Lists Pro Audio Check out the Sweetest Acoustic Guitars Around in 2022 by Happy From classics to recreations to signature models, check out the best acoustic guitars around in 2022. Our list of the best electric guitars saw many innovations made in tuning up…
Lists Pro Audio Check Out The Best Studio Monitors of 2022 by Happy Whatever your mixing needs are, there’s a pair of monitors out there that can meet the challenge. Here are the best studio monitors around in 2022. You wouldn’t necessarily think…
Lists Pro Audio Get your hands on the 10 best digital pianos of 2021 by Happy The digital keyboard piano has evolved beyond a merely convenient tool to become a fully-fledged and inspiring instrument. Here are 10 of the best you can play in 2021. Not…
Clocked News Pro Audio Vinyl Amazon Prime Day Australia: the best deals on music, games, and more by Happy This year, Australia gets a whopping 65 hours of deals for Amazon Prime Day. Here’s Happy Mag’s pick of the lot including music gear, vinyl, games, and heaps more. Amazon…
Features Pro Audio How ugly made history: the story of the Yamaha NS10 by Luka Osborne You’d be hard-pressed to find a mixing engineer who isn’t familiar with the Yamaha NS10. Most would also tell you they hate the sound. So how then did they become…
Lists Pro Audio Check out 9 of the very best guitars for kids in 2021 by Emily Suine Finding a kids guitar amongst a myriad of options can be tricky. Read on to explore the 9 best options for the young muso in your life. Sound quality, durability,…
Lists Pro Audio Get into the groove with the 9 best drum kits of 2021 by Daniel Croft There’s nothing more fun for a drummer than to choose a drum kit that’s perfect for their style. Here are 9 of the very best kits that you can play…
Pro Audio This video is one of the most in-depth looks at the Yamaha CS-80 you’ll ever see by Josh Davies We’ve previously taken a look at the famed Yamaha CS-80 and its role in redefining the sound of the 1980s. Now, in an extremely in-depth video, you can take a…
Features Pro Audio Digital Dreams: how the Yamaha DX7 rewrote the rules of synthesis by Dan Shaw With the DX7, Yamaha instigated a revolution that resulted in many casualties, but also a new understanding of what could be achieved by synthesis. Up until the advent of this…
News Pro Audio New Yamaha AI piano system blurs line between human and machine by Claudia Schmidt If you ever needed evidence of artificial intelligence taking over, this video of a Yamaha AI piano system performing live is such proof. At the recent 2019 Ars Electronica Festival…
News Unlock the secrets to Brian Eno’s synth sounds with his Yamaha DX7 patches from 1987 by Happy If you’re ever in need of some shuttered, whispering leads or barely audible brass synths, this will be the one for you. For 40 odd years Brian Eno has been…
