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Yamaha PM1D V2 digital mixing console·Yamaha Corporation (via Wikimedia Commons)·GFDLWhy it mattered
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Brought Yamaha's digital mixing into a modular flagship system designed expressly for large live productions.
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Separated control surface, engine, and I/O while adding scene recall and redundancy expected in top-tier touring.
Original pricing
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2026 equivalent
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A complete system varied by surface, DSP engines, I/O frames, cards, and redundancy.
Use in the field
Yamaha positioned PM1D for temporary PA, concert-hall, and broadcast systems, rather than as a studio console adapted for touring.[2]
Professional reactions
Release-period reaction · 2002
After using PM1Ds with the Manic Street Preachers, the MTV Europe Music Awards and the BRITs, Grant praised how quickly engineers learned them and how good they sounded. He saw the first purchase as the start of a longer investment in digital mixing.
Manuals & original documents
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