Yamaha TransAcoustic SHTA Owner's Manual page 11

Introduction
Features
The TransAcoustic™ Technology Creating a Whole New Sound
• The newly developed TransAcoustic™ technology transmits the digital sound directly to the piano soundboard
and makes the piano itself sound as speakers. The sound you will hear is a genuine sounding from the soundboard.
The vibration of the soundboard is also transmitted to the piano strings and creates the natural resonance of the
strings in the same manner as when you play an acoustic piano. Without striking the strings, the TransAcoustic™
technology produces unmistakable acoustic tone.
• You can control the volume at will while retaining the touch of an acoustic piano. Since the sound comes directly
from the soundboard, you do not need to connect the headphones.
• With the rich sounding of the soundboard and resonance effect, you can enjoy various voices of instruments
more than ever. Among them, the Electric Piano voice offers whole new playing experience. Additionally,
TransAcoustic™ pianos also feature a "Layer Playing function" that allows you to combine the digital sound with
the acoustic sound of the piano to create a new form of musical expression.
Yamaha's Innovative Silencing System
• The hammer shank stopper stops the movement of the hammer just before striking the string, and the optical
sensor will catch keystroke information precisely. The internal tone generator receives the keystroke information
and reproduces enrich sound of the piano.
• The noncontact optical sensor faithfully detects subtle movement of the keys without affecting the touch of the
keys. You can enjoy the natural expression of the music.
Realistic Piano Voice
• The piano voice is faithfully sampled from the Yamaha CFX concert grand piano. You can enjoy the clear and
beautiful tone of the piano.
• The piano voice is sampled with the binaural sampling method
can enjoy the immersive sound, as if it sounds from the piano. In addition, you can enjoy the natural sound for a
long time without straining the ear.
• The unit is equipped with various effects that reproduce the specific resonance of an acoustic piano (Damper
Resonance, String Resonance, and Sustain Sample)
released (Key-off Sample). By combining these, you can enjoy the realistic and rich piano sound even when used
with the Silent Piano™ function.
Useful Features for Lesson
• You can record your performance on the internal memory or commercially available USB storage device. Since
you can record your performance as an audio data (WAV) as well as a MIDI data (USB Audio Recorder), it is
now easy to create your own CDs or upload your performance to the net.
• The metronome is built in this unit. You can practice playing or record your performance more accurately with the
metronome.
• Since the unit has two headphone jacks, you can practice sharing your performance with others, or enjoy a duet.
The supplied headphones have an open type structure which reproduces the high-quality and clear sound.
• 50 masterpieces of piano are preset on the unit. The unit also comes with a corresponding music book "50 greats
for the Piano."
• In addition to a piano voice, the unit has various voices of instruments, such as harpsichord or pipe organ.
*1 Binaural sampling is a method that uses two microphones set at the ear position of a performer and records the sound from a piano as it is.
*2 When playing with the TA mode, the piano voice is switched to the Yamaha CFX concert grand piano sampled with the stereo sampling
method. In this case, Damper Resonance, String Resonance, and Sustain Sample do not work.
. Even if you listen through headphones, you
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. You can also add subtle sound produced when the keys are
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