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BRING IT: THE YAMAHA PSR-S650 PORTABLE DIGITAL KEYBOARD

SAVES AND RECALLS YOUR CREATIVITY ‘IN A FLASH’

NASHVILLE—Yamaha Keyboard Division unveils the PSR-S650 arranger keyboard at

Summer NAMM 2011. Featuring FlashROM Expansion, the entry-level PSR-S650 now

offers MegaVoice enhanced Styles found on higher-end Yamaha arrangers.

A great "first serious keyboard" for adult performers and keyboard enthusiasts

alike, the PSR-S650 can load sample data like Voices, drums and percussion and make it

instantly available in FlashROM without reloading at each power-up. Styles with

MegaVoices make non-keyboard instrument Voices (like guitars and basses) sound

authentic using musical articulation previously not playable from black & white keys.

The PSR-S650 internal FlashROM Expansion can store up to 16MB of sample

data, which is great for augmenting the existing set of 864 internal sounds with your own.

The keyboard also offers 181 built-in Styles ready to perform with players when writing

songs or just jamming. You can also play in custom tunings, like Arabic or Pythagorean,

using one of the nine preset scales—or create your own.

Users can record songs or their performances during jam sessions to the built-in

16-track sequencer and use the PSR-S650's USB TO DEVICE port to store songs, Styles

and custom registrations on a flash drive. Create custom Styles by mixing and matching

parts and sections from the internal Styles. The USB TO HOST port connects to your

computer and the PSR-S650can be used as a 64-note, multi-timbral tone generator.

PSR-S650

“Building on the success of the PSR-S550B, we've packed the new PSR-S650

with great new content for just about any style of musician,” says Dane Madsen, Yamaha

Electronic Keyboard Marketing Manager. “With its excellent, built-in ethnic content and

the ability to load 3rd party or custom samples, this product is ideally suited to the

expanding world music and international markets. Its cutting-edge electronic Style

content means that there’s plenty for western musicians to sink their teeth into as well. ”

Electronic Keyboard Product Manager Nate Tschetter added, “The PSR-S650's

built-in FlashROM Expansion is an excellent feature at this price. Load your samples into

memory once, and they remain there even when you turn the instrument off. This is a

great way to build your own "always there" set of sounds and augment the already

substantial built-in Voice library.

The PSR-S650 (MSRP: $999) is now shipping.

MO-MOXIE: GOING MOBILE WITH THE NEW YAMAHA MOX8

AND MOX6 MUSIC PRODUCTION SYNTHESIZERS

—Integration Meets Inspiration; Connectivity Meets Mobility— NASHVILLE—Be moved and get moving with the new value-packed MOX8 and

MOX6 music production synthesizers, which feature MOTIF XS power and quality in a

portable body casing.

“These are very lightweight, but powerful keyboards,” said Athan Billias,

Director of Marketing for Yamaha’s Pro Audio and Combo Division. “They offer

heavyweight features at a nice price. Pound-for-pound, these are the most powerful,

mobile and affordable Yamaha music workstations ever offered.”

Features include the latest sounds, with 1,217 Voices and 355MB of waveforms

taken directly from the MOTIF XS. Expanded Articulation offers realistic replication of

acoustic instruments and exotic synth sounds. It also includes the same synth engine as its

big brother with 18 different filter types, along with the ability to replicate warm, natural

vintage sounds via Virtual Circuit Modeling.

MOX8

The MOX keyboards make song creation easy, with 256 Performance patterns to

spark musical inspiration, 6,720 arpeggiator patterns and a four-part interactive arpeggio

engine taken from the MOTIF XS. A Performance Creator feature allows for easy set-up

of splits, layers and drum parts. The integrated USB audio/MIDI interface eliminates the

need for a separate audio I/O for creating music with a PC. Record the MOX directly into

a PC and add vocals or guitars through the stereo A/D input channel. Direct Performance

recording lets players record directly into the sequencer.

In addition to the built-in 4-in/2-out USB audio interface, the MOX keyboards

accommodate any ASIO based software. MIDI keyboard controller functionality controls

DAW and VST programs with ease. Both keyboards come with a software package that

includes the Cubase AI5 48-track DAW program, Yamaha YC-3B soft synth organ and

Steinberg Prologue analog modeling synth.

The MOX8 (MSRP: $1,999), with 88 Graded Hammer Standard keys, weighs

32.6 lbs. The MOX6 (MSRP: $1,499), with 61 semi-weighted keys, weighs 15.4 lbs.

YAMAHA DTX-PAD ELECTRONIC DRUM SETS NOW AVAILABLE IN NEW DTX500 AND DTX700 SERIES CONFIGURATIONS

— New DTX-PADs, Cymbals, Rack Systems and Modules Create a Lineup of

Affordable Kits Designed to Suit Any Drumming Situation — NASHVILLE—Yamaha premieres its new, complete lineup of DTXdrums electronic

drum sets at Musikmesse, the world’s largest musical instrument trade show. All but one

of the new kits feature the innovative DTX-PAD with Textured Cellular Silicone (T.C.S.)

playing surface, which debuted in the DTX 900 series and won “Best In Show” last

January at the 2010 Winter NAMM industry trade event. The DTX-PAD lives up to its

reputation for providing natural feel and response and allows for the development of

acoustic drumming techniques.

“The DTX900 electronic drums have shaken up the drum market,” said Athan

Billias, Director of Marketing, Yamaha Corporation of America, Pro Audio & Combo

Division. “Now, we’re bringing this great technology to a much wider range of

drummers, who have more choices than ever to experience the DTX-PAD.”

Beginning with the Musikmesse product launch, Yamaha is using a numbering

system to designate their different series of electronic drum kits based on the drum

“brain” used in the configuration. All the kits in the 500 series feature the redesigned

DTX500 Drum Trigger Module, which includes 427 drum, percussion and effect sounds,

along with 50 pre-set drum kits and 20 user-editable kits. It also features on-board

practice tools, play-along and recording functions, MIDI out and 12 trigger inputs

compatible with a the full range of DTX-PADs and cymbals.

The entry model is the new DTX500K, a five-piece kit based on the best selling

DTXPLORER, and while it is the only kit that does not have a DTX-PAD in the box, it is

the only one that includes a real Yamaha bass drum pedal. The DTX520K features the

new three-zone XP80 8” DTX-PAD snare, the new three-Zone PCY100 10” crash

cymbal and new RS500 rack system. The DTX530K includes the same drum pad

configuration but adds the RHH135 vertical motion hi-hat system and the three-zone

PCY135 13” cymbals for ride and crash. Finally, the top model in the 500 series, the

DTX560K, features three new XP70 7” DTX-PAD toms for a full DTX-PAD play

experience all around the kit.

DTX-520K

“Naming the kits in our new drum series this way gives Yamaha a lot of

flexibility to create new configurations of DTX-PAD kits”, says Tom Griffin, Yamaha

Product Specialist. “And all of these new lower-priced components will make it easier

for drummers to integrate the DTX-PAD into their setup and potentially step up to

different components whenever they choose.”

For the intermediate 700 series of instruments, all models feature the new

DTX700 Drum Trigger Module, with 1,268 drum sounds, powerful DSP effects and 128

keyboard and melodic sounds drawn from the flagship MOTIF-XF synthesizer

workstation. Additionally, drummers can import their favorite audio samples into the

64MB of Flash-ROM for customizing the sound set. Fully computer compatible, the

DTX700 module includes a USB port for storing and loading files, and a USB-to-Host

port for sending MIDI in and out to the included Cubase AI Digital Audio Workstation

software.

The DTX700K uses the same pad, cymbal and rack configuration as the

DTX560K, but the DTX750K ups the ante with three-zone DTX-PADs for the snare and

toms, two crash cymbals, and a larger PCY155 15” ride cymbal all on the new RS700

rack with real drum hardware. The DTX790K uses larger DTX-PADs for all drums,

including a large kick pad, and each drum has a control knob for adjusting the tone right

from the pad.

Yamaha designed its innovative new DTX-PAD with input from the company’s

legendary roster of drum artists. The Textured Cellular Silicone head features a

proprietary manufacturing process that introduces small air bubbles into foamed silicone

to provide playability and feel unlike any pad introduced to market. With years of

designing and building some of the world’s finest drums, Yamaha DTXdrums’ new

series of instruments lets drummers express their passion for rhythm just as they can on

an acoustic kit. These drum kits are perfect for quiet practice, playing live or as a

controller for VST instruments.

Prices for the new drums are as follows: the DTX790K (MSRP: $5,752),

DTX750K (MSRP: $4,825), DTX700 (MSRP: $3,467), DTX560K ($2,779), DTX530K

(MSRP: $1,874), DTX520K (MSRP: $1,649) and DTX500K (MSRP: $1,197).

DTX-750K

A-SERIES: NEW, BOLD GENERATION OF YAMAHA ACOUSTIC-ELECTRIC GUITARS REDEFINES TONE, FEEL AND PLAYABILITY

—A New Look, A New Feel, A New Sound for Yamaha Guitars—

NASHVILLE — A new generation of Yamaha acoustic-electric guitars is now shipping.

Yamaha Guitars is proud to expand on its successful line-up of acoustic-electric guitars

with the unveiling of the new A-Series handcrafted guitars. Featuring a new look, a new

feel and a new sound, the A-Series launches Yamaha into a previously untapped market

segment by providing a professional instrument designed to be the workhorse of any

steel-string guitarist’s arsenal.

Offered in a dreadnought cutaway and a concert size cutaway, the A–Series

represents a departure from the look of Yamaha’s acclaimed FG Series and L Series

guitars. From the new headstock design to the touch-of-class rosette and mahogany

binding, Yamaha has focused on every detail to create the feel and playability sought by

today’s acoustic-electric guitar player. Featuring a slim neck profile and a rounded

fretboard edge, the A-Series delivers ease and comfort. Yamaha also increased its

traditional string spacing and lowered the action to accommodate today’s players. In

addition, the semi-open pore finish on the necks of the A-Series maintains the wood’s

feel, yet also enhances playability.

Tone is always key to an acoustic electric guitar and Yamaha has overachieved

with the A-Series. Dreadnought and concert shapes are offered in Mahogany back and

sides and Rosewood back and sides. All models feature solid spruce tops and are outfitted

with new S.R.T. (Studio Response Technology) electronics developed by Yamaha.

The new S.R.T. preamp, an exclusive Yamaha technology, incorporates a piezo

pickup system with a built-in microphone modeling technique specific to each guitar

model. The S.R.T. system lets players choose from three different mic settings that can be

blended with the piezo pickup, delivering on the often-elusive dream of providing studio-

quality sound while playing live on stage. In addition, the S.R.T. system’s feedback

detector cancels feedback frequencies in live situations.

A3R

“We often hear stories from artists and customers that their first guitar was a

Yamaha and now, with the new A-Series, their next guitar should also be a Yamaha,”

said Dennis Webster, Marketing Manager, Yamaha Guitars. “The new handcrafted A-

Series guitars exhibit many firsts for Yamaha acoustic-electric guitars while delivering an

outstanding look, unbelievable tone, and a comfortable feel. With these incredible

guitars, Yamaha will reach new players.”

Armando Vega, Product Manager, Yamaha Guitars, said “this guitar is definitely

designed for frequent performers who require a reliable workhorse that looks great, feels

great and sounds amazing in all applications.”

For more information about Yamaha Corporation of America, visit booth 618 at

Summer NAMM 2011, write Yamaha Corporation of America, Keyboard Division, P.O.

Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622; telephone (714) 522-9011; e-mail

infostation@yamaha.com; visit www.yamaha.com/keyboards.

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About Yamaha Yamaha Corporation of America is the largest subsidiary of Yamaha Corporation, Japan and offers a full line of musical instruments and sound reinforcement products to the U.S. market. Products include: acoustic and digital pianos, portable keyboards, guitars, acoustic and electronic drums, band and orchestral instruments, marching percussion products, synthesizers, professional digital and analog audio products, and innovative technology products targeted to the hobbyist, education, worship, professional music, and installation markets.