On test Yamaha EMX5000‡12

Powered stage mixer

Yamaha

EMX5000‡12

Powered mixer

A couple of innovative design features and top‡quality built‡in effects help this versatile stage desk to stand out from the crowd.

Yamaha have built mixers and

similar and we’ve

 

 

power amplifiers for as long as

chosen to review the

 

 

I¥can remember, and they’re also

12‡channel version.

 

 

a¥major player in the field of digital effects

The EMX5000‡12

 

 

— so it’s only reasonable to have high

 

 

expectations in all areas of performance

Outwardly, the EMX5000‡12 is

 

 

when they produce a¥powered live mixer

a¥fairly straightforward mixer, not

 

 

with effects. Two models in the EMX series

much deeper than a¥normal stand‡alone

 

 

are available, a¥12‡channel version and

mixing desk, but under the hood is

 

 

Test

 

a¥20‡channel version. Aside from the

a¥500W‡per‡channel stereo power amplifier

Reviewed by Paul White

number of input channels, the two are

that uses Yamaha’s new ‘EEEngine’

info

Photos by Mark Ewing

 

SOUND ON SOUND LIVE November 2004