Yamaha Ships Effects/Dynamics Software for V2 Digital Mixers
Being a fan of the DM2000, I have to mention that Yamaha has shipped two plug in packages for the V2 series consoles. The Reverb Pakage appears to add the Rev-X algos of the SPX2000 and the onboard effects of the PM5D to the the DM2k and 02R96V2. The Channel Strip package appears to add classic dynamics processing to the mediocre but usable eq and dynamics used in the surface. From the marketing propaganda, it looks like it emulates 1176s, LA2As and the lot though I’m sure Yamaha is not permitted to use those trademarks to market plug ins. Rather than trying to emulate and reverse engineer the algorythms, the software models the discrete electronic components. That is they make a software model of the individual electronic components of each device. Each package will set you back about US$500 each. And you’ll need V2 upgrades which you should have anyway.
The Master Strip emulates the sound of an analog tape deck including selectable tape type. Pretty ironic considering the hubbub about the availability of analog tape lately. Coming soon are Surround Sound plugins and a stomp box emulator.
What I’d like to see is the Channel Strip plug in ported to the PM5D and PM1D surfaces. Ultimately, I’d like to see a TDM engine on an expansion card so we can pick and choose from third party plug ins. We’ll see if Yamaha is either willing to license the technology or provide developers with the plug in API. Tradidionally Yamaha have kept things pretty tied up inhouse and hasn’t been overtly open to such operations.