Yamaha launches digital consoles
MANILA, Philippines - Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems, Inc. has announced the launch of the new CL Series digital consoles. The new Yamaha CL Series offers an evolved experience in accessible mixing that was unveiled in the recently concluded Prolight+Sound 2012 Expo in Frankfurt, Germany.
The line up comprises three consoles, the CL1, CL3 and CL5, ranging in scale from 48 to 72 mono plus eight stereo inputs. The Yamaha CL Series is a Dante network-based console featuring remote I/O for a faster, more responsive Yamaha System solution. All three CL models are in the Centralogic series, only differentiated by frame size and input capability, feature 24 mix buses, eight matrix buses, plus stereo and, mono outputs and 16 DCA’s. The footprint of all three consoles is small, yet powerful and has been developed specifically for sound reinforcement applications such as performing arts venues, theatres, houses of worship, touring, and remote broadcast. The high output bus count will be a great benefit to live broadcast and monitor applications.
All CL consoles are configured with a top panel center section with a comprehensive selected channel section, a 16-bit color LED back-lit touch screen, four User-Defined Knobs, a built-in help system, two track USB recorder/player section, and much more. The CL Series features 16 31-band GEQ’s, an 8U effects rack and a new 8U Premium Rack including Rupert Neve Designs Portico 5043 Compressor and Portico 5033 EQ as well as new Yamaha VCM compressors and EQ’s. Rupert Neve, who approved the 5033 and 5043 in the Premium Rack during its initial evaluation, called it “very sweet sounding” and is “indistinguishable from its hardware equivalent.”
Additional console features include simultaneous CL Editor/Stage Mix connection, multi-track recording via Dante Virtual Soundcard software, and File Converter Software for CL, PM5D, M7CL and LS9 consoles. A new recording software from Steinberg dubbed as “Nuendo Live,” optimized for live recording and playback transport, will also be bundled with the console.
For information, call 899-9735 or 899-9757 or visit www.yupangco.com.
