32-522: (Redirected from P-500 ) P500 or similar may refer to: P-500 Bazalt , a cruise missile used by the Soviet and Russian navies P-500 Clavinova, a Yamaha portable digital piano Philippine five hundred-peso note Commodore P500, a computer in the Commodore CBM-II series LG Optimus One P500, a smartphone Nikon Coolpix P500, a digital camera in
64-425: A musical instrument manufacturer are still reflected today in the group's logo—a trio of interlocking tuning forks . After World War II , company president Genichi Kawakami repurposed the remains of the company's war-time production machinery and the company's expertise in metallurgical technologies to the manufacture of motorcycles . The YA-1 (AKA Akatombo, the "Red Dragonfly") , of which 125 were built in
96-623: A new standard for the Vocaloids for having no face, sex, or set voice, but are designed to complete any song. VY1 has a new approach to how the software handled the database of samples and improved the performance of the Vocaloid 2 engine. Yamaha announced a version of the Vocaloid 2 software for the iPhone and iPad , which exhibited at the Y2 Autumn 2010 Digital Content Expo in Japan. Later, this version of
128-540: A restructuring. At this point, the YAMAHA brand and company name continued, but the company essentially withdrew from management. Subsequently, YLT conducted a MBO of the investments of Yamaha and the investment funds, and the company name was changed as of 1 October 2013 and withdrew from the housing equipment business in both name and reality. Other companies in the Yamaha Corporation group include: Kandō ( 感動 )
160-654: A thumb-controlled pitch bend wheel. Yamaha recommend that this device be used with the Yamaha VL70m Virtual Acoustic Tone Generator. The WX7 was the first model that Yamaha produced, beginning in 1987. This was followed by the WX11 in 1993, and then the WX5 in 1999—2001. The WX5 was discontinued in October 2017. Note: the 1993 date for introduction of the WX11 is in doubt. On the 1991 CD release "Love In" by
192-403: A wind instrument because of the way it is played, the key layout, and because it responds to breath (wind) pressure as well as lip pressure on a simulated reed mouthpiece similar to that of a saxophone or clarinet. The wind and lip pressure information is converted to MIDI data which is interpreted by the external sound module. Usually the wind pressure is interpreted as loudness and lip pressure
224-402: Is monophonic . The only limits to the kinds of sounds available are the limitations of the external module/tone generator, not the WX5 itself. A WX5 performer can sound like any melodic instrument: wind, string, percussion, keyboard, or purely electronic, including special sound effects. In addition most tone generators a mix of instruments can be programmed. The WX5 wind controller simulates
256-514: Is a Japanese musical instrument and audio equipment manufacturer. It is one of the constituents of Nikkei 225 and is the world's largest musical instrument manufacturing company. The former motorcycle division was established in 1955 as Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. , which started as an affiliated company but has been spun-off as its own independent company. Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd. ( 日本楽器製造株式会社 , Nihon Gakki Seizō Kabushiki gaisha , lit. ' Japan Musical Instrument Manufacture ' )
288-415: Is a Japanese word used by Yamaha Corporation to describe its corporate mission. Kandō is the sensation of profound excitement and gratification derived from experiencing supreme quality and performance. Some reasonable English equivalents are "emotionally touching" or "emotionally moving". Yamaha Corporation is widely known for its music teaching program that began in 1954. In a continuation of that program,
320-428: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages List of Yamaha Corporation products#P-series (stands for ⁘portable⁘) This is a list of products made by Yamaha Corporation . This does not include products made by Bösendorfer , which has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Yamaha Corporation since February 1, 2008. For products made by Yamaha Motor Company , see
352-456: Is interpreted as pitch bend; thus, the instrument responds much like an acoustic wind instrument and extremely realistic musical phrasing is available to the player. The WX5 has a 16-key layout similar to a standard saxophone. It also includes a built-in MIDI output connector, a dedicated connector and cable for direct connections to Yamaha WX-Series tone generators, a high-resolution wind sensor, and
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#1732859054695384-552: The Nikon Coolpix Performance Series Quadro P500, an Nvidia graphics card ThinkStation P500, a Lenovo computer workstation Toshiba Satellite P500, various laptops in the Toshiba Satellite P series See also [ edit ] P400 (disambiguation) P600 (disambiguation) Topographic prominence , often abbreviated as P followed by a number of metres Topics referred to by
416-531: The Yamaha CS-80 in 1977. In 1983, Yamaha made the first commercially successful digital synthesizer, the Yamaha DX7 . In 1988, Yamaha shipped the world's first CD recorder . Yamaha purchased Sequential Circuits in 1988. It bought a majority stake (51%) of competitor Korg in 1987, which was bought out by Korg in 1993. In the late 1990s, Yamaha released a series of portable battery operated keyboards under
448-466: The Yamaha Corporation that have since been discontinued. The fingering system is based on the saxophone basic fingering. Like a keyboard controller , wind controllers send MIDI note information electronically to an external sound module or tone generator which in turn synthesizes a tremendous variety of musical tones. Unlike a keyboard controller which is usually polyphonic , a wind controller
480-750: The Yamaha YPG-625 was awarded "Keyboard of the Year" and "Product of the Year" in 2007 from The Music and Sound Retailer magazine. Other noteworthy Yamaha electronics include the SHS-10 Keytar , a consumer-priced keytar which offered MIDI output features normally found on much more expensive keyboards. Yamaha is segmented into three primary business domains of musical instruments, audio equipment, and others (industrial machinery and components, etc.) The company began by manufacturing high-end furniture based on its expertise in wood processing for piano manufacturing, and
512-516: The list of Yamaha motorcycles . Yamaha Motor Company shares the brand name but has been a separate company since 1955. In 1900, Yamaha started to manufacture pianos. SC series found in Upright B1, B2, B3 and Grand GB1K - "entry level" models. SH series silent modules found in more up market models such as Uprights P116, P121, U1, U3, YUS1, YUS3, YUS5, SE122, SE132, SU7 and Grand S3X, S5X, S6X, S7X, C1X, C2X, C3X, C3X Chrome, C5X, C6X, GC1 and GC2. (at
544-457: The microphone sealed in a soundproof box, instead of the electrostatic pickups used on electrostatic reed organs . Early designs of the Magna Organ were a kind of additive-synthesizer that summed-up the partials generated by the frequency-multipliers . However, it was difficult to achieve polyphony without intermodulation distortions with the technology of the 1930s. According to
576-458: The Australian band "The Freaked Out Flower Children" (Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/4281005 ) Sophie Lee is credited as playing the WX11. F310 Yamaha Corporation Yamaha Corporation ( ヤマハ株式会社 , Yamaha Kabushiki gaisha , / ˈ j ɑː m ɒ ˌ h ɑː / ; Japanese pronunciation: [jamaha] )
608-630: The PSS and the PSR range of keyboards. The Yamaha PSS-14 and PSS-15 keyboards were upgrades to the Yamaha PSS-7 with short demo songs, short selectable phrases, and sound effects. In 2002, Yamaha closed its archery product business that was started in 1959. Six archers in five different Olympic Games won gold medals using their products. In January 2005, it acquired German audio software manufacturer Steinberg from Pinnacle Systems . In July 2007, Yamaha bought out
640-622: The Yamaha Music Foundation was established by the authority of the Japanese Ministry of Education for the purpose of promoting music education and music popularization In 1966. Yamaha expanded into many diverse businesses and product groups. The first venture into each major category is listed below. Yamaha announced the singing synthesizer Vocaloid for the first time at the German fair Musikmesse on 5–9 March 2003. Yamaha began
672-641: The additional patents and the reviews at that time, its later design as finally implemented, seems to have shifted to the sound-colorization system using the combinations of sets of free reeds, microphones and loudspeakers. Note that, similar type of instruments using the pairs of free reeds and microphones sealed in double-soundproof boxes, were later re-commercialized as Croda Organs in 1959 by Tōyō Denshi Gakki Kenkyūjo (In English: Tōyō Electronic Musical Instrument Laboratory) in Tokyo. The most models and years of introductions are based on official chronicle. Also,
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#1732859054695704-434: The death of its founder, and continued to manufacture Nishikawa organs and pianos until 1936. Magna Organ introduced in 1935, was a multi-timbral keyboard instrument invented in 1934 by a Yamaha engineer, Sei-ichi Yamashita. It was a kind of electro-acoustic instrument, an acoustic instrument with additional electronic circuits for sound modification. The Magna Organ was an electric-fan driven free reed organ with
736-668: The first year of production (1954), was named in honour of the founder. It was a 125cc, single cylinder , two-stroke street bike patterned after the German DKW RT 125 (which the British munitions firm, BSA , had also copied in the post-war era and manufactured as the Bantam and Harley-Davidson as the Hummer ). In 1955, the success of the YA-1 resulted in the founding of Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. , splitting
768-640: The minority shareholding of the Kemble family in Yamaha-Kemble Music (UK) Ltd, Yamaha's UK import and musical instrument and professional audio equipment sales division. It was renamed Yamaha Music U.K. Ltd in late 2007. Kemble & Co. Ltd, the UK piano sales & manufacturing arm, was unaffected. On 20 December 2007, Yamaha made an agreement with the Austrian Bank BAWAG PSK Gruppe to purchase all
800-567: The motorcycle division from the company. Also, in 1954 the Yamaha Music School was founded. Yamaha has grown into the world's largest manufacturer of musical instruments (including pianos, "silent" pianos , drums , guitars , brass instruments , woodwinds , violins , violas , cellos , and vibraphones ), and a leading manufacturer of semiconductors , audio/visual , computer related products, sporting goods, home appliances , specialty metals , and industrial robots . Yamaha released
832-575: The photograph of major models on each era is available on the 50th anniversary site. PSR-SX Series (The series that replaces the PSR-S series. Uses Genos OS) Genos series (The successor series to the Tyros and the original PSR-SX series) Oriental Arranger Workstations D1-DJX (1998, DJ keyboard) The Yamaha WX5, WX11, and WX7 are models of monophonic MIDI wind controller musical instruments manufactured by
864-453: The sale and production of Vocaloid applications, starting with Lily which was later sold via Internet Co., Ltd. 's website. Their involvement continued with the VY series, with VY1 being the first, released in deluxe and standard editions on 1 September 2010. The VY series is a series designed to be a high quality product for professional musicians. The series is also designed with the intention to set
896-405: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title P500 . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=P500&oldid=1114090237 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
928-617: The shares of Bösendorfer , with Yamaha intending to continue manufacturing at the Bösendorfer facilities in Austria. The acquisition was announced on 28 January 2008, after the NAMM Show in Los Angeles. As of 1 February 2008, Bösendorfer Klavierfabrik GmbH operates as a subsidiary of Yamaha Corporation. Yamaha electronics have proven to be successful, popular, and respected products. For example,
960-494: The time of writing according to Yamaha.com ) TransAcoustic (Silent with a transducer added to essentially make the piano one big speaker) Found in uprights: U1, U3, YUS1, YUS3, YUS5 and Grands GC1 and C1X according to yamaha.com Entertainment Series In 1888, Yamaha started to manufacture their pump organs in the form of reed organs. In 1921, Yamaha acquired Nishikawa & Sons in Yokohama after
992-482: Was established in 1887 as a reed organ manufacturer by Torakusu Yamaha (山葉寅楠) in Hamamatsu , Shizuoka Prefecture and was incorporated on 12 October 1897. In 1900, the company manufactured the first piano to be made in Japan, and its first grand piano two years later. In 1987, 100 years after the first reed organ built by Yamaha, the company was renamed Yamaha Corporation in honor of its founder. The company's origins as
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1024-510: Was spun off into a separate company in 1991 with the establishment of YAMAHA Livingtec (YLT). The company manufactured and sold unit baths , system kitchens , and other products. In 1992, the company decided to stop selling system furniture, and after narrowing down its product lineup, it terminated orders and production in 2005 March. In 2010, Yamaha sold its 85.1% stake in YLT to Japan Industrial Partners and three foreign investment funds as part of
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