Author’s profile
Gez Kahan is a highly respected reporter and commentator on the professional audio and musical instrument industries. He has worked as an editor of the business magazines Music Business, MI Pro and Audio Pro, as a consultant for companies including Klark Teknik/Midas, Peavey, Electro-Voice and Roland, and has been commissioned to write on subjects ranging from the society and academic benefits of music in education to the economic value of the entertainment industry. Winner of the Music Industries Associations’s ‘Music Journalist of the Year’ award three times in a row, he is now a busy freelance journalist contributing both print and web articles to a variety of clients including Pro Sound News Europe, Total Production International and Music Trade News.
Built for people – by people
The human interface is vital not only for product design and development, but also for Yamaha’s manufacturing process. Gez Kahan takes a tour of the Toyooka factory.
Design for loving
Product development goes beyond getting the circuits and components right. The user interface is critical. Gez Kahan examines the design process behind Yamaha’s M7CL.
Recipe for success
Yamaha’s ISO:9001-compliant product design process leaves nothing to chance, with set procedures every step of the way. But, as Gez Kahan discovers, there’s also plenty of scope for innovation and flair.
The Show Must Go On
The three most important attributes of any professional audio product? Reliability, reliability and reliability. Toshihiro Inoue tells Gez Kahan about Yamaha’s Quality Management System.
Signal Path
Gez Kahan traces Yamaha’s Commercial Audio Division’s journey from internal solution to market leader.
