Synthesizers / Samplers List of Yamaha products

1 synthesizers / samplers

1.1 synthesizers
1.2 workstations

1.2.1 arranger workstations


1.3 walkstations
1.4 groove machines
1.5 drum machines
1.6 sampler
1.7 sound modules

1.7.1 xg sound modules


1.8 plug-in sound boards
1.9 software synthesizers
1.10 midi controllers

1.10.1 keytars
1.10.2 guitar synthesizers
1.10.3 wind controllers
1.10.4 tenori-on
1.10.5 wearable instruments


1.11 interfaces

1.11.1 midi interfaces
1.11.2 midi effects
1.11.3 mlan


1.12 sequencers

1.12.1 music data recorders
1.12.2 music data player


1.13 music computers
1.14 music software
1.15 computer music packages
1.16 classroom keyboards

synthesizers / samplers

magna organ (1935–?) — see #magna organ.

synthesizers

gx


gx-1 (1973/1975–1982) — 1st polyphonic synthesizer of yamaha, released electone electronic organ

sy series


sy-1 (1974, solo part of gx-1, monophonic synth initial/after touch)
sy-2 (c.1975, successor of sy-1)
for workstations, see below

cs series (monophonic)


cs-01 (1982, shoulder keyboard, breath controller)
cs-5 (1978)
cs-10 (1977)
cs-15 (1978, monophonic dual channel)
cs-15d (1979, monophonic dual channel)
cs-20m (1979, monophonic, patch memory)
cs-30 / cs30l (1977, monophonic dual modules, l = live performance version without analog seq.)


cs series (polyphonic)


cs-40m (1979, 2voice, patch memory)
cs-50 (1977, 4voice)
cs-60 (1977, 8voice)
cs-70m (1981, 6voice dual channel, patch memory, polyphonic seq.)
cs-80 (1976, 8voice dual channel)

dx/tx series



dx21 (1985, 4op fm)
dx27 / dx27s / sdx27s (1985/1986/1986, s = speakers, sdx = classroom model ?)
dx100 (1985, 4op fm, dx27 mini keyboard)

vl/vp series (virtual acoustic)


vl1 / vl1m (1993/1994, self oscillation/virtual acoustic synthesizer)
vl7 / vl70m (1994/1996, cost down version of vl1/vl1m)
vp1 (1994, free oscillation/virtual acoustic synthesizer)

csx/anx series (virtual analog / sample-based synthesis)


an1x (1997, virtual analog)
cs1x (1996, similar mu50. awm2 engine, sample-based synthesis.)
cs2x (1998, similar mu90 except insertion effects. awm2 engine.)
cs6x / cs6r (1999, support msps. awm2 engine.)

s series


s03[bl] / s03sl (2001/2004, bl = black, sl = silver)
s08 (2002, extended version of s03, support xg & gm2)
s30 (2000, based on cs6x)
s70 xs (2009, based on motif xs without seq. & sampler)
s80 (1999, based on cs6x)
s90 (2002, based on motif 8 without seq. & sampler)
s90es (2005, based on motif 8 es without seq. & sampler, support msps)
s90xs (2009, based on motif xs without seq. & sampler)

workstations















v series


v50 (1989, music workstation, successor of dx11)


sy series (afm/pcm/rcm(pcm×afm))



w series


w5 / w5 ver.2 (1994/1995)
w7 / w7 ver.2 (1994/1995)


ex series


ex5 / ex5s / ex5r (1998)
ex7 (1998)


motif/mo/mm series


motif 6/7/8 (2001)
motif-rack (2002)
motif es 6/7/8 (2003)
motif-rack es (2004)
mo6 / mo8 / sdx-4000 (sdx = classroom keyboard based on mo6s) (2005)
mm6 / mm8 (2007/2008) - successor eos b2000
motif xs 6/7/8 (2007)
motif-rack xs (2008)
motif xf (2010)
mox6 / mox8 (2011) - sound engine , sample-rom motif xs, half polyphony, no sampler
mx49 / mx61 (2012) - successor mm6/mm8, more 1000 sounds motif xs
moxf6 / moxf8 (2013) - sound engine , sample-rom motif xf, optional sample-flash-rom
mx88 (2017)


montage series
montage 6/7/8 (2016)
others


qs300 (1995) — music workstation similar eosb900, based on qy300+mu50

arranger workstations










tyros series


tyros (1 may 2002)
tyros 2 (21 june 2005)
tyros 3 (17 april 2008)
tyros 4 (16 june 2010)
tyros 5 (13 july 2013)
genos (october 2017)

psr arranger workstations



psr-1500 (21 january 2004)
psr-3000 (21 january 2004)
psr-7000 (1995, export model)
psr-8000 (8 september 1997, export model)
psr-9000 (9 september 1999, export model)
psr-9000 pro (2000, export model)
psr-a300 (2005, export model)
psr-a1000 (29 march 2002, export model)
psr-or700 (8 may 2006, export model)
psr-or900
psr-a2000 (10 september 2010, oriental model)
psr-a3000 (17 june 2015, oriental model)











psr-s


psr-s500 (18 july 2006)
psr-s550 / psr-s550b (11 april 2008)
psr-s650 (13 september 2010)
psr-s700 (2007)
psr-s710 (2009, export model)
psr-s900 (2007)
psr-s910 (2009, export model)
psr-s750 (2012)
psr-s950 (2012)
psr-s670 (2015)
psr-s770 (2015)
psr-s970 (2015)

walkstations
















mu5 (1994)
mu15 (1998)
qr10 (c.1993, music accompaniment player sampler , speaker)
qy8 (1994)
qy10 (1990)
qy20 (1992)
qy22 (1995)
qy70 (1997)(awm2 engine)
qy100 (2000)(awm2 engine)
qy300 (c.1994)
qy700 (1996)

groove machines
















an200 (2001) — desktop module based on plg150-an similar an1x, drum sound , step sequencer.
dx200 (2001) — desktop module based on plg150-dx compatible dx7, additional filter & envelope, drum sounds , step sequencer.
psrd1 / psrd1-djx (1998, dj keyboard)
djx-ii / djx-iiib (2000, dj keyboard/dj groove machine)
rm1x (1998)
rs7000 (2001)
rx5 (1986)
rx7 (1987)

drum machines









rx series


rx5 (1986)
rx7 (1987)
rx8 (1988, 43 samples)
rx11 (1984)
rx15 (1984)
rx17 (1987)
rx21 / rx21l (1985, l = latin percussion)
rx120 (1988, 38 samples)


ry series


ry8 (1994)
ry9 (1999)
ry10 (1992)
ry20 (1994)
ry30 (1991, awm2(16bit pcm))


rm series


rm50— drum sound module


mr series


mr10 (1983)

sampler












tx16w (1987)


vss series (mini keyboard)


vss-30 (1987)
vss-100 (1985)
vss-200 (1988 or 1989)


a series (rack mount)


a3000 / a3000 ver.2 (1997)
a4000 (1999)
a5000 (1999)
a7000 / a7000 ver.2 (1995)


su series (desktop module)


su10 (1995)
su200 (2000)
su700 (1998)

sound modules

sound modules not fit other categories


cbxt3 — general midi , other modes supported
fb-01— 4op fm/8 multi-timbral sound module, suitable cx5m system. forerunner of tg & mu series
fs1r (1998) — fm/formant synthesis
tg100 (1991) — general midi sound module
tg300 / tg300gray (1993/1994) — pcm, gs compatible
tg500 (1992)
tx1p (1987, piano)

xg sound modules

mu series


mu2000




mu10xg
mu20 (1995, harf-rack unit)
mu50 (1995)
mu80 / mu80b (1994/1996)
mu90/ mu90r/ mu90b
mu100 / mu100r / mu100b / mu100bs (1997/?/1998/1999)
mu128 (1998)
mu500 (2000)
mu1000 (1999)
mu2000 / mu2000ex (1999/)

plug-in sound boards

db50xg xg daughter-board wave blaster port



db50xg (1995) — xg sound daughter-board wave blaster port
db51xg (1998?) — xg sound daughter-board wave blaster port, smaller footprint db50xg, main processor xu94700 (a big chip)
db60xg (?) — xg sound daughter-board wave blaster port audio-in (like sw60xg), japan
nec xr385 (?) — oem/licensed? xg sound board (unknown) karaoke machine, audio inputs suitable microphone instead of line levels


modular synthesis plug-in system
msps plug-in sound board, supported motif series, mu series, s series, cs6x/cs6r, etc.


plg150-an — analog physical modeling synthesis, similar an1x
plg150-ap — sampling grand piano, based on yamaha new cfiiis
plg150-dr — drum sound, equivalent drum part of motif
plg100-dx — plug-in board version of dx7
plg150-dx — successor of plg100-dx, compatible dx7
plg150-pc — percussion sound, based on latin groove factory/q arts
plg150-pf — pcm piano sound
plg150-sg — formant synging synthesizer, forerunner of vocaloid
plg100-vh — vocoder / harmonizer board
plg100-vl — plug-in board version of vl70m
plg150-vl — successor of plg100-vl, similar va algorithm on ex5
plg100-xg — xg sound, based on mu50/mu100

software synthesizers

vocaloid demo - collaborating hrp-4c miim aist




bodibeat
midplug (1997)
s-yg20
s-yxg50 (1997)
s-yxg70
s-yxg100
s-yxg100 pvl
vocaloid
vocaloid2
vocaloid3
vocaloid4

midi controllers

kx series


kx25 (2008)
kx49 (2008)
kx61 (2008)
kx8 (2008, ghs action)
kx76 (1985, initial/after touch)
kx88 (1984, piano touch, initial/after touch)


cbx series


cbx-k1 / cbx-k1xg (1995, xg = xg sound)
cbx-k2 (1998)
cbx-k3 (1993)

keytars









cs-01 (1982, shoulder analog synth breath controller)
kx1 (1983)
kx5 (1984)
shs-10[r][s][b] (1987/1988, fm & midi, similar pss-390, r = red, s = silver, b = black (1988))
shs-200 (1988)

guitar synthesizers

g10 (1988, guitar midi controller (using super sonic sensor)/sound module, compatible tx802/tx81z)
g1d (1996, hex pickup)
g50 (1996, guitar midi converter g1d/b1d/b5d)
b1d / b5d (1997/?, bass hex pickup)

ez series guitar style


ez-eg (2002 or 2003, ez series, electric guitar style, 6strings, 12frets)
ez-ag (2003 or 2005, ez series, acoustic guitar style, 6strings, 12frets)

wind controllers

wx7 wind controller player



wx series


wx5 (1998)
wx7 (1987)
wx11 / wt11 (1989, wind controller/sound module)

ez series wind instruments


ez-tp (2004, ez series, trumpet style, 3valves)


breath controllers


bc2
bc3

tenori-on

tenori-on tnr-w




tnr-w (2008, white led buttons)
tnr-o (2009, orange led buttons)

wearable instruments

miburi

interfaces
midi interfaces

ux16
ux96
ux256

midi effects

mep4 (c.1988) midi event processor

mlan


mlan8p
mlan8e
mlan16e
mlan-ex
i88x

sequencers

qx1 (1984)
qx3 (1987)
qx5 / qx5fd (1986/1988 or 1989)
qx7 (1985)
qx21 (1985)

music data recorders

data recorders player pianos, digital pianos, electones, etc.
mdf series
midi data filer


mdf1 (1986, media: 2.8 quick disk)
mdf2 (media: 3.5 2d fd)
mdf3 (media: 3.5 2hd fd)


dsr series


dsr-1 (1987, digital sequencer recorder)


mdr series


mdr-1
mdr3
mdr4
mdr-10

music data player

mdp-30 (2008, music data player accompaniment/lesson, pcm sound:xg/gm2/gs, usb memory/usb fdd ready)










music computers

c1 / c1/20 (1987) — ibm pc compatible laptop pc music production (i286@10 mhz), 8 midi ports , voyetra sequencer. /20 = 20m hd
cx5m / cx5f (1984) — msx computer music production, sfg-01 fm synthesizer unit including midi i/o
cx7m/128 (1985)— successor of cx5m, msx2 version, sfg-05 fm synthesizer unit

music software

ma-63w (1999, xgworks v3.0 windows 95/98)

computer music packages

hello! music!
computer music packages comprises cbx hardware , software (xgworks, etc.)


cbx-101 (1992)
cbx-201 (1992)
cbx-302 (1993)

cbx-s3 (1993, stereo speaker)
cbx-t3 (1993, tone generator midi i/f)


cbx-pcc10 (1996, unknown)

classroom keyboards

sy20 (1982, ensemble synthesizer classroom)
sdx27s (1986, classroom version of dx27s)


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sdx-2000 (1989, classroom keyboard based on eos b200)
sdx-3000 (1995, classroom keyboard based on eos b900)
sdx-4000 (classroom keyboard based on mo6s)




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