YAMAHA DM7-EX

The Yamaha DM7-EX combines the power of the DM7 120-channel Dante-enabled digital mixing console with the CTL-DM7 expansion controller, delivering exceptional versatility and efficiency for live sound, theater, broadcast, and corporate A/V applications. The DM7 features a dual-bay design with an intuitive user interface, including two 12-inch touchscreens, a 7-inch touchscreen, 28 motorized faders, and touch-and-turn knobs for streamlined navigation. It delivers pristine 96kHz audio quality, supported by 32 premium mic preamps and 16 analog outputs, alongside an 18 x 18 USB audio interface and 144 x 144 Dante connectivity for easy integration with your workflow.

• Renowned Yamaha Sound with 96kHz sample rate

• Screens: 2 x High-Res Multi-touch 12” + 1 x High-Res 7”

• Faders: 12+ 12 + 4 + 2

• Mixable Channels: 120 inputs

• Mixes: 48 Mono + 12 Matrixes + 2 ST Bus + 2 Cue

• Analog i/o: 32 x 16

• Digital: 2 x AES In/Out

• PY Slot i/o: 64x64 @96k

• Dante: 144 x 144@96k

• USB-C: 18x18 Audio Interface – Works with VST RACK

• Time Code In

• Internal Dual Power Supply

• DAW Remote Function

• Split mode

• First-of-its-kind AI Assist Functions

WORKSURFACE

• Faders

  • 24 + 4 motorized faders (main DM7 surface)

  • DM7-EX adds additional physical controls (via Control expansion): extra faders, encoders, jog wheel, monitor controls

• Displays

  2 × 12.1" multi-touch screens

  • 1 × 7" multi-touch screen

• Encoders / Controls

  • Touch & Turn rotary encoders

  • Channel/screen encoders

  • User-defined knobs (4 encoders under utility screen)

• User Defined Keys

  • Surface: 12 keys (6 × 4 banks)

  • On-screen: 12 keys (12 × 4 banks)

• Channel Control

  • Selected Channel view + overview workflow

  • Custom fader banks

  • DCA rollout (24 DCA groups)

• Other Surface Features

  • Arm rest

  • Shift keys

  • No dedicated channel name displays (on-screen only)

REAR

• Analog I/O

  • 32 × analog inputs

  • 16 × analog outputs

• Digital Audio

  • Dante: 144 in / 144 out (Primary / Secondary redundant)

  • AES/EBU:

    • 2 inputs (4 ch, SRC)

    • 2 outputs (4 ch, SRC)

• USB

  • USB to Host (Type-C, 18×18 audio interface)

  • USB to Device ×2 (record/playback, file ops)

• Network / Control

  • Ethernet (control + OSC server)

  • GPI: 5 in / 5 out

  • Clock / Sync

    • Word Clock In/Out

    • Timecode In

  • Expansion

    • 1 × PY expansion slot

  • Other

    • Headphone output

    • Dual AC inputs (redundant power supply built-in)

Options

• Control Expansion (EX system)

  • Adds:

    • Extra faders

    • User-defined control section

    • Jog wheel (DAW control)

    • Scene memory controls

    • Panner joystick

    • Monitor control section

• Software Packages (included with EX)

  • Broadcast Package:

    • 5.1 surround

    • Mix Minus

    • Audio Follow Video

    • Loudness meter

  • Theatre Package:

    • Actor Library

    • DCA Scene Grid

    • AFC Image control

• Apps / Software

  • DM7 Editor (Win/Mac)

  • StageMix

  • MonitorMix

  • ProVisionaire Control / Touch

  • Nuendo Live integration

Signal Processing

• Mixing Architecture

  • 120 mono input channels

  • 48 mix buses

  • 12 matrix buses

  • 2 stereo + 1 mono bus

  • 2 cue buses

• Channel Processing

• • EQ

    • Input: 4-band full parametric EQ

    • Output: 8-band full parametric EQ

  • Filters

    • HPF: 20 Hz – 2 kHz

    • LPF: 20 Hz – 20 kHz

  • Dynamics

    • Comp, Expander, Gate, Ducking, De-esser

    • FET limiter, Diode bridge compressor

  • Delay

    • Input & output delay: up to 1000 ms

  • Automixing

    • Dan Dugan automixer (up to 64 channels)

  • Inserts

    • 1 insert point per channel

    • 4 plugin slots per insert

• Rack Processing

  • Premium Rack

    • 64 DSP resources

    • Plugins include:

      • Portico 5033 / 5043

      • U76, Opt-2A, Comp276

      • Dynamic EQ, REV-X, DaNSe, etc.

  • Effect Rack

    • 16 DSP units

    • 43 effect types

  • EQ Rack

    • 32 DSP

    • 31-band GEQ / Flex15GEQ / 8-band PEQ

• Additional Processing Features

  • Gain compensation

  • RTA overlay

  • Delay compensation

  • Virtual soundcheck

  • OSC control server

  • Wireless mic monitoring

Audio Specifications

• Sample Rate

  • Up to 96 kHz

• Bit Depth

  • 24-bit / 32-bit (internal processing typical for Yamaha DSP)

• Dante Audio

  • 144 × 144 channels @ up to 96 kHz

• USB Audio Interface

  • 18 in / 18 out

• Head Amp / Gain

  • Digital gain: –96 dB to +24 dB

• Latency

  • Low-latency DSP + Dante (dependent on network settings)

Physical

• Dimensions (DM7 base console)

• Width: 793 mm (31.3")

  • Height: 324 mm (12.8")

  • Depth: 564 mm (22.2")

• Weight

  • 23.5 kg (51.8 lb)

• Power

  • Dual redundant PSU (V-lock AC inputs)

  • Power consumption: ~240 W

• Build / Design

  • Integrated LED strip lighting

  • No external lamp connector

  • Desktop form factor (non rack-mount)