The speakers will still be engaged if you connect cables to the L/Mono and R Outputs. If you want to disable the speakers, do this: The CS is a modern, portable take on the old CS-80, and this was probably our favorite of the bunch. We dug the vintage vibe, and the physical faders that allows for ultimate tweakability. Like all the Reface units, it’s got two built in speakers that aren’t half bad for practicing, and it can even run on batteries. The CS in particular has a few handy on-board fx, which we enjoyed quite a bit. But most of all, we envision the CS being used for cool pads, phunky bass lines and by manipulating the various oscillator types, you can really hone in on textures and spacy lead tones that can make this particular unit an indispensable tool in any producer’s arsenal.

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And the controls are great although the echoe’s tempo goes in (little) steps witch is not like the analogs. John, Preshan (1 November 2015). "Review: Yamaha Reface Mini-Keyboards". audiotechnology.com . Retrieved 26 February 2023.

Sounds.Each of the Reface YC’s five organs can be tailored via the nine drawbars, which follow a Hammond-style footage scheme. Note that Vox Continentals didn’t provide as many drawbars as Hammonds, and many popular Farfisas didn’t have drawbars at all, just stop tabs. This means the YC can create harmonic profiles that the originals couldn’t, albeit at the cost of strict authenticity. In any real musical use, the difference is negligible. Similarly, the percussion stops affect all of the transistor models in the same way.

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Tearing myself reluctantly away from organising, I turned to the other end of the beauty scale. The aubergine-coloured DX has an authentic air of inscrutability compared to the rest. It’s the only one to have a display and patch memories — evidence that Yamaha haven’t yet found a way to make FM fast enough or accessible enough to manage without. Conclusions. I was blown away by the attention to detail in both the Reface CP’s instruments and effects. So much so, that the tiny keys were really the only thing that became irksome over the course of my testing. Considered as a portable MIDI sound module, it’s genuinely impressive. Played from a more substantial controller, it’s even breathtaking. The shiny red case of the Reface YC is a nod to Yamaha’s vintage A3 and YC-20 organs. It covers five classic organs: Hammond B-3, Vox, Farfisa, Ace Tone, and of course Yamaha’s YC series. In addition, there’s a built-in Leslie simulation, distortion, and reverb. No organ would be complete without a rotary speaker effect, which is here controlled by a small lever (or the modulation wheel via MIDI). The speed can be flipped from fast to slow, with realistic transitions built in and even a ‘stopped’ mode, where the movement is temporarily paused. Personally I’d have liked the ability to fine-tune the Leslie speeds and depth but as rotating speaker effects go, this one is highly credible. In other words Fender Rhodes, Wurly, Clavinet, CP & Toy piano – sounds that are about as iconic as they come. And Yamaha does a good job of nailing the sounds.Based on the FS action found on the flagship Motif XF, HQ (High Quality) Mini Keys provide premium feel and response for fast, accurate and natural playing.

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The MIDI interface cable is included and will allow the Reface CP to serve double duty as a sound module controlled by a On board effects are great. The reverb is deep, you have two types of delay (analog / digital), the chorus and phasers are deep immersive, and the tremolo and wah are very responsive. Of the patches provided, you’ll find FM favourites such as brass, electric pianos and bells along with an echoing acoustic guitar, basses you’ll never lose in a mix, bright leads, snarky leads, weird digital gunk and even several convincingly dreamy pads. In other words, the kind of sounds that made FM a breath of fresh air when it appeared in the 1980s, aided and abetted by more contemporary efforts. While FM sounds considerably less revolutionary today, there’s still scope to explore.Yamaha's Reface mini keyboards put classic sounds in compact instruments". Engadget . Retrieved 26 February 2023.

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The Reface CP is built into the same high-quality plastic housing as the other Reface models and features the same battery/wall-wart power and mini- speakers - these sound very good considering their size and can be turned off (if required). Unlike the smooth plastic on the other Refaces, the CP has a textured plastic finish to reflect the tolex covering and vinyl-look plastics used on electro-mechanical pianos of old! Next up, the build quality - I love it! Very solid build, and as I mentioned previously, the key feel is very smooth. Being a newbie to the piano, I don't have much that I can compare it to, but to me, the keys feel great. They're snappy and solid feeling - not plastic or hollow feeling. Very satisfied with the keys. For such a small unit, it feels relatively heavy and well made. The portability is there (6xAA batteries) but i found out that if you play in full volume the batteries will get drained after 6-7 hours or maybe less. So i think that it's not safe to jam more than one time with the same batteries. With the EG slider fully down (ie. set to ‘AEG’, the amplifier), the envelope starts authentically from its existing level, unlike Yamaha’s older modelled analogue, the AN1x. When in mono mode, the envelope is single-triggered with low-note priority. It’s also blessed with a very long maximum release time: well over 40 seconds. Sharing sounds with Soundmondo makes the Yamaha Reface range all the more enjoyable and couldn't be easier". MusicRadar. 11 December 2017 . Retrieved 26 February 2016.

Multi-Saw mode delivers EDM-friendly chord and lead sounds, with the Mod slider controlling the detuning amount and Texture adding a sub-oscillator. In Pulse mode, Mod controls the pulse width while Texture tunes a second pulse wave in semitone increments. In Oscillator Sync mode, the two sliders control sync tuning and envelope modulation depth, for recreating those vintage swept leads. The Ring Modulation mode, which offers a taste of some of the more aggressive textures of the CS-80, with the two sliders controlling the pitch of each of two oscillators for nasty, clangorous tones. Rounding out the options is a basic FM mode, with the sliders governing FM envelope amount and the tuning of the modulating oscillator. I was really impressed with all of the modes and was able to sculpt both traditional and exotic flavors quite easily, thanks to the twin macros. Services Guitar Workshop Electronic Repairs Workshop Music Store Events & Workshops Piano Showroom Music Lessons Recording Studio Buy with confidence: We're the only UK guitar retailer to offer a 3-year warranty & extended Christmas exchange as standard. Pros: Lightweight, easy to understand and to use (very user friendly), delivers excellent sounds in such a small format. The rhodes sound sweet and warm, the wurlitzer is authentic, as well as the signature CP.