03D Digital Mixer

Optional Digital Interface Cards in Variety of Digital Formats

The digital formats variety consist of CD-8AT, TD, Y, CS and AES. The low cost interface is available to a broad range of equipment. The owner can configure the mixer according to changing system requirements. These cards can be installed in a slot at the rear of the console.

26-Inputs and 18-Outputs with Highly Flexible Digital I/O

The 03D's flexible configuration of analog and digital inputs and outputs makes it suitable for a wide range of professional mixing applications. Included are 24 input channels and a fully-featured stereo input - for a total of 26 inputs plus 4 bus outputs, 4 auxiliary effect sends, a main stereo bus and a solo bus. Stereo digital inputs and outputs, plus 8 digital inputs and outputs (optional, via a YGDAI slot), provide a total of 10 digital inputs and 10 digital outputs.

Input channels

Input channels 1-8 have mic preamps, XLR and balanced stereo 1/4" phone connectors, individual phantom power switches, and can accept input levels from -60dB to +10dB. Inputs 9-16 feature balanced stereo 1/4" connectors, support line level signals between -20 and +10dB. All 16 channel inputs feature input gain controls with 30 detents for precise and repeatable setting. Channels 1-2 include analog inserts for connecting external dynamics processors.

Outputs

Aux sends and bus outputs can be paired together for stereo operation and can be routed to the control room monitors for cue mixes, with onboard effects returns included. The four bus and four aux send signals are output via balanced stereo 1/4" connectors.

Individual Channel PEQ and Dynamics Processors

The 03D features an array of onboard parametric EQ's, dynamics and effects processors, with signal processing performed by Yamaha's custom 32-bit DSP chips - same as in the 02R - and available parameters selected in collaboration with professional sound engineers. Comprehensive libraries of preset EQ and dynamics settings provide a great place to start or for reference, and plenty of user programs are available to store your own.

Forty 4-band parametric EQs and 40 dynamics processors are available for all 26 individual channel inputs, 2 onboard stereo effects returns, the 4 bus outputs, 4 aux sends, and main stereo outputs. Each EQ band has a range from 20 Hz to 20kHz which can be adjusted in 1/12 octave steps and a 0.1-10 Q range. High and low EQ bands can be configured as shelving or peaking, with the high band capable of being configured as LPF, and the low band as HPF. EQ gain settings range from -18 to +18dB.

EQ settings can also be copied between channels via the equalizer library. The EQ library's collection of 40 preset EQ programs include specific settings which can be applied to everything from acoustic and electronic instruments to percussion to vocals. Including the 40 memories for storing your own EQ settings, a total of 80 EQ programs are available.

Onboard dynamics processors include compressor, expander, gate, ducker and compander functions, and a total of 80 dynamics memories. Any input channel (1-24 or stereo input) can be used as a key trigger, and AUX1 or AUX 2 can be used as a key-in signal for any channel. The dynamics library's collecton of 40 preset dynamics programs include settings appropriate for the mixing of strings, brass sections, sampled percussion, vocals, and 40 user dynamics programs are available to store your own.

Two Effects Processors with Freeze and Amp Simulator

The 03D's two powerful new sets of effects processors - which utilize the same DSP and some of the same algorithms as Yamaha's ProR3 and REV500 - feature 64 basic presets, with various reverb, delay, echo, chorus, flange, pitch shifting and other effects to choose from, as well as the new freeze (sampling) and amp simulator, or guitar preamp, effects. Including the 32 user memories, a total of 96 effects are on hand.

Channel Input Delays

The 03D also features channel input delays of up to 200ms which is useful for microphone-placement compensation for live recording and video editing. Channel delays can also be mixed with the dry signal to provide delay and echo effects. Output delays, for the stereo and 4 buses, of up to 40ms are useful for applications which require delay-compensation on the outputs.

50 Scene Memories

Mix snapshots of entire setups, or scenes, consisting of approximately 2000 parameters including all input channel-to-bus routing and output configurations, fader and pan positions, EQ and dynamics settings - everything - can be stored and recalled instantly using the 50 scene memories. Scenes can be recalled manually, by MIDI or using the auto-mix function. A Recall Safe feature permits selected channels to be isolated from scene memory recalls. An UNDO/REDO is also included.

Crossface, Auto-Fade

A crossfade time of up to 10 seconds, in 0.1-second steps, can be set for faders as part of a scene memory. You can auto-fade the stereo output fader using the built-in automation based on MTC time-code, or by setting a crossfade time in a scene memory. Comprehensive monitoring functions include Recording Solo mode, where the Solo bus feeds the monitor output, allowing nondestructive soloing that doesn't affect the main stereo mix.

Solo in Place

There's also Mixdown Solo mode where the stereo output is connected to the monitor output, so solo affects the stereo output. And there's Solo in Place, where the SOLO bus is connected to the monitor output, and also solo affects the stereo output