NAMM 2021 - Yamaha YC 73 and YC 88 Stage Keyboards

[@itsmaistro]

I would've loved for the 7c 73 to have waterfall semi-weighted keys and key the same mod wheel and pitch bend positioning that the yc61 has

[@mikebedrosian9588]

Need a YC73 waterfall keys to compete with Hammond SK Pro and Nord Stage 3 Compact!

[@stevec.1802]

A game changer for sure. I like the fact that the YC88 has the triple strike feature. Would have been nice to that feature in the YC73, but everything is a trade off with every keyboard. We just learn to adapt and carry on. Love your knowledge and presentations. Definitely a serious consideration.

[@beppemusic82]

Fantastic instruments, but I was really waiting for a waterfall 73 keys, in order to be able to play hammond parts without limitations and have enough extension to play some beautiful piano pieces decently. So sad.

[@carlosperezbucio6628]

Exactly. YC was supposed to be organ focused with waterfall action. I'm so disappointed.

[@monsterjazzlicks]

Is the action/keybed/weighting on the YC73 the same as that on t the CP73, please?

[@luca4352]

Waiting for the CS, Yamaha!

[@unclemick-synths]

I'll believe it when I see it. I think Yamaha were just teasing Behringer but I could be wrong. At least if the Reface CS is anything to go by, Yamaha are better at getting their modeling to sound "analogue" than Roland. The Boutique JP-08 has that sheen caused by too much low-res math whereas apart from a couple of controls that have slight zippering, the Reface CS is very convincing.

[@gautrstafr]

@@unclemick-synths Precisely! We just need a 61 key full size CS with the same engine but more controls and improved.

[@skyreadersociety6183]

for heavens sake - bring back a synth based on the CS60/70/80 - I dont care if its digital if you do not have the guts to do it analogue.

[@luca4352]

@@gautrstafr The Reface CS was my first hardware synth and I love, it can get pretty complex for it's little Controlls, but not quite Complex as the Deepmind by behringer for example. A Hybrid of these 2 guys would be the perfect synth for me..

[@Fallingoverbackwards]

@@skyreadersociety6183 yes 👍 i dont understand why yamaha (or anyone) has not done an analog modeled version of CS-50/60/80. Something like the me-80 plugin but hardware keyboard. Yamaha could do this with their eyes closed

[@EarmonkeyMusic]

Wow this is great. I've loved getting to know the YC61 and now having different keybeds as options is fantastic. One request if Yamaha are reading...put one of those lovely Bosendorfer soundsets in an update 😉

[@shookstylez]

Please Yamaha, just do a CS version with the focus on Synthesizers, and I can DIE HAPPY.

[@hassanyael1512]

Not sure if anyone gives a shit but if you guys are bored like me atm then you can watch all the new series on InstaFlixxer. Been watching with my girlfriend recently =)

[@felixtrent6689]

@Hassan Yael Yea, I've been watching on instaflixxer for years myself =)

[@noahkyle1922]

@Hassan Yael definitely, I've been watching on InstaFlixxer for years myself :)

[@waterblip]

Is there an option to import and play your own samples on the keyboard and add modulations on them ?

[@epluribusfunk514]

I just ordered the YC-73 because of your video. I didn’t want a weighted keypad or I would have bought the 88. I was on the fence with the Yamaha or a Nord. This video made it easy to decide.

[@DaraM73]

The keybed and geometry of the key is fantastic, on both models

[@tonylancer7367]

11:03 Someone explain to me what 2TB of storage on the YC would mean?

[@gautrstafr]

Seems like it doesn't belong to this video, maybe an announcement planned for another video?

[@sonicstate]

OOPS SORRY ABOUT THAT! Must have been a stray title - not linked to this product in any way. apologies.

[@lucianonotarfrancesco4443]

I’d like an organ with 4 octaves in full size keys, like the Vox Continental. I love my Reface YC, I just wish there was something just as simple but with a full size 4 octaves high quality waterfall keybed, it would instantly become my favorite instrument. Simpler and more portable than the YC, not many controls, just a couple of effects and the drawbars, but with a really high quality keybed.

[@pcuimac]

I bought a used VR-730 for 900€. Does the trick for me. Perfect keybed and direct controls.

[@unclemick-synths]

I love my Refaces.

[@EarmonkeyMusic]

The YC61 is extremely light considering the excellent build quality, and that waterfall keybed is lovely.

[@uhoh007]

Beautiful thing, expensive.....where is the sequencer? Aftertouch? It's 2021 these are basic features. Multi-timbral? How many parts?

[@unclemick-synths]

My piano lessons must be paying off! I wouldn't have been at all interested in these a couple of years ago but the 88 is appealing. However, if I ever start getting interested in keyboard workstations, there will need to be an intervention! 😀

[@JP-yv2nq]

Hello , my question do the YC73 and YC88 offer aftertouch? I think the YC61 does not right ?

[@kurtrussell9386]

Any Yamaha P-55 release?

[@B3-R]

what about drum loops?

[@jumpingman8160]

I'd love Yamaha brought back the SK30 with a bit of revamping.

[@GeorgeZwierzchowskipianomusic]

Your loop thng sounded like a kodhaly piece for child ensemble. nice.

[@KordTaylor]

Bellingham, WA?

[@carlosperezbucio6628]

Waterfall keys were perfect. Weighted keys kill organ action, there was no need to do that, Yamaha. Otherwise, take away the YC out of the name and put CP instead.

[@xtra8dj]

Ahhh this is how organ should sound

[@winddealer1]

Is the Rotary effect capability similar or the same for Montage / MODX?

[@TN4theWIN]

Similar but closer to the RA-360 shown here... kzbin.info/www/bejne/j5XHqJ6Df6xkgNE

[@winddealer1]

@@TN4theWIN Good one, phished again! That was great.

[@DoctorRevers]

Yamaha is a great company.

[@pcuimac]

Too late! I now have a Roland VR-730. I hope the keybed is better than the shitty MODX7 .. thing. That being said, I would really love to have this YC. It's exactly what I wanted a few years ago, but couldn't find anything like it in 2010 .. other than NORD.

[@gautrstafr]

The YC 88 has the same keybed as the CP88, in my opinion it beats everything except the big and expensive Kawai keybeds

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

NAMMA YAMA HA HA YC 73 FOR ME

[@jakobymaster]

Everything seems perfect- black chassis, great layout and features, deep fx section, probably cheaper than the red counterpart.. but i just can't get past the tinny and 20 years old sounding (basically the same what my motifES rack sounded like) quality of the piano (electric ones aswell) sounds, it really is the huuge minus that makes me look past this unit.. Lets be honest- with the sofware alternatives like keyscape even the Nord is getting a bit behind the game, so i just dont get why the guys at big companies like yamaha, don't concentrate on the new technologies for getting better and more realistic simulations.. (the video says up to 2TB of internal storage at 11:00 ??)

[@pcuimac]

Because the people on top are merchants and don't care for products, but profit margins. Instead they come up with an internet price cartel with Korg and Roland.

[@jakobymaster]

@@pcuimac but the "cartel" wouldn't benefit massively if they made something innovative and good sounding?

[@gautrstafr]

Well, at least with this one you'd get a superb keybed that rivals Kawai's best, but lighter and smaller.

[@Fallingoverbackwards]

@@gautrstafr ^^ THIS ^^

[@samscott54]

Philip Seymour Hoffman co hosts ...... lol

[@becar67]

Overpriced

[@peterthao1552]

No match with the Fantoom..

[@astapiu7883]

Nord

[@franky056]

Ma sei capace di suonare..??? Invece di continuare a parlare inutilmente 😡😡

[@robertmichalscheck3072]

Nope ,thumbs down,way too much talk,and the little the was played sounding crappy,terrible demo for a new release,don’t understand why these big company’s can’t get decent people to do a demo?

[@dadduorp]

There are PLENTY of KZbin videos out there of people simply playing these. For those of us who’ve purchased one, these “under-the-hood” videos are invaluable and EXACTLY what we’re looking for.

[@inflatingclouds1685]

piano still sounds somehow sterile and weak, would say it might be because of not so much dynamic levels sampled, but for a hardware it is decent sound, i would say the same sound is on yamaha's P-515. rhodes are way better after os update, nice acoustic bass samples, can't say much about organs as don't have much listening experience of real ones. the keyboard on yc-61 model feels springy, but sturdy, i don't like the response, but this is subjective.