Yamaha Reface

If someone at Yamaha is reading this, could you please release a firmware update for the Yamaha Reface CP so that the toy piano setting plays the hidden grand piano sound instead? To get the hidden piano sound: 1. Turn Reface CP off. 2. Turn piano sound knob so it rests in between any two settings. 3. Turn Reface CP on. The Reface CP is one of my favorite small keys piano instruments, and I got one specifically for the hidden piano sound, but it’s annoying to have to go through the above steps and I’m not experienced enough to mod the circuitry.

>Who plays an FM synth on a campfire? Reface DX owners, mostly, because that's the only modern FM synth with speakers. I usually use the ePiano patch, which I modify to sound louder; it blends perfectly with the guitar. >And I don't think it's for jamming with friends with acoustic guitars either Then you think incorrectly. It's a very versatile instrument, which is for anything that people use it for . Pigeonholing it as either a home studio or stage instrument is precisely what makes Reface DX such an underrated instrument.

I have KORG (nanoKONTROL Studio and nanoKEY) and love them. I get that the keys are weird, but I also have an Akai MPK mini and tried a few other keyboards (ROLI Bluetooth ones, etc.) and nothing quite came close. Something you might want to look into is getting a Yamaha Reface (I recommend the DX or the CS, which are the ones I have) and use them as a keyboard. The keys are excellent, and velocity sensitive on all models -- and you get a very nice standalone synth to play around with.

I really like the keybed on the yamaha reface series. It has smaller keys, but they are proportioned very well and the feel is good. The reface series do have sound engines built in, but they can be used as midi controllers as well. Plus they have speakers built-in (along with MIDI, headphone, line in, line out) and can run on batteries, so it's a great portable option. I have the reface CS, and I like it because it's two in one, midi controller and synth.

Seconded on the Yamaha Reface series [0], they are widely regarded as having the best mini keys on the market. One note on the velocity sensitivity, though - while they all have the same keys and send velocity data when used as a MIDI controller, the built-in sound engines on the YC and CS models don't actually use the velocity. Just something to keep in mind. Anyway, they're quite portable, solid and well-made. It feels like a real piece of kit and not a cheap plastic toy synth. They're really ideal for a great-sounded keyboard that you can just sit down and play without needing anything else. Unfortunately, they've been unavailable for months now on the retail market but you can find used ones on Reverb [1] for a modest markup over retail price (USD $400) A budget options is the Yamaha PSS-A50 [2][3], which has the exact same keyboard as the Reface series, but it's definitely more of a plastic toy and the sounds are just okay. But you can still use it as a MIDI controller if that's all you're after and it's only USD $100 at MSRP. 0: https://usa.yamaha.com/products/music_production/synthesizer... 1: https://reverb.com/marketplace?query=Yamaha%20Reface&make=ya... 2: https://usa.yamaha.com/news_events/2020/yamaha_pss-a50.html 3: https://reverb.com/p/yamaha-pss-a50-37-key-mini-keyboard

Learning to play an instrument is fun and can be just as addicting. I'd recommend a small form keyboard that can be kept nearby at all times. I adore my Yamaha Reface CP, if you manage to find one. The best part - grinding through chords, arpeggios, scales and challenging song sections to get them into muscle memory can be done while watching unrelated videos.

>But the OP-1 is literally the only piece of music gear you can bring on an airplane and write a whole song. Show me another way to write a song in an airplane, and you can have my money. Assuming you mean without using a phone, computer, or a tablet : Yamaha Reface DX ($400) + Korg SOS Recorder ($100) + TE PO-12 Rhythm ($60), and you not only have a portable studio, but a performer's rig. I'm powering mine from a powerbank via a USB-to-12V adapter, it lasts forever on a charge. I can busk with Reface DX alone (it's built-in speakers are loud enough for a quiet street). Throw in a mini-amp, and it's a band. And it comes with an optional keytar strap too, so I cann sling it around my shoulder. And it's the best FM synthesizer ever made. Worth it for the E-Piano patch and Final Countdown-like leads alone, but the real magic comes in realtime manipulation of sound (something you couldn't do with the clunky controls of DX-7). Yeah, I don't know if it fits your "all-in-one" defitinion, but surely OP-1 doesn't fit mine : it's missing a proper keyboard (my main rig is Yamaha MX-88, and I still say that Reface DX's keyboard is great ). And with some creative application of electrical tape, the drum machine / field recorder just become upgrades for the Reface DX, giving yout the ultimate unit.

Yamaha Reface CP: I can't believe how pleasurable this whole package is to play. Synth snobs look down, there are more versatile alternatives, and it as it looks like a toy, but the keys are amazing, the sound is amazing, and it runs off batteries through built in speakers. No setup required. It's one of the first bits of music tech I got that actually helps write music. Looking at a Little Martin next as if the gear snobs were wrong about 88 key hammer action, maybe they are wrong about solid top jumbo acoustic guitars. M1 MacBook Air: The hype is real. I've only managed to get this thing hot to the touch once, battery life for days, and living off grid, my 12V battery never runs dry. My work Intel MacBook, the most expensive one they do on the other hand, crashes constantly, drains over 90W of juice, and does so even more when connected to an external display. Dr Bronner's Magic Soap: Dissolve the liquid in a foaming hand dispenser, or use the bar soap and it lasts for months!

Nah, I’d recommend the Yamaha DX Reface for something that’s a direct DX linage but compact (or you can use a MIDI controller if you want more than 37 keys).

>> the OP-1 is literally the only piece of music gear you can bring on an airplane and write a whole song. Apart from... * Laptop with your favourite DAW * iPad with GarageBand or Android Tablet with Caustic * I would put Novation Circuit in similar category though depends on your definition of whole song * Synthstorm Deluge * Digitakt Elektron? * Some of the Roland grooveboxes and systems * Some of the Akai APC/MPC or Native Instruments Machine? Not fully familiar with either but I thought e.g. Akai Live lets you do a full production * Bunch of other stuff I'm sure I'm forgetting I feel we are actually in a bonanza and cornucopia of portable music creation devices! And that's a good thing :). Heck even the Yamaha Reface is super portable, battery powered, real keyboard, lots of sounds, and you can hook it up to phone or a simple recorder/looper to make good stuff on the go. OP1 might be the smallest by some metrics, that may or may not be seen as a good thing.