Yamaha - News and Rumours
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Yamaha birthday party reveals white Montage and OS 3.0
24 Sep · Yamaha is celebrating 45 years of synthesizer design, innovation and development. To show us that they still "got it" they've released a white version of the Montage and added a couple of features.
Yamaha THR-II Series: A new generation of a successful desktop amp
19 Sep · So V1 was already pretty good... Now Yamaha has added new goodies to the THR series. V2 covers the desktop 10-30W range and adds Bluetooth, lots of amp models, a mobile editor and other neat stuff.
Are The Smashing Pumpkins road-testing new Yamaha prototypes?
02 Sep · James Iha and Jeff Schroeder have been playing three unidentified singlecuts on the Smashing Pumpkins reunion tour 2019. Are we about to see new signature models? And made by whom?
Yamaha releases next level digital workstation in the PSR-SX700 and SX900
04 Aug · If you're someone into styles, kits and innumerable voices that work together in perfect harmony then check out the new flagship PSR-SX series keyboard workstations from Yamaha.
Yamaha introduces the STAGEPAS 1K portable PA system
21 Jun · Yamaha has added the STAGEPAS 1K to its lineup of portable PA systems. The STAGEPAS 1K features a 12" subwoofer and an array speaker, as well as a 5-channel mixer with bluetooth playback.
Behringer muscles in on Yamaha’s CS-80 action
06 May · A few hours after it emerged that Yamaha was gauging interest in the potential reissue of the classic CS-80 synthesizer Behringer teases that they were thinking the exact same thing. AND IT'S TRUE!
Yamaha asks if we’d like to see the return of the CS-80 analogue polysynth.
29 Apr · Yamaha's R&D department casually asks some Yamaha insiders whether they'd like an authentic CS-80 reissue or perhaps an evolved super synth, you know, if they were to build one...
Counterfeit gear factory busted in China; Shure, Yamaha, Sennheiser team up for lawsuit
21 Mar · Not only can cheap clones of big brand equipment sound nasty, they may be outright dangerous. A recent raid in China shows that there are still people making money with knock-off gear.
#TSR19: Get ready for some electronic excess at Thomann Synth Reactor this week
13 Mar · This week's Thomann Synth Reactor #TSR19 event brings together 25 of the synth world's best known YouTubers for a week of modular madness and Eurorack excesses. Find out more here!
Yamaha adds new Revstar models – but do they stand out?
31 Jan · With a retro Café Racer bikes styling, the Yamaha Revstar series launched back in 2015. Now we have five new Revstar models being launched this year including Bigsby trem and P90 options.
NAMM 2019: Yamaha get into some Keytar action with Sonogenic SHS-500
24 Jan · It's fun, it's fruity, it'll make teenagers dance innocently at parties, it's the Yamaha Sonogenic SHS-500 keytar Bluetooth MIDI controller and all-around party machine.
NAMM 2019: Yamaha go all out on the interface with CP73 and CP88 stage pianos
16 Jan · Yamaha might have pulled off a cool looking stage piano with the vintage style interface of the CP73 and CP88.
MODX: Yamaha’s AWM2 Synthesis and FM-X Technology synthesizer gets leaked
10 Sep 2018 · Yamaha replace the ageing MOXF with the new MODX with a shed load of more space, a tonne of new waveforms, operator FM-X and a USB audio interface. All run via a touch-screen and Super Knob.
Virtualise your vocals with Vocaloid 5 from Yamaha
16 Jul 2018 · When your vocalist is too drunk, late or too self-important to show up, try loading Vocaloid 5 and have a refreshingly hassle-free vocal session in multiple styles, voices and in your own words.