Description
The Yamaha CL3 is a professional digital mixing console from Yamaha’s CL Series, designed for medium to large live sound applications such as concerts, theaters, houses of worship, broadcast events, and touring systems. It offers a balance between high channel count and a more compact surface compared to the CL5, making it popular for FOH (front-of-house) and monitor mixing.
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Key Features
- Input channels: 64 mono, 8 stereo.
- Fader configuration: 16-fader left section, 8-fader Centralogic section, 2-fader master section .
- Stainless steel stay for iPad support.
- Meter bridge optional.
Technical Specifications
- Mixer Type: Digital Mixing Console
- Input Channels: Up to 64 mono + 8 stereo
- Local Inputs: 8 analog mic/line inputs (via system head amps / I/O stageboxes)
- Local Outputs: 8 analog outputs (system dependent via I/O racks)
- Head Amplifiers: Remote-controlled Yamaha head amps (via Rio/Tio stageboxes)
- Faders: 26 motorized faders
- Mix Buses: 24 mix buses
- Matrix Outputs: 8 matrix buses
- Stereo Bus: 1 stereo bus
- Processing Engine: Yamaha high-performance DSP engine
- Touchscreen: 8-inch multi-touch color display
- Scene Memory: 300 scenes
- Effects: Built-in premium effects (reverb, delay, modulation, etc.)
- EQ: 4-band parametric EQ on input channels
- Graphic EQ: 31-band GEQ available on inputs/outputs
- Dynamics: Gate, compressor, and limiter on all input channels
- Sampling Rate: 44.1 kHz / 48 kHz
- Signal Delay: < 2.5 ms (OMNI IN to OMNI OUT)
- THD: < 0.05% (20 Hz–20 kHz)
- Dante Support: Built-in digital audio networking
- Expansion Slots: Mini-YGDAI slots for I/O cards
- Remote Control: iPad, Windows, macOS supported
- Word Clock: Supported for digital synchronization
- Power Consumption: ~170–200 W
- Dimensions: 839 × 299 × 667 mm
- Weight: ~29 kg








