Yamaha YC - Built-in Audio Interface! - MIDI and Audio Tutorial

The Yamaha YC series has an audio interface built in that expands the usability of this stage piano and makes it a powerful tool! In this video I walk step by step through connecting the Yamaha YC to your computer, setting up the driver, and recording MIDI, audio, as well as controlling a virtual instrument with the MIDI and playing the sound back through the Yamaha YC. This feature allows you to take something like Mainstage and use it with the Yamaha YC making live use even better for the Yamaha YC series!
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[@duncanhazlewood8045]

Thanks, man!! Loving getting to know my new YC61... Thanks for all your tutorials. Keep them coming.

[@DojoOfCool]

Yamaha did a great job with the YC and its USB handling both MIDI and audio.

[@tuttrupmusic]

Thx for the video. For live performances, I’ll be using my MacBook Pro loaded with virtual instruments with my YC88. Connecting the two with one cable is crazy efficient! Hats off to Yamaha.

[@jimfromzerosurge4846]

Wish you were around in the early 1990s to explain MIDI to me. Took me so many hours to figure that out with the cables, software, etc. Was leery to try but now feel empowered to give it a go. I even found a spare USB cable in my office that was the correct style! Must be a sign to get going.

[@dougb256]

I am extremely happy that I can record MIDI along with audio. Let's just say that I "fat finger" more than I like, and this allows me to go into my DAW and fix the errors. Sweet! Thanks for this video, much appreciated.

[@panteliskaramatsoukis3951]

This feature allows you to take something like Mainstage and use it with the Yamaha YC making live use even better for the Yamaha YC series! Very detailed description really as I wanted to ask the yamaha cp 88 or any piano with USB interface can do this? Yamaha cp88?

[@sghsghdk]

Have you noticed that there are some serious problems with the volume levels on the YC. Fx. to playback at the same volume as the recording you will have to set the USB-audio level to 127 - but doing so makes other thins you have recorded from other sources way too loud.

[@ianfuks]

lol, the yamaha PSR E373 has the same midi/audio usb feature

[@pietropavan777]

all very nice, but where to connect the microphone if you are streaming ?

[@rogerssmith5681]

This capability is great. I have run into an issue. When controlling a plugin like the mainstage, the transpose (button) from the YC doesn't send that info to the plugin (mainstage) it only changes the YC notes but not the plugin. Do you know why this is happening?

[@AG-cg7lk]

I think the midi 1 and 2 on the YC are the USB midi and trhe DIN midi ports. YC1 is USB midi, YC2 is DIN midi.

[@daziuz]

Can you use the organ drawbars as volume sliders?

[@trsfworld460]

Do you know if i can use the ck series the same way?

[@panteliskaramatsoukis3951]

Kurzweil K2700? can do this?

[@MrRickzjamm]

In your opinion which board is a better "all in one" for gigging, YC or NS4? I have the YC88 & love the keybed action but the "other" sounds aren't as strong as the APs, EPs & organ than say... the NS4? Thanks

[@davelenz718]

Hi all just purchased a YC88. Very Festive!. I wonder if I can trigger the amazing H1 organ voice via an external keyboard and have the YC itself play a piano voice....I can't afford two. Any help would be much appreciated. With Thanks Dave in Keremeos

[@wobblyman2000]

Question regarding the audio interface, on cp88 is it possible to record the audio input with the CP 88 audio interface currently I have dx7 audio Running through the CP 88 input is it possible to record the dx7 With the CP 88 is there a setting somewhere I’ve missed?

[@jameswuest3446]

Midi 2 can control another sound module connected to the yc midi out

[@DSoundman]

Nice…thanks!

[@JCox964]

The CP series has the same feature as well.

[@jakejacobs126]

True. However the CP goes a step further by allowing the audio input of the CP to be looped into the usb audio path. My hope is that Yamaha allows this feature in the YC via firmware update.

[@artie218]

yeah, wish the ipad could run mainstage :)

[@haywoodjazzpiano3108]

AUM for iPad - does the same job.

[@falvarador]

Esto es algo que los Nord no tienen y sería muy útil que lo incorporarán, tomando en cuenta los caros que son. Saludos