Tuesday, January 1, 2013

YAMAHA 01V96i: From Demand to Reality

By Robert Gill


The Yamaha 01V series has been used for a wide variety of applications both personal and professional and now, it is set to welcome yet another member to its family, the 01V96i.

Just like what marketing professionals would do, Yamaha made this particular console as the answer to the great demand for branded and quality multi-track recording and playback for many applications. All those and also as an addition to their continuous expanding lines of affordable, live sound and recording/production solutions.

The overall layout of the 01V96i remains consistent as its predecessors so if someone has ever owned one of these before, then there would not be an encounter with any sort of problems.

This 40-channel console also features 16 analogue inputs including 12 mic/line XLR inputs and 4 additional line-level inputs that can be paired to form two stereo inputs. Moreover, it carries the ability to record resolutions with numbers up to 94kHz at 24-bit.

More on this console's possible connections: there are eight auxiliaries and eight mix buses while the desk additionally features a master output fader and the possibility of four more internal effects engines.

The 01V96i's software also allows operators to work in Layers, with the first controlling inputs 1-16, the second 17-32, while the Master Layer brings auxiliary and bus control to the faders, all providing one with the amazing opportunity to drive effects and groups in the very same way he would to all the individual channels.

Meanwhile, for the most important new feature, the 01V96i is equipped with a full USB 2.0 audio interfacing that is more than capable for the purposes of this desk. This particular feature lets the operator route any of the direct outputs or the eight stereo byes channels to his DAW for recording. Handy especially if he is capturing live performances.

Yamaha may have been at the back of the pack at including the USB improvement with this one, it leaves people with no remorse but just plain satisfaction that alas it is finally here. That and the bundled 01V96i Editor software for good quality visual monitoring.




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