DAW control goes way beyond fader and pan levels, with access available for virtually all key functions.Ĭosmetically, the mixer follows the styling of the new range, making use of blue panels to segregate the various control sections. Templates for other popular sequencers and audio packages are said to be 'work in progress', though Emagic Logic Platinum v6 provides extensive remote support for the 01V96 and other Yamaha consoles using the Generic DAW template in the 01V96.
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The user can determine what controller information is sent by the controls in the DAW layer, though the 01V96 comes with templates for Steinberg's Nuendo and Digidesign's Pro Tools software built in, as well as a generic DAW template. Three fader layers control the inputs, busses and aux sends for the mixer's own signal path, while a fourth is reserved for controlling computer DAWs via MIDI.
Unlike the original 01V and 03D, the Yamaha 01V96 has full-size motorised faders, 16 to control the channel and group levels, buss out levels and aux sends via 'mixing layers' and one further fader that acts as a stereo master fader.
There's also a double-speed mode for sending data to and from external devices that support higher sample rates, but the appropriate expander card (MY8AE96 or MY8AE96S) must be installed to support this. The 01V96 slot can handle up to 16 I/O channels at 44.1/48kHz or eight channels at up to 96kHz, while the built-in ADAT I/O can carry eight channels at 44.1/48kHz or four channels at up to 96kHz. A double-channel mode allows digital interface formats such as ADAT and TDIF to be utilised to carry one channel of 96kHz data over two 48kHz channels.
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Full functionality and channel count is retained at 96kHz (other than in the effects section, where the effect count is halved), though there are some caveats regarding I/O when working at higher sample rates. To allow headroom for processing, the internal signal path is 32-bit fixed point, with 58-bit DSP accumulators, and, in ball-park figures, these new chips pack around four times as much processing power as those used in the original 02R and its siblings. The DSP chips used in the new mixer series are Yamaha's own, with their DSP7 chip looking after mixing and signal processing and DSP6 chips dedicated to effect generation. However, like the 01V, automation is only possible via the use of an external computer.
The 19-inch-wide Yamaha 01V96 clearly supersedes the original 01V, but, in many ways, the capability of the new mixer is more comparable with the 03D than the old 01V.
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This highly evolved desk was part of a major 0-series upgrade that brought 24-bit/96kHz capability, more mix channels, a new and more analogue-sounding EQ, better effects, more transparent-sounding preamps and numerous other improvements, while still retaining the operational paradigm of the earlier models. Yamaha's entry-level digital mixer gets an 02R96-style makeover, providing increased digital audio resolution, improved channel and effects processing, and surround functionality.Īround six months ago, Hugh Robjohns reviewed the new Yamaha 02R96, which was so advanced compared to the original 02R that it had little in common with its antecedent other than physical size.