.how much its cost is?
Is the pitch bend the same as normal Sax, with the mouth/lip, or is it a seperate controller?
There is a separate control next to the thumb rest.
It does have an air pressure sensor but nothing for embochure.
Is it in Eb or Bb or switchable or do I have to relearn all my tunes?
Have a look at the manual here: uk.yamaha.com/files/download/other_assets/2/1361052/yds-150_en_om_b0.pdf
Looks like it is programmed in multiple keys, like Alto/baritone sounds are Eb, and Tenor/soprano are Bb
You can also adjust the tuning on the fly in the app. So you could technically set it to be C melodic if you wanted.
Can you bend and vibrate with your lips?
No.
1998 wants its sound back....
That is hilariously specific... also, when I think 1998 I do NOT think of the stuff this guy is playing..
I'm thinking like, Shania Twain, Spice Girls and Puff Daddy.
@@xxczerxx i was referring to the weak synth sound he is projecting, not so much the style of the track music, all meaning i'm disappointed so far
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This is a better advertisement than yamaha's own video
Hahaha!! Thank you so much!
How much is it?
$799.99 is what i am coming across
I love Yamaha instruments having had 2 real alto saxs, an 842 Custom euphonium and a digital piano. This is a nice demo but it's not a patch on a Roland Aerophone AE10 which has so much more to offer especially regarding the 128 tones. This is simply a glorified, digital, sax: you'd be better off playing the real thing. Try this link for some excellent AE10 demos. th-cam.com/video/g65fh23TCto/w-d-xo.html
ok this is just a weird looking ewi
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It has no midi forget it
It has midi out.
Another amazingly complexed product from Yamaha that produces shitty sound
That is so WACK! ! ! ! OMG, YAMAHA must have $$$ to burn... what a waste!
Weird to say but the future of music nonetheless. Traditional playing will never go out of style tho