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Yamaha digital mixers [message #86924] Wed, 20 June 2007 06:27 Go to next message
TCB is currently offline  TCB
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OK guys, I just have to ask this. The 02R was a painfully bad sounding mixer.
Ditto the 01V. One of my best buddies in the DSP programming business and
I once listened to a bunch of different digital mixers at the Frankfurt Messe.
Yamaha, Korg, Tascam and a few others, all in the high end project/low end
commercial studio range. We just took a CD around and listened through headphones.
The EQs were the personification of bad digital EQ--might look good in the
textbook but it sounded awful. The compressors were decent, no character
but a fair degree of control. The reverbs sounded as digital as pretty much
anything I've ever heard.

So, does the DM2K sound _completely_ different than their previous digital
gear?

TCB
Re: Yamaha digital mixers [message #86927 is a reply to message #86924] Wed, 20 June 2007 08:27 Go to previous messageGo to next message
EK Sound is currently offline  EK Sound   CANADA
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Yes, the current crop of mixers are not the same as the older stuff.
All the newer units are based on the R&D that was done for the PM1D...
comparing the DM2K mic pre to an O2R mic pre is like comparing a
Millenia to a Peavey....

David.

TCB wrote:
> OK guys, I just have to ask this. The 02R was a painfully bad sounding mixer.
> Ditto the 01V. One of my best buddies in the DSP programming business and
> I once listened to a bunch of different digital mixers at the Frankfurt Messe.
> Yamaha, Korg, Tascam and a few others, all in the high end project/low end
> commercial studio range. We just took a CD around and listened through headphones.
> The EQs were the personification of bad digital EQ--might look good in the
> textbook but it sounded awful. The compressors were decent, no character
> but a fair degree of control. The reverbs sounded as digital as pretty much
> anything I've ever heard.
>
> So, does the DM2K sound _completely_ different than their previous digital
> gear?
>
> TCB
Re: Yamaha digital mixers [message #86928 is a reply to message #86924] Wed, 20 June 2007 08:58 Go to previous messageGo to next message
LaMont is currently offline  LaMont
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Yes. Completely.. But, it does not imprint a sonic color like the Sony Digital
mixers (DMX-1000/Oxford).. They were programmed to give a color.



"TCB" <nobody@ishere.com> wrote:
>
>OK guys, I just have to ask this. The 02R was a painfully bad sounding mixer.
>Ditto the 01V. One of my best buddies in the DSP programming business and
>I once listened to a bunch of different digital mixers at the Frankfurt
Messe.
>Yamaha, Korg, Tascam and a few others, all in the high end project/low end
>commercial studio range. We just took a CD around and listened through headphones.
>The EQs were the personification of bad digital EQ--might look good in the
>textbook but it sounded awful. The compressors were decent, no character
>but a fair degree of control. The reverbs sounded as digital as pretty much
>anything I've ever heard.
>
>So, does the DM2K sound _completely_ different than their previous digital
>gear?
>
>TCB
Re: Yamaha digital mixers [message #86933 is a reply to message #86928] Wed, 20 June 2007 13:14 Go to previous messageGo to next message
TCB is currently offline  TCB
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OK, the enthusiasm for the board makes a little more sense. I'd literally
pass on an 02R if it were offered to me for free.

TCB

"LaMont" <jjdpro@ameritech.net> wrote:
>
>Yes. Completely.. But, it does not imprint a sonic color like the Sony Digital
>mixers (DMX-1000/Oxford).. They were programmed to give a color.
>
>
>
>"TCB" <nobody@ishere.com> wrote:
>>
>>OK guys, I just have to ask this. The 02R was a painfully bad sounding
mixer.
>>Ditto the 01V. One of my best buddies in the DSP programming business and
>>I once listened to a bunch of different digital mixers at the Frankfurt
>Messe.
>>Yamaha, Korg, Tascam and a few others, all in the high end project/low
end
>>commercial studio range. We just took a CD around and listened through
headphones.
>>The EQs were the personification of bad digital EQ--might look good in
the
>>textbook but it sounded awful. The compressors were decent, no character
>>but a fair degree of control. The reverbs sounded as digital as pretty
much
>>anything I've ever heard.
>>
>>So, does the DM2K sound _completely_ different than their previous digital
>>gear?
>>
>>TCB
>
Re: Yamaha digital mixers [message #86934 is a reply to message #86933] Wed, 20 June 2007 13:32 Go to previous message
EK Sound is currently offline  EK Sound   CANADA
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I hear you... sonically the O2R was VERY lackluster, I wouldn't use
one either. The new audio circuitry, the remote layer, and all the
monitoring and control functions make the DM2K a pleasure to use. I
was actually surprised to find that my rough monitor mixes through the
DM sounded better than the same rough mixes summed within Nuendo.

David.

TCB wrote:
> OK, the enthusiasm for the board makes a little more sense. I'd literally
> pass on an 02R if it were offered to me for free.
>
> TCB
>
> "LaMont" <jjdpro@ameritech.net> wrote:
>
>>Yes. Completely.. But, it does not imprint a sonic color like the Sony Digital
>>mixers (DMX-1000/Oxford).. They were programmed to give a color.
>>
>>
>>
>>"TCB" <nobody@ishere.com> wrote:
>>
>>>OK guys, I just have to ask this. The 02R was a painfully bad sounding
>
> mixer.
>
>>>Ditto the 01V. One of my best buddies in the DSP programming business and
>>>I once listened to a bunch of different digital mixers at the Frankfurt
>>
>>Messe.
>>
>>>Yamaha, Korg, Tascam and a few others, all in the high end project/low
>
> end
>
>>>commercial studio range. We just took a CD around and listened through
>
> headphones.
>
>>>The EQs were the personification of bad digital EQ--might look good in
>
> the
>
>>>textbook but it sounded awful. The compressors were decent, no character
>>>but a fair degree of control. The reverbs sounded as digital as pretty
>
> much
>
>>>anything I've ever heard.
>>>
>>>So, does the DM2K sound _completely_ different than their previous digital
>>>gear?
>>>
>>>TCB
>>
>
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