Yamaha introduces its Rivage PM5 and PM3 digital mixing systems to the market

These two new control surfaces, along with two DSP engines are the latest additions to the professional audio product range.

The Rivage PM5 and Rivage PM3 digital mixing systems that Yamaha just introduced to the market provide audio engineers with more choice and flexibility to produce optimal sound in more applications, That which, as they point out from the manufacturer, democratizes high-end audio more than ever.

Yamaha Rivage PM is highly regarded among professional engineers for its optimal sound quality and flexible flexible flexible control.. The Rivage PM10 and PM7 models have already established themselves as the reference digital mixing systems on the market that now, with the new PM5 and PM3, more compact in size, bring new levels of flexibility and scalability, in addition to including all the functionality of Rivage PM.

The choice of two DSP motors with different mixing capabilities, to which these new models are added, gives sound engineers remarkable flexibility to create systems tailored to a much wider range of applications.

The key components of the new Rivabe PM5 and Rivage PM3 systems are the CS-R5 and CS-R3 control surfaces, featuring the same fader configuration as the rest of the Rivage PM series, with three compartments of twelve faders each.

The combination of touch screens and channel controls provides intuitive features that will be familiar to rivage PM series users, while facilitating access to those who know the consoles of the CL and QL series of Yamaha.

The CS-R5 control surface for Rivage PM5 systems incorporates three 15" capacitive touch screens, with high-brightness display suitable for daylight use and a condensed selected channel section for easy and intuitive use. To maximize the size of the screens, the depth of the control surface has been reduced, facilitating access to both these and controls.

The indicators next to each fader allow accurate tracking and offer excellent visibility for easy level adjustments. With only 42 Kg. weighty, the CS-R5 control surface is also quite a bit lighter, making it easy to transport and handle by just two people.

For its part, The CS-R3 control surface for Rivage PM3 systems includes all the functionality and performance of the Rivage PM series in a console that measures only 1,14 meters wide, making it the most compact console in the range; ideal for enclosures where space is limited.

Rivage CS-R3 has a screen with a single touch panel, of the same type as in the CS-R5, and a condensed selected channel section that, as a whole, offer simple and intuitive control. In addition, a complete range of physical controllers make this model an ideal choice for monitor applications.

New DSP engines

The 'brain' of any Rivage PM system is the DSP engine. The two new units incorporate the DSP-RX engine, that provides 120 Tickets, 48 mix buses and 24 Arrays, as well as the DSP-RX-EX engine, with 288 Tickets, 72 mix buses and 36 Arrays.

If more capacity is needed for DSP-RX, the user can add a DEK-DSP-RX expansion board to upgrade it to the full specifications of the DSP-RX-EX. New DSP engines also enable DSP duplication: two DSP-RX or two DSP-RX-EX engines can be used in duplicate configuration in applications where fail-safe redundancy is required.

The Rivage PM ecosystem

All Rivage PM systems use the same DSP engines, I/O racks and firmware. This means that, whatever the control surface used, the sound, features and basic operation are consistent.

the dual console function of the system allows a second control surface to be used as a secondary computer, for example for a room mix, as a monitoring console or as a secondary computer, depending on user requirements.

All models feature the same basic fader configuration, with three banks of twelve faders, so that it is possible to maintain the same arrangement of faders when using different control surfaces on different days of a tour, For example.

Like the Rivage PM10 and PM7 models, New PM5 and PM3 offer direct compatibility with Yamaha TwinLANe audio network, with capacity for four hundred simultaneous audio channels with extremely low latency, and the Dante network of Audinate, which is used as standard in CL and QL digital consoles and other professional audio products from this manufacturer.

Rivage PM5 and PM3 models fully inherit the underlying Yamaha Rivage PM philosophy, that allows you to use any compatible I/O rack to faithfully capture stage sound, no coloration, as well as adding creative touches if needed.

Firmware version 4.0

The presentation of Rivage PM5 and PM3 also coincides with that of the version 4.0 firmware for the entire Rivage PM series, that updates important functions and the user interface, with the addition of the Eventide SP2016 special reverb plugin, which provides a large selection of high-quality presets and editing engineers who want to customize their sound.

For Ray Maxwell, Vp. Eventide Sales & Marketing, "the unmistakable reverberations of the original SP2016 have been used in countless hits for nearly forty years and can be heard on Adele albums., Mariah Carey and Eminem, among others. We are honored to collaborate with Yamaha to bring the sp2016 reverberations. (Room, Stereo Room and Hi-Density Plate) to Rivage PM series with 4.0" software.

Yoshi Tsugawa, Senior Managing Director, Yamaha Audio Business Division, has noted that "the availability of the two DSP engines with different mixing capabilities, plus the two new control surfaces, offers much greater flexibility to build systems tailored to applications of almost any scale.".

With the addition of rivage PM10 and PM7 systems, "Yamaha now has a blending ecosystem capable of offering the highest levels of flexibility., performance and scalability needed for top-level events and in any space, from the largest stadiums and festivals to small halls and theatres, without sacrificing the highest sound quality", says Tsugawa.

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