Main Features - Yamaha TransAcoustic TA3 Owner's Manual

Main Features

What is the TransAcoustic™ Piano?
The TransAcoustic™ Piano is an acoustic piano that allows the player to adjust the volume through the use of Yamaha's innovative
TransAcoustic technology. When in the TransAcoustic mode, the soundboard of the piano amplifies the built-in digital sounds and
produces the same natural resonance found on an acoustic piano. The technology enables you to play with the authentic touch and feel
of an actual acoustic piano, and yet have control over the volume. You can also play this instrument as a conventional acoustic piano,
and can switch it to the Quiet mode, just as on the SILENT Piano™ below, and listen to the sound through the headphones.
What is the SILENT Piano™?
The SILENT Piano™ is an acoustic piano equipped with Yamaha's original muting technology. While in the Quiet mode, the hammers
stop just before striking the strings when keys are pressed, and no sound is emitted from the piano. The sensors accurately detect the
movement of the keys, and the keystroke data activates the built-in digital tone generator for producing sound that is them output from
the headphones. This lets you play or practice any time you want, without worrying about your surroundings or disturbing others
nearby. It can also be used as a conventional acoustic piano.
Both the TransAcoustic™ Piano and SILENT Piano™ provide you with highly useful and advanced functions as described below for
enhancing your life with music.
Variety of Voices including the Yamaha CFX concert grand piano
This instrument features piano sounds created with samples of the Yamaha CFX flagship concert grand piano and the famed Vienna-
made Bösendorfer grand piano. The sound of the Yamaha CFX is powerful, sparkling and with a rich bass resonance. As an alternative,
the Bösendorfer sound is soft and deep in the mid to bass range and beautiful for pianissimo parts. Along with these two gorgeous
piano sounds, a variety of other Voices are provided—allowing you to select the instrument sound that best matches the music you
want to play.
Realistic feeling of being immersed in the sound—even when using headphones
When playing with the binaural-sampled sounds of the CFX or Bösendorfer Voices, you feel yourself immersed in the sound as if it was
actually emanating from the piano—even when listening through the headphones. The other piano Voices also provide the sense of a
natural sound distance.
Preset Songs for efficient practicing
50 classical music masterpieces are built into this instrument. You can simply enjoy listening to these built-in Songs, or use them for
one-hand practice by separately playing back the right-hand or left-hand parts as desired.
Recording and playing back your performance
The instrument lets you record your performance to internal memory or a USB flash drive. Listening back to your recordings helps
immensely in improving your performance.
Simple Rhythm Patterns to play along with
A variety of simple rhythm patters (drums and bass accompaniment) are provided, letting you enjoy playing the piano along with
dynamic Rhythm playback.
Convenient smart device compatibility
Connect this instrument to a smart device, such as smart phone or tablet, and use it with the compatible Smart Pianist app. It enables
convenient operations such as selecting Voices, controlling the metronome intuitively with the visual interface, or displaying the score
of the preset Songs on your smart device.
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* Bösendorfer is a subsidiary company of Yamaha.
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