The setup that I am using: YEV -> RP360 -> headphones/speakers, works perfectly to my ears. YEV -> RP360 -> computer -> headphone/speaker does have a slight delay.

I am not sure why it isn’t marketed as a silent violin. I haven’t tried out one of the true silent violins to know for sure, but it may be because of the amount of sound you get out of the un-amplified instrument. It’s not enough to bother the neighbors, but it might be enough to bother your spouse/roommate. My prior electric was a cheap Cecilio, and the unplugged Yamaha produces more sound than the unplugged Cecilio. It’s not _dramatically_ more than the Cecilio, and it _is_ dramatically quieter than my acoustic.

I actually think that the YEV is best for recording and mixing. It produces a good sound and is easy to mix and add effects. In my opinion, the recorded sound is more pleasing than the live sound because it is all from the pickup instead of hearing the raw strings/wood as I play live.

In using this violin for practicing via a small preamp with headphones, does this setup work perfectly (no delay or noise)?? This violin isn’t marketed by yamaha as a silent practice instrument, but it sounds like it totally IS one, its just that you have to make the small step of buying your own preamp, which is totally not a big deal. I’m annoyed at their marketing, since it seems like this is 100% a silent violin. I mean the newer yamaha sv 250 model doesn’t even have its own built in preamp, it just comes with a tiny preamp external to the instrument, thus you could accuse it of also not being a “silent violin”.

I’d say that a violin being electric doesn’t change the string pressure needed. I’m not sure why it would be different between an electric violin and electric guitar, but the only differences that I’ve noticed between violins is in the type of string and the distance from the string to the fingerboard. The pressure difference between my current acoustic and Yamaha is very small with the Yamaha needing a bit more.

Lots of the presets on the DigiTech effects box make the violin sound like a highly distorted guitar, especially if you pluck or strum the strings.

Also gives me an idea for a Halloween Costume… 😉
https://youtu.be/L4Wl2r_VlhA?t=10