Mike Patrick meets YC61

In a series of videos Yamaha Artist Mike Patrick (The Streets, Jake Bugg, JP Cooper) sits down with the new YC61 Stage Keyboard and shares some of his highlights of Yamaha’s latest release.

BluesDD

In this video, Mike uncovers a few Organ sounds that are well suited to Blues. This includes a warm sounding Transistor Organ, Vintage Blues Organ, and an Organ with Bass and Chords/Solo using a split.

All of Mike’s YC61 sounds in this video are available to download on Soundmondo here:

R&B

This time Mike picks out 3 of his favourite sounds with an R&B twist including some electric piano, layered Pad and Sine Lead.

All of Mike’s YC61 sounds in this video are available to download on Soundmondo here:

Worship

This time Mike explores the YC61 in a Worship Setting. These include the first Organ setting, H1 Organ while controlling the Rotary Speaker. The legendary CFX Piano with Pad and beautiful dual/layered String Sound.

All of Mike’s YC61 sounds in this video are available to download on Soundmondo here:

Jazz

This time he explores some of the Organ sounds and drawbar settings he would use if he was in the mood for some Jazz – Nice.

All of Mike’s YC61 sounds in this video are available to download on Soundmondo here:

Country Blues

In this video, Mike explores the depth of additional sounds available playing 3 Sounds with a nostalgic Country Blues twist. These include some Read Pianos through the Amp settings, An amazing Guitar patch with split Upright base and Guitar along with a Vintage style Organ

All of Mike’s YC61 sounds in this video are available to download on Soundmondo here:

Funk

In this Video Mike pulls out some sounds he would use he was in the mood for some Funk. These include Funk Brass, exploring a Rotary Organ with different Drawbar and effects and a Clavinet using Touch/Pedal Wah.

All of Mike’s YC61 sounds in this video are available to download on Soundmondo here:

YAMAHA YC61

Designed for gigging keyboardists, the YC61 features newly designed Virtual Circuitry Modeling (VCM) Organ engine with physical drawbars, extensive real time control and authentic Acoustic/Electric Piano and FM synth sound.

SOUND

How do you reproduce the warm, authentic sound of an organ in a compact stage piano? You build an organ engine the Yamaha way, from the ground up. Our proprietary Virtual Circuitry Modelling (VCM) recreates the circuits of vintage analog EQs, compressors and phasers right down to the transistors and resistors to capture the subtleties other digital simulations can’t. Whether you’re playing grand piano, upright piano, electric piano or more, YC61 gives you authentic keyboard sounds for any genre of music.

VCM ORGAN

Yamaha puts the sound of your favourite tone-wheel organ in one powerful, compact stage piano. YC61 models three flavours of tone-wheel - just out of the box, well-travelled and character-rich vintage. Need more? Go under the hood to adjust key click, leakage, rotary speaker speed and more to get the one-of-a-kind organ tone you’ve been searching for.

VCM ROTARY SPEAKER

YC61 brings you the authentic sounds of classic rotary speakers with no maintenance required. Choose from two faithfully modelled rotary speaker profiles – clean and full or dirty and aggressive – and adjust top or bottom rotor speed for total control over all of it.

VCM EFFECTS

VCM re-creates the sound and behaviour of vintage effects and high-end studio signal processors by modelling the circuits down to the original analog component level.

FM ORGAN

In 1983, Yamaha introduced the iconic sounds of FM (Frequency Modulation) synthesis to the world with the launch of the DX7. Now YC61 brings FM synthesis to the organ for a new generation of players. Simply switch to FM Organ and your drawbars control 8 FM operators that send a pure sound with massive low end. Add rotary speaker or amp sim effects for character and vibe. Intuitive controls make it easy to discover new sounds. Or recreate classic transistor organ tones from warm to reedy to buzzy by choosing one of three popular FM Organ modes.