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Description
The Yamaha 02R is a staple in the world of digital mixing consoles, popular among professional studios and home recording enthusiasts alike. Revered for its versatility, this mixer offers a combination of intuitive design and advanced functionality, making it a perfect choice for those who need precision and control in their audio production. Featuring a comprehensive interface, it bridges the gap between analog warmth and digital flexibility, ensuring a seamless mixing experience.
One of the standout features of the Yamaha 02R is its 24-bit, 96 kHz digital resolution, providing crystal-clear sound quality that captures every nuance of your performance. This powerful mixer includes 56 channels of simultaneous mixing with dynamic automation, allowing you to manage complex audio setups with ease. Its built-in effects engine is another highlight, offering a wide range of high-quality effects that can be applied to any channel, giving your recordings a polished and professional sound.
The Yamaha 02R is equipped with a user-friendly interface that includes motorized faders, making it easy to adjust levels with precision. Its connectivity options are equally impressive, featuring numerous analog and digital inputs and outputs, including ADAT, AES/EBU, and TDIF, ensuring seamless integration with other studio equipment. Whether you're working on a large-scale production or a simple home recording, the Yamaha 02R provides the tools you need to achieve exceptional results.
Key Features:
- 24-bit, 96 kHz digital resolution
- 56 channels of simultaneous mixing
- Built-in effects engine with high-quality effects
- Motorized faders for precise control
- Extensive connectivity options including ADAT, AES/EBU, and TDIF
- Dynamic automation for complex audio setups
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Features and functionality
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The mixer supports MIDI automated faders, standalone memory for presets, and multiple outputs for monitors and analog tape.
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Value and pricing
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Fully functional units are available for around $280-$300, highlighting its affordability despite its professional features.
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User experience
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The mixer allows for intricate setups, including ADAT I/O card slots and control to host remote functionalities for triggering reel-to-reel systems.
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In this photo of Yoko Shimomura's studio, a Yamaha O2R mixer can be seen behind her.
In the YouTube video titled "LTJ BUKEM-GOOD LOOKING REC" by VisionsOfMars, LTJ Bukem is shown using the Yamaha 02R mixer.
A pair of Yamaha O2R mixers can be seen in a chart depicting Yasunori's studio circa 2002.
Recording & Monitoring
Genelec 1027 active monitors. Mackie 1642 mixer. Mirage OM9 active monitors. Rode NT2 mic. Samson Servo 250 power amp. Shure Beta 58a, Beta 57a, Beta 52a, Beta 56a, SM81 and KSM44 mics. Technics SHDX1200 mixer. Yamaha 02R mixer. Yamaha NS10M speakers.
"I didn't have a total recall system back then, so I had to program the entire structure from top to bottom and had to mix the song down in one pass. I did use a Yamaha 02R digital mixer, but that had very limited recall, so it was very difficult and I needed a lot of concentration and focus. It usually took me a month to do a song."
The Yahama O2R can be seen on Blame's Desk throughout his Producer Masterclass with Computer Music Magazine.
Long a fan of digital equipment, Steve tries to keep as much of his recording chain digital as he can, but feels that you can only get the best out of such a system if analogue signals entering the digital domain (for example vocals and acoustic instruments) are recorded to as high a spec as possible. Consequently, although his setup is based around four Alesis ADAT XT digital multitracks, an Emu EIV and Yamaha 02R and 01V digital desks, the mics and preamps at his disposal comprise some of the finest (and most expensive) analogue gear around — of which more later. Steve: "That's the kind of signal path I like; you go straight from this very expensive analogue input stage into the 02R, and then digitally on to the ADATs."
"I was working in a small recording studio in AIR Lyndhurst in what used to be studio manager's office," recalls Duffy. "I had recorded at AIR off and on over the years, and had mixed Looking For A Day In The Night there in 1999. Following that, the room became available and they offered it to me. I installed a Pro Tools Digi 001, and a G4 with Logic, and a Yamaha 02R desk and some bits and pieces I had collected over the years, and for the next three or four years I'd go there every day to work on music. Out of that time came Lilac 6, the Devils album Dark Circles [Duffy's collaboration with Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes], and Keep Going [Duffy's most recent solo album].
Chris Hülsbeck uses a Yamaha 02R mixing board, as evidenced by its presence in a photo of his studio.
In studio photos included in the Tactland PDF article/interview on Mateo Pascual’s website, Mateo Pascual is seen using a Yamaha 02R mixer. The mixer is identifiable by the front panel visible in the photos. In this setup, the Yamaha 02R serves as the central mixing and monitoring hub for Pascual’s studio, facilitating the routing and mixing of audio from his rack synth modules and samplers during soundtrack production.
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