# YDS Controller

> Music

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1502495217](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1502495217)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1502495217`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Yamaha Corporation
- **Category:** Music
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (172 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.3.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-04
- **First published:** 2020-09-24
- **Size:** 86 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-20
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/yds-controller/id1502495217)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.yamaha.com/en/apps\_docs/apps\_common/common\_PP\_fb-20190820.html](https://www.yamaha.com/en/apps_docs/apps_common/common_PP_fb-20190820.html)

## Description

YDS Controller is a dedicated companion app that unlocks advanced sound design for the YDS-150. It lets you edit voices—covering sax tones (alto, soprano, tenor, baritone), as well as synthesizer and shakuhachi tones—plus fine-tune effects and craft detailed sounds. You can customize fingering configurations and view a fingering list for quick reference.

With intuitive visuals and controls, the app expands instrument settings like breath resistance, response, and tuning, letting performance-ready tweaks that aren’t possible on the instrument alone. It’s designed to make complex configurations accessible and fast, so you can shape your performances with confidence.

## Rankings

- #110,050 — Overall

## Review summary

The reviews show the app has potential, but is hampered by reliability issues: startup failures, spotty connectivity with the YDS120 and Bluetooth/cable problems, and poor documentation. Saving edits like fingerings or presets often fails, reducing usefulness. Some mentions of updates and teaching aids exist, but overall the experience is dominated by instability and limited guidance. A more robust, well-documented, and reliably connected app would improve usability for Yamaha’s horn/controller setup.

### Cons

- Unreliable connectivity with YDS120 and devices (needs Bluetooth, cables; presets and user banks not saving or functional).
- App won’t open or gets stuck on the agreements page during startup.
- Sparse documentation and guidance (sparse manual; lacking orientation for motion sensors).
- Fingerings edits and user banks do not save or get recognized, leading to non-functional customizations.

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