ST5 Silent Brass Performance Studio

Yamaha'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.