Yamaha reface CS
CurrentReleased 2015
A 37-key analogue-modelling synth you can carry under one arm and run on batteries. Every parameter is a slider, there is no menu, and it is the reface that behaves most like an instrument rather than a preset player.
Specifications
General
- Manufacturer
- Yamaha
- Status
- Current
- Released
- 2015
Sound engine
- Engine
- Analogue modelling
- Voices
- 8
- Polyphony
- 8 notes
- Oscillators
- Five oscillator types on Yamaha's AN analogue physical modelling engine
- Multi-timbral parts
- 1
- Effects
- Distortion, Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Delay
Keyboard
- Keys
- 37
- Key size
- Mini
- Key action
- Synth-action
- Aftertouch
- None
- Keybed
- HQ mini
Format
- Format
- Keyboard
- Motorised knobs
- No
- Features
- Built-in speakers (2 W x 2), Runs on six AA batteries (about 5 hours), MIDI breakout cable, Sliders for every parameter, Phrase looper, Analogue-style slider panel
Connections
- MIDI ports
- DIN in, DIN out, USB
- CV / Gate
- No
Size & weight
- Colours
- Black
- Dimensions (W × D × H)
- 530 × 175 × 60 mm
- Weight
- 1.9 kg
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