Page 11 - Info Magazine nr 15 JANUARY 2021

Yamaha's unique Integrated Bell Acoustic System gives you the best of both wor-
lds—high-quality digital sound with the full expressiveness of an acoustic wind in-
strument. This new, advanced system, consists of speaker unit, enclosure, acoustic
pipe and a real brass bell, responds to your breath from the mouthpiece, and digi-
tally 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.

The key layout of the saxophone is essential for playability and feel, and the YDS-
150 has been designed based on Yamaha’s
flagship model of acoustic saxophone 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.

Simply
by blowing into the mouthpiece and playing the
keys with correct fingering, you can produce a per-
fect acoustic saxophone sound—like a professio-
nal player—without having a perfect embouchure
(mouth shape). The YDS-150 has a breath sensor
that detects the intensity or pressure of your blo-
wing, letting you minutely control not only the vo-
lume of the sound but also the tone.

The YDS-150 lets you instantly change the tonality,
range, and timbre of each of the saxophone types—sop-
rano, alto, tenor or baritone. Moreover, each of these
saxophone types have different saxophone Voices that
correspond to various playing techniques and musical
genres, from vibrato playing and jazz to classical music.
In total, the YDS-150 has 73 instrument sounds, with 56
saxophone Voices, and many other instrument sounds.