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The Yamaha 02R96 represents a fivefold increase in processing power over our existing Yamaha 02R console, and for the first time allows us to work with the high-resolution 96KHz audio that both our SADiE and Radar recorders offer.
For Studio Dual and our clients, this is a whole new ballgame in terms of sound quality and flexibility. We ordered the 02R96 because of its prodigious production capabilities, but once in service it became clear that this board offers strikingly improved sonics: audio is clearer and punchier through the '96, with stronger bass, greater detail and a better-defined soundstage. The console is enhanced with Add-On Effects which bring powerful vintage processing sounds to an already excellent console/
Links and images are provided here, along with a brief product description edited from Yamaha promotional literature.
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- Complete Information
- Brochure .pdf
- Y56K Expansion Card
- V2 Software
- Studio Manager software
- New Plug-Ins
- Interview with 02R96 designers
- Review Sound On Sound
- Review Pro Audio Review
- Review Tape Op
- Review Mix
- Y56K Review Sound On Sound
The Yamaha 02R96 has been designed on the strength of past successes plus invaluable feedback from leading engineers and artists worldwide. It is the latest step in an ongoing evolution that makes more production power, creative potential, and operational efficiency available than ever before. With more than five times the processing power of the original 02R, the 02R96 represents a thorough revision that brings every aspect of the console up to date with today's most advanced production needs. Unlike conventional equipment that achieves high-resolution 96-kHz mode by cutting its channel count in half, the 02R96 imposes no such limitations. Full 96- kHz resolution with 32-bit internal processing and 58-bit accumulators is the standard. There are 56 channels of transparent, superdynamic 24-bit/96-kHz audio, plus additional effects and processing. Yamaha has included a comprehensive range of 96-kHz compatible stereo effects with 32-bit internal processing in the 02R96. There are four effects processors, compared to the 02R's two.
All onboard A/D and D/A conversion makes use of the finest 24-bit/96-kHz converters, and features sixteen of the finest analog mic preamps available in any console, anywhere. [...like this studio needs more mic preamps...] The on-board converters ensure an excellent digital representation of the warm, transparent output from these remarkable discrete mic preamps.
What's more, all available inputs, outputs, effects, and channel inserts can be assigned to any of the console's channels or outputs via the 02R96's remarkably versatile, easy-to-use digital patching system.
All 56 input channels on the 02R96 feature flexible, independent compression and gating/ducking processors for dynamics control . The 4-band parameter channel equalizers also offer new, enhanced EQ algorithms.
All onboard A/D and D/A conversion makes use of the finest 24-bit/96-kHz converters, and features sixteen of the finest analog mic preamps available in any console, anywhere. [...like this studio needs more mic preamps...] The on-board converters ensure an excellent digital representation of the warm, transparent output from these remarkable discrete mic preamps.
What's more, all available inputs, outputs, effects, and channel inserts can be assigned to any of the console's channels or outputs via the 02R96's remarkably versatile, easy-to-use digital patching system.
All 56 input channels on the 02R96 feature flexible, independent compression and gating/ducking processors for dynamics control . The 4-band parameter channel equalizers also offer new, enhanced EQ algorithms.
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a screenshot from the Studio Manager software showing a single channel's display.
a screenshot from the Studio Manager software showing a single channel's display.
The Version Two software is extensible with "Add-On Effects" (plug-ins).
Screenshots from our 02R96's Channel Strip Add-On Effects package: vintage hardware emulation built into the 02R96's operating system. This package sounds great and greatly adds to the quality and flexibility of the console's output.
