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YAMAHA YC61 61-Key Organ-Focused Stage Keyboard

  • mfr: YC61
  • SKU: YC61-YAM
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Product highlights

  • Features a built-in USB stereo audio
  • Designed for gigging keyboardists
  • Semi-weighted waterfall keyboard
  • 160 preset live set sounds
  • 3 band (with sweepable mid)
  • Intuitive interface gives you fast and easy splits
  • LED light color for easy visibility
  • VCM recreates the circuits of vintage analog EQs
  • Compact and lightweight

YAMAHA YC61 61-Key Organ-Focused Stage Keyboard

The YAMAHA YC61 61-Key Organ-Focused Stage Keyboard is designed for gigging keyboardists, the YC Series features a newly designed Virtual Circuitry Modeling (VCM) Organ engine with physical drawbars, extensive real-time control, and authentic Acoustic/Electric Piano and FM synth sound. This keyboard is for every stage and every player. It is ideal for organ-focused keyboardists needing great organ sound and control plus a variety of keyboard sounds in an extremely compact package.

Sound

When it comes to versatility, YC is a virtuoso. Featuring premium keyboard sound with more possibilities than ever. The proprietary 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. It’s like having an incredible sounding keyboard with everything, to go.

VCM Organ

How do you reproduce the warm, authentic sound of an organ in a stage keyboard? You build an organ engine the Yamaha way, from the ground up. Yamaha puts your favorite classic organ sounds in one powerful, stage keyboard. YC models three organ vintages - just out of the box, well-traveled 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.

YC Rotary Speaker

YC brings you the authentic sounds of classic rotary speakers with no maintenance required. Choose from two faithfully modeled rotary speaker profiles, warm and full or dirty and aggressive, and adjust top or bottom rotor speed for total control.

VCM Effects

The VCM re-creates the sound and behavior of vintage effects and high-end studio signal processors by modeling 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 synthesizer DX7. Now YC 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.

YC61 Waterfall Keyboard

The authentic waterfall keyboard action of the YC61 was created by painstaking research into traditional organ keyboards and constant feedback from top keyboard artists. The result is a keyboard that not only provides the distinctive touch of an organ, but also gives artists new ways to express themselves on acoustic and electric pianos, synth leads, brass sections, and more.

Design

This keyboard is just designed to be played. It is made to be bumped, jostled, scratched, crammed in a van, stuffed in an overhead bin, and adored by players and fans, gig after gig. In short, it is built to last, like the company that stands behind them.

Drawbars

The nine drawbars on the YC have the footage and ratcheting you expect in an organ. But there’s more to our drawbars than meets the eye. See-through drawbar stops with customizable LED light color make it easy to see differences between simulated upper and lower configurations and play in split mode. It’s like having a virtual set of drawbars to give you more sounds, more flexibility, and more choices than you ever thought possible in a stage keyboard.

Direct, Immediate, and Total Sound Control

YC is made for long jams, not long menus. The intuitive interface gives you fast and easy splits, layers, and sound-shaping directly from the front panel. Proving that versatility doesn’t have to be complex.

Mobility

YC61 comes in at an incredible 15 pounds, 10 oz. (7.1 kg) which makes it compact and light enough for you to be your own roadie. 

Soft Case

Before you rock, roll. The optional YC soft case features a premium design and zippered compartments for storing pedals and other accessories.

Computer/IOS

The YC features a built-in USB stereo audio and MIDI interface for Mac, PC, and iOS devices. With a single USB cable, you can record the YC audio and MIDI to a DAW and play and monitor virtual instruments.

Specifications

Physical
Weight 7.1 kg (15 lb, 10 oz)
MIDI and Recording
Standard MIDI File (SMF) Forma Not Available
Supported MIDI Standards Not Available
Auto-Accompaniment
Types (Keyboards) Multi-Finger
Number of Style Presets Not Available
Practice Features Not Available
Sounds and Songs
Number of Sound Presets Not Available
Performance Functions Not Available

Questions

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Returns

Returns are incredibly simple. Please log into your account, find your item you wish to return and follow the prompts to make a return. If you do not have an account, click here to find your order and make a return.
You will receive a full refund when you return an item in its original manufacturer’s packaging, undamaged and unmarked. If the item you are returning is priced at less than $35, you will be charged a 15% restocking fee. Please note you will not be refunded any shipping charges. 
You have 30 days to make a return. During the holiday season, from November 1 to December 31, we extend the return window to 60 days. 
If your order has been noticeably damaged in transit, we strongly recommend that you refuse delivery and notify us immediately. Claims for missing items or items damaged in transit must be made within 48 hours of delivery. If there is carrier damage, please contact [email protected] with your order number and a description of the damage. 
Oh no! Please contact our customer service team so we can resolve the issue immediately. You can call us on 1.800.221.0828, email us at [email protected], or send us a message here.  
We do not currently offer exchanges. Please return the item you purchased within 30 days and order what you’d like instead. 
If you ordered a kit, you must return all components and accessories to receive a full refund. 
If you ordered a product that included a free item, you must include the free item with your return. If not, your return will not be accepted and you will not receive a full refund. 
We currently only offer camera repairs at our Brooklyn store. The item must be dropped off and collected in person as we do not accept shipped items for repair. For more information, please call our Brooklyn store on 1.718.431.7900. 
Most items can be returned within 30 days for a full refund. Click here to read our full return policy. 

Shipping and Returns

Same Day Shipping

All orders placed by 4PM( EST), Monday through Thursday, and by 11AM (EST) on Friday, are shipped same day. Orders placed outside these times will ship the next business day. We do not ship internationally or to Puerto Rico, Guam and other US territories at this time. For more details click here.

Free Two-Day Shipping

We offer free expedited shipping on thousands of items within the continental USA (this does not include Alaska and Hawaii).

Flexible, Easy Returns

If you're not happy with your purchase for any reason, our flexible 30-day free return policy makes it easy to get a full refund. Click here to view our return policy.

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Yamaha YC61 61-Key, Organ-Focused Stage Keyboard

YAMAHA YC61 61-Key Organ-Focused Stage Keyboard SKU: YC61-YAM

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