Yamaha EAD50 - Make Your Drums Do More - Professional-grade electronic acoustic drum microphone system with built-in digital mixer and processor.
The professional-grade EAD50 Electronic Acoustic Drum Microphone System simplifies the typically messy and complicated process of miking drums by combining microphones, cables and mixers into one easy to set up package. With an improved sound engine, the latest DSU50 sensor unit, plus expanded connectivity, recording drums and miking live performances has never been more convenient without loss of quality. The EAD50 offers incredible flexibility when miking your instrument and expandability onto a wide range of stages or studios. Built in LED rotary faders, the Kit Modifier knobs, along with the FREE EAD Touch App make it easier than ever for drummers to make on the fly adjustments such as adjusting gain, reverb, or other effects without missing a beat. The EAD50 includes features that until now have only been available on professional mixing boards, plus the ability to expand creativity and performances, elevating every aspect of your drumming - the way you practice, record and perform.
HIGH QUALITY SOUND
- Quick setup for miking any acoustic drum set, combing features of professional digital mixing board and electronic drums
- High-quality sound engine and DSU50 stereo microphones provide a high-quality, professional-sounding image of your kit
- Eight balanced outputs let you route each drum or effects channel independently to the PA. This gives sound engineers full control to mix every element on its own, ensuring a clear, balanced result on any stage from small clubs to large festivals.
- Balanced XLR master outputs ensures a clear, noise-resistant signal to the PA for consistent reliable sound
LIVE PERFORMANCES
- Live Set Features allow you to recall pre-set kits, tempos and playback audio files with one touch
- Module includes 270 scenes (70 preset kits, 200 user kits), 2,317 sounds, and 252 digital effects
- Import, customize and save up to 200 recallable metronome click sounds – keeping the EQ, meter, and accents exactly how you like them
CONNECTIVITY
- 8in/10out USB Audio Interface allows you to record and edit multi-track sessions
- 5 XLR inputs, allow you to add an additional DSU50, or any microphone of your choice, giving more flexibility to mic any drum set configuration
- 5 additional splitable trigger inputs (for up to 10 triggers) enable electronic drum set up, plus 2 foot triggers
- Use the gear you prefer without worrying about compatibility. Integrated trigger inputs provide high performance across a wide range of pads, even those not made by Yamaha, including single-zone, dual-zone, three-zone and multi-piezo pads
- Easily create hybrid setups using the gear you own using the USB Trigger Link function for MIDI-based trigger inputs
Midi Out for easy access to DAW
- SD Card for playback of backing tracks without a desktop computer
- Bluetooth enabled for smartphone connectivity
- USB A to device and USB C to connect to computer for multitrack recording
EASY TO USE
- The user interface is intuitive and easy, and sounds great right out of the box
- LED rotary fader knobs for on-the-fly adjustments and assignable Kit Modifier knobs for quick adjustments to reverb, effects or other drum settings
- Expand and hybridize your kit through the EAD50’s compatibility with additional DSU50’s, or any other microphone or trigger on the market
UNLEASH YOUR CREATIVITY
- Looper, Sampler and Playback features allow for new levels of creativity in drum performances
- Apps make it easier, with free iOS/Android app "Rec n Share," allowing you to shoot, edit, and upload your performances, plus the EAD Touch app for easier editing and data management
