Winter NAMM 2020 | YC61 Stage Keyboard | Jonas Gröning | Live Performance

Keyboardist Jonas Gröning demonstrates the sounds of the new YC61 Stage Keyboard, live from Winter NAMM 2020 in Anaheim, California.
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[@valeriofavini]

Great instrument. Great musician

[@avva3802]

Beautiful improvisation

[@JP-yv2nq]

Please Yamaha make a 76 Key''s version of this and i will buy it !!!...

[@Rialas]

Superb playing.

[@vanessajazp6341]

Organ jam starts at 7:24 EPs, Clavs and acoustic piano all come first.

[@MichelBarbaro]

Wow, the guy knows how to demonstrate it! I've just bought MODX6 and it sounds great! Congrats Yamaha!

[@RICARDOGARCIA-wr9hx]

The modx is a beast I have modx6 I love it I'm getting this baby to go with it caint wait.

[@samuelakeandworship2159]

For me, the piano song is the best. It is even more realistic than that of the piano from which the sample is derived. Because it is devoid of the natural defects of the piano. Bravo to the manufacturer and the keyboardist.

[@pipofenix2557]

*¡¡Exelénte👂 YAMAHA🎹YC61 mis saludos🎵 desde Salta - ARGENTINA🇦🇷*

[@davidmyhill9776]

Smooth demo - nicely done!

[@SIDINHOLEAL]

Eu fecho os olhos, e escuto um NORD. :) Congratulations Yamaha.

[@MichelBarbaro]

E eu acabei de comprar um MODX6! Maravilhoso. Mas se soubesse talvez tinha esperado este..rsrs. Se bem que acredito que vai ser uma bica $$$$$! Abs Sidinho!

[@johnnypiano]

Será que a tecla waterfall vai ser diferente dos nord electros? Acho que as teclas do nord poderiam ser menos barulhentas....

[@SIDINHOLEAL]

@@MichelBarbaro Mas fez uma ótima escolha man, o MODX tá espetáculo.

[@SIDINHOLEAL]

@@johnnypiano Concordo, estas Waterfall d NORD não me agradam, por isso sempre tive o 88. Espero um ótimo resultado neste YC61, vou testar muito pessoalmente, e acho que vai entrar no meu setup. ( no ano de 2036 :) )

[@salvopunzo3569]

Wow fantastic!!!!

[@Jacker1953]

What realistic sounds, great demo and very nice playing. Jonas, would you tell me what you used for the backing music. thanks, Harry

[@orgelfantomen]

I think it was only stock lopps and sounds from logic:)

[@Jacker1953]

@@orgelfantomen thanks

[@orgelfantomen]

loops;)

[@bgt61grotom]

Tack Jonas för en mästerlig uppvisning. En YC61 blir nog ett nytt tillskott till sommaren till min övriga samling av Yamaha keyboards. Mitt senaste tillskott är en CP88.

[@tigielle]

Bravo Jonas

[@1970piano]

Great! Which piano sample did he play from minute 4 to 6?

[@Lalit-D25]

Wow is this expo about Yamaha..? I am so excited to come in expo but...not possible in nmy life..

[@salvopunzo3569]

Great !!!!!

[@jeffreyreid6981]

I wish they could’ve made the CP 88 like that

[@jeffreyreid6981]

Now I got a buy two keyboards if I want to Organ

[@nathanaelvalville9191]

The CP is a piano. This is an organ which happens to have a dope piano sound

[@edunabie]

Ned Flanders got amazing chops!

[@chrisbart4368]

73 notes please !

[@jimhayer6630]

Nice, But I need a 76 version.. Does it Layer??? if so,How many Sounds????

[@adamandlorraine]

Competition, Crumar mojo 61, Nord electro 6d, Roland vr 730, Hammond sk1 All cheaper with similar functions. Is this Yamaha good enough to be priced higher?

[@vanessajazp6341]

I have a Roland VR730. It's got a great B3 tone, but I can tell you straight up it's not any competition for this new Yamaha overall. The Roland has a lot of hidden limitations, not least is the very poor instructions and non-existent support. They just dropped the price by $400 because they know they won't sell any more after NAMM if they're still asking $1500. I plan to sell/trade my VR730 and pick up one of these YC61's as soon as they're available. Nord 6D, currently retailing for $2200. As I understand it, it's limited in its layers. And no one in the business has a better piano sound than Yamaha (IMO). There's a reason their grand pianos are found in symphonies and grand concert halls all over the world. As far as FM synthesis, Yamaha invented it so theirs is authentic as it gets. Hammond Sk1 is dated and doesn't have the wealth of sounds that Yamaha brings to bear. Crumar Mojo is bad-ass but overall still more limited than the Yamaha.

[@matszh]

I think Yamaha have a best seller here, it really is a gigging musician’s dream, kind of makes you consider selling all of your present equipment, to replace with this one. Nord’s only avantage is their fantastic free sample library (which may justify a high price on the hardware) and new sample editor. If Yamaha would put out something similar on Soundmondo, they would kill the competition. They won’t compete with the new Nord Wave 2 though, which is a really interesting synthesizer concept.

[@vanessajazp6341]

@@matszh I have a MODX and the YamahaSynth site does have several libraries of samples and settings you can download. Some are free, some are not. I believe that will be available for the YC61 as well. I haven't really looked at the Nord Wave 2, but isn't that primarily an analog/hybrid synthesizer, like the Korg Wavestation or Juno? If so, that's not really in the same market as the YC61. I don't think Yamaha has anything in that market, which kinda' makes sense when you consider that their contribution to the synthesizer world was FM synthesis (DX7), and that's on all their Montage and MODX keyboards. I'm actually not a big fan of FM synthesis. Great sounds, but not exactly as intuitive as classic synthesizers like Moog.

[@catboyzee]

Its in that Nord price point. I'll admit I'm digging what I'm hearing from the YC61. I'm hoping they'll add 73 and 88 note versions in the not too distant future.

[@adamandlorraine]

@@vanessajazp6341 that is a great reply thanks for the information

[@jamflow77]

Where is the on the fly alteration and manipulation of sounds no display at all would like to know if it can compete with the roland VR9

[@jamflow77]

@@YamahaSynthsOfficial thx for the reply...one more detail im looking for and im sold..is it capable of havin the EPs sound like phaser EP..checked all videos and havent heard a phaser effect on EP

[@simbaking6338]

Sounds amazing!!...but need at least a 73 or 76 keys though.

[@dorinm11111]

Any news about MONTAGE upgrade or replacement??? Nothing new?

[@vanessajazp6341]

Montage JUST had an upgrade at the end of October. Don't get greedy!! LOL

[@briandolson2941]

Where did the backing tracks come from? Does it have/able to play midi/audio from a usb drive or audio ins?

[@briandolson2941]

@@YamahaSynthsOfficial Great. Thanks for the reply. Looking forward to a full review.

[@POPSKOLAN]

Yeah!

[@glentheriault3744]

Does it have pipe organ or B3 sounds??

[@vs-xl5fb]

👍👏

[@instrumentalistjade8367]

Wow its a black nord electro

[@lauriekibblewhite]

I have a CP73 and SK1-73. The YC61 presumably is Yamaha's entrant into the clonewheel market. I was disappointed that the emphasis on this demo was more e-piano/piano oriented. The organ demo showed none of the versatility or sound of the Hammond emulation - 3 bars out, all bars out, gnarly H sound, Leslie simulations ... we know how good Yamaha is in the piano area, it's the organs that have always been their weakness in the pop and rock area, and they need to convince us that they are on the button. I'm looking forward to further demos.

[@DojoOfCool]

I dig it, but wish it was 73 keys.

[@catboyzee]

Agreed. 61 notes is great for gigging in small spaces. But the extra octave a 73 note keyboard makes a huge difference in terms of performance and expressive options. And gigging keyboardists like myself like/need to have a variety of options. This instrument sounds great though, 61 notes and all.

[@vanessajazp6341]

I suspect we’ll see a 73-note version with next year’s NAMM if this board sells enough.

[@JunkSoap]

True. 61 is a very strange choice for stage purposes...

[@vanessajazp6341]

The Nord Electro is a 61-key board. For organ, you really don’t need more than that. Yamaha’s CP stage pianos are 88 and 76 (73?) keys. The YC is aimed at organ players.

[@JunkSoap]

@@vanessajazp6341 sorry but the Nord Electro comes in 73 keys version too... www.thomann.de/fr/search_dir.html?sw=nord+electro+6d&smcs=f92a0c_3869 Even for organ players, on a single manual, 73 keys is a smarter choice. 61 keys is handy for dual manual organ such as Nord C2 or Mojo Crumar. 61 keys is typical synth. ;)

[@jamesmcmahan1236]

At least in America this comes out as a couple hundred cheaper than the Nord Electro. The nice thing is the Synth being driven but actual FM, instead of sampling like the competition!

[@vanessajazp6341]

Yamaha invented FM synthesis way back in the 80's with their famed DX7. They're the authorities on that!

[@jamesmcmahan1236]

Well Korg had a few FM synths of their own back then, but no one ever did FM like Yamaha

[@VadimShinnik]

I make conclusion not only from this video ;) if compare price 2000 $ with latest Nord Electro 6 [61] - is to much! Organ sounds are worthy but not 100% real, especially rotary. Cool design! E. Pianos are very good to my ear. Overall great instrument!!!

[@metalplatedfacejob]

way more connectivity, more fx processing, better sounding organs and E piano, 8 operator fm , better keybed , more customizable as far as under the hood tweaking. this thing is worthy.......just looked up the price on Sweetwater, $1899. Piano sounds is way better then nord, nord sounds plastic and overly brite to me. Circuit modeling too.....I dont know, the Nord is just a sample player.......an overpriced one too.

[@VadimShinnik]

@@metalplatedfacejob Not a fan of Nord but you wrote an inadequate argument. Total misconception! Ok YC61 is very good and you have your opinion, I understand, but probably you have not enough experience. I will not prove. Anyway, time will show us on practice if YC is beat Nord... ;)

[@metalplatedfacejob]

@@VadimShinnik there is nothing in accurate about what I said, for the price and sound quality its better in my opinion. I dont have enough experience??? Dude my experience far out ways yours by a long shot. You should not assume that the person you are replying to is ignorant . You have no idea what projects I have worked on or who I know/what I know. The Yamaha organs sound better, the real FM engine under the hood sounds better then the Nord. The feature set and sound quality are better and thats coming from a person who actually gets paid to critically listen to music and content and correct .....whats that word....... inadequacies ..... good luck on selling your nord.

[@VadimShinnik]

@@metalplatedfacejob Oom-Pah-Pah Oom-Pah-Pah =)

[@metalplatedfacejob]

@@VadimShinnik your a moron...stop commenting on things you don't know about..... :)

[@andreacosta74]

PLEASE YAMAHA, in a “modern” vintage keyboard a serious variety of Mellotron samples should never be missing but here… instead… Where are the tape strings? How can you not understand that whoever plays and buys keyboards for Hammond, Rhodes, Wurlitzer, Vox, Farfisa, CP80, Clavinet, MUST ALSO HAVE A FUCKING GOOD MELLOTRON?

[@andrzejsynthmusic1655]

Who plays the drums ...

[@cuddlesworth]

I didn't know Ryan Reynolds played keys..

[@tagacale1733]

weighted keys? if no, fuck that

[@tomotsun2508]

YC88 would come true after CP88 gets sold out lol

[@skhoover1]

Note to self. Spit out the gum when the camera rolls 🙄

[@shecky308]

Keep your day job.