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Yamaha Rolls Out VCM Technology
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Apr 15, 2008 - 12:44:24 PM

New for NAB, Yamaha has introduced Virtual Circuitry Modeling (VCM) technology to three consoles, the DM1000VCM small-format digital mixer, the O1V96 and the O2R96. The consoles bring the sought-after qualities of analog sound to the digital mixers.

“In the audio industry, people have an affinity for analog sound,” explains Chris Hinson, district manager for Yamaha. “The warm quality is a by-product of the circuitry in analog and is something that does not occur in digital. One of the big buzzwords in the industry is plug-ins, and those are usually designed to simulate the sound qualities of analog equipment. Yamaha’s version of that is called VCM effects.”

VCM consoles provide engineers and producers a wide selection of post effects.  

“The master strip package simulates the sound qualities of analog tape machines, so you can apply that to your stereo bus or the channels of your mixer and get the audio sound as if you recorded it to analog tape,” Hinson says. “You can adjust the parameters of the tape to different tape speeds and get the sonic characteristics of the tape machine.”

With the surround post package engineers can put a channel into a three-dimensional space in the software.  

“Depending on how you rotate the source of sound and where you place it in the sound field, it is going to automatically adjust the tonal characteristics,” Hinson says. “It allows you to manipulate the sound source and rotate the entire sound.”

Yamaha is also beginning the process of manufacturing its own digital audio networking cards. Currently, the company uses a third-party manufacturer, but will soon be moving to its own sound 64-channel sound card.