Yamaha DM3-D 22 Channel Ultracompact Digital Mixing Console With Dante

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.