The new Yamaha DSR series, including the compact and lightweight full-range DSR112, DSR115 and DSR215, along with the DSR118W subwoofer, deliver class-leading power, digital sound processing, plus the all-new D-CONTOUR multi-band dynamic processing.

Yamaha MOTIF XS training programme and 'meet the pro's' sessions

Do you own a MOTIF XS?  Would you like to know how to get the most out of your instrument?

Yamaha UK Music Production have ann...

Do you own a MOTIF XS? Would you like to know how to get the most out of your instrument? Yamaha UK Music Production have announced dates for their next two day 'hands on' training workshop for the acclaimed MOTIF XS music production synthesizers.

For one night only, 8pm July 9th, Yamaha artist Martyna will be turning 'The Marquee Suite' of The Cock Hotel, Stony Stratford,  into a fabulous jazz club with live music, a licensed bar and a great atmosphere.

As part of their 'Lates' night events series, The British Science Museum hosted a free event entitled 'The Science Of Genius', where members of the public could explore the concept of genius, hear from some the UK's greatest minds including P...

Four Tet - aka Kieran Hebden is a London based post-rock and electronic musician best known for his more abstract approach to music creation-his sound and melodies incorporate elements of hip hop, electronica, techno, jazz and folk music with live inst...

Professional Music Technology are hosting a special ''Meet the Experts''day at their impressive Birmingham store on Saturday 22nd May to celebrate the newly refitted Yamaha zone - a dedicated space in the new store where you can experience the...

"A rare treat for local musicians serious about their music"

Professional Music Technology are hosting a special 'Meet the Experts' day at their impressive Birmingham store on Saturday 22nd May to celebrate the newly refitted Yama...

As the UK distributor for Ultimate Support stands, here at Yamaha UK we are pleased to announce that the Ultimate Support APEX AX-90 will be joining Rihanna on her 2010 "Last Girl on Earth" tour!

This special instore event marks the opening of the Yamaha display area at GG Digital - a dedicated space in the new store where you can experience the full lineup of products from Yamaha Music Production. From the latest POCKETRAK port...

Saturday 1st May sees the Yamaha team at the brand new GG Digital store, Glasgow.

This special instore event marks the opening of the Yamaha display area at GG Digital - a dedicated space in the new store where you ...

Great news for Yamaha champion Steve Levine who was nominated for a Sony Radio Award for Best Specialist Contributor earlier this week. We will all have our fingers and toes crossed for good news on the 10th May when then awards are handed out.

Check out the Cubase AI4 setup movie for a step-by-step guide on installing and registering your software.

Check out this Cubase AI4 setup movie for a step-by-step guide on installing and registering your software.

Check out the latest Pocketrak C24 and W24 demonstration movies presented by Yamaha's very own demo guru... Mr Bert Smorenburg!

Following 2009's sell-out event, Red Dog Music has announced it will be presenting a second one day festival of electronic music to take place at the Roxy Art House in Edinburgh on Saturday 24th April 2010.

Hi Guys! Here I am in the middle of a UK theatre tour with Peter Andre with some downtime so I thought I would fill you guys in in what's been going on since the new year.

Yamaha announce the new BR 'Bass Reflex' series of passive speakers - an all new 5-strong range of front of house and monitor speakers designed for discerning musicians and institutions on a budget.

Media artist Toshio Iwai collaborated with Yamaha to design a totally new musical instrument. The Tenori-on combines a MIDI controller, tone generator, sampler and stunning visual user interface. Most importantly it's a unique new way to appro...

It's Spring so its time for a freshen up! 

Our friends at Keyfax have just opened the all new www.tenori-onusa.com site.  The new look and feel makes navigation simpler ...

Our friends at Keyfax have just opened the all new http://www.tenori-onusa.com/ site.  The new look and feel makes navigation simpler and now caters for the ever expanding library of artist and performance ...

Sound Gallery Studios present their second Music Technology Expo, one of the big hits of last year's Vibraphonic festival, and the latest Yamaha Tenori-On developments will be there.

January 2010 sees Yamaha Music Production launch several new instruments for all types of musician and performer For either onstage or in the studio there are product innovations here that will support all your musical activities.

Yamaha MOTIF XS training programme and 'meet the pro's' sessions.

Yamaha UK Music Production continue their pioneering programme of training for their acclaimed MOTIF XS music production synthesizers with a two d...

Check out the new overview video of the S90XS and S70XS Performance Synthesizers presented by... Mr Bert Smorenburg!

At Yamaha we're always keen to learn more about how our instruments and equipment is being used across a wide range of diverse musical styles and situations. We're passionate about music and musicians. Talking to the people that have chosen to play Yama...

The date and venue for the first UK public showing of the new Tenori-On Orange is now set!

Yamaha and CW(Pro) are delighted to annouce this first FREE event to be held at the stunning venue of Cream Recording Studios from 6pm on Tuesday 24th November.

For over 30 years Yamaha has pioneered in the electronic synthesizer market. Occassionally we stumble upon some fascinating old footage that reminds us of how things have changed. Haircuts, clothes and definately product features!

TEN, TENORI-ON!

The BT Visit London Awards 2009 opened this year at The Westfield Centre, London to the sound of a very unique 10 piece Tenori-On Orchestra.

First debuted in London in the Winter of 2007 to unprecedented global press interest, the amazing Yamaha Tenori-On has captured and fuelled the imagination of some of the world's most influential and creative experimental live and studio musicia...

Drummers, Producers, DJs, and beginners and experts alike will all welcome the superb new DTX- MULTI 12 from Yamaha. The most powerful all-in-one percussion device ever created, it brings the professional power, sound and creat...

So you thought you'd got rid of me eh?! No such luck I'm afraid - back again for one last time to tell you about a few final Eastern European dates I just completed with Anastacia...

“Home Sweet Home!!! I am writing this from London one day after the tour finished - finally back to my own bed and my own flat - what a great feeling to be home at last, it's the small things you really miss you know!

Week 6... and slight delirium is definitely settling is as expected! I left you last week on my way from Rome to Graz... another long 12 hour journey...

“Italy is amazing!!! I have had the most wonderful week in Verona, Lucca, Taormina and am writing this before the sound check for tonight's gig in Rome.

Week 4 and I'm still here on the road with Anastacia! Had some really great gigs this week, including the Birmingham NIA - Anastacia tried to learn some Brummie from the crowd and got as far as saying “We are having a busted tim...

The term "live sound" covers a lot of ground, and no two applications are exactly alike. You might only need to amplify a single microphone for a business meeting, or mix many sources and deliver several kilowatts of powe...

The term "live sound" covers a lot of ground, and no two applications are exactly alike. You might only need to amplify a single microphone for a business meeting, or mix many sources and deliver several kilowatts of power a...

HANDS ON TRAINING WITH YAMAHA AND STEINBERG PRODUCT SPECIALISTS...

MEET THE ARTISTS AND WORLD CLASS DEMONSTRATORS...

Tuesday 4th August, Milton Keynes.

To help you get the most from your MOTIF XS, Yamaha ...

Yamaha's LIMS campaign got off to a high profile start on June 10th as the company took to the Thames on the famous Silver Barracuda motor launch which welcomed over 60 music production dealers and press aboard, representing all European territ...

International celebrity music photographer and video director James Cumpsty puts Yamaha's new Pocketrak CX Portable Digital Recorder in focus. James has enjoyed an illustrious career in music and media spanning 20 years and not only understan...

The Date - Saturday 30th May
The Venue - Roxy Arthouse, Edinburgh, Scotland

Red Dog Music, Edinburgh's largest independent musical equipment retailer has announced it will be sponsoring a one day festival of el...

With two leading characters cast via a primetime reality television show, audience expectations of the new West End production of musical Oliver! were perhaps higher than for any other theatre show in history. But with three Yamaha digital consol...

American songstress P!nk has recently embarked on a high profile world arena tour to promote her latest album Funhouse. And to make sure all the musicians and dancers have the best foldback sound, monitor engineer Horst Hartmann is manning a Yama...

Each year at Europe's largest musical instrument fair, the Frankfurt Musikmesse, the influential journalists from over 100 different international specialist music magazines come together to vote for the best innovations, products and instr...

The KX Series USB Keyboard Studio provides the all in one solution for anybody wishing to make music using their computer. From Bus powered connection and built in arpeggiator, through to the VSTi templates and DAW transport control, the KX toget...

This month we look at how to make yourself heard as we lift the lid on PA systems, big and small. And so we talk to top Sound Engineer for events like Live Earth and the Concert for Diana - Bunny Warren. Yamaha's Nick Pemberton takes us t...

There rarely comes an opportunity to get excited about a software editor for a hardware synthesizer, but with the introduction of the new VST3 Editor for MOTIF XS series there is real cause for celebration. This long and eagerly awaited VST...

Saturday 21st March 2009 sees the first ever Analogue To Digital Music Expo taking place at 'The Phoenix' in Exeter.

As part of Exeter's 2009 Vibraphonic Festival, Sound Gallery Studio is proud to host Exeter's first ever Music Technolog...

As Barack Obama took the oath of office, becoming the first African-American President of the United States, Yamaha digital consoles were specified for many of the high profile and historic events held in Washington, Los Angeles and New York.

The Yamaha Download for Jan 2009 is the usual mix of the biggest names talking about the best music gear, this month focused on home recording. And so Radio 2's Richard Allinson is joined by one of Britain's hottest new pop acts Little Boots,...

OK, we've all been there; setting up for a gig and wrestling with the PA speakers trying to get them positioned to the right height, twisting and pulling your back due to the weight of the speaker, or catching your fingers in the stand as you lower a...

What do Adele, Duffy, Glasvegas and The Ting Tings have in common? - Answer, they were all named among Radio One's 'Sound of 2008' chart predictions, with Adele scooping the No.1 vote. Now BBC Radio One unleashes its 'Sound of 2009' list that ...

Formed in late 2006, Peterloo Massacre (Paul Green, Colin Fry, Howard Jones and Kin) blend 80's electronica with 90's indie, trip-hop and contemporary folk. In result they are guided by the highly unique vocal lines of Kin through surreal synth-ba...

Tenori-On - Yamaha's revolutionary new instrument has been named by CNet's Donald Bell among his 'Top Ten Favourite Things of 2008' alongside Apple's mass market iPhone.

Power to Go!

Getting great sound for live performance without spending a fortune or needing a van and stage-crew used to be a big deal, but now thanks to the ultra compact Yamaha STAGEPAS Series, you can have a h...

Few instruments (if any) generate the amount of online excitement as the unique Yamaha Tenori-On. With hundreds of user generated youtube movies, thousands of blogs and a really active user community, this special instrument is really turning ...

November's Yamaha Download is focused on drums as Radio 2's Richard Allinson takes you through the latest news from Yamaha HQ in the UK, with exclusive interviews, gear demos and live music.

Ever fancied your hand at recording but never quite took the plunge for what ever reason? Maybe you didn't know how, or you didn't have the right gear, or you simply thought you weren't good enough to worry about making a recording of ...

Its an all too popular misconception that having a nice pair of nearfield studio monitors is all you need in order to hear the full detail of your audio mixes - this is only half the story. In order to optimize your monitor set up there are a c...

In the October edition of the Yamaha download Radio 2's Richard Allinson takes us through the latest news from Yamaha HQ in the UK. As ever, the programme features exclusive interviews, gear demo's and live music as we talk to the artists who...

The miniscule POCKETRAK 2G has, quite simply, revolutionized the way we record. It's the smallest, most portable recorder in its class and easily b...

A mixer is used in almost all audio situations - from live sound to the studio, from a small rehearsal to the classroom, a mixer is really the hub of your system. It's probably the most critical part of the audio chain so it's therefore really import...

When it comes to gigging we all know how much gear can be involved. No matter what type of show we are doing, lugging power amps, mixers and backline in and out of the venue can really detract from the enjoyment of actually getting on stage and doin...

The new POCKETRAK 2G Digital Pocket Recorder is ideal for all kinds of audio applications. Rather than simply listing these we thought it would be great to do a proper, real-life road test. This road-test however would not take place i...

The latest big thing in the world of DJ-ing comes in the form of the ATTIGO Touchscreen Turntables which have recently been the subject of much debate amongst DJ's across the web in forums such as Gizmodo & PSFK. Currently touring the country s...

...well, not quite - but nearly!

While you are dreaming of owning the real thing...why not have a few hours of fun with this new

You've got yourself a mixer and now you’re ready to use it.

Just plug everything in, twiddle the controls, and away you go ... right?

Well, if you've done this before you won't have any problems, but if this is the first ti...

Want to hear an exclusive interview with Bert Jansch or what all the fuss is about the new Yamaha DTxtreme III?

In the June 2008 issue of MusicTech Magazine, reviewer Mike Hillier examines this new portable recorder. With headline comments such as 'The Pocketrak 2G does everything you'd want a pocket recorder to do without getting bogged...

An audio mixer is needed in almost all areas of music production and live performance - from detailed classical acoustic recording to hardcore electronica its often the most important device in the chain. We talked to the team in Japan behind th...

Yamaha are very excited to announce the launch of our very own podcast - The Yamaha Download. Hosted by Radio Two's Richard Allinson the podcast will include new...

If you want to be one of the first people in the UK to see the latest Yamaha products then read on. Yamaha and the organisers of the London International Music Show (LIMS) are offering two pairs of tickets that will get you into this ama...

The NAMM Show in Anaheim, California, will offer anything you need to help your business have its best year yet: All the latest musical instruments and-products from around the world, professional training from industry experts and the inspiration a...

The new Yamaha mixers n8 and n12 are now available at your local musicstore. Special features of the n-series are the simple handling, the brillant sound and real Plug & Play together with the new Cubase AI Version which ships with the n mixer...

A place to grow! It is with this motto that Yamaha Music Central Europe GmbH (YMCE) has inaugurated its newly built distribution centre for Central and Eastern Europe in Rellingen near Hamburg on 2nd March 2007 at noon.

In the last issue of YES magazine, my colleague at the Associated Board, Nigel Scaife, wrote about our new interactive website SoundJunction, which allows visitors to listen to explore, discover and create music through th...

Changing Tunes - a one-day event held in Birmingham on 11 July and organised jointly by the Music Education Council (MEC) and Music for Youth (MFY) in partnership with the Music Manifesto - attracted more th...