Yamaha

Yamaha Professional Audio is the professional-audio division of Yamaha Corporation, headquartered at 10-1 Nakazawa-cho, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. Yamaha Corporation was founded in 1887 by Torakusu Yamaha as Nippon Gakki Co., Ltd.; the Yamaha Corporation name dates from 1987. It is a public company (TYO: 7951) and is separate from Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd., spun out in 1955. Wikipedia lists Yamaha Pro Audio, Inc. as a subsidiary. Commercial speakers appeared in 1969 and the first PM mixing consoles in 1972. The present line covers RIVAGE PM and DM-series digital mixing consoles, MG analog mixers, DZR powered loudspeakers, HS studio monitors, signal processors and power amplifiers. Steinberg, Line 6 and Ampeg are other audio brands in the Yamaha group.