The Yamaha CL5 is a premium digital mixing console designed for live sound and broadcast, featuring 72 mono and 8 stereo input channels. It operates on a built-in Dante network for flexible I/O expansion and is widely recognized for its Centralogic user interface, which streamlines workflow using a 10-inch touchscreen and dedicated “Touch and Turn” controls.
Core Processing and Features
- Premium Rack: Includes Virtual Circuitry Modeling (VCM) emulations of high-end analog hardware, such as the Rupert Neve Designs Portico 5033 EQ and 5043 compressor.
- Dugan Automixer: Built-in Dan Dugan automatic mixing for up to 16 channels, ideal for speech-heavy events to manage gain and fight feedback.
- Recording: Supports 2-track recording directly to USB and 64-track multitrack recording via Dante to a DAW.
- Expandability: Features three Mini-YGDAI card slots for additional I/O or specialized processing like Lake speaker management.
Rio Series I/O Racks (Stage Racks)
While the CL5 handles all processing internally (no separate FOH Rack is required), it typically relies on Rio series Dante-enabled stage racks for high-channel-count I/O.
- Rio3224-D2:
- Capacity: 32 analog inputs, 16 analog outputs, and 8 digital AES/EBU outputs.
- Weight: 29.8 lbs (13.5 kg).
- Dimensions: 18.9″ W x 8.7″ H (5U) x 14.5″ D.
- Rio1608-D2:
- Capacity: 16 analog inputs and 8 analog outputs.
- Weight: 21.2 lbs (9.6 kg).
- Dimensions: 18.9″ W x 5.2″ H (3U) x 14.5″ D.
