Yamaha DUGAN-MY16 16-Channel Auto Microphone Mixing Controller Card

Yamaha DUGAN-MY16: Master Your Mix with Advanced Automation
The Yamaha DUGAN-MY16 is a 16-channel automatic microphone mixing controller card designed for seamless integration with Yamaha digital mixers. This powerful tool harnesses the pioneering technology from Dan Dugan Sound Design to provide professional automation for multi-microphone mixing scenarios. Ideal for settings where multiple microphones operate simultaneously without scripted gain adjustments, the DUGAN-MY16 intelligently manages gain distribution, allowing sound engineers to focus on enhancing the mix’s quality rather than manually adjusting fader levels.

Innovative Technology from Dan Dugan Sound Design
Dan Dugan Sound Design, under the leadership of automatic mixer inventor Dan Dugan, is renowned for its development of advanced audio technology. The DUGAN-MY16 incorporates the proprietary Dugan Speech System™, which has set the standard for automatic mixing with its reliable performance in broadcast studios, conference halls, and places of worship across the United States.

High-Resolution Audio and Versatile Connectivity
This mixer card supports 24-bit audio resolution with 16 input and 16 output channels at standard operation, and 8 input/output channels at 96 kHz, ensuring pristine sound quality. The unit includes dual optical connectors and an RJ-45 connector, providing extensive connectivity options. Up to eight DUGAN-MY16 cards can be used concurrently in a single system, enabling management of up to 128 channels at 48 kHz or 64 channels at 96 kHz, making it highly scalable for large-scale operations.

Automatic Microphone Detection and Mixing Efficiency
The DUGAN-MY16 excels in environments requiring dynamic audio management. It features automatic detection of active microphones and adjusts channel and overall gain automatically. This functionality ensures there are no speech cutoffs or disruptions, thanks to its timely fader activation, and it effectively suppresses background noise and feedback without the need for traditional noise-gate threshold settings.

User-Friendly Operation and Software Integration
Setting up the DUGAN-MY16 is straightforward: simply insert it into the appropriate mixer input channels, raise the faders, and the system is ready to go. For enhanced control, channels can be grouped to create up to three independent automatic mixers. The accompanying Dugan Control Panel software offers remote control capabilities and level monitoring, further simplifying the management of complex audio setups. Additionally, the card can function as an 8-channel auto-mixer plus an 8-channel ADAT interface, offering even more flexibility.