Case Studies

For Professional Audio

Air Race X: AFC Image Brings Extended Reality Sound To Shibuya

In October 2023, Air Race X Shibuya Digital Round saw virtual aircraft racing through the streets of Shibuya, Japan. For the world's first air race staged via extended reality (XR), realistic sound was an essential part of the spectacle. Yamaha AFC Image immersive audio technology ensured the event was a thrilling, ultra-real experience.

Anecdotes and Acoustic Guitars: Yamaha DM3 Mixes Francis Rossi Tunes & Chat UK Tour

Following successful spoken word tours in 2019 and 2021 to promote his autobiography, in 2023 Status Quo’s Francis Rossi set out to do something a little different. Bringing anecdotes and acoustic versions of well-known songs to intimate venues throughout the UK, Francis Rossi Tunes & Chat has been the perfect task for the Yamaha DM3 digital mixing console.

Yamaha Launches PA Demo Space At guitarguitar Glasgow

Yamaha has unveiled a new PA demo space at guitarguitar in Glasgow, where visitors to the store can listen to and compare the sound of all Yamaha’s D-series powered loudspeakers. To launch the new facility, Andy May - longtime Front of House engineer for Status Quo and other high profile artists - hosted a free live sound masterclass.

Yamaha Delivers The Soundtrack For Spectacular Kamuy Lumina Enchanted Night Walk

From June through to November 2022, Kamuy Lumina - an immersive night walk at Lake Akan - is taking place in the Akan-Mashu National Park on the island of Hokkaido, Japan. A Yamaha audio system has helped to give visitors a taste of the indigenous Ainu people’s mythology in this impressive multimedia experience.

Yamaha Is On The Money At The Library of Mistakes

Edinburgh's Library of Mistakes is a unique, free learning resource, which focuses on the world's business and financial history. Its recent move to new premises has seen Yamaha processing and speakers installed to assist with its programme of lectures, live streams and podcasts.

Yamaha Delivers Perfect Holiday Soundtracks At The Senses Club

Located in Fondi, on Italy’s west coast, the Holiday Village resort overlooks a sandy beach, surrounded by dunes and lush Mediterranean vegetation. A Yamaha audio system was recently chosen to equip The Senses Club, which gives guests an exclusively high quality entertainment experience.

Yamaha and Molto Music Reach New Heights At The Dorchester

Bringing new, fresh live music to places where people don't expect it is the mission of London-based Molto Music. With a flagship project on the roof of The Dorchester, one of the city’s most prestigious hotels, the company is working closely with Yamaha to expand its ‘pop up’ live venues throughout the city.

Shoreditch Balls: Putting Quality First with Yamaha

In recent years, indoor crazy golf has come to the fore as a leisure activity throughout the UK. London’s Shoreditch Balls has the experience down to a tee, featuring a Yamaha audio system delivering sound much better than par for the course, ensuring every game goes with a swing.

RIVAGE PM7 Is Opera Wrocławska’s New Star Performer

Streamed performances have become a routine way of taking the performing arts to audiences on a scale that nobody could have anticipated just 18 months ago. After difficulties with the technical sound production of Opera Wrocławska’s first streamed production, a Yamaha RIVAGE PM7 digital mixing system has changed everything for its audio department.

Yamaha RIVAGE PM Consoles Mix Audi Q4 e-tron Digital World Premiere

Recently Audi revealed its new all-electric Q4 e-tron and Q4 Sportback e-tron vehicles in what the company called a ‘digital world premiere’. It was a complex production, with a total of 45 live streams, each one in three languages, routed to media in 28 different countries. The audio mixing for this high profile launch was entrusted to Yamaha RIVAGE PM digital mixing systems.