Yamaha DM3-D 22 Channel Compact Digital Mixing Console with Dante and 9-Inch Multi-Touch Screen

The Yamaha DM3-D is a compact Dante-equipped digital mixing console with versatile capabilities that make it perfect for a wide range of applications. The DM3 offers superb sound quality, fast and easy setup and operation, and professional-level features. It is the first compact console to be fully compatible with Dante technology, allowing for faster and easier setup with multiple devices. It features a multi-language user interface that can be configured to make operation simple and trouble-free for users with different backgrounds and varying skill levels. The word ‘compact’ is often associated with limitations, and in the sound reinforcement world, often implies compromises in functionality, connectivity, or sound quality, and sometimes all three. Until now choosing a compact console has almost invariably been a matter of what you’re willing to sacrifice to get the capabilities you need in the space you have. The new DM3 series of mixing consoles shatters this stereotype, offering superb sound quality, fast and easy setup and operation, and professional-level features for live sound, streaming, and live or home recording and music production - a combination unmatched in any other mixing console this size. In an ever-changing world that constantly presents new challenges as well as opportunities, DM3 mixing consoles give you the power and flexibility to do more than you ever imagined with a compact digital console. Equally at home in a live performance venue or your home studio, it’s easy to imagine taking a DM3 Series console to a gig, recording and streaming the audio, and then taking it home for editing as part of your DAW setup. Alternatively, you could use it as a main mixer for a small performance one day, and as a sub-mixer for live streaming the next - the possibilities are endless.
A Legacy of Sonic Purity
The ideal starting point for any audio engineering endeavor is transparent, uncolored sound. All Yamaha mixers are built on that philosophy, to allow engineers to capture the on-stage sound accurately, without coloration, and then add creative touches as required. Capable of sampling rates as high as 96 kHz despite its compact size the DM3 Series continues this legacy of sonic purity, offering you the perfect starting point for mixing, recording, live streaming, or even installed applications.
Simple, Intuitive, Powerful
Perhaps the most significant advantage of a digital console is the ease of operation and accessibility of powerful functions and features that would otherwise require a higher level of user experience as well as more outboard gear to actualize in an analog setup. The DM3 Series exemplifies a ‘less is more’ design philosophy, utilizing a 9-inch touchscreen and a single Touch and Turn knob for managing most of the console’s operations, resulting in a user experience reminiscent of a smartphone. Dante features 16 inputs and 16 outputs. Other features include an 8 plus 1 fader configuration, 16 mono, 1 stereo, and 2 FX return input mixing channels, 1 Stereo, 6 Mix, 2 FX, 2 Matrix (Supports Input to Matrix) busses, Local I and O - 16 Mic and Line (12 XLR with 4 XLR and TRS Phones Combo) inputs, and 8 (XLR) outputs, 18 USB inputs and 18 outputs, 18 effects, and GEQ on Mix 1-6 and stereo channels, and a sampling rate of 48kHz and 96kHz.
Lightweight Construction for Supreme Portability
Thanks to precise structural design and material selection, the DM3 Series combines a light weight of only 6.5 kg with a robust housing that can stand up to the rigors of touring.
The Most Compact Dante-Compatible Console
Yamaha’s most compact Dante-compatible mixer, the DM3 delivers high-quality 96kHz sound using 16 analog inputs and eight outputs with low latency, and matches perfectly with the Tio1608-D I and O Rack for simpler, faster system setup.
Effects to Enhance the Creativity of Sound Engineers
The DM3 Series comes equipped with two high-quality multi-effects processors featuring eighteen types of high-grade effects including the REV HD and REV R3 - the first of its kind in Yamaha mixers - offer sound engineers the freedom to craft a sound that accurately reflects their own sonic sensibilities.
QuickPro Presets for fast setup with professional sound
The Yamaha R and D team has worked with well-respected engineers and major manufacturers such as Audio-Technica, FitEar, Sennheiser, Shure, Ultimate Ears and Westone Laboratories to develop a selection of optimized QuickPro Presets for a wide variety of microphones and output equipment. With these practical presets even the novice engineer can get very close to the ideal sound, while experienced engineers will appreciate the significant time savings they offer. Yamaha prepared more than 200 presets for input channels, covering everything from vocals to drum sets all precisely tuned using a wide range of actual microphones and instruments. For output channels Yamaha developed presets for a variety of speaker systems and in-ear monitors such as Ultimate Ears with several variations to match different environments and room sizes. All of these can be used as-is when time is tight, but they are also great starting points for manual fine tuning. Setups created from the presets or from scratch can also be saved as additional presets.
Scene Presets for Your Applications
Scene Presets are available for a variety of applications that use the DM3 Series for mixing, making setup quick and easy. Real world engineers in Yamaha’s R and D group created these presets to increase speed of setup and allow more time for minor adjustments and rehearsal.