Yamaha N12 questions for film work and band recording (mixing and recording)

sonixbp · 8th January 2009

I am definitely interested in purchasing this beast for surround monitoring, adr, and sound design/mixing for films.

What controls work in the "hardware mix" mode and which ones don't? Is it possible to assign the 8 faders to 8 tracks so that I can automate volume envelopes and other automation data? Does it have touch sensitive faders?

How would I go about hardware panning when I'm mixing in surround? I noticed it doesn't have any type of joysticks.

What possibilities do I have of expanding inputs down the road? Do you suppose they would ever release some type of expansion module or is there another similar device that I should look at that contains motorized faders and digital i/o?

These things are holding me back right now. I was originally considering purchasing a Mackie control surface and a focusrite ISA428 for voiceovers, adr, and composing but when I saw this thing I wanted to look more into it.

Dog Boots · 8th January 2009

It's a mixer and a monitor controller with transport controls. Nothing more. No control over faders, EQ's or anything like that - only transport.

No hardware surround panning as well. It provides the outputs needed, but the panning must be done in software.

It can be expanded with an i88x, an 01x and in the future it is said to also be compatible with the new Steinberg interfaces (MR816) which feature the same preamps and converters. Also, you can use two n12's side by side, but you'll have to give up on the DAW-controls....so far at least.

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sonixbp Gear interested Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 7 Thread Starter	Yamaha N12 questions for film work and band recording (mixing and recording) I am definitely interested in purchasing this beast for surround monitoring, adr, and sound design/mixing for films. What controls work in the "hardware mix" mode and which ones don't? Is it possible to assign the 8 faders to 8 tracks so that I can automate volume envelopes and other automation data? Does it have touch sensitive faders? How would I go about hardware panning when I'm mixing in surround? I noticed it doesn't have any type of joysticks. What possibilities do I have of expanding inputs down the road? Do you suppose they would ever release some type of expansion module or is there another similar device that I should look at that contains motorized faders and digital i/o? These things are holding me back right now. I was originally considering purchasing a Mackie control surface and a focusrite ISA428 for voiceovers, adr, and composing but when I saw this thing I wanted to look more into it.

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8th January 2009	#2
Dog Boots Gear maniac Joined: Jun 2008 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 208	It's a mixer and a monitor controller with transport controls. Nothing more. No control over faders, EQ's or anything like that - only transport. No hardware surround panning as well. It provides the outputs needed, but the panning must be done in software. It can be expanded with an i88x, an 01x and in the future it is said to also be compatible with the new Steinberg interfaces (MR816) which feature the same preamps and converters. Also, you can use two n12's side by side, but you'll have to give up on the DAW-controls....so far at least.