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Yamaha YDS-120 Digital Saxophone

by Yamaha
Out of Stock
Original price $678.00
Original price $678.00 - Original price $678.00
Original price $678.00
Current price $499.99
$499.99 - $499.99
Current price $499.99
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Playing the Sax Has Never Been More Accessible with the Yamaha YDS-120 Digital Saxophone

Make saxophone playing even more accessible. This digital saxophone eliminates restrictions on where and when you can play, while offering the same tonal diversity, deep low notes, and delicate highs of an acoustic instrument.


  • 15-step volume adjustment
  • Headphone Terminal, Aux in jack
  • 73 voices, including 56 for saxophone
  • The same key layout as an acoustic saxophone
  • Specially designed mouthpiece
  • Breath sensor that detects the pressure of your breath
  • Dedicated YDS Controller app
  • Use with a USB power source or with batteries


A More Convenient and Liberating Way to Play the Saxophone

Encounter more moments that make your heart flutter, as you bring forth melodies from your saxophone with your breath and fingers. This digital saxophone eliminates restrictions on where and when you can play, while offering the same tonal diversity, deep low notes, and delicate highs of an acoustic instrument. Step into a new world where you can play the saxophone in a way that’s all you.

A More Carefree Path Into the World of Saxophone Performance

The YDS-120 combines acoustic and digital technologies into a new form, giving you the ability to control your volume at will, so that you can play anywhere you want.

Fifty-Six Voices From A Single Instrument

Just lift it to your lips and blow to unlock a total of 56 voices for the soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophone. Enjoy the variety of expression the saxophone can deliver from the very first note. You can also play with the voices of other instruments, giving you a total of 73 instruments to work with.

Play Just The Way You Want

With the same key configuration as its acoustic brethren, the YDS-120 combines a breath sensor for expression, an analog controller, and your own breath, offering you true freedom of expression.

Dedicated YDS Controller App

This dedicated app enhances the performance of the YDS-120 and further expands the range of sound creation—and includes instrument settings and sound editing. You can make detailed settings intuitively and visually from the app, that cannot be done on the instrument itself. To use the app, you will need to connect your smart device to the YDS-120 using a USB cable and Lightning USB adapter for iPhone / iPad or OTG cable for Android.


SPECIFICATIONS

  • Control Interface
    • Key Systems: Fingering same as Saxophone, High-F#, Front-F, Low-A
    • Other Controllers: Analog controller
  • Voices
    • Tone Generating Technology: AWM Sampling
    • Number of Voices: 73 voices (incl. 56 sax voices)
  • Key: Eb, Bb, C (Sync with voice)
  • Tuning: 427.0Hz〜440.0Hz〜453.0Hz, approx. 0.5Hz increments
  • Effects: 5 types (for Headphones)
  • Connectivity
    • Headphones: Stereo-mini
    • AUX IN: Stereo-mini
    • USB TO HOST: micro USB Type-B
  • Power
    • 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

Size and Weight

  • Width: 110mm
  • Height: 567mm
  • Depth: 94mm
  • Weight: 810g not including batteries

Manufacturer: Yamaha
Model: YDS-120
SKU: I738157-N-0-WHXA
UPC: 889025148573


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