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Equipment file · Digital live console

PM5D

Yamaha · 2004

Evidence status · documented

Identity and core specifications are documented; some historical fields remain unavailable.

The Yamaha PM5D is a 48-mono, 4-stereo channel digital console with 24 mix buses, 8 matrix outputs and onboard SPX effects and graphic EQs. The PM5D-RH added recallable preamp gain; the PM5D-EX paired it with a DSP5D to double capacity.

Introduced
2004
Category
Digital live console
Intended use
Mid and large-format front of house and monitors
Production
Yamaha; PM5D-RH and PM5D-EX variants; discontinued

Equipment photographs · 4

PM5D

1 / 4 · PM5D

PM5D·Lokoz·CC BY 2.0

Why it mattered

  1. 01

    It became one of the most widely rented digital consoles of the mid-2000s, normalising digital mixing where the analogue [[yamaha-pm3000|PM3000]] had dominated.

  2. 02

    Recallable scenes and onboard effects replaced racks of outboard gear.

Engineering record

Capacity
48 mono + 4 stereo inputs, 24 mix buses, 8 matrix outputs[1]
Processing
8 SPX effects and 12 31-band graphic EQs[2]
Expansion
PM5D-EX with DSP5D: 96 mono and 8 stereo inputs[2]

Original pricing

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2026 equivalent

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Manuals & original documents

Sources

  1. 1PM5D SpecsYamaha · technical paper
  2. 2PM5D FeaturesYamaha · technical paper

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