Yamaha DMR8 v.3.0 Technical Information download pdf (Page 9)

timecode locations, and you would typically use this feature to trigger sound

effects from samplers.

Conclusions:

One of the main areas in which the DMR8 scores is in the way that it keeps

everything in the digital domain until you finally need to play back via an

analogue system. This also makes it possible for the DMR8 to offer one of the

first true 'total recall' systems. From mix parameters, including EQ, level, and

mute settings, to total recall of effects parameters, to the final recorded audio

data - everything can be automated. Also, the compromise of having only

eight sets of channel controls, but making these assignable to twentyfour

channels via software for mixdown, works out very well - especially in

situations where there is not too much space, or where you need to have

other equipment in front of you such as Video monitors, computers, or MIDI

keyboards.

In practice, I found the machine to be quite easy to learn, and the sound

quality to be first rate. I do like the versatile SPX1000-type effects, but I also

used various other outboard effects by putting them in-line with the

analogue signal from whatever instrument I wished to use them with, and

recording the original signal plus effects to tape. I did miss the flexibility of

being able to use any external analogue effects on mixdown, but I still got

good results with the built-in effects. For use in a MIDI studio, I would

suggest that you use DMP7/11 submixers for most of your MIDI gear, and

have just one AD8X/HA8 combination for bringing audio directly into the

DMR8.

So did I like it? The answer here is a resounding "Yes!" The quality of the

vocal and guitar recordings which I made were higher than anything I have

recorded previously in my home studio, and it really was like having a

professional recording studio 'in a box'. I am seriously thinking of investing

in four or five DMP11's and maybe a DMP7D, and, in the longer term,

trading in my analogue mixer and 8-track recorder for a DMR8, or possible

for a DMC1000 and a multitrack hard disk recorder!

The DMR8 should appeal to its 'target-audience' of top professional

composers and musicians for all the reasons I liked it, and for such people the

price is certainly affordable for the range of facilities on offer. You may be

tempted to think of the DMR8 as a "rich man's Portastudio", which it certainly

is. But it is much more than this, as well! I believe that it will find many niches

in audio-visual studios and MIDI programming suites, or even for 'live'

performances which are increasingly involving MIDI equipment. It certainly

shows off the exciting new directions in which the digital technology is

heading!

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