Silent Pianos
Silent systems are brilliant for pianists who want to Practice a lot. By having a silent system fitted to your piano, you will be able to play whenever you feel like it! Once your silent system is turned on and your headphones are plugged in, a mute rail will stop the hammers just before they hit the strings and sensors beneath the keys will convert each key movement into data that will travel to your headphones.
At Broughton Pianos we stock a range of silent systems from a variety of brands, some of which do even more than just silence your piano! Each system has been built using the best sampling technologies to make the sound coming through your headphones as realistic as possible.
Yamaha Silent Systems
Features
•Play with the sound of Yamaha’s CFX concert grand, the Bosendorfer grand piano and many other sounds.
•Play along to 20 different automatic bass and percussion accompaniments.
•Make up to 10 recordings and playback your performances.
•Record audio (WAV) files and use the built in USB audio recorder.
•Connect to the Smart Pianist app via bluetooth where you can adjust volume and tone and also play built-in songs.
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Advanced systems:
•Non-contact hammer sensors and pedal sensors.
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Yamaha's silent systems use special sampling methods to help produce the best sounds through your headphones. Binaural Sampling has been used to record from where you would normally be sitting at the piano. Virtual resonance modelling reproduces the reverberation of sound within the body of a grand piano. Grand expression modelling helps reproduce the variety of tonal responses from strings and hammers depending on how release the keys.
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Kawai Silent Systems
Features
•Use preset effects and make adjustments using the virtual technician.
•Plug in up to two sets of headphones and still enjoy playing a traditional upright or grand piano.
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Advanced systems:
•Connect to external devices via USB connection and use the piano as MIDI keyboard.
•Connect to external speakers and other instruments.
•Control functions through the PianoRemote app.
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Kawai silent systems use harmonic imaging technology to capture the individual character and tone of each one of the 88 keys to produce the best sound samples. The more advanced systems are created using Multi-channel sampling to capture sound from different angles of the piano. Integrated hammer sensors also help to more accurately capture and reproduce playing whilst wearing headphones.
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C.Bechstein Vario Silent System
Features
•Plug in up to two sets of headphones
•Play using 19 different sounds including the main sound of the C.Bechstein Concert D282 Grand.
•Record and play back your own performances.
•Connect via bluetooth MDI or USB-C to music editing software, (Sibelius, Logic, Cubase etc) and use the piano as a MIDI controller
•Share and transfer MIDI and audio recordings.
•Save sounds and make adjustments such as reverb, key sensitivity through the Vario App.
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The Vario Duet Silent System is one system that can be fitted to any Grand or Upright C. Bechstein and W.Hoffman piano. Sensor strips installed beneath the keys and pedal sensors record and reproduce realistic playing. You can control the system through the control unit or via the Free Vario App.
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Ad Silent
Features
•Produce recordings with Bluetooth MIDI accessible via the Ad-Silent App (10 memory banks available)
•Save sounds and sound combinations
•Plug in up to two sets of headphones
•Record in audio format by connecting the system via a cable to your computer or stereo system.
•Connect via USB MIDI and use music editing software.
•Adjust tuning, reverb, tone, individual key volume, the metronome and transposition via the Ad-silent app.
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This silent system can be fitted to any upright or grand piano and comes with 127 different sounds as well as high precision key and pedal sensors to reproduce realistic performances.
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