Live Sound
Live Sound
More Musical Sound for Every Venue and Show
One of the reasons Yamaha pro audio gear enjoys an enviable reputation in the live sound field is the company’s extensive background and know-how in musical instrument production.
Yamaha brings a deep understanding of music and musical instruments together with an awareness of the workflow and reliability required of professional live sound equipment. But most of all, Yamaha listens. Yamaha listens closely to customers’ needs and wishes, and fulfills them whenever possible.
It takes more than just technology to make great sound, and that’s why the Yamaha RIVAGE PM series, CL/QL series, and TF series digital consoles have become industry standards. Yamaha is in touch with the needs of the industry, and has the experience as well as the foresight to provide the right solutions at the right time.
Products That Make Performances Memorable
Here’s a selection of products from Yamaha’s extensive lineup that are recommended for live sound applications … for better sound and a closer connection between artists and audience.
Mixers
The mixing console is the heart of any live sound system, and Yamaha is a leading brand in the field. Yamaha mixers have a well-deserved and unflagging reputation for excellence based on superior sound, operability, versatility, and reliability.
RIVAGE PM Series
To fully support the sound engineers who support the artists and performers, Yamaha makes absolutely no compromises when it comes to quality. Sound, operability, and reliability must all be first class, and implemented in a way that allows engineers to concentrate fully on helping artists and performers deliver their message. The RIVAGE PM series embodies this ideal at the highest level, connecting technology, art, and audiences with waves that encircle the world.
DM7 Series
The DM7 series is an innovative digital mixer lineup that not only guarantees unparalleled sound quality, ease of operation, and high reliability for connecting engineers, artists, and audiences, but is also highly scalable and flexible enough to be adapted for various applications. It can be configured in a variety of forms depending on the engineer's preferences to support a wide range of applications.
DM3 Series
A DM3 series compact digital mixing console features versatile capabilities and portability for a wide range of applications. Offering superb sound quality, fast and easy setup and operation, and professional-level features.
CL Series
Discontinued
CL series digital mixing consoles represent a new level of refinement. They offer an evolved experience in accessible mixing, plus sonic purity with sound shaping capabilities that will give the most imaginative engineer unprecedented creative freedom.
QL Series
Discontinued
QL series consoles offer all-in-one mixing, processing, and routing capability for small to medium scale live sound, corporate speech events, installations, and much more.
TF Series
TF series consoles take live sound reinforcement to a new level of refinement with TouchFlow Operation™, recallable D-PRE™ preamplifiers, advanced processing and much more.
Interfaces
Network audio has created a whole new world of live sound potential. Yamaha believes in an open approach to network integration and offers products that support a wide range of network protocols, including a range of I/O devices and expansion cards that make it easy to adapt to any protocol that suits the user’s system requirements.
R Series (AD/DA)
R Series I/O racks employ Dante network audio protocol for exceptional flexibility and freedom in setup and placement, while delivering natural, musical sound that brings out the full sonic potential of mixing consoles and other system components.
R Series (MADI)
The RMio64-D Dante/MADI conversion I/O rack is here. It supports a wide range of broadcast and live sound applications with extraordinary flexibility, and without getting in the way.
Tio1608-D2
The Tio1608-D2 is a Dante-equipped I/O rack with 16 microphone/ line inputs and 8 line outputs.
R Series (SLOT)
The RSio64-D is an audio interface that can convert between Dante and Mini-YGDAI formats for up to 64 inputs and 64 outputs
SWP1
The SWP1 series network switch allows a Dante optimized setup and VLAN presets to be recalled by flipping DIP switches.
DANTE-MY16-AUD2
16-Channel Dante Network I/O Card
NY64-D
The NY64-D is a Dante expansion card for TF series consoles
MY16-MD64
16-Channel MADI Interface Card
WSG-Y16 V2
Waves SoundGrid Interface Card
AVIOM16/O-Y1
16-Channel Pro16 A-Net Network Output Card
Processors
Yamaha matrix processors are equipped with flexible processing functions that are essential to a wide variety of applications such as retail stores, restaurant/bars or banquet rooms.
DME7
An open architecture-type digital signal processor, which offers state-of-the-art performance and connectivity, 96 kHz sound quality and support for up to 256 input/output channels.
Power Amplifiers
Yamaha has been supplying power amplifiers that deliver top-quality, high power, and solid reliability to live stages around the world ever since the release of the P2200 in 1976. That’s considerably more than 30 years. From ceiling speakers to installations in rooms or arenas, Yamaha continues to support high quality and outstanding system design flexibility with a comprehensive lineup.
PX Series
The versatile PX series power amplifiers lineup combines intelligent processing with high output power to meet the requirements of a vast range of sound reinforcement environments.
Speakers
There’s the Installation Series for installations from small to massive, and the DSR/DXR series for the highest resolution and SPL in compact, lightweight speakers of their class, and more. Yamaha offers speakers that are ideal for just about any live sound application.
CBR series
Versatile CBR Series loudspeakers deliver outstanding audio performance for a wide range of applications including front-of-house sound, floor monitoring or installations.
DBR series
DBR Series powered loudspeakers harness the same state-of-the-art Yamaha DSP, amplifier and speaker technologies developed for the professional DSR Series and DXR Series lineups, ensuring high-resolution sound at any output level.
DHR series
The DHR Series powered loudspeakers provide versatility and premium quality with a lineup of three different models delivering up to 1,000 W Class-D power and equipped with plywood enclosures and practical features that have been optimized to deliver superb performance in a wide range of sound reinforcement environments.
DXR Series
DXR Series loudspeakers offer superb high-definition sound and class-leading sound pressure levels—yet in a more compact and extremely functional design that provides a level of versatility unmatched by any speaker in its class today.
DXS Series
DXS Series is a new line of compact, high output powered subwoofers that match perfectly with Yamaha full-range powered loudspeakers.
DZR / DXS XLF Series
Best-in-class SPL performance, sophisticated DSP processing, unrivaled low-frequency bass sound reproduction.
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