Yamaha will be showing over 100 products at the show, including many new models, and will also be announcing a series of major software upgrades for some current products. The company will have on stand the full range of digital mixing consoles, ranging from the PM1D desk and the award-winning DM and 0 series consoles, through to new series power amplifiers and speakers. A new range of interfaces and plug-ins are also expected to be announced, plus significant software updates are anticipated for the DM2000 and 02R96 products.
This year also sees Yamaha marking a remarkable double - 30 years of analogue mixer production and 15 years of digital console innovation and manufacture. The company is currently finalizing plans to celebrate this occasion, but it is certain that it will be marked by the appearance of the PM5000 large-format 35-bus configuration analogue mixing console.
The desk draws on Yamaha's experience in both analogue and digital mixing technology and will be on display at the show. For more modest budgets, the popular self-powered EMX mixer range, together with the recently introduced 'MG' small and medium-format range of consoles, will be available for demonstration. The DME32 digital mixing engine, now firmly established in the installation market will also be available for demonstration and we expect Yamaha to be announcing software updates for this product at the show.
The 01x mLAN music production studio will also be available for demonstration in a range of audio settings. It's also expected that Yamaha will unveil new mLAN compatible MY series digital I/O cards for the 02R96, 01V96, DM2000 and DM1000 digital audio consoles. Also showing will be the award-winning AW16G 36-channel, 16-track hard disc recording system offering full editing, sampling ad mastering facilities.
A number of new power amplifiers offering high power for demanding live and installation applications are expected, and an entirely new range of VEB series speakers, aimed at the PA and installation markets, will be shown for the first time. The new MSR powered monitor speakers systems will also be on display, and Yamaha's new cobranet technology will be much in evidence. Many visitors will be also seeing the new SPX2000 multi effects processors for the first time. This unit features the new 'REV-X' reverb algorithm and 96kHz audio dsp.
Yamaha recently commenced distribution of MXL microphones in the UK and the full range of these US-manufactured microphones will be on display.
Yamaha can be found on stand CC40 at PLASA.
(Ruth Rossington)
