Yamaha YDS-120 Digital Saxophone

Tried this together with the TravelSax, which I immediately returned due to hopeless fingering (maybe bettersax got it sponsored?). The YDS-120 is very easy to play, don't glitch, and among the midi/electric saxophones I've owned and tried it is by far the most playable (had the Roland aerophone for a while).
Downs: 1) The midi and sound outputs are with very small connectors and placed completely hopeless on the side of the horn 2) no reed feel (and the modulation button is not easy to use) and not a lot of good onboard sounds (why all those saxophone sounds?).
Ups: 1) very easy to play and doesn't glitch. 2) Responds nicely to breath and articulation. 3) Cheap
The YDS-150 has bluetooth midi, but I would suspect too much latency for that, so I'll stick to the dodgy wiring on the YDS-120.
As a pro saxophone player for 30 years I feel this is very good value for the money.

Vurderingen skal ses i relation til mit behov for at kunne:
- øve melodier (fingersætninger) uden at forstyrre naboer og sambo
- kvaliteten af de indbyggede lyde er derfor ikke relevant for mig i den sammenhæng
- det afsatte budget (ca 3000kr)
PRO:
- instrumentet kan spille forskellige typer sax, feks: alto, soprano, tenor
- fingersætninger som rigtig sax
- overkomlig pris. sammenlignet med Omeo til ca 15000kr
- kan forbindes til min DAW (Logic Pro) via MIDI

CON:
- strømforbrug er stort, så der skal investeres i en USB lader min 2A, i stedet for batterier
- de indbyggede lyde er ikke af stor kvalitet, men ok til prisen
- YDS appen virker ikke på min Android telefon, så konfigurering bliver noget mere besværlig, men kan lade sig gøre
- Nogen vil muligvis se det manglende Bluetooth som et problem. Ikke mig.

Konklusion: Jeg er tilfreds med instrumentet, idet det opfylder mine krav, og forventninger.