Yamaha SILENT Brass system for Flugelhorn SB6X-2
Yamaha SILENT Brass system for Flugelhorn SB6X-2
What is Silent Brass™?
| Yamaha’s next generation SILENT Brass delivers greater playing enjoyment, anytime, anywhere. The new SILENT Brass consists of a smaller, lighter, freer blowing Pickup Mute, and the Personal Studio, which features Yamaha’s exclusive Brass Resonance Modeling. Used together, the two deliver the natural acoustic tone you hear when playing without a mute, making it feel as though you are playing mute free. |
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Lightweight and Compact - Pickup Mute™Significantly smaller and lighter than previous versions, the mute offers superior muting performance, delivers excellent intonation in all ranges, and natural playability. |
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Easy to attach and removeNew mutes are designed to attach and remove smoothly and easily. |
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Fits neatly inside the bellA new compact design now lets you put your instrument in its case with the mute in the bell.
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So light you’ll forget it’s in your horn.Significantly lighter than previous models, these new mutes offer better instrument balance when in the bell and greatly reduce stress when playing. |
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Specially designed mini microphoneMicrophone performance, it’s mounting position, and the surrounding mute design were all optimized to bring out the full potential of Brass Resonance Modeling |
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Powered by Brass Resonance Modeling™Yamaha’s original digital technology produces a truer tone without a mute by adding the characteristics of the acoustic environment through which the sound travels from the horn to the player’s ears. |
| Sound without Brass Resonance Modeling | Sound with Brass Resonance Modeling |
| The SILENT Brass features Yamaha’s unique technology, “Brass Resonance Modeling” which uses the modeling of non-muted brass instruments to correct your instrument’s tone when the Pickup Mute is in place. With a combination of a Personal Studio STX and a Pickup Mute, the resulting sound is so realistic, it’s hard to tell whether the instrument is muted, or not. | |
| Brass Resonance Modeling utilizes three simultaneous processes to produce the realistic tone of the brass instrument |
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Eliminate the “Mute” SoundDigital processing applied to the sound received by the mute’s microphone effectively cancels the sonic characteristics of the mute. |
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Add AmbienceAnother digital process brings back the natural sound of the un-muted instrument, and adds the characteristics of the acoustic environment through which the sound travels before returning to the player’s ears, making it sound as if you are playing without a mute at all. |
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Adjust Left/Right BalanceDigitally simulating how the sound returns to your ears—adjusting for the slight differences in volume, timbre, and delay between your left and right ears—and adding reverb constructs a virtual sound scape that makes it sound like you are playing in a large room or concert hall. |
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Suggestion - More Enjoyment With The New SILENT Brass™Connect the Personal Studio with an audio player or a smartphone to enjoy playing along with your favorite music. |
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Connect the output from an audio player, smartphone, etc. to the AUX IN jack on the Personal Studio and enjoy playing along with your favorite recordings or “minus one” practice aids. The PHONES jack can also be used as an output jack for recording what you play.
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