Yamaha DM3 Digital Mixing Console — Dry Hire
The Yamaha DM3 is the smallest console in the DM series and the one to take when a job needs a proper digital desk rather than a big one. It is a 22-channel frame roughly the footprint of a briefcase, which means it fits on a trestle table, in a flight case or on the end of a gallery desk, and one person can carry it to the position without help.
Despite the size it is a full Yamaha console underneath: 96kHz operation, the same scene memory and channel processing approach as the larger desks, and a 9-inch multi-touch screen that makes it quick to work on without a laptop. For anyone already used to a Yamaha, it will feel familiar from the first scene recall.
The practical headline is the input count. Sixteen analogue mic/line inputs covers most conferences, panels, small bands, houses of worship and single-studio webcasts outright, and the 18-in/18-out USB-C interface turns the desk into the recording and playback front end for a laptop without any extra hardware.
Key Specs
22 mixing channels: 16 mono inputs, 1 stereo input and 2 FX returns
6 mix buses plus stereo bus, 2 FX buses and a cue bus; 2 matrices
9 faders (8 channel faders plus main)
16 analogue mic/line inputs (12 XLR, 4 XLR/TRS combo) and 8 XLR outputs
9-inch multi-touch display
96kHz and 48kHz operation
18-in / 18-out USB-C audio interface for multitrack recording and playback
2-track recording and playback to a USB memory stick
Dante: two etherCON ports on the DM3 model (the DM3 Standard is the version without Dante)
Remote control via DM3 Editor, DM3 StageMix and MonitorMix
320 x 140 x 455mm; 6.5kg
DM3 or DM7?
The two desks solve different problems. Take the DM3 when the input count is modest, the position is tight and portability matters — a single-room conference, a panel session, a webcast studio, a band on a small stage. Take the Yamaha DM7 when the show needs more than sixteen inputs, more mixes, a serious Dante backbone or two operators on one surface.
If you are not sure which way a show falls, send us the input list and the output requirements and we will tell you which desk to book — including when the smaller one is enough.
Best for
Conferences, panels and AGMs in a single room
Webcast and streaming studios where the desk doubles as the audio interface
Small live music and theatre where sixteen inputs covers the stage
Houses of worship and school productions
Monitor or recording positions alongside a larger console
Any job where the desk has to be carried in by one person
Collection and delivery
Dry hire collection is from Coldharbour Lane, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 4UN — minutes from the M1 and close to Luton, St Albans, Watford and north London. We deliver UK-wide. Tell us the dates and whether you need Dante and we will confirm which frame is available.
Related equipment
Yamaha DM7 digital mixing console — the larger desk in the same family
Genelec studio monitors — 8010, 8020, 8030 and 8040 for the mix position
Portable production units for vision switching alongside the audio
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