Yamaha RM-1608 (c. 1983–1985)
Not much documentation on the Yamaha RM-1608 survives, but the period recording press covered it well enough to sketch a real picture. Studio Sound (September 1983, p.24) introduced Yamaha's RM Series of recording mixers and described the RM1608 as a 16-input console built with eight- and sixteen-track recording in mind. It was also suited to audio-visual, video, and film production. Each input channel carried, among other things, a three-band parametric EQ section.
A specification block in Mix (November 1983, p.18) quoted total harmonic distortion of less than 0.1% at +4 dB output, 20 Hz to 20 kHz, with all faders and controls at nominal, and equivalent input noise of −128 dB at an input gain of
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