Yamaha - News and Rumours
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#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.
Fender, Yamaha, Korg, Casio and Roland UK offices raided over alleged price fixing
27 May 2018 · The UK offices of five major MI brands have been raided over alleged price-fixing! The probe is centred on Fender, Roland, Casio, Korg and Yamaha, according to reports.
Yamaha buys Ampeg! It’s all about the bass.
11 May 2018 · The news today is that Ampeg has been purchased by Yamaha. Another great instrument brand is rescued by the Far East musical instrument giant, could this be the way forward for other struggling guitar ...
Yamaha announces new MG10XUF & MG12XUK compact mixers
15 Feb 2018 · Yamaha has a pair of new compact mixers on the line, the Yamaha MG10XUF and MG12XUK. They are based on the third-generation XU models of the company's MG-series, but offer different controllers.
NAMM 2018: Robin’s synthesizer predictions
23 Jan 2018 · Arturia releases EuroBrute, Roland puts ACB in a multi-functional Eurorack module, Yamaha re-releases the CS-80 and Moog converts everything to Eurorack. Here are my NAMM 2018 predictions and a mixer I want.
Genos: Yamaha’s next generation digital workstation keyboard
02 Oct 2017 · Be a musical magician at any party with this ultimate automatic music making machine from Yamaha. Genos will inspire and intensify your musical creation and performance.
Yamaha tease a ghostly digital workstation called Genos
13 Sep 2017 · Yamaha has a go at being mysterious with a handful of tease videos about a forthcoming Digital Workstation called Genos. Is it more of the same or is Yamaha about to break out of its box?
Summer NAMM 2017: Yamaha celebrates 40 years of its BB bass range
17 Jul 2017 · What happens when you sandwich tone woods, put a 45º angle where the strings pass through the body and add a six bolt neck joint? Yamaha reckons it makes one cool bass design.
SessionCake: personal modular amp and mixer for jamming
22 Jun 2017 · The remarkably named SessionCake is a little personal battery powered amp for guitar, synths or microphone that can be chained together for a jam-tastic time. Perfect for jamming, band practice and synth meets.