Is it gig worthy??

This was an excellent review. Very practical. Very real world. Nice job and thank you.

As a non-musician, the concept of digital instruments are super cool to me. I love the advancement of technology and things like this will just keep improving! Thanks for doing this review!

GREAT REVIEW!! Thanks for doing this.

Nice demo. Thanks

I'm an alto sax player and I already want this man.

I bought this as a first step to play the saxophone. Yes it seems silly but I am in a particular situation: - I always wanted to learn to play the sax, the problem is: it's a loud woodwind instrument that makes it impossible for me to practice in my apartment (living in Tokyo and instruments noises are forbidden). - I could have bought a sax, but having to go almost every day on those rental studios would be a pain (it's expensive and it's not super close), it would have just killed my motivation. - I decided to purchase this in February. I am not a total noob with woodwind as I actually enjoyed all my recorder learning at middle school and played around with a tin whistle for a couple for months. - I cannot practice the embouchure so yeah what I am playing is not really a sax, it's a sax imitation and a lot of sounds are cheap (I love the breathy tenor though - Tenor 4). HOWEVER, I am having a blast. The fingering is on point. I have started online lessons from bettersax (who also has a YT channel) and especially his Pentatonic Foundation. 3 months later, here I am, practicing with the YDS-150 at least 30 mins to 1 hour every day in the morning with my earphones, not making a single noise, being able to stream backing tracks from my computer directly to my earphones so I can play over them. I am focusing on the C Major Pentatonic scale (I play with the Tenor mode), doing exercises and patterns, developed my Play by Ear abilities, developing my fingering techniques and also started my first solo impros (of course really simple, relying on the Pentatonic Scale). I am also learning more about music theory and have been listening more blues and jazz recently. I will probably continue with this "Practice instrument" until I move to a house or apartment where I will be able to play with a real sax. I will buy a sax, take lessons with a teacher because I will be in that weird situation where my fingers know what to do but my embouchure will be totally rubbish. It will take time to adapt but hey. It was either this or not stepping in the sax world and I would probably have ended up with an instrument like an electric keyboard, an electric guitar or bass instead.

Your reviews are very practical. Have you reviewed the Emeo?

Just wanted to say I have that same exact painting hanging up above my Piano! No idea where I got it from tbh, it was at my parent's old studio years ago and now I've kinda assumed possession of it, so it means a lot to me. Super cool to see it somewhere else! Also great vid, I'm looking at perhaps getting one of these instruments

Still love your vids❤

Excellent review! Right spot on! If one doesn’t like it, don’t buy it, period. Just as all other saxophones, all got loves and haters. I have a few dozens saxs and I’m buying this. It has lots functions that none of other sax can do.

My roommate works night shift and I haven't been able to practice properly in weeks so I'm going to buy this and see if it helps. Thanks for the review!

Interesting sounds.

Great to see your review of this. These are great for practicing as they feel like a sax under the fingers, but you can use earphones. Practice transfers well to the real horn. But, the sounds are indeed pretty awful.

Great review. Pity it has such a small dynamic range I wonder how useful it is as a midi controller with a computer, does it come close to AKAI?

Any ideas about the interferance noise, when you hook it up to a pro PA system? the white static noise is quiet bad I had to let mine go.

good review man

1 Week in Brazil with 150, I can study without disturbing the neighborhood. Cool. Let’s play Samba.

Little spoiled with 6M, 10M, but, I loved the sound of the baritone. I also liked the pitch bend. Sop, Alto, tenor, the sound of digital don’t come close. $1078.00 is actually cheap. A good vintage baritone probably runs 8- to 10 thousand after paying for a rebuild.

Hi man, greetings from Italy... One question: what's about chorus, delay o reverb effects?

What is the reed like? I never got a good look at that.

Great video! Subbed! 🙂 How does this EWI compare to the Akai EWI solo? I know the Yamaha YDS-150 is far more expensive.

It looks perfect for me for training in an apartment without having to annoy neighbors.

Does it have line out or is it a midi controller and have to use with DAW?

What about the WX7 and the other wind controllers...? So it's really not their first theoretically.

Hi my Yamaha yds I’m blowing getting voice but any of keys aren’t responding.?

Recomended for start with saxo?? (alredy Knowing solfeo)

At least the emeo gives you actual practice fingering. The sound cries for itself, and the plastic clicks are suitable accent. I have WX5/7 as fun toys, but a have a real alto and tenor. Only the neighbors prefer digital. You did a great job in the review, though.

I never play saxophone before. can I use YDS 150 to start to play and pratice?

Is the only way you can connect to an external speaker via a wired connection?

With a thousand bucks, you can get a nice student model. Until my neighbors start complaining about my real instrument, I will take a pass on this one.

I've been playing alto saxophone for over 6 years now and my teacher said I could start getting some gigs, playing at weddings, and events, but I have no idea how to start, or how to get gigs....do you have any tips? How to start playing professionally? Thank you!

Cool

last vid on the channel?

The sound of this instrument is 1000X better if you simply plug it into an amp/speaker. The sound you hear on this video is kind of cheesy but the sound when you have an amp/speaker is excellent. I purchased a Roland amp for a keyboard and it works extremely well with the instrument shown in this video. Plug an mp3 player into the amp simultaneously with the sax so you can play along with backing tracks. Once you plug headphones into the amp, you are set to play such that you can't be heard. Or, take your sax to a gig and plug into a big amp you can play just as loud as the guitar players. Alto sound is realistic; tenor sound is too, and the soprano sax sounds like a soprano sax! I haven't tried the bari yet

I've heard the "Bell" doesn't really do anything, as the speakers aren't even located in the Bell. And the mouth piece is only there for show. I'm contemplating the AKAI EWI USB since it at least has a bite sensor. That and it's a simple hook up using USB to something like my Surface. My preferred choice would be the old Yamaha WX series of wind instruments, but I don't have a midi interface to add into my setup. And I don't have the technical ability to know what to even look for. Maybe, are you able to do a video for complete newbs to get an old school midi setup?

Just😎🎷I have and you are dead on right. Supplemental fun 😎🎷 instrument. For super😎 windsynth sounds go with Akai 4000s with sound upgrades🤙

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DeMarius, Hands down the best , most thorough review demo on this Yam... Wow. Just hit your Subscribe Button. I really need it for playing in the middle of the night because I do not want to wake up my Husband. Planning on using it under headphones. Hitting the scales is my goal. So ya think that is viable ? I got a couple of excellent sax's like a lot of serious players for the real deal. Just really thinking about fingering and hitting a lot of theory books under the cans. Nice job all around on this video. Thank you, Jodi Anna

does it make sound when you play with headphones? can I play it at night without disturbing my family?

Are you living in Okinawa? I love it there, I did a jazz festival there some years ago, around this old castle

Might be interesting as a wind controller but does it only cover the basic range of a saxophone? If so that really limits it I. The wind controller market where things like the EWI cover 6 or 7 octaves.

Ive always wanted something like this and I’m aware of the gigantic sax mute case thing. Would you say this benefits other saxophone players besides soprano players in terms of likeness?

It's like having a digital guitar that would automatically finger pick for you.. if the mouthpiece of wood and brass instruments is irrelevant all that's Left is the fingering

Hi DeMarius! Today, I'm celebrating 21 subscribers on my channel! It would be a great honor to have your participation! Wishing you success and good health for you and your family.

Great review! Interesting product but I'm not very impressed with how it sounds.

Have you tried the travelsax2?

Would sound better played amped.

Why did you stop posting 😢

“The Lick” at 0:52 🤣

Luv your review, respectfully disagree with your point re beginners and gigs . I’m a beginner and it’s brilliant , I can practise fingering with headphones at night and then move onto the noisy sax when neighbours allow. On the gig ready check out the KZfaq videos playing mission impossible shige style ,jorgen Lund karlsen yds-150 versus real saxophone. It’s not a Yamaha Cfx Grand piano but then neither is a Yamaha `Montage/Modx.

weird question: does it have an octave key?

Could you explain the octave key

I own a good old WX5 (alto and soprano player as well) and always wondered why Yama dropped the line of wind controllers until they released this one two years ago. IMHO, the worst mistake one can do is use this as a replacement for an acoustic saxophone. Bad idea. The saxophone sounds are not big deal and the inner speaker si totally useless. this instrument is a MIDI controller that one connects to a synth. Like those with piano keys, this one has saxophone-like keys. I never heard Michael Brecker playing its EWI to simulate its own tenor saxophone.

Sounds great , but not as great as the actual sax's sound.

I passed it by because it doesn't have a bite sensor. For a few bucks worth of components it's a bizarre omission unless Roland has a patent.

That tenor sax sounded strange. The last example sounded like an organ.

This might actually be cool as an (exclusively) bari player to take with me when I straight up can’t take my 20-pound, fragile instrument with me to a gig. I mean, the bari sounds aren’t too terrible. When I have an extra $800 lying around, of course. 😏

DeMarius even someone as good as you can't make that sound any good. Those onboard sounds are dreadful and sound cheap to me.

"All the condensation... " = spit

Not for me...akai is better one for me.

It is useless as a MIDI controller. It sends all note attacks out at a MIDI velocity of 127. I contacted Yamaha several times and asked them to fix it with a software update but they have no interest in fixing this fatal flaw. It does feel great in my hands and it would have been a home run if I could use my wonderful SWAM VST collection with it. What a shame. 👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿

Those are some noisy keys

yeah, it sucks bigtime:)

It cannot be compared to the original instrument, this is a toy

I didn't think this abomination was MIDI. I just think "saxaboom."

Brzmienie, tragedia, pełna porażka

You play better than it sounds. Sax vs Digital Sax. Biden vs Trump just my opinion..not yours

so its trash.

sound horrid

Trash! It should be marketed for beginners

What a cheap sound. Toy-like, bland, boring.