--- title: "Yamaha DM3: audio into DMXDesktop" description: "Send a stereo music feed from a Yamaha DM3 mixer to DMXDesktop for Live Wire and beat detection, with a music-only setup." canonical: https://www.dmxdesktop.com/knowledgebase/yamaha-dm3-audio lang: en source: /knowledgebase/yamaha-dm3-audio --- # Yamaha DM3: audio into DMXDesktop The DM3 gives the computer 18 channels in and 18 out over `USB TO HOST`, and unlike the TF it has a proper output patch, so you can decide what goes on each USB channel. This article is part of [Connecting a Sound Mixer to DMXDesktop](/knowledgebase/connecting-a-sound-mixer), which covers the shared rules and the problems common to every console. ## [Models covered](#models-covered) - DM3 - DM3 Standard ## [What you need](#what-you-need) - A USB Type-B cable to the rear `USB TO HOST` port. - The Yamaha Steinberg USB Driver, on both Windows and macOS. Yamaha's manual says the DM3 needs it to communicate with a computer. Do not select the USB storage recorder. The connection that talks to a computer is `USB TO HOST`. ## [Connect the console](#connect-the-console) ### Windows 1. Install the Yamaha Steinberg USB Driver. 2. Connect the cable and power the DM3 on. 3. Pick the Yamaha Steinberg ASIO device in **Settings → Audio**. Without ASIO, open **SETUP → PREFERENCES** and, in the USB section, set **Driver Mode** to **Mode1**. Mode1 gives Windows an ordinary stereo device carrying USB 1 and 2, alongside the full ASIO device. Changing the mode needs a restart. ### macOS 1. Install the Yamaha Steinberg USB Driver. 2. Connect and power on the DM3. 3. Confirm it appears in `Audio MIDI Setup`. 4. Select the DM3 in **Settings → Audio**. ## [Fastest setup: the stereo bus](#fastest-setup-the-stereo-bus) By default the DM3 already sends `STEREO L` and `STEREO R` to USB 17 and 18, and inputs 1 to 16 to USB 1 to 16. ### macOS, or Windows with ASIO 1. Leave the patch as it is. 2. In DMXDesktop, select channels **17** and **18**. ### Windows without ASIO 1. Open **SETUP → PATCH → OUTPUT**. 2. Assign `STEREO L` to USB 1 and `STEREO R` to USB 2. 3. In DMXDesktop, select channels **1** and **2**. USB 1 and 2 normally carry inputs 1 and 2. Moving the stereo bus there replaces them, which breaks a multitrack recording that uses them. Check first. ## [Recommended setup: a music-only bus](#recommended-setup-a-music-only-bus) 1. In **BUS SETUP**, set a pair of Mix buses to stereo, or pair them with Pan Link, and name the pair `DMXDesktop`. 2. Turn the bus master on and set it to 0 dB. 3. Send each music channel to it at 0 dB, and choose pre-fader or post-fader sends. No speech microphones, no talkback. 4. In **SETUP → PATCH → OUTPUT**, assign that Mix pair's left and right to a USB output pair. USB 1 and 2 work on Windows without ASIO. Any free pair works on macOS or with ASIO. 5. In DMXDesktop, select the same two channel numbers. Music channels players, DJ, live band Speech mics and talkback not sent to DMXDesktop ↓→ Mix bus pair music channels only ↓→ USB out 1 / 2 DM3 output patch USB↓→ DMXDesktop channels 1 and 2 ## [A note on Dante](#a-note-on-dante) A Dante-equipped DM3 can carry this audio over the network instead, but that needs Dante Controller and normally Dante Virtual Soundcard on the DMXDesktop machine. If the computer is anywhere near the console, USB is simpler and there is nothing to license. ## [Troubleshooting](#troubleshooting) **Check the direction.** Every console has two USB patches and they are easy to confuse. You want the one carrying audio *from the mixer to the computer*. The other one decides what the computer plays back *into* the mixer, and changing it does nothing for DMXDesktop. ### Silence on the patched channels Confirm the Mix bus is actually receiving signal at the console before blaming the patch. ### Windows offers no channel choice You are not on the Yamaha Steinberg ASIO driver. The Windows-without-ASIO setup above uses USB 1 and 2, so it still works, but the default USB 17 and 18 do not. ## [Still not working](#still-not-working) Work through the shared checks in [Connecting a Sound Mixer to DMXDesktop](/knowledgebase/connecting-a-sound-mixer), which covers the faults that are not specific to one console. If you need to contact support, have these five things ready, because they resolve most cases immediately: 1. The exact mixer model. 2. Your Windows or macOS version. 3. How the mixer is connected, and which USB port you used. 4. Which device you picked in **Settings → Audio**. 5. Which left and right channel numbers you selected. For a console with a multichannel USB interface, a screenshot of the mixer's USB output patch is worth more than any log file.