Yamaha ST5 Silent Brass Performance StudioYamaha's innovative ST5 Silent Brass Performance Studio device offers unprecedented tonal variety and expression for all brass instruments. Using powerful digital audio processors you can twist, edit, and shape your tone for unlimited creativity whether in silent practice, the recording studio, or onstage performance. The ST5 Performance Studio includes an AC adapter and 1/4" mini jack adapter.Tuner—Transposable tuner (Bb, Eb, C, and F instruments) with settings from A=438 to A=445.Effects—The ST5 features 50 preset programs and 50 user programs. User programs can be customized (meaning that the user can layer up to 6 settings at one time for one effect, and then rename and renumber the effect at will). Effects include chorus, delay, distortion, overdrive, flanger, wah, pitch shifter, phaser, and many more.Metronome—Metronome functions include standard time signatures with standard subdivisions (quarter, triplet, eighth, and sixteenth note) as well as syncopated rhythms, odd meters, and drum tracks (including 8th and 16th shuffles, blues, jazz, funk, bossa, samba, etc.).Phrase Trainer—User can record up to a 16-second sample from either the input jack (using the Silent Brass Mute or an instrument mic) or the Aux In jack. After recording, playback begins automatically. Playback speed can be slowed down without altering pitch.Other Functions—The Silent Brass Performance Studio contains a realtime key transpose function. Using this function, the user can transpose any music from an external source. Transposition is done in half-steps, up to one octave up or down from the original key.
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The Yamaha ST5 is a great little rehearsal rig, especially for use with a portable CD player. There are enough pre-programmed sounds and user-defined sounds to entertain most players. Disappointing is the noise generated and the time-delay when using live. The noise from the phone jack into a PA system is unacceptable, and the slight delay renders attacks painfully late. I recommend this system for practice, you can't go wrong. Don't buy to use for performance.
I lived in an apartment for a bit and the ST5 was perfect for that. I plugged in a CD player, played along with Maynard, used the Silent Brass mute, and then sent the output to an old tapedeck that had fallen out of favor what with CD's and all ... Pretty nice way to spend an evening. I took it out last week and plugged into the sound system of a "jam" band. I used the wah-wah effect and 1 or 2 others with great success, fitting in with the funky worldbeat sounds that were being produced... not a studio quality set, but still a lot of fun to jam with!
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