Yamaha MW12CX USB Mixing Studio / Mixer

MW12CX USB Mixing Studio / Mixer description:

The Yamaha MW12CX USB Mixing Studio gives you everything you need to turn your computer system into a complete, full- featured, high-performance home recording studio.

The Yamaha MW12CX uses a single cable USB connection to interface with your computer, for bi-directional audio data transfer. The Yamaha MW12CX gives you comprehensive signal input and mixing features in a compact size. It also includes the powerful Cubase AI4 music production software, allowing you to capture your performances, embellish and enhance them with plug-in synths and effects, and mix them down to stereo. In other words, the MW gives you all the elements of a recording system, one that is remarkably easy to set up and operate.

The Yamaha MW12CX provides a comprehensive tabletop studio setup for the solo recording musician and for the travelling producer/arranger. Connect the the Yamaha MW12CX to a USB terminal on your laptop or desktop computer, and you’ve got an instant, high-quality audio recording studio at your command. The MW delivers true plug-and-play USB audio input/output interfacing—without the need for special software drivers—and lets you easily record mono inputs or two- track stereo mixes of multiple sources to your computer.

The MW12CX gives you a total of twelve inputs, including four mono microphone/line inputs and four stereo line inputs. Two of the stereo line inputs can also function as mono microphone inputs, providing up to six simultaneous microphone inputs if you need them. The high-performance ultra-low-noise balanced microphone inputs also have a phantom power switch, allowing you to take advantage of the superior sonic quality of professional-level condenser microphones. In addition to the normal stereo buss, the MW12CX has assignable busses (REC OUT). This feature gives you addes flexibility in routing the signals for recording and monitoring. Turning on the ON switch for any channel immediately routes that channel to the USB terminal and enables it for recording. Multiple channels selected in this way are, of course, recorded to a stereo mix on the computer. In this condition, each channel is also mixed to the stereo buss and can be monitored (with the Monitor Mix function).

The innovative 1-knob analog compressor (on the mono input channels) lets you dial in just the amount of compression you need in recording, without having to set multiple parameters like threshold, ratio and makeup gain. One knob does it all for you—instantly giving you great, punchy sound.

The Yamaha MW12CX incorporates a versatile digital multi-effect unit that provides a variety of reverb, delay, modulation, and distortion programs you can use to enhance your sound, or completely transform it—without the need for an external device. Each of the 16 effect programs has a number of editable parameters as well as effect on/off switching capability and return level control. If you need to keep both hands free to play an instrument or perform other operations, an optional footswitch can be connected to the mixer’s effect footswitch jack for convenient on/off switching.

Yamaha MW12CX main features include:

• Neutrik Connectors
• 1knob Analog Compressors - Easy to make punchy sounds
• Rec Out Assign Buton - easy to select record track
• USB Connection to Mac/PC - No driver installation, ASIO DirectKS Driver available on website
• Digital Effect 16 types ON/OFF via optional footswitch
• USB Audio I/O Sampling Frequency 44.1, 48 kHz, Depend on the application of PC
• Total Harmonic Distortion (THD+N): Less Than 0.1 %, +14dBu, 20Hz-20kHz, Input Gain Control at minimum
• LED Level Meter: 2x12 points LED meter (PEAK,+10,+6,+3,0,-3,-6,-10,-15,-20,-25,-30 dB) PEAK lights if the signal comes within 3 dB of the clipping level.
• Dimensions W x D x H (mm) 346.2 x 436.6 x 86.1
• Net Weight 3.2 kg