Yamaha 01X The 01X What it is and what it can do

801X Owner’s Manual

The 01X — What it is and what it can do

The 01X is actually several full-featured high-end digital devices in one compact, easy-to-use package. It serves as a ﬂex-

ible 28-channel (maximum) digital mixer for recording in home and project studios, and even live applications. It’s also a

24-bit audio front-end for your computer, for high-resolution recording and playback of your sequencer/DAW tracks. It

gives you full transport and mixing control from the panel of most major sequencer/DAW software, and provides several

bundled software tools—including the virtual console Studio Manager, and the Channel Module—for getting the absolute

most out of your computer connection. Best of all, it can perform all of these tasks simultaneously, or at the ﬂick of

switch. Let’s take a closer look.

As a mixer for recording purposes, the 01X is simple and compact, yet comprehensive in its mixing power. It has eight

hardware inputs, with two XLR-connector mic/line inputs and an alternate Hi-Z input on channel 8 for guitar or bass. With

an mLAN inputs/outputs, you can have up to 24 input channels (actually 28, including the stereo ins).

The fully digital 01X also features built-in compression/dynamics processing and EQ—independent for all channels—and

two effects blocks. What’s more, each processing section has its own set of Library presets, letting you instantly call up

the appropriate settings for your current application.

Highly portable, the versatile 01X is also ideal for mobile recording applications—even in multi-channel full band setups.

With the mLAN connection and the audio interface features (see below), all you need is a laptop computer and the 01X—

and you’ve got a full-featured recording studio you can take on the road.

The 01X also functions as a sophisticated high-quality audio front-end for your computer. Simply a connect a standard

IEEE 1394 (FireWire/i.Link) cable for high-speed data transfer and easy operation with IEEE 1394-capable (mLAN compat-

ible) computer. This gives you high-resolution 24-bit audio, with the sampling rate switchable between 44.1 kHz, 48kHz,

88.2kHz (Macintosh only) and 96kHz.

The 01X is also a multi-port MIDI interface for your computer, with two sets of MIDI terminals on the rear panel. The

mLAN interface also handles MIDI, giving you ﬁve independent MIDI ports (page 95).

More than just a conventional mixer, the 01X is also a convenient, comprehensive control surface for your sequencer or

DAW application. It features tape recorder style transport controls, window navigation buttons, and allows you to use the

faders, knobs and channel buttons for mixing your sequencer tracks in real time. Which means you have full automation

control over your mix—and can even change and automate EQ and effect settings for each track. Most major DAW appli-

cations and MIDI/audio sequencers are supported, including Cubase SX/SL, Nuendo, Logic, SONAR, and Digital Per-

former.

The 01X is a perfect hybrid of the analog and digital—you get the beneﬁts of clean digital sound, yet you still have physi-

cal knobs, sliders and switches to touch, giving you hands-on control. You’ll ﬁnd these features useful as creative com-

posing and arranging tools as well—for example, in programming mutes and fades on the ﬂy as the tracks play back.