Yamaha

The Yamaha EZ-EG teaching guitar features 12 lighted frets that show beginners the actual hand positions for all the chords they’ll need to know before they take off on their own, and six “strings” that emulate strumming or finger-picking. In addition to an onboard selection of 36 songs, songs can be downloaded in the guitar’s Flash ROM via MIDI IN/OUT connections and a quick connection to a computer. The EZ-EG will also reproduce nine realistic guitar sounds, eight bass guitar sounds and the timbres of a banjo and piano through its built-in speaker. Read more

Sept. 2005—Yamaha Electronics Corporation has developed the first front projector that fully integrates the HQV processor powered by Teranex. The DPX-1300 (MSRP $12,495.95) will be available in October.

April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Yamaha Electronics Corporation, the innovator in home theater and digital audio and video reproduction, today introduced the RX-V4600, a new A/V digital home theater receiver with HD Radio technology, HDMI, Dual i.LINK, and YPAO (Yamaha Parametric Room Acoustic Optimizer) technology.Read more

March 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Yamaha Electronics Corporation, the leader in digital audio and video technologies, and XM Satellite Radio, the nation's leading satellite radio company with more than 3.2 million subscribers, today announced a new partnership to bring to market the first XM-Ready home entertainment products. Yamaha will manufacture four new receivers and several new home-theater-in-a- box (HTIB) systems with XM "Connect-and-Play," a revolutionary technology designed to integrate XM into a broad range of home entertainment products. The first Yamaha XM-Ready receivers will be available at retail in early April.

Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The crown jewel of any home entertainment system has carbon-steel strings, felt hammers and 88 wooden keys, all in a rich wood cabinet. But it also has hot onboard circuitry and a touch-screen Wi-Fi controller that operates it from anywhere in your home. Nothing brings together new technology and traditional craftsmanship like the Yamaha Disklavier Mark IV player piano.

Aug. 2004 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on more than 40 years of marine engine development experience, Yamaha Motor Corporation U.S.A. announced today a new series of four-stroke personal watercraft, specifically designed to broaden the accessibility of on-water family recreation.

The new 2005 VX Series WaveRunners represent Yamaha's next generation of family watercraft utilizing the latest in low noise, low emission four-stroke technology, and delivering class-leading performance, comfort, reliability, and most importantly, fun -- all at an attractive price.

July 18, 2003—Yamaha Corporation of America, Portable Keyboards, will showcase the EZ-AG at Summer NAMM 2003—a new musical instrument which provides all the fun and excitement of an acoustic guitar without the sore fingers, broken strings, poor tuning and tedious exercises. Now, anyone, of any age, can learn chords and strumming by following lights.Read more

All-new for 2003 is the three-person Yamaha WaveRunner FX Cruiser featuring a new concept in seat design that focuses as much attention on the comfort of the passengers as it does the operator. The FX Cruiser is designed for families that want exceptional performance, comfort and handling when riding alone or towing wakeboarders or skiers. Read more

The new Yamaha Mark III Disklavier is a digital piano, but that's just scratching the surface (which is something you want to try and avoid doing seeing as how these babies cost upwards of $19,000). You can play it just like a standard piano, but the Yamaha can also teach beginners to play by lighting up the keys in a given chord, and actually wiggling the keys in the order they're meant to be played. Read more

Yamaha has a really interesting and unique teaching guitar called the EZ-EG guitar. This $299 electric guitar features 12 lighted frets that show beginners the actual hand positions for all the chords they'll need to know before they take off on their own, and six 'strings' that emulate strumming or finger-picking. Read more