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Another question - can outside digital samples be applied to the soundboard, or only the internal sounds?

Sam 
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> On May 31, 2014, at 11:58 AM, "Bill Brandom billbrando@... [disklavier]" <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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> Sam, 
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> I have been with Yamaha nearly 35 years. During those years I have seen lots of cool Yamaha stuff. The TransAcoustic pianos are up there at the top of the list. Briefly, these acoustic pianos incorporate Yamaha Silent SH technology. As a result, you have nearly 20 different digital voices to select from that can be heard using headphones or played through the transducers attached to the soundboard. The first voice is a Yamaha CFX concert grand piano sample that sounds incredibly "real." When playing the piano in TransAcoustic mode, you have the option of leaving the piano in "acoustic" mode and adding these voices as layers on top of the acoustic sound or the piano can be put into "Silent" mode and then you only hear the digital voice emitting from the piano. I have heard some people (and even Yamaha) describe that the "soundboard is turned into a speaker." Actually, the result is much bigger than that. The ENTIRE piano is turned into a speaker. This incorporates everything in the acoustic piano that enhances the sound of the piano - the soundboard, the strings, acoustic string resonance and even the case.
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> The result is sound coming from the piano that surrounds you in the same way that sound does when playing an "acoustic-only" piano. Adding a 9' CFX piano sample to the acoustic sound of a Yamaha U1 upright, makes it sound like the piano is 9' long.
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> Now I am starting to sound like a Yamaha commercial, which is not my intent here.
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> Let me put it this way. You need to hear and experience a TransAcoustic piano to understand what I am talking about. It's a little like trying to describe the Grand Canyon to someone that has never seen it. No matter how you describe it, actually experiencing it is much bigger than one would expect.
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> Bill
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> From: Skanter123 skanter123@... [disklavier] <disklavier@yahoogroups.com>
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> Sent: Fri, May 30, 2014 11:44 pm
> Subject: Re: [disklavier] Yamaha U1TA PE Upright Piano Turns the Soundboard Into One Big Loudspeaker, Thanks to ‘TransAcoustic’ Technology - Pianos & Keyboards - News & Events - Yamaha United States
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> Bill, how would you describe the innovative aspects of this technology?
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> Sam 
> www.keyboardcollective.com
> (212) 684-3304
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> On May 31, 2014, at 2:19 AM, "Bill Current Gmail bill.brandom03@... [disklavier]" <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> I did the TransAcoustic Piano demos for Yamaha at this year's NAMM show. I have heard them a lot.
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>> Bill
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>> On May 30, 2014, at 8:41 PM, "Skanter123 skanter123@... [disklavier]" <disklavier@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> Hello all,
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>> Has anyone heard the transacoustic pianos? Sounds interesting. Probably not yet in DKVs, though I assume this technology will make it there soon.
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>> http://usa.yamaha.com/news_events/pianos_keyboard/yamaha_u1ta_pe_upright_piano/
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>> Sam 
>> www.keyboardcollective.com
>> (212) 684-3304
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