Owner's Manual
16 Chapter 1—Welcome
02R96 Version 2—Owner’s Manual
1 Welcome
Thank you for choosing the Yamaha 02R96 Digital Mixing Console.
The 02R96 Digital Mixing Console offers 24-bit/96 kHz digital audio processing without
compromise, comprehensive surround mixing and monitoring, including bass manage-
ment, and hands-on control of popular DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) systems.
Sonic Spec
• Linear 24-bit, 128-times oversampling A/D converters
• Linear 24-bit, 128-times oversampling D/A converters
• 20 Hz–40 kHz (0.5, –1.5 dB) frequency response at 96 kHz sampling rate
• 105 dB typical dynamic range (AD Input to Stereo Out)
• 32-bit internal signal processing (58-bit accumulator)
Channel Architecture
• 56 Input Channels, with Direct Outs
•8 Bus Outs, with to Stereo Out routing for subgrouping
•8 Aux Sends
•Stereo Out
•Channels can be named for easy identification
•Channel library with 127 user memories
I/O Architecture
• 16 analog mic inputs on balanced XLRs (plus 48 V phantom) 24 analog line inputs on bal-
anced phone jacks
• 16 analog inserts
• 32 inputs, 32 outputs via four mini-YGDAI slots and optional I/O cards, which
offer a vari-
ety of analog and digital I/O options, with support for all the popular digital audio
interconnect formats, including AES/EBU, ADAT, Tascam TDIF-1, and mLAN.
•8 assignable Omni outputs
•1 AES/EBU, 2 Coaxial 2-track digital input, with sampling rate converters for connecting
44.1/48 kHz legacy digital audio equipment
•1 AES/EBU, 2 Coaxial 2-track digital output
•2 analog 2-track inputs
• XLR and phono connector stereo outputs
•Control room monitor outputs
•Dedicated studio monitor outputs
•Double channel digital I/O for use with legacy 44.1/48 kHz multitrack recorders
•Cascade ports for cascading up to four 02R96s (i.e., 224 Input Channels)