You're the first "in depth" tour I've seen and the video pretty much answered all my questions - and I wasn't dissapointed in any of the answers... I think I'm gonna buy one too, but I'm waiting for the Dante version - that's a must for me :) Thanks for the review!
Awesome video! Question: how does Yamaha DM3 compare to the new Allen & Heath CQ-18T? Also, does the DM3 offer any feature or benefit for use with the Yamaha DZR12 speakers? Sometimes digital mixers and speakers made by the same manufacture have a built in processor that works together so that you get the best sound.
Dante is the standard model, the non-dante ships now as the variant. Dante comes soon. Eyeballing that, for sure. I'm wondering if DCA will be a thing at some point?
Compared with other manufacturers is not cheap. The card should be add one like on TF, CL and QL. Not a different mixer. You could buy without Dante and add later
I am a little confused as I have never used Dante. Does Dante add additional inputs and outputs when you add a piece of gear connected by Dante? Or is it only to extended the existing Inputs and Outputs distance from the DM3 for example to a stage to only have one cable running long distance instead of 16 analog cables?
So this doesn't seem to have Copy / Paste of channels. That's a big oversight by Yamaha. I hope that becomes available in future firmware updates. That's a vital piece of a digital console. Even the QSC TouchMix8 has Copy/ Paste
I emailed Yamaha support directly and got the answer. It's very hard to see, but if you select the channel and go to the very far right of the screen, there is a very tiny tab with an arrow pointing left. If you swipe that to the left, a pop out window comes up the option to copy the selected channel, then select the channel you want to paste to, and the paste button lights up.
Hi! This is a very nice video, thank you! I'm using a DM3 with Cubase 13 LE Elements, but I don't get how to set it for DAW Control. I thought it was plug-n-play but it is not. I cannot find the "Mackie" or "HUI" or "Mackie HUI" option in Cubase, like the DM3 manual says, and it's driving me nuts. I thought it was plug 'n play. Do I need to manually set every fader or button? Thank you!
Hello! Question: what needs to be done so that the top bar on the iPad reacts with green misters of all channels like on the console itself? thanks in advance🤝
Hey Robert Just picked up the DM3 for our 5 piece band. We upgraded from an mg16xu. I understand that the FOH are coming out of output 7 and 8 and have set the gain, Fx, etc and seems to work fine. But how do I get the sound to the monitor speakers on outputs 1-6? We use wedges, no IEMs yet. I've pressed every button on the unit. The mg16 called them aux. Please explain it to me in 12 year old language from start to finish (screens to go into, buttons to press, etc) so I can understand. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Maybe someday we'll have a sound person, but for now, my up most respect to all of you. I'm just a musician.
So, mix 1 and mix 2 groups are the same thing that your mg16 called “auxes”. To send channel one to output one and to a wedge you would have to: 1. Select “mix 1” on the strip on the right side of the screen 2. Faders now should go down to -infinity and represent the signal that’s going to mix1 3. Slide up the fader of the channel you want to send to mix 1 Hope that helps :)
Dear Sir, with regards to the DM3's multi track recording feature, can it record multi track direct to a USB solid state drive & then later can be played back into ther DM3 for mixing or for virtual live sound mixing? I have been using the QSC Touchmix 30 Pro & it has the ability to record up to 32 tracks direct to an external USB hard drive & then it can ber played back into the Touchmix for mixing. One thing that annoys me about the Touchmix is the absence of physical faders. Initially when i bought the Touchmix that i would be ok working with a digital mixer that has no physical faders but after a few months, i really missed not having actual physical faders.....
it's only possible to record stereo mix to to the usb drive. You need a computer to record multitrack. It's really pity for a console that is released in 2023..
@@aksakalli Ya hope they can fix this with a firmware update at some point. Even its only an usb2 interface it should be possible to manage 16ch at 5mb/s. Several other manufactors either have buildin or expandable with a plugin card to multichannel record via SD cards. it's a pitty as I'm pretty sure the Sound /Quality on a Yamaha board is better than both Presonus and Behringer, just to name a few. It's handy to be able to record a live show without a computer and take it home to mix it. The i/o's is a little lagging on the DM3, but the seemless DAW control with Cubase is a nice touch when they don't seem to want to make a new controller for Cubase instead of having to rely on the old Mackie api.
Thanx for this video. I have a question: can I send the channels from the DAW to the mixer, sum them and then return to the DAW with the L+R sum via USB?
Great video. I run a laptop into this to play backing tracks, and I’m wondering about PC and CC messages- can I use midi to switch the FX on and off, and/or change scenes? Can’t seem to find much in the manual about this.
So I got mine in today, but I’m having trouble getting it to connect with Cubase 12 pro. I’m more concerned about using it as a controller, so are you familiar with Cubase? I’m assuming that it would be through Mackie control but I can’t get it to communicate that way any ideas?
Thanks for sharing…it is the same control surface of the TF series, I REALLY HOPE it does NOT come with the same pre-amps of the TF series because those are really poor and bad quality……
@@stella_rt Thanks for the reply! I just asked your thoughts, of course I understand that you don't work for the Yamaha concern! Logically, instead of a TF rack, such an option would be in high demand! The TF rack was big and heavy!
Thanks for the video! really appreciate! is it able to be controlled by Ipad or Android device? 2nd question, about aux out put for monitor? How many aux out put Channel by the end for stage monitor for instance? , Can I dedicate Aux channel for my sub woofers? Thank U
Can it play a stereo file from the USB? As a backing track? Does it have a Playlist maker? Thanks in advance. This mixer is pointed at small bands and many need this kind of functions, but no reviewer touches on them (yet)
@@stella_rt That might be an idea, but if you don't want to mess with any external devices that can fail in hostile conditions (heat, cold, etc), just inserting a small USB stick to have a Playlist would be great.
Nice review, thanks. I have been waiting for a real world review and it just proved what i needed to know at 7:08 time, the touch screen fails to respond to your touch, having to touch a particular parameter 3 times to get it to respond is ridiculous thats the same problem with the tf mixers. Did you find that it happens regularly on other sections of the touch screen? Hopefully yamaha will fix that with a firmware update.
I first thought the same but using it at a gig last night I discovered that the first tap allows you to use the one touch knob and the second tap gets you into the parameters.
I haven’t had any issues with the touch screen responding. I’m not sure what you saw in the video but the console did what it was supposed to do. The only time I noticed any lagging was with the GEQ UP ON faders. The gui got choppy but was still responsive
I’m curious about this as well. In the video I can see they are paired. I need 6 separate monitor mixes for my band. Is it doable with how they are paired?
Thank you for the in-depth review. The on-screen GUI reminds me of the Allen & Heath consoles with the classic Yamaha mixer build. I'm curious if you can hook up 2 or more of these to expand your fader banks.
Got two questions. What's the simplest way to set up two different monitor mixes? I need a monitor 1 and monitor 2. And I was messing with the effect and wasn't hearing them and they were on( green) I'm sure I don't have something turned on somewhere.
There’s each channels efx send level to the two efx units that need to be on, there’s the efx sends that need to be on and up and the. The efx returns that need to be on and up. Also need to make sure your not bypassing the efx units themselves
While its 96k, would you say the preamps sound about the same as a TF, or are they better sounding? Im not expecting full Rio quality, but im hoping for better quality than a TF.
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Thanks the first full overview rundown I have seen
You're the first "in depth" tour I've seen and the video pretty much answered all my questions - and I wasn't dissapointed in any of the answers... I think I'm gonna buy one too, but I'm waiting for the Dante version - that's a must for me :) Thanks for the review!
Glad it was helpful!
I own one of these, and this is one of the best overviews I've seen. Bravo!
Thank you sir
Thank you. Mine is expected to be delivered today.
Let me know your thoughts
Great console for the price, great video to learn about it !
Thank you !
More coming including rack mounting with the rack kit
Nice review, is it possible to connect 6.7 stereo synths to dm3 or do you need dibox to xlr inputs?
Brilliant amount of info, many thanks.
I’m enjoying this mixer, awesome features and a good size for me
Yes it’s great. Can’t wait for a flight case to come out for it
@@stella_rt top rack mount it in a small rack case and put a Furman and drawer below?
Awesome video! Question: how does Yamaha DM3 compare to the new Allen & Heath CQ-18T? Also, does the DM3 offer any feature or benefit for use with the Yamaha DZR12 speakers? Sometimes digital mixers and speakers made by the same manufacture have a built in processor that works together so that you get the best sound.
Nicely done. Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
Is the display background blue, or is that a trick of the camera? Looks better than black on my model..
Thanks for the review. Some real nice features and a few disappointments for live sound use. Only two FX sends and no DCAs Maybe with future updates.
Totally agree
I finally got the DM3. Could you do a quick view on how to set up the ducker? I want the music volume to dip when I talk on the mic.
It's amazing little mixer, should be more affordable and the Dante should be add-on card like the big brothers
It’s pretty cheap as it is. Not sure what more you want
Dante is the standard model, the non-dante ships now as the variant. Dante comes soon. Eyeballing that, for sure. I'm wondering if DCA will be a thing at some point?
Compared with other manufacturers is not cheap. The card should be add one like on TF, CL and QL. Not a different mixer. You could buy without Dante and add later
@@jmggsantos sounds like you should go buy a cl
I am a little confused as I have never used Dante. Does Dante add additional inputs and outputs when you add a piece of gear connected by Dante? Or is it only to extended the existing Inputs and Outputs distance from the DM3 for example to a stage to only have one cable running long distance instead of 16 analog cables?
So this doesn't seem to have Copy / Paste of channels. That's a big oversight by Yamaha. I hope that becomes available in future firmware updates. That's a vital piece of a digital console. Even the QSC TouchMix8 has Copy/ Paste
I emailed Yamaha support directly and got the answer. It's very hard to see, but if you select the channel and go to the very far right of the screen, there is a very tiny tab with an arrow pointing left. If you swipe that to the left, a pop out window comes up the option to copy the selected channel, then select the channel you want to paste to, and the paste button lights up.
Hi! This is a very nice video, thank you!
I'm using a DM3 with Cubase 13 LE Elements, but I don't get how to set it for DAW Control. I thought it was plug-n-play but it is not.
I cannot find the "Mackie" or "HUI" or "Mackie HUI" option in Cubase, like the DM3 manual says, and it's driving me nuts.
I thought it was plug 'n play.
Do I need to manually set every fader or button?
Thank you!
Nice info, Would it work well for home studio needing two seperate headphone mixes with efx for vocalsit?
Yes it could, usb interface with standalone monitor mixing
Hello! Question: what needs to be done so that the top bar on the iPad reacts with green misters of all channels like on the console itself? thanks in advance🤝
Hey Robert Just picked up the DM3 for our 5 piece band. We upgraded from an mg16xu. I understand that the FOH are coming out of output 7 and 8 and have set the gain, Fx, etc and seems to work fine. But how do I get the sound to the monitor speakers on outputs 1-6? We use wedges, no IEMs yet. I've pressed every button on the unit. The mg16 called them aux. Please explain it to me in 12 year old language from start to finish (screens to go into, buttons to press, etc) so I can understand. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Maybe someday we'll have a sound person, but for now, my up most respect to all of you. I'm just a musician.
So, mix 1 and mix 2 groups are the same thing that your mg16 called “auxes”. To send channel one to output one and to a wedge you would have to:
1. Select “mix 1” on the strip on the right side of the screen
2. Faders now should go down to -infinity and represent the signal that’s going to mix1
3. Slide up the fader of the channel you want to send to mix 1
Hope that helps :)
Thanks so much. This did help.@@gilbertkozanowski4672
So, 1-6 works as aux on a regular board? Every channel could be routed to and through them in this case right?
Latency roundtrip in daw over USB? Mac pc
Please do a video 😅n how to set up monitors for live sound
I will be doing a video on outputs and output DSP this week
Hi ! Thanks for the review. Do you know good is the "daw controller"' part ? Can you control vsts ?
Thanks :)
Not that I know of
Dear Sir, with regards to the DM3's multi track recording feature, can it record multi track direct to a USB solid state drive & then later can be played back into ther DM3 for mixing or for virtual live sound mixing? I have been using the QSC Touchmix 30 Pro & it has the ability to record up to 32 tracks direct to an external USB hard drive & then it can ber played back into the Touchmix for mixing. One thing that annoys me about the Touchmix is the absence of physical faders. Initially when i bought the Touchmix that i would be ok working with a digital mixer that has no physical faders but after a few months, i really missed not having actual physical faders.....
it's only possible to record stereo mix to to the usb drive. You need a computer to record multitrack. It's really pity for a console that is released in 2023..
@@aksakalli Ya hope they can fix this with a firmware update at some point. Even its only an usb2 interface it should be possible to manage 16ch at 5mb/s. Several other manufactors either have buildin or expandable with a plugin card to multichannel record via SD cards. it's a pitty as I'm pretty sure the Sound /Quality on a Yamaha board is better than both Presonus and Behringer, just to name a few. It's handy to be able to record a live show without a computer and take it home to mix it. The i/o's is a little lagging on the DM3, but the seemless DAW control with Cubase is a nice touch when they don't seem to want to make a new controller for Cubase instead of having to rely on the old Mackie api.
Thanx for this video. I have a question: can I send the channels from the DAW to the mixer, sum them and then return to the DAW with the L+R sum via USB?
Yes, absolutely
Great video. I run a laptop into this to play backing tracks, and I’m wondering about PC and CC messages- can I use midi to switch the FX on and off, and/or change scenes? Can’t seem to find much in the manual about this.
Not that I know of
Great video - I saw this mixer at NAMM recently. Did you know that there is a typo on your opening text? Video Serries?
Hi,
Can it make dynamic eq?
Thanks for the video
So I got mine in today, but I’m having trouble getting it to connect with Cubase 12 pro. I’m more concerned about using it as a controller, so are you familiar with Cubase? I’m assuming that it would be through Mackie control but I can’t get it to communicate that way any ideas?
I am not familiar with cuebase
Thank You!! Really appreciate this Content. 💪🏾💯
No problem 👍
Thanks for sharing…it is the same control surface of the TF series, I REALLY HOPE it does NOT come with the same pre-amps of the TF series because those are really poor and bad quality……
It sounds fantastic to me
How many powered monitor mix channels does it have? Meaning how many Chanel’s don’t require a headphone amp if any?
There’s 6 aux mix’s
Hello! Thanks for the review!
What is the sound quality of the DM?
What do you think, will Yamaha present a mixer without faders? Rack variant?
I don’t work for Yamaha so I’m not sure how i would know that. Console sounds fantastic
The sound is awesome.
@@stella_rt Thanks for the reply! I just asked your thoughts, of course I understand that you don't work for the Yamaha concern!
Logically, instead of a TF rack, such an option would be in high demand! The TF rack was big and heavy!
Very informative, please add time stamps, for instance, "1-Knob."
Compressor sidechain EQ? Multiband Compressor?
Thanks for the video! really appreciate! is it able to be controlled by Ipad or Android device? 2nd question, about aux out put for monitor? How many aux out put Channel by the end for stage monitor for instance? , Can I dedicate Aux channel for my sub woofers? Thank U
Yes you can!
Great video. Can you show us which case you’re using it with? Thanks.
Yes that will be in a future video
@STELLA R/T
Very novice question. What are your thoughts for this DM3 vs Mackie DLZ Pro for content creation? Any thoughts are appreciated.
Not in the same category. This is much more console
Can it play a stereo file from the USB? As a backing track? Does it have a Playlist maker? Thanks in advance. This mixer is pointed at small bands and many need this kind of functions, but no reviewer touches on them (yet)
I haven’t dove into the usb to much but from what I did see yes you can play back off the usb but honestly I’d just hook up a computer over usb
@@stella_rt That might be an idea, but if you don't want to mess with any external devices that can fail in hostile conditions (heat, cold, etc), just inserting a small USB stick to have a Playlist would be great.
I used it live last night. Yes it will play stereo MP3 or WAV backing tracks. Ill have to check on the playlist maker.
@@TheBashkimAbdulai please do, it's kind of important for a backing track player
Is it possible to group two inputs to a stereo input? This would be important e.g. when having an external audio player or maybe a piano.
Yes it is, you can link multiple channels
Yamaha dm3 Dante is 2000 the Behringer x32 is also 2000 but beats yamaha in I/O. Is behringer any good
I mix on both platforms. If you need more than 16 channels go with the x platform
Hi guys,Does anyone know if I can have a different effect on some channels??
Is there's any way to copy paste eq or else from 1 channel to other channel strip?
Nice review, thanks.
I have been waiting for a real world review and it just proved what i needed to know at 7:08 time, the touch screen fails to respond to your touch, having to touch a particular parameter 3 times to get it to respond is ridiculous thats the same problem with the tf mixers. Did you find that it happens regularly on other sections of the touch screen? Hopefully yamaha will fix that with a firmware update.
I first thought the same but using it at a gig last night I discovered that the first tap allows you to use the one touch knob and the second tap gets you into the parameters.
I haven’t had any issues with the touch screen responding. I’m not sure what you saw in the video but the console did what it was supposed to do. The only time I noticed any lagging was with the GEQ UP ON faders. The gui got choppy but was still responsive
complaining about a 2k mixer??? Get a DiGiCo SD12 96 Digital Mixing Console. Problem fixed my friend
How about a sample music demo; all other videos just talking about what it can do.
thank you!! does this have a noise gate?
Yes it does!
Nice review…. Just a quick question… does it have tap tempo ? Can you assign the tap to a user defined key ? Regards
yes it does. Default config it is assigned the the last user button, but you can reassign it to any user bank
Thanks. Hard to find information on iPad controll. Is this available?
Full blown offline editor.
So to have 6 mixes you would have to send to L or R on the linked sub-masters?
The mixes are used for monitors
I’m curious about this as well. In the video I can see they are paired. I need 6 separate monitor mixes for my band. Is it doable with how they are paired?
-30 at peak with +50 gain. What mic are you talking through?
That’s a Sm7b
Thank you for the in-depth review. The on-screen GUI reminds me of the Allen & Heath consoles with the classic Yamaha mixer build. I'm curious if you can hook up 2 or more of these to expand your fader banks.
Why would you want to. At the $4000 price point just go grab a SQ
@@stella_rt Until A&H can create a capable SCENE management system in the SQ series, then I'll stick with Yamaha.
Got two questions. What's the simplest way to set up two different monitor mixes? I need a monitor 1 and monitor 2. And I was messing with the effect and wasn't hearing them and they were on( green) I'm sure I don't have something turned on somewhere.
There’s each channels efx send level to the two efx units that need to be on, there’s the efx sends that need to be on and up and the. The efx returns that need to be on and up. Also need to make sure your not bypassing the efx units themselves
Monitors are easy. I went over this in the video
Do i need a soud card for my macbook if i buy this mixer? My DAW is cubase 12 pro
no apple will pick this up with out drivers
I want to see a video of you using this at karaoke
Seconded
I will try and shoot something tonight
While its 96k, would you say the preamps sound about the same as a TF, or are they better sounding? Im not expecting full Rio quality, but im hoping for better quality than a TF.
Never used a TF. Always thought they were cheap and junk. So I can’t compare.
@@stella_rt This is a revamped TF. Same software.
@@Josh-ri7hy might be but build quality and 96k
Personally I feel it sounds better than the TF
@@stella_rt Had a TF3, never had a problem worked very well in fact.
Can I route Dante to 17-24 and 25-32 inputs to Custom 1 and Custom 2?
No. Need dm7 for that many channels
Correct. 16 channels
More DM3 content pls
How does it sound for a home studio? What about the conversion? Thanks
Well it’s 96k so it sounds fantastic
Is there any possible way to add additional outputs through Dante apart from 6 bus outs
@@valetisatish6722 I’m sure you can do direct outs with the Dante. But I can’t speak 100% as no one has the Dante version yet
can you patch input one to multiple channels ?
Yes you can for parallel processing
Does it have auto mix?
Not yet
Does the TF have automix? That would probably determine if this will or not.
@@solusfides It does, can only be selected on the first 8 channels.
Nice one! :)
Looks just like a cost optimized and slimmed down QL1
*TF1
If only they made a console between 16 and 72 channels....(that isn't the tf of course).
They do, the new DM7
🙂👍