The digital saxophone that will be changing the game in life-like acoustic feel is arriving soon. Geared for players who want to reconnect with making music and try something new, the YDS-150 Digital Saxophone makes creating music surprisingly easy. 

Created by fusing acoustic and digital technologies, the Integrated Bell Acoustic System delivers an incredibly authentic sound that feels and responds with the resonance of playing an actual acoustic instrument. It offers a range of robust features, allowing players to:

• Practice and perform anytime, anywhere in a range of volumes with Bluetooth, a headphone jack, MIDI functionality, battery-powered operation and more
• Choose and play from 73 sounds and create up to 20 customizable preset sounds
• Personalize settings, sound adjustments, fingering, and other controls with a dedicated smartphone app

BREATH SENSOR

The YDS-150 has a breath sensor that detects the intensity of your breath, letting you minutely control not only the volume of the sound but also the tone.

FULL SCALE SAMPLING OF PROFESSIONAL PLAYERS

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.

AUTHENTIC SAXOPHONE TONE IN 4 TYPES, 56 PRESETS—COVERING ALL MUSICAL GENRES

The YDS-150 lets you instantly change the tonality, range, and timbre of each of the saxophone types—soprano, 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 others—letting you perform authentically in virtually any music genre.

EXTERNAL CONNECTION TERMINALS

Equipped with an Aux in terminal for connecting with other devices, such as smartphones and audio players. You can jam along with music on an external source* or play along with other musicians.
*Only available when using headphones or outputting from the headphones terminal.

DEDICATED CASE

Comes with a soft case that lets you easily carry the instrument over your shoulder.