TransAcoustic Pianos
A TransAcosutic piano can be played as a normal acoustic piano, in silent mode with headphones and also in TransAcoustic mode which mixes digital sounds with the resonances of the soundboard and allows you to control the volume. By placing devices called transducers onto the soundboard, the vibration of the soundboard provides natural piano reverberation.
Yamaha TransAcoustic systems are available with upright pianos from the U and YUS series as well as grand pianos from the CX and GC series. The Kawai AURES2 TrasnsAcoustic system is available with the GX-2 and GL-30 Grand pianos as well as the K-500 and K-300 hybrid upright pianos.
Yamaha TA3
Features
•Acoustic and digitally produced sounds will both resonate with the piano's soundboard.
•Non-contact key and hammer sensors
•25 different sounds and 20 rhythm accompaniments
•Record performances in WAV format or to USB flash memory.
•Playback recordings simultaneously with pre-set songs all amplified by the soundboard.
•Connect to the Smart Pianists app via bluetooth and stream songs amplified by the soundboard.
•Create piano scores and chord charts via the Smart Pianists app.
Sampling Methods
•Grand Expression Modelling captures the tonal variation from the inner part of the piano depending on how you hit the strings.
•88-key sampling
•Binaural Sampling has been used to capture the sound from the position you sit at the piano.
•Virtual Resonance modelling reproduces the reverberation of sound within the body of a grand piano.
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Kawai AURES2
Features
•High performance transducers built onto the soundboard amplify the digital sounds.
•Kawai millennium III grand piano keyboard action.
•Variety of spacial headphone settings available.
•Bluetooth MIDI, USB and MIDI outputs/inputs for connecting to external devices and other instruments.
•Connect to the PianoRemote App and make adjustments to a variety of sound samples.
•Record and playback your performances together with music from the built-in piano music library, all amplified by the soundboard. Do the same with tracks accessible via the PianoRemote App-potentially play along to a whole ensemble!
Sampling Methods
•EX Concert Grand samples made using multi-channel sampling to give an authentic sound.
•Many increments of key velocity, string and damper resonance recorded to allow you to play the piano to its full dynamic potential.
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