Yamaha SB79 Silent Brass System for Trumpet | The Music Instrument Store

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The input jack allows a quick and easy connection to a Yamaha pickup mute for practice or to a Yamaha MC-7 instrument mic for performance.
One of the things we carried over from the previous generation was the Aux In jack.
The player can then play along with their favorite song in practice and performance settings and put the fun back in their practice sessions.
This jack allows an external sound source to be combined with the signal coming from the mute or microphone.

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Great practice tool

Review Date: May 14, 2010

Reviewer: Sergio A Tovar O, Bogotá, Colombia

I got one nearly a month ago... It's a great practice tool for any trumpeter not wanting to be a nuisance for his neighbors. The only drawback I can think of is back pressure... It does create quite a bit of it.

Try the one-dollar Renuzit Mute before you buy Silent Brass

Review Date: May 9, 2010

Reviewer: yep,

Purely as a practice mute, the Silent Brass is a very good one, but it's not the best, and certainly not the best for the money. As practice mutes go, it is very quiet, but it also heavier and more restrictive than most practice mutes.

The obvious differentiator is the headphone amplification, which is better in concept than in practice: using a mute, any mute, is a great way to practice technique, but the mute alters the tone and intonation of the instrument. In short, you still need to practice "for real" if you want to sound good and have good intonation when playing live. The silent brass offers a sort of half-solution by giving you an amplified sound with effects, to sound less "muted", but it's a bit distracting, and it's a "fake" sound. Above all, it is no substitute for practicing your "real" tone with no mute, as often as you can.

Before you buy a Silent Brass, I would strongly encourage you to google "Renuzit trumpet mute" and try that for less than 2 dollars. I can't say that the Renuzit mute is "better", per se, but it is even more effective at quieting than the silent brass, and it's much lighter. If quiet practice is the most important thing, the Renuzit costs next to nothing, and is about the most effective horn-silencer on the market. It can reduce your practice volume to well below conversation level, about "low murmur".

Additionally, there are mutes from Dennis Wick or Trumcor that are comparable volume-wise Silent Brass, nearly as quiet as the Renuzit, but that offer better, more accurate tone and intonation, and a less "muted" playing experience for about a third of the price.

Having said all that, if you find yourself wishing you had headphone amplification and digital effects, then by all means get the Silent Brass, since this is the only system that offers the electronics, as far as I know. And it IS also a very quiet practice mute.

Awe, the silence!!!

Review Date: November 12, 2009

Reviewer: mr_nmchile, Los Alamos, NM

My son plays the trumpet. He plays quite well. We purchased this so he could practice in his room and minimize the noise the neighbors would hear. This product has performed great. If you are in the same room as the trumpet player you can hear some of the noise. But, it isn't as loud as it was prior to using the product.

Now it is our dog that is named Trumpet that makes the noise.

A great tool for players at all levels

Review Date: November 5, 2009

Reviewer: Torrey Green, Baltimore, MD

I am a new trumpet player and was looking for a way to practice without getting kicked out of my apartment. This product works exactly as described. You really can practice anytime, anywhere. There will still be some sound coming from your trumpet. I'd say roughly 30percent of whtat you'd normally hear if that. This was a great investment. Be sure you follow the instructions to the letter and enjoy.

A waste of money

Review Date: December 3, 2008

Reviewer: C. Yang, Iowa, U.S.A

This mute is quite a good idea I have to admit, but its quality is far from satisfaction. First, the air resistance is much larger than I expected. Its amazing that an electronic mute could have little resistance as this one does, but you have to keep in mind that the so-called "least" resistance among similar products does not mean it does not have resistance at all. A quite substantial difference does exist when I put the mute on. Second, the sound that comes out of the earphone is a bit disappointing as well - again, it is good, but far from being realistic. It is very important for nonprofessionals, especially beginners, to learn to hear their own sound, but the mute just basically kills the true sound.

My point is, compared to other alternatives, the Yamaha mute is in the top tier, but for that price it has, it is not worthwhile to purchase it. You will certainly get very disappointed. Maybe I expected too much, but this mute is really not that much different from a $10 cup mute. Try it for yourself before you decide to buy it.

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