Yamaha's Pro Audio & Combo Division offers most everything that a band or musician needs to perform on stage or to produce a professional recording. This October is Yamaha Music Month, and independent dealers across the country will be offering a number of enticing incentives for discriminating players seeking the best gear at the best value.

Promotion of the sales event will include a national advertising campaign, in-store displays and a strong presence on the Web. The company will also offer 12 months of free financing on any Yamaha product or combination of products when the purchase is charged on a Yamaha Credit Card at a participating dealer…

With the introduction of three new Arranger Workstations, the PSR-S900, the PSR-S700 and the PSR-OR700, Yamaha now offers a complete line of powerful keyboards for beginners and professionals alike.

The PSR-S900 offers a big bang for the buck and adapts several features previously found only on the Tyros2, Yamaha's flagship Arranger Workstation…

Twenty years ago, when Yamaha Corporation of America first introduced the 48" Yamaha Disklavier upright piano in the United States, the announcement of the groundbreaking instrument was made in conjunction with a PianoSoft music library of eleven 3.5" magnetic floppy disks. At the time, the innovative recording and reproducing piano allowed owners to create libraries of their own performances and then play them back or purchase disks of pre-recorded music…

Some of the most talented people in the music industry don’t sing like a bird or play an instrument brilliantly, but they can pen songs that get you on your feet or move you to tears. No matter how much talent a songwriter has, it’s tough to get discovered in today’s music industry. CASIO AMERICA, INC. and Billboard Magazine are partnering to search for the world’s most aspiring songwriters in the 15th Annual Billboard World Song Contest (BBSC).

As the longest running song contest in history, the Billboard World Song Contest grants the opportunity of a lifetime to winners by including them on the Annual Billboard Song Contest (BBSC) Winners’ CD…

With the introduction of three new Arranger Workstations at Summer NAMM 2007, the PSR-S900, the PSR-S700 and the PSR-OR700, Yamaha now offers a complete line of powerful keyboards for beginners and professionals alike.

The PSR-S900 offers a big bang for the buck and adapts several features previously found only on the Tyros2, Yamaha's flagship Arranger Workstation. In addition to modeled organ voices, a LAN Port and a USB for peripheral devices, the PSR-S900 includes Super Articulation for sonically realistic instrument sounds, USB audio recorder, video out, USB storage, 891 instrument Voices and a microphone input with automatic three-part vocal harmony…

Yamaha continues to blur the lines between technology, creativity and musical fun with the debut of the YDD-60, the latest addition to the line of Yamaha DD Series digital electronic drum machines.

The Yamaha YDD-60 has a number of built-in features that will appeal to the beginner, the casual musician or even the serious player, regardless of age.

Highlights include a new streamlined design and eight touch-sensitive drum pads that can be played with drumsticks or the hands, providing endless options for expressive performance…

Casio Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.

Name of product: Electronic Musical Keyboard Model CTK-710

Units: About 12,000

Importer: Casio® Inc., of Dover, N.J.

Manufacturer: Casio Computer Co., Ltd., of Tokyo, Japan

Hazard: The recalled keyboards can overheat when in use, posing a fire hazard to consumers. Incidents/Injuries: Casio® has received five reports of keyboards overheating, including two incidents that resulted in fire…

Recognizing the benefits of music education and restoring music education to public schools, the Pittsburgh Keyboard Project has distributed more than 400 Yamaha keyboards to aid music programs at needy schools in the Pittsburgh area since 2001. The program recently expanded to include schools in suburban Wilkinsburg, Pa., a district that ended specialized music instruction at its elementary schools in 1982.

The project is administered by Carnegie Mellon University and the Grable Foundation, founded by Minnie K. Grable, widow of the longtime director of Rubbermaid, Inc. The foundation funds educational programs throughout the Pittsburgh region…

The compact R3 synthesizer/vocoder packs the main feature set and sounds of the upscale RADIAS into an affordable and portable performance keyboard. Its Multi Modeling Technology (MMT) synth engine provides a wide diversity of synthesis techniques, and incorporates ultra low-aliasing oscillator performance borrowed from Korg’s flagship OASYS.

The 128 onboard Programs are organized by sound category for fast access. A single R3 Program consists of two complete Timbres — each is a complete synth sound including dual Insert effects (30 effect types) and assignable EQ. The Program itself offers a Master effect, plus an 8 step arpeggiator…

Korg announces its latest software synthesizer offering, the Legacy Collection – ANALOG EDITION 2007. It pairs the "MS-20" and "Polysix" soft synths from the original Legacy Collection with a newly created version of the classic "Mono/Poly." The Legacy Cell software synthesizer plus MS-20FX and MDE-X effect plug-ins are also included.

Each soft synth utilizes Korg’s proprietary CMT (Component Modeling Technology) to perfectly reproduce the sound and response of the original. CMT also reproduces the character and response curve of each parameter, for results that are completely faithful to the original model…