Yamaha (manufacturer)

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The Yamaha Corporation (ヤマハ株式会社; TYO: [7951] ) is a Japanese company with a large number of product areas. Sales offerings include musical instruments, integrated circuits, and home electronics. It was founded by Torakusu Yamaha as Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. (日本楽器製造株式会社) in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka prefecture. Yamaha held major share of Korg in 1989–1993, acquired Sequential Circuits in 1988 and Steinberg in 2004.

Products

Motorcycles (Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.)
Pianos
Electric grand pianos
Portable Keyboards, e.g.
*PSR-295
*PSR-540
*PSR-K1
*PSR-340
*PSR-740
*PSR-1500
*PSR-3000
*TYROS
*TYROS 2
Music workstations
*Yamaha SY77/SY99
*Yamaha EX5
*Yamaha QS 300
*Motif
*Motif ES
*MO
Digital pianos
*Yamaha Clavinova CVP Series
*Yamaha Clavinova CLP Series
*Yamaha PSR-185
Digital stage pianos
*Yamaha P-250
Electone electronic organs
*EL-25
*EL-40
*EL-900
*ELX-1
*STAGEA
**ELS-01C
**ELS-01
**ELS-01X
**ELB-01 Mini
Synthesizers
*Yamaha CS-80
*Yamaha DX7
*Yamaha SHS-10
*Yamaha AN1x
*Yamaha GX1
*Yamaha RM1x
*Yamaha VL1
*Yamaha S90
*Yamaha S90 ES
Tone generators
*Yamaha MU-series
*Yamaha TX81Z
*Yamaha VL70m
Guitars
Yamaha Drums
*Drum kits
*Percussion instruments

Band and orchestral instruments

*String instruments
*Brass instruments
*Woodwind instruments
*Marching instruments
**Marching percussion
**Marching brass
Music sequencers
*Yamaha QY10
Sound chips
*Yamaha YM2149, used in the Atari ST, MSX, Intellivision computers
*Yamaha Y8950, used in MSX-Audio cardridge for MSX, made by Philips
*Yamaha YM2413 (a.k.a. OPLL), used in MSX in MSX Music cardridges like the FM-PAC
*Yamaha YM3526 (a.k.a. OPL)
*Yamaha YM3812 (a.k.a. OPL2), used in AdLib and early Sound Blaster sound cards
*Yamaha YMF262 (a.k.a. OPL3), used in Sound Blaster Pro 2.0 and later cards
*Yamaha YMF278 (a.k.a. OPL4), used in Moonsound cartridge for MSX
*Yamaha YM2612 (a.k.a. OPN2), used in Sega Mega Drive (Sega Genesis)
*Yamaha YMF7xx (Embedded audio chipset in some laptops and low-end soundcards)
*Yamaha YMU786 (a.k.a. MA-7), used in mobile phones to process various audio sources; sound effect, 3D audio effect, sound mixer, ringtone generation, etc.
Pro Audio
*Digital mixers
*Analog mixers
*Audio workstations
*Mixing engines
*Signal and effect processing
*Speakers (powered and unpowered)/(active and passive)
*Power amplifiers
Home electronics
*Yamaha DSP-1 - An early home theater surround sound component produced in 1985
Music disc recorders
*Yamaha MDR-1
*Yamaha MDR-10
Hi-fi audio
*28 Series components (produced in the 1980s)
*Natural Sound loudspeaker line
*NS-A100 floorstanding speakers (produced in the 1980s)

Yamaha developed their own set of improvements to the General MIDI standard and called it XG. Many of their current range of products, from their high-end synths to "toy" keyboards, support the XG standard.

Yamaha is also known for the Yamaha Music Education System, a renowned system for teaching musical skills to children between the ages of 3 and 9.

External links

[Welcome To The World Of Yamaha] - main Yamaha Corporation of America entry site
[Home Audio/Video Products - USA]
* [Authorized Dealer Locator] - USA only
[Musical Instruments and Professional Audio Products - USA]
[Yamaha Motor Company - USA]
[Electone Electronic Organs Site - Japan]

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