Yamaha DM3 | Why I got one (for Cubase, and more) 

I'm still in love with the old 8-bus series from Mackie, but this is SOMETHING.

Thank you for down to the point walkthrough. No words wasted, very helpful, so well done I almost memorize everything first time watching. This mixer is a reason why went on journey learning Cubase from Logic. Very well done!

Finally someone in a studio situation who bought one of these. Thanks for the review Espen!! I would like to see latency times at 48K and at 96K. USB can be hit or miss sometimes with latency even on a Mac using the core audio driver. For the past 7 to 8 years I have been using a rack with Thunderbolt interfaces and Apple's Mainstage as a digital mixer when I first started I needed an iMac Pro to run a 96K mix with 24 to 32 channels live but now I do all of that from an M1 Max Macbook Pro. But I still take a digital mixer as a backup (even though I have never had to use it thankfully no crashes...fingers crossed) But the DM3 looks to be the perfect size for a small gig and stuff having all the functions needed for smaller shows! Cheers!!

That's my favorite song of yours.

Nice

Everything is perfectly synced except the tech and the music style :P

♥️ it

A PA mixer def best suited for alternative applications, particularly at this price range. An SSL UF1 or UF8 would be much better, at 1/4 to 1/2 the price, IMO.

Looks great. I've tried several such mixers, and they never really gelled with my workflow. This one looks more promising.

For some reason I confused this with your DMP7. It's an interesting piece of gear, and something that I could have done with 25 years ago. The difference between the DM3 and the DM3S ('Standard') appears to be that the latter lacks Dante, and is almost €500, or around 25%, less expensive.

Presonus Studio Live integrates very deeply with the Studio One DAW software just in case you did not know. But yes Yamaha integrates very well with Cubase. These software hardware integration relationships are very good for us.

4:30 for some reason I thought of the 80s series The Invisible Man… 😎

Where does your SSL Six fit into your workflow at this point?

Are you using direct boxes to connect synths?

I love my DM3 but it doesnt work as controller with Ableton which is what i use use

I know you pay for the brand reputation and better integration with Cubase, but honestly the DM3 is way too expensive considdered how much more you get in a behringer X32 or Presonus series 3 Mixers. it can be expanded via Dante but then you will want the DM7 instead anyway if you seriously need that ammount of channels. It must be possible to design a new controller that works seemles together with cubase instead of the one that got discontinued if all people need is a physical channel strip controller instead of having to pay that much for a very stripped down Digital mixer. The quality of the product really have to mean something when you get twice as many channels and more versatillity in a Presonus/Midas or Behringer mixer if the mixer ability is also counted in. Thats just my opinion. Yamaha is not even trying to be competitive here and the DM7 system ... those prices is only for real pro's that knows what they want and where money don't matter 😅 As for the Mackie HUI control .. yes its possible to set up, but a more modern API is is really needed and I have seen pro's that is not happy to rely on even expensive controllers that rely on the old Mackie API. I know it's hard to be poor and want to work like the pro's. But really hope Yamaha / Steinberg could come up with just a "reasonable" quality controller where the fader works seemlessly together with cubase to take over the old one they had .. I forget what the model name was. The cheapest multi controller propably is a presonus fader port but same problem it will work with the Mackie HUI but not seemless integration with which tracks and what controls is active. If the DM3 was betwen 1/2 and 2/3 of the current price it might be of interest

the most important thing you left out is actual process of setting it up with cubase.😒