YAMAHA PM1D CAPTURES HONORS AT 17TH ANNUAL TEC AWARDS HELD DURING AES 2001

—Named Winner of Outstanding Technical Achievement, Sound Reinforcement Console Technology—

BUENA PARK, CA (December 14, 2001)—Yamaha Corporation of America, Commercial Audio, was among the manufacturers earning industry accolades at AES 2001, as The Mix Foundation for Excellence in Audio announced the winners of the 17th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity (TEC) Awards, held December 1 in New York City.

The Yamaha PM1D Digital Mixing System was named winner in the category of Outstanding Technical Achievement, Sound Reinforcement Console Technology, competing in a category which also included the Midas Heritage 1000, Crest X-VCA and Soundcraft Series FOUR.

TEC Award nominations are products, facilities and those associated with projects which represent superior accomplishment in the Technical and Creative fields. Categories include Record Production, Film Sound Production, Amplifier Technology, Recording Devices and Microphone Technology, among others. Nominated products and works must have been released during the period from March 1, 2000 through February 28, 2001, and are selected by a panel of 150 members of the professional audio industry. A voters guide and ballot are then distributed to approximately 41,000 readers of MIX magazine, who selected the winners in August of 2001.

Yamaha PM1D Digital Mixing System

"This award solidifies the viability of the both the Yamaha PM1D and the digital platform for sound reinforcement," stated Larry Italia, marketing manager, Commercial Audio. "Being chosen by members of the industry for a TEC Award is a great honor, and should certainly affirm PM1D as the superior digital mixing system to anyone considering a purchase."

Presenting awards in the 23 categories of Technical and Creative Achievement were: engineer/producers George Massenburg and Elliot Scheiner; producer Tony Maserati; sound designer/engineers Abe Jacob and John Kilgore; and audio manufacturer Eveanna Manley. Other presenters included engineer/producer Phil Ramone, who inducted the engineer Roy Halee into the TEC Hall of Fame, and guitarists Les Paul and Larry Carlton, who co-presented the Les Paul Award to Walter Becker and Donald Fagen of Steely Dan.

Proceeds of the TEC Awards are donated by The Mix Foundation to hearing conservation programs of H.E.A.R., plus a variety of scholarship programs in the audio arts and sciences.

For more information on the PM1D, write Yamaha Corporation of America, Pro Audio & Combo Division, Commercial Audio, P.O. Box 6600, Buena Park, CA 90622; telephone (714) 522-9011; e-mail infostation@yamaha.com; or visit www.yamaha.com/proaudio.