tube is first in UK with Yamaha PM7
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tube’s Melvyn Coote comments, “We’re always excited to be among ‘the first’ to utilise new technologies and are delighted to be the very first company in the UK with a PM7.”
He adds that although it’s a bold move, the console has “many excellent features, a great quality, a good price point and is underlined by Yamaha’s rock-solid reputation for reliability”.
The powerful and flexible RIVAGE PM7 fills a gap in the product range left by the Yamaha PM5D, which was launched in 2004 and swiftly became a touring industry standard for digital live mixing and the go-to interface for a raft of top engineers worldwide.
“We always said that when a PM5D replacement hit the market we would buy into it because the history of that product is legendary and we continue to have great results from other Yamaha products,” explained Melvyn. “We really believe that the PM7 will prove itself as an equally awesome product.”
Yamaha initially arranged a hands-on demo day for around 60 high end engineers at Abbey Road Studios in London in March where they could use Rivage systems in situ and get a good idea on the functionality and quality on offer.
In April, tube and Yamaha presented a similar hands-on workshop session at the impressive concert venue in Manchester, Albert Hall where tube is the resident audio systems provider.
“All the feedback we were hearing from both of these sessions was extremely positive so these considerations taken on aggregate added up to it being the right product, right time and right place!” enthused Melvyn.
The tube PM7 has been packaged with an RPio622 I/O stage rack - designed specifically for the Rivage family of digital mixing systems – which is currently loaded with four 16-way input modules, one 16-way output module and a 16-way input / output AES module.
tube has purchased numerous Yamaha products over the years, and Melvyn stresses the “incredible reliability” of the brand is a key factor, and essential for any busy rental and live-sound operation like tube.
“The PM5D in particular has been absolutely bullet proof, so we’re expecting the same of the PM7,” he concludes.
For interested engineers, tube UK is offering hands-on demo time at their warehouses in Manchester or Slough.
(Jim Evans)
