Ive personally watched over 76.8 trillion hours of youtube synth demos, and I find this to be one of the very best! You both are so talented, and comfortable in front of the camera, and the production quality is great. I want to buy these all now, but your talents are what make them shine.

@nickhuynh6321

3 ай бұрын

I just wish to live 76.8 trilliion hours...

These keyboards are so amazing! I want them all. Definitely gonna get my hands on one

Love watching these guys jam out and have fun.😊🤖👾👽

Secret piano sound. Turn off the CP. Place the instrument selector button midway between any two instruments. Turn on the CP. You now have an acoustic piano sound.

@mariaulfah7902

5 жыл бұрын

seriously?

@davidreidy5750

3 жыл бұрын

I did that just recently it works

@neoaureus

2 жыл бұрын

How does it get turned off ?

@treetopjones737

2 жыл бұрын

@@neoaureus Switch it an actual selection instead of between.

the DX has more things to explore than the rest, more compelling as a longer term buy, some nice sounds in the others but they are more likely to be 'buy to sell' (later) keys

@ICA_Ghost

5 жыл бұрын

R Greenhalgh why? i think they all sound really good

@areyoujelton

2 жыл бұрын

I never sell gear.

Remarkable presentation of the reface series! You've put a lot into demoing all for models for us, and you could have gone much more in each. Plus your natural musical skills. Excellent work. Thanks much!

I'm only half way through the video, and I'm already intrigued in buying the cp and cs

the cp and yc in one would have been perfect i'll probably still buy the cp

@ferox965

4 жыл бұрын

For a synth, I look for Rhodes, Hammond and acoustic piano sounds. Looks like these two more or less have it.

Watching this many yonks made me buy the 4 Reface synths. Each is the ultimate in sound, design and portability. The mini keyboards are just right and a standard size KB now feels awkward. Great video! Even better is using Soundmondo to save and load patches on the CP, YC and CS. Of all the DX is the only Reface with a memory.

I just ordered and received the Reface YX and CP. I am excited to see how they implement into my live rig. I will control them from another board with more keys (Korg Kross 1-88), so it will be interesting to see how much they change my live rig sound.

@jammystraub488

2 жыл бұрын

Any luck using them live yet?

These guys are great at demoing this kit - they make me want to buy it all :)

@YamahaMusicUSA

9 жыл бұрын

***** They are pretty great.

So glad I got the CP it's got that soul

Yamaha is daring those things fits nicely for my needs and purpose.

@YamahaMusicUSA

9 жыл бұрын

+WulfCry We're happy to help.

@MrGotem-gw2pv

5 жыл бұрын

Yamaha Corporation of America. You guys rock! I have a request. Please make these same keyboards again but bigger. If the CS, DX, YC had 61 keys, that would be the bee’s knees. Same design and color everything with a little bit bigger speakers. CP could have your 73 wood action weighted keys. They would still be super portable, and they could all come with cheap chrome painted keyboard legs to put in the bottom so they look vintage. I’d buy 3 sets! For backup of course. Most amazing product you guys have made in my opinion. Apart from the motorcycles!

@owenbush2991

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrGotem-gw2pv why not just hook it up to a midi controller?

@MrGotem-gw2pv

3 жыл бұрын

@@owenbush2991 it would just be amazing if they all had the feel of those original instruments. They could take the exact interface of the cp and build a nice looking wurly/clavinet style keyboard. I hate the way modern keyboards look. It’s like old cars vs new cars.

The looper on DX is amazing option when u want to have some fun without any other equipment or programs

I just love the CS! Have just put on my buy list.

@YamahaMusicUSA

9 жыл бұрын

RPdigital Glad you love it!

Great video. Now I want either the CS or the DX. Can't decide!

Cp and Yc are both sweet!

I started just wanting the piano. Now I have the CS and will have to buy them all. Only complaint is I wish the speakers were a little louder but they’re great.

I'm not going to gripe about the mini keys like many do, but Yamaha should've put at least some limited patch memory onboard the CS considering how much they're asking for these units.

Great sounds but you two could make anything sound great.😊

I'd love one (or two!) but they'll have to come with a normal sized keyboard though... I have a few synths with mini keys, but in a live situation I don't want to worry about this - I simply need regular sized keys 😉 Also, my Hammond has 2 61-key manuals, and that's the range I use. Same with a Rhodes. If they released these Reface with a regular 61 keybed, I'd be all over it - especially that CS... 😎😜

DAT SOUND JUST BOUGHT ME COMPLETELY! Subbed forever!

This was fantastic demo and presentation guys 👍

Good demonstration and explanation ...I will attempt getting it soon....!

These are sick...maybe expensive but definitely good piece of gear.

Ain’t it funky now? Truly funky 😂🤣

now the real question: Do I get the YS or the CS Keyboard?

Great jam

m&m are awesome dudes. thank you what an excellent adventure it is

The DX is very exciting to me. But, I have a DGX already, so I wouldn't really need something like this anyway to get similar sounds. I don't like mini keys anyway.

What about a single module with all four?

@templemu

5 жыл бұрын

what color would it have to be though? Seriously, that would have been cool, but the controls would be real fiddly and confusing imol and these sysnts are already somewhat expensive.

@dannymain542

5 жыл бұрын

My friend bought the CP for 600 euros in 2016 and I thought it was a bit steep, but the price has gone down considerably much since now I think all of them go around 300 euros-360 euros

@sethunderwood5525

5 жыл бұрын

All of them in their colored patterns

@matszh

4 жыл бұрын

rob mcdade Yes, and a Reface AM (all models) with keys as well, with presets like the FM, faders like the CP, effects like the CP and YC, 4-part multi timbrality (on the sequencer too), Bluetooth midi, mod/pitchbend and a 4 octave keyboard. That would be a serious contender to the Roland Xm.

@OttosTheName

4 жыл бұрын

@@matszh MX49/61 isn't exactly that, but it can cover all the sounds and is multi timbral. Kinda needs a pc and doesn't have a sequencer, but it does have an Arp.

Very cool! Can it be plugged into a keyboard amp or does it have to go through a computer or DI box?

i want that cp 70

Hi. Which of these models would best reproduce a vocal harmony type sound?

is there the same with bigger keys?

JUST BUY ALL OF THEM!!!

top presentation! Yamaha R0xx

Blake was also wrong when he said Yamaha came out with FM synthesis in 1983, with the DX-7. The DX-1 was introduced before the DX-7. The GS-1 and GS-2 FM instruments came out in 1980. The CE20 and CE25 preset FM keyboards came out in 1982.

Really informative video well laid out thanks

These dudes shred.

I think the Yamaha Mx49 will solve mostly all of these 4 refaces. You know if you have to buy 4 refaces it cost more than $1400 bucks.

@rodogames726

3 жыл бұрын

It isn't the same sound. Analoge vs Midi

@shawnaebbeson7882

3 жыл бұрын

The nice thing about the Reface series, at least the CP, YC, and CS, is that you can edit on the fly. You cannot do that on the MX series.

@treetopjones737

2 жыл бұрын

The big selling point about these is they are small PORTABLE keyboards that you can take anywhere playing it on batteries ( as well as plugged into ac power ).

@areyoujelton

2 жыл бұрын

The interface is what sells me on these. And the size. I like a keyboard I can take to the park if I wish or write some music while I’m in the kitchen looking out the window.

I don't understand why both of you keep referring to the DX7 with the reface DX. The DX7 has 6 osc but the reface has 4 like the DX9. Referring to the DX7 is misleading.

You can have multitimbral by purchasing 2 or more.

It a shame they don't all have that phrase looper. I'd like to see Yamaha or Roland come out with a combination looper, for both sound/ audio and phrase/midi. This way you could loop the actual sound, or loop the midi allowing further real time manipulation of the sound.

I went to Kraftmusic.com and searched for the Yamaha REFACE CP and found nothing!

I’d like to buy all four of these plus a stand to put them all on. Do you think Yamaha make a dedicated small stand so you can put all four of them on underneath each other?

As I'm reading through the comments on the videos I keep seeing complaints that it looks like a toy with its mini keyboard. That Yamaha should have built them as modules instead. But that confuses me. Anything stopping you from using them as modules? They have midi in and out, as well as the aux in and stereo out. I may be relatively new to synths (the Reface DX will be my first hardware style synth and I'm far from proficient in the craft, I just expect to fail less and less as I go along) but really, the only thing that is stopping people from treating it as a rack mounted module for their beloved full sized keys... Is the form factor. The interfaces are there but there's also a minikeyboard. Heck. I've even seen accessories like that third party parameter controller that breaks out all of the DX parameters to their own physical buttons, knobs and sliders. If you want it to be a module, why not treat it as one?

@cokecl

4 жыл бұрын

People like to nag xD I would love to have these beautiful synths, I will buy a fss-a50 because it has the same keybed and I'm poor.

Which of these can best emulate zydeco country style accordion? 120 bass notes

Fantastic keyboards. Will buy either CP or YC. Not sure yet wich. But need one - or two ;-) Great demo also - thanks. How long are they running with batteries for outdoor etc.?

@YamahaMusicUSA

9 жыл бұрын

Running on AA batteries reface will give you five hours of life.

@OttosTheName

4 жыл бұрын

In practice my CS definitely lasts longer, provably 6-9 hours, using 2450 mAh rechargables and headphones.

Yamaha really be out here killing the game

I picked up the YC and CP but I have gigantic hands/fingers and find them hard to play - Can someone recommend a good midi keyboard I could plug them into? It would be nice to have weighted or semi weighted keys.

Does the CS have arpeggiator?

too bad synth and organ don't have presets, otherwise seem like a lot of fun. great for live to adjust parameters on the fly. bad for live to recall preset patches . hope small keys are better than most crap out there today but I remember flying around on a DX100 so hopefully Yamaha did it right. by their playing examples seems like it's pretty good.

@OttosTheName

4 жыл бұрын

Reface keys are the best mini keys by a Mile, they're amazing.

I bet that yc would sound great through a neo vent 2

So, what do you recommend for someone who can't play piano AT ALL and knows very little theory, but wants to make some ethereal pad sounds and ambience stuff? DX or CS? Also Blake is chilling so hard!

So it's a Hammon... NO! Don't say it. H Stands for tonewheel organ. F is Italian organ and V is English organ. And these are of course tine pianos not Fender Rooo Oh no, I almost said it!

@treetopjones737

2 жыл бұрын

Those co.'s lawyers ready to pounce.

The original YC series were what we used in our '60s style max R'n'B bands. they had black naturals and whiite sharps and flats just like that British brand Vux or Vax or something.....but yamaha get points for bringing a dependable version The 'Italian' style palyed here is similar in application. but this reissue is TEN YEARS too LATE!!!!! We couldnt get The Vex or Vos Cantitentall here.

41:51 That right there is a bad moment. What I really wanted was to be able to record a different preset over the loop... I guess a proper workstation is the only way to do that live.

@altair7001

4 жыл бұрын

I was expecting him to at least, play a different sound while the loop was running.

Do any of em take batteries im looking for a keyboard that requires no plug in but is like the refrace if the refrace does req plug in

@douglashill2860

5 жыл бұрын

Mix Maker ‘Runs off batteries natively’

Blake was wrong to describe FM as additive synthesis. It is NOT additive synthesis.

@ChamiCh

4 жыл бұрын

this bugs me too. i've been watching these marketing vids they made for kraft, sweetwater, etc and he keeps calling it additive synthesis but that's...not quite right.

Do they sync with each other via MIDI? Also, in many demos we see a phone device being used...but no explanation. I assume it's an editor/librarian? Will you consider coming up with a unit with all 4 sound engines and no keys?

@theycallmejpj

7 жыл бұрын

you're right, have look at soundmondo.com

Serious noob question - Can you make a rhodes sound with the CS ?

@GrumpyStormtrooper

5 жыл бұрын

yeh.o unfortunately not :( but maybe you bought the CP or the CS by now

@OttosTheName

4 жыл бұрын

Cs can make something Wurlitzer ish. I own the CS and prob will get the CP for rhodes and wurly sounds.

@davebowman6497

Ай бұрын

I giggle at the one letter voice labels for the CP and the YC. Re the YC I assume H is Hammond-like, V is Vox-like and F is Farfisa-like. But the A? Is it "Ace tone"?

Was on the verge of buying this, then I explored my Nordwave and realised I can do a lot of this on that. If not for that, I'd be all over this. Considering the analogue modelling one though...

Let's see... How can we call the WR Wurlitzer without actually saying Wurlitzer

@danielrauda4631

2 жыл бұрын

wurly

@kingofallwhites

11 ай бұрын

Annoying.

Nate your so cheesy (cheddar) that is. 🧀. Hall and Oates. Darryl played the cool Yamaha electric piano. Kiss on your List eight notes

The YC series should be branded "Electone".

At $600, they don't make much sense but at $300 they are more reasonable buys.

its nice butt sucks the same time why did n0t make it full size pep all 0ver like the dx 7 st0p playing with pep

Can you make the keys smaller next time, Yamaha?

@marike1100

9 жыл бұрын

helioseismology Were you expecting full-sized keys on those tiny portable keyboards?

@helioseismology

9 жыл бұрын

I was also expecting a Fisher-Price logo.

@marike1100

9 жыл бұрын

helioseismology Well now that's just moronic, no offense.

@helioseismology

9 жыл бұрын

You have offended me.

@asdotheternity

9 жыл бұрын

These things are just shy of 21" wide. This is just a smidge over the width of 3 octaves of standard sized keys. I'm not sure what if any electronics are on the side panels, but it seems to me, that adding an inch or two would not have a dramatic impact on the portability aspect, but it would add significantly to the playability. Now of course it would likely required the instrument be deeper as well, but again I would think only by an inch or two. In fact they could have brought back the short keys they used on the old Yamaha KX5 keytar. It is about the same depth as the reface line and I don't have any issues at all playing the keys.

Yamaha should make the rack unit from the MX series. Everybody love the sounds but hates the key bed.

@mgabrysSF

4 жыл бұрын

There's tons of MIDI controllers of all styles and types that will plug in without saddling everyone with one option.

36:36 my fav sound!

крутые чуваки

REALLY interesting but too much expansive ! ! 250$ would have been a good price for that !

@TheRedstonedeluxe

2 жыл бұрын

$250 is barely enough for a decent midi controller, let alone an emulator similar to what reface offers. I would say $400 is a pretty fair price.

goot

見た目、音、操作性、全部良いね 小さくて鍵盤は弾きにくいと思うけど。

@speedtribejp

8 жыл бұрын

鍵盤小さすぎ、値段高すぎ、購入しません

32:55

They need an app for android, tons of people don't have an iphone.

John Goodman's cousin on the left there.

"Kind of EDM leads.." yay, excited to hear more of that plastic VST sound. Everyone seems to be making these "toy" keyboards that are really not toys but give that impression. I am not a fan of VA but VA can sound good depending on the engine. In this case, units sounds good. But those keys cannot cost $499. If Yamaha dropped the mini key idea entirely and filled the plate space with actual synth controls, I would get all 4. Come on, everyone has at least one MIDI keyboard in their house/studio. Besides, a serious keyboard player will use his serious MIDI keyboard anyway, and for the rest MIDI from DAW is perfectly fine. More controls, less "mini" things.. if you want to charge it seriously, then make it as seriously.

@theycallmejpj

7 жыл бұрын

I don't have a MIDI keyboard and I play fine on mini keys and prefer it. I guess you don't understand because you aren't the target audience

Yamaha CS 15D analog monophon Synthesizer - kzread.info/dash/bejne/p46Kz8mhfbXRnNI.html

Virtual Analog = Digital! Why not say it?

@mariaulfah7902

5 жыл бұрын

agree

@ChamiCh

4 жыл бұрын

"Virtual analog" describes the *type* of digital synthesis in use. The point of calling it a virtual analog synth is to indicate that it models the process (and sound) of analog synths in software. You have virtual VCO, VCA, VCF, EG, etc components that behave like a classic subtractive analog synth. This is opposed to things like the DX, which is also a digital synth, but is *not* a virtual analog synth. The DX does not model analog mechanisms, and instead uses processes that are uniquely digital.

The only one I could see me getting is the CP. Sounds great and I love the immediacy of the knobs. The DX is pointless for me (I have a DX7II, a TX802, a TX81z, and an SY99). The CS sounds like a very average (read poor) VST, and the YC, well I'm not an organ kind of guy. Live, I can see the advantage of hooking the CP up to a decent master keyboard though.

@theycallmejpj

7 жыл бұрын

the Rhodes sounds in particular on the CP are fantastic. the effects themselves are also quite good, if you want to feed audio from another device into it and use the CP just for chorus, phaser, tremolo, etc.

Why not say Rhodes, Wurlitzer or Vox rather than concealed in the abbrevs of RD, WR or V? Sounds you consider some legal thing but you, a user of the instrument unnecessarily take care of it rather better for listeners to understand what they are.

Fun cute machines.. speakers and all but.... What is the purpose ? Its a toy with small keys and kinda expensive for what it is Only purpose i see is for people who wants to make sounds fast without the full palette of the original instruments settings One thing that caught me is that the YC model is actually some of the best organ sounds from any Yamaha at any time Still Fun things .. should be available in Toy's R Us for $39.95

@OttosTheName

4 жыл бұрын

Check out Nahre Sol to see what people can do with these toys.

Id rather an MX

Wouldnt it have been better to skip the mini keys and speakers and just have modules with more controls. A CS-80 style Module would have had me ordering one. They look like Christmas toys as they are, not serious instruments. Modules would have been taken seriously and sold better.

@slammah2012

8 жыл бұрын

+Michael N this has no relationship with a CS80....

@theycallmejpj

7 жыл бұрын

that would ruin the whole product line. you need to think about this as a series, not just focus on the CS

It will never synthesise the sound of the bassoon....

to use a smartphone for switching sounds wans't smart

Toy piano sound? Really? Why?

Middle aged men = Jazz hipster music

@rolux4853

4 жыл бұрын

Ultra Destruction Agency So what did you expected to hear? Some dumb, modern electronic music stuff which consists of max. 5 notes? Yeah that would be a great way to demonstrate what these instruments are capable of. Maybe when you grow past the age of playing fortnite and shitting your pants, you’ll be able to honor real music.

They are much too large!

@aight365

4 жыл бұрын

Small you mean

Would have been nice to see just one being used not two, not a great demo in my opinion and why are Yamaha making toy synths?

@Lael128

9 жыл бұрын

***** I'd probably use it in a studio, or my living room whilst having an acoustic jam session. If I had to use it live, I'd probably have it controlled externally like I do with the Korg microSTATION. But for that kind of price, one would be better off spending it on a used Yamaha MX or MOX.

@neighbourmusic

9 жыл бұрын

you're a jabroni... these things are awesome

@Lael128

9 жыл бұрын

neighbourmusic who's what? lol

@Kissed1982

8 жыл бұрын

+AB-Electro - Electronic Music and More It's also fair to call AB-Electro a professional douchebag. Ungrateful prick.

lot of unnecessary LOUD talking, the music is hard to hear, or understand...need an auto dbx compander to process this vdo to make intelligence.

Big fingers on small keys = rubbish. Yamaha could have had a good product if they amalgamated all four machines into one synth and gave it a proper sized keyboard, but that's not good marketing unit Yamaha. These are typically aimed at young kids who just need a 12 tone keyboard as a trigger. These guys are giving it the hard sell by using 70's keyboard players names. They never ever played toys like this and none of these architectures were widely used. FM was a flop through all its incarnations to the AWFM. Shame on you Yamaha for producing such trivial rubbish. Yamaha has clearly lost its way.

@nengstro

9 жыл бұрын

+Skinny Bob FM a flop? Where were you when the dx7 hit the market.......FM is still found in many high end synths such as NI Absynth

@nengstro

9 жыл бұрын

+Skinny Bob FM a flop? Where were you when the dx7 hit the market.......FM is still found in many high end synths such as NI Absynth

@bobrobertson9547

9 жыл бұрын

+nengstro I had a DX7 which I bought brand new when they first hit the market then I bought DX5 Later on (pre-owned). I've had a range of TX's an SY77 and an QX5 Sequencer. Programming FM was like 'painting your hall through your letter box'. We went form rotary knobs overnight to hierarchical multi menu buttons that know body really liked as you had to depress keys 20-30 odd times to get the option you wanted. Even then, due the nature of FM and carriers, it was difficult to get a good sound you wanted and there were no software editors at the time. Where are we now? Back to knobs and sliders with ‘real time’ control. Drop the hard sell and start listening to customers. Small keys area a pain, as are these regurgitated smaller retro synth items and for those of us who have ‘been there’, and done that, we can see right through the marketing strategy.

@theycallmejpj

7 жыл бұрын

but small fingers on small keys feels great =) I love my reface CP. I don't think your idea is very good, other companies that tried it had little success

@bobrobertson9547

7 жыл бұрын

Oh, and now you have to eat your words because Korg have just released 3 new ARP Odyssey's with wait for it..... FULL SIZE KEYS! My order is in. Yamaha... take note.