Product Description
Silence Without Sacrifice
By day, it’s a world-renowned acoustic piano. By night, the neighbors won’t hear a thing. SILENT Piano™ puts the sound and presence of the world’s finest concert grands in your headphones. Simply switch your Yamaha acoustic piano into SILENT mode and our digital technology reproduces the acoustic tones, nuanced colors and resonance so faithfully, you’ll almost forget you’re wearing headphones.
Born to be silent
Each Yamaha SILENT Piano is conceived, designed and built from the ground up, fashioned by Yamaha master craftsmen in the same factory using the same time-honored, traditional methods as our acoustic pianos.
Pure, natural sound
Three proprietary technologies work together to emulate the natural feeling and sound of an acoustic piano in your headphones. Virtual Resonance Modeling (VRM) recreates the resonance of the strings, soundboard and case. Our advanced binaural sampling method simulates the sound you hear when sitting at the piano. Smooth Release Technology models the subtle interactions of the piano strings with the damper.
Every nuance, every note
Our advanced non-contact Articulation Sensor System continuously measures the movement, timing, depth and force of every key attack and release to faithfully capture and reproduce the subtle nuances of your performance.
Multiple piano voice options
The world-renowned Yamaha CFX and Bösendorfer Imperial concert grands are two of many digital voices available in your headphones including electric pianos, harpsichords, organs, strings, choir and synth pad.
Connects with your smart devices
Choose voices, record your performances, display a score and more. The Yamaha Smart Pianist App works intuitively with your smartphone or tablet.
Plays well with others
It’s easy to connect SILENT Piano with your audio and MIDI devices for recording, live sound or broadcast and it works seamlessly with computers, mixing boards and Bluetooth®-enabled devices.
Specs
- Fully integrated SILENT Piano system
- Non-contact Articulation Sensor + Optical Sensor System
- Key sensor type: Continuous detection electromagnetic inductive
- Hammer sensor type: Optical shutter
- Damper pedal sensor type: Continuous detection optical sensor
- Shift/soft sensor type: On/Off detection optical sensor
- Sostenuto sensor type: On/Off detection optical sensor (for models with sostenuto)
- Motorized muting system with Quick Escape mechanism (grands only)
- 25 playable digital voices
- Binaural CFX and Imperial Concert Grand voices for headphones
- 480 ensemble voices with 12 Drum Kits
- 20 rhythm patterns
- 256-note polyphony
- Recording formats: Standard MIDI, Audio WAV
- Supported file formats: Standard MIDI, WAV
- Compatible storage media: USB Flash Memory (up to 64GB)
- MIDI connectivity: USB TO HOST, Bluetooth
- Audio connectivity: USB TO HOST, Bluetooth, Stereo audio IN x1 (mini stereo), balanced 1/4 in stereo OUT
- Headphone connectivity: 1/8” mini stereo x 2
- Data connectivity: USB TO DEVICE x 1, UD-WL01 (WiFi)
- Smart Pianist app compatibility
- Available models: U1, U3, YUS1, YUS3, YUS5, GC1, GC2, C1X, C2X, C3X, C5X, C6X, C7X, S3X, S5X, S6X, S7X
