RIVAGE PM Series
Engineer Interview Series – Facts & Faders
Awards & Events
Yamaha RIVAGE PM5 and PM3 Win IBC 2020 Best of Show Award Virtual Edition
Yamaha RIVAGE PM5 and PM3 Win IBC 2020 Best of Show Award Virtual Edition
1.10.2020
Yamaha is very pleased that the RIVAGE PM5 and PM3 digital mixing systems have won the IBC 2020 Best of Show Award Virtual Edition from Pro Sound News magazine.
History Meets Modernity as Prague Hosts Yamaha’s 2019 System Designers Conference
History Meets Modernity as Prague Hosts Yamaha’s 2019 System Designers Conference
18.12.2019
The past, present and future of professional sound recently met in the Czech Republic, as over 300 sound industry professionals from 40 countries headed for the capital Prague, host city for Yamaha’s annual System Designers Conference.
Award-winning DaNSe Makes A Big Impression At rAVe
Award-winning DaNSe Makes A Big Impression At rAVe
28.03.2019
DaNSe is an advanced noise suppression plug-in for RIVAGE PM digital mixing systems, launched at ISE 2019 as part of the latest V3.0 update. AV publisher rAVe Publications was so impressed that it won a Best of ISE award in the Live Mixer for Installs category.
Awards for the Yamaha RIVAGE PM7 and CL/QL StageMix
Awards for the Yamaha RIVAGE PM7 and CL/QL StageMix
18.02.2019
Yamaha pro audio products have been honored with two prestigious awards. The RIVAGE PM7 has received the FOH GOLD STAR PRODUCT AWARD 2019 for “Best New Large-Format Console,” and the CL/QL StageMix app has received the 34th ANNUAL NAMM TEC AWARD in the “Audio Apps & Hardware/Peripherals for Smartphone” category.
Flower Power: Yamaha and Nexo Are Picture Perfect At PLASA
Flower Power: Yamaha and Nexo Are Picture Perfect At PLASA
26.09.2018
In mid-September a small piece of Japan appeared in West London for three days … and it proved a real talking point as Yamaha and Nexo exhibited at PLASA London.
High Quality - Yamaha’s Annual System Designers Conference Heads For The Alps
High Quality - Yamaha’s Annual System Designers Conference Heads For The Alps
30.11.2017
In late September, 145 audio professionals from throughout Europe headed for the Austrian Alps, as Yamaha hosted its sixth annual System Designers Conference in the stunning location of the Scalaria Conference Centre, St Wolfgang.
Yamaha Wins Multiple Awards At ProLight+Sound and MusikMesse
Yamaha Wins Multiple Awards At ProLight+Sound and MusikMesse
22.04.2016
Yamaha enjoyed an award-winning presence at both ProLight+Sound and MusikMesse in early April, as the RIVAGE PM10 digital mixing system and four of the company's MI products won prestigious PIPA and MIPA awards.
Stories from Our Development Team
Y7 Reverb For RIVAGE PM Systems In Collaboration With Bricasti Design
Yamaha and Bricasti Design have now collaborated to design a revolutionary new reverb for RIVAGE PM digital mixing systems. The superb Y7 will be available as part of the Firmware V4.7 update, bringing the highest level of expressiveness, sound quality and operability to live sound engineers, further expanding the high quality options available to RIVAGE PM users.
Interview: Masafumi Ito on Our Flagship Digital Mixer Aiming Towards the Standard of the Next Generation
Yamaha Design "Synapses" expresses our design passion, through the conceptual keywords organically connecting whole Yamaha product design.
30 years of basic research and product innovation. Industry leading physical modeling technology underlies the strength of K’s Lab.
30 years of basic research and product innovation. Industry leading physical modeling technology underlies the strength of K’s Lab.
(From DTM STATION. Report by Ken Fujimoto.)
We met the one-of-a-kind sound research group, K’s Lab, in two preceding articles: “How the discovery of a 1977 thesis led to a breakthrough at the Yamaha K’s Lab research division 30 years ago,” and “Rupert Neve designs from the 60s and 70s realistically recreated by the Yamaha K’s Lab research team.” In this, the third and final installment of the K’s Lab series, we will take a look at some of the processors and guitar amplifiers that have been created using their VCM (Virtual Circuitry Modeling) technology.
Rupert Neve Designs from the 60s and 70s Realistically Recreated by the Yamaha K’s Lab Research Team
Rupert Neve Designs from the 60s and 70s Realistically Recreated by the Yamaha K’s Lab Research Team
(From DTM STATION. Report by Ken Fujimoto.)
K’s Lab has been a central research group at Yamaha for 30 years, garnering international attention for breakthroughs in physical modeling while leaving an impressive track record in product development. The K’s Lab team put their full technological weight behind the recreation of professional audio gear such as equalizers and compressors originally developed by Rupert Neve in the 60s and 70s. Readers might wonder why Yamaha chose to research products from another manufacturer. The answer lies in the undeniable fact that in many ways Mr. Neve built the foundations of the pro audio industry as we now know it, and it is with the greatest respect that the team now works with Mr. Neve to build the future.
Interview: How the discovery of a 1977 thesis led to a breakthrough at the Yamaha K’s Lab research division 30 years ago
Interview: How the discovery of a 1977 thesis led to a breakthrough at the Yamaha K’s Lab research division 30 years ago
(From DTM STATION. Report by Ken Fujimoto.)
K’s Lab, led by a research fellow, Dr. Toshifumi Kunimoto, has been researching physical modeling systems for more than 30 years, and is one of the most preeminent research groups in its field. We’ll look back at how an unearthed thesis and a unique musical instrument led to the launch of K’s Lab.
Interview: Chris Taylor on the RIVAGE PM10
Interview: Chris Taylor on the RIVAGE PM10
Musician, mixing engineer, and sound system designer, Chris Taylor brings a lifetime of experience to Yamaha console design and development. In 2003 Chris joined Yamaha first working as a District Sales Manager for Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems in the US. After 3 years of sales experience he became R&D manager for Yamaha Japan and is currently engaged in helping Yamaha build professional audio consoles.
SWP1 Series Designer Interview
SWP1 Series Designer Interview
Digital audio networking is rapidly becoming an essential, convenience-enhancing element in live sound and other pro audio applications. Yamaha pro audio products with Dante audio networking capability, including the industry standard CL series digital mixing consoles, are leading the way. SWP1 series network switches are being introduced to take the evolution to the next level. The first Yamaha network router was introduced to the domestic market in 1995. Over the 20 years that followed, Yamaha brought IT and pro audio expertise together in some of the most innovative audio networking solutions available. In the following interview we discuss that background and some of the philosophy behind the SWP1 series network switches with key Yamaha pro audio designers.
Developer Interview: Fader Knobs Refined for Productivity and Motivation
Developer Interview: Fader Knobs Refined for Productivity and Motivation
Amid the excitement and frenzy of a live music event there is a cool-headed mixing engineer making vitally important decisions and adjustments. Vocal, guitar, bass, keyboard, drum, and other faders must be precisely controlled to achieve the ideal musical balance. Yamaha’s mission is to support the engineer as he or she focuses intently on every moment of the ongoing musical program, fingertips poised on faders ready to make critical adjustments at any time. That mission led to a journey through a multitude of subtle refinements to the shape and dimensions of the mixing engineer’s most fundamental connection to the console: the fader knobs. The following interview reveals the depth of thought and care that went into the design of the evolved fader knobs introduced in the CL series digital mixing consoles.
The Development of Virtual Circuitry Modeling Audio Effects
The Development of Virtual Circuitry Modeling Audio Effects
From the birth of physical modeling to Portico emulations
Digital Mixer History
Digital Mixer History
Digital Mixer History
Back when Yamaha products such as the DX7 synthesizer and SPX90 multi-effect unit were at the peak of their popularity, Yamaha was busy developing and manufacturing a DSP LSI that was originally intended for use in Electones, but which also showed promise for digital mixing applications. That LSI provided the basis for Yamaha’s first digital mixer, the DMP7.
