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Nice Practice tool
This thing is great if you need to practice without bothering folks in the next room. I used this quite a bit in college. The echo effects are fun to play around with and the pickup doesn't distort tone as much as I had anticipated. This device produces a lot more back pressure than advertised; just a little more free blowing than say a strait mute. The times where...
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
Good, but not quite there.
The overall design of the silent mute is pretty awesome. The sound quality is pretty good, some distortion. What bothers me about the mute, and makes me not want to practice with it everyday is the back pressure. For someone to say there is no back pressure, they are absolutely wrong. It does not allow the response necessary to play the most delicate pieces. Because...
This review is from: Yamaha SB79 Silent Brass System for Trumpet
This thing is great if you need to practice without bothering folks in the next room. I used this quite a bit in college. The echo effects are fun to play around with and the pickup doesn't distort tone as much as I had anticipated. This device produces a lot more back pressure than advertised; just a little more free blowing than say a strait mute. The times where silent brass comes in most handy is practicing with a canned track. This is easily one of the most useful tools for the modern trumpet player.
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Quiter than most mutes by far, the Silent Brass System rocks!
Backpressure? I'm not sure what everyone's talking about! I've never noticed backpressure using a regular mute, and this one, to me, feels the same... that is the same as no mute at all.
A great item for the college music major, or for the trumpet player who lives close to others (apartments)!
Worth the money I spent!
Enjoy
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When I first saw this product, I wasn't sure that it would even work as advertised. But, after reading several good reviews I decided to try it out for myself.
This product is overall an excellent tool for practicing in "noise sensitive" environments. If you're in an apartment and afraid to annoy the neighbors, silent brass WILL liberate your play! Furthermore, the auxillary input for music is very fun and easy to use. I regularly enjoy playing along with/adding to the music on my iPod.
As far as backpressure on the mouthpiece goes, I can barely notice it when I wear headphones. It just feels like my Humes and Berg straight mute. It's kind of strange how plugging your bell can feel so free-blowing.
The sound produced in the headphones is also quite amazing. I find myself taking off the headphones during play to make sure I'm not actually belting out the music I'm hearing!
If you don't mind practicing with a straight mute, want to clearly hear yourself play, and need the freedom to play as loud as possible, go pick up Silent Brass! You won't be disappointed!
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I played the trumpet in high school, a long time ago. I wanted to pick it up again but I wasn't going to share my practice sessions with the neighborhood. I gave the silent system a try and it works great. It isn't 'silent' but my wife can't hear me downstairs and nobody can hear me outside. For the cost of a few lessons you can practice whenever you want without bothering anyone.
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The overall design of the silent mute is pretty awesome. The sound quality is pretty good, some distortion. What bothers me about the mute, and makes me not want to practice with it everyday is the back pressure. For someone to say there is no back pressure, they are absolutely wrong. It does not allow the response necessary to play the most delicate pieces. Because of the back pressure, it is hard to get a good indication of how well I am playing. I know that I am supposed to expect back pressure, but not being able to play certain things because of it really takes away from this. I would recommend this for practice on trips like in hotels, but not to substitute for everyday practice.
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I bought this product during my Freshman year of college, while I was living in the dorms for the first time. After getting it, it finally allowed me to practice in my room instead of having to find a practice room in some dank basement so I wouldn't disturb others. Although I haven't messed around too much with the effects processing, what I did use it for sounded very good, I'm just to lazy to plug it in. It works well with Jamey Aebersold play-a-longs, if you are into jazz.
The only major problem I have with it is the backpressure, which as another review says, is more than advertised.
Overall, I think the Yamaha Silent Brass Mute for Trumpet is a great buy for any trumpet player.
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This mute ROCKS!! I just started playing trumpet again after 10 years away. Unfortunately I am currently deployed to Iraq and living in close quarter to other people. Paper thin is just not good enough a description for our walls.
As with any mute there is some resistance and weight added to your horn while using this, but only a little. If you need to practice in an area that you cannot be loud, this is the product for you. I am very confident that I could use this mute in the room next to a very light sleeper, with the interconnecting doors open and still not wake them.
The other day I was practicing in my office, sometimes I get more privacy there than in my room, and the attorney whose office door is 12 feet from mine did not even know I was playing. BOTH OF OUR DOORS WERE OPEN! We were the only ones in an otherwise empty building so I know it was not a matter of hiding behind ambient noise. I cannot say enough about this mute!
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Okay, so, it doesn't actually make your trumpet truly "silent", but it's about as quiet in the room as what would be heard playing the horn directly into a pillow, while the pickup system lets you hear a reasonably good sound in your headphones.
It'd be nice if the cost for these silent brass systems could somehow be subsidized and the systems included with every brass instrument sold; it makes late-night practicing, beginners-who-are-embarassed-because-they-don't-sound-very-good-yet practicing, thin-walled-apartment practicing, and really just about any kind of independent practicing much more pleasant.
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Before we bought this my husband never got a chance to play his trumpet in our new apartment because he was afraid the neighbors would get annoyed. After we got this trumpet silencer he is able to practice whenever he wants. It works great!!! He loves it! It's worth the money.
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Overall Yamaha's Silent Brass System is a great buy for anyone who has trouble with practicing due to roomates, neighbors, etc. I would say the mute eliminates all but about 5-15% of your sound (depending on how loud you are playing). Great for people with apartments, dorms, parents that just don't want to hear it, or even the musician who's selfconscious about their practicing (after all- who wants to hear a neverending pattern of lip slurs, techncal exercises, and slow repetition of that one part the player just can't quite get right??)There is a bit of resistance as some of the other reviewers have mentioned but I found that it actually strengthened my chops and improved my endurance. I would definitely recommend this product to other players.
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