Product Description
Yamaha EM-90A mixer for sale. Hear the drum machine in action below.
The reverb on these sounds lovely and the overdriven sound from the channels is excellent.
This groundbreaking mixer/beatbox/spring reverb series was used by Mtume to astonishing effect when he played with Miles Davis (who'd been gifted this, along with a YC-45D organ by his Japanese tour sponsors, Yamaha) on the live Agharta, Pangea and Dark Magus recordings. Mtume put it through his Mu-tron Bi-Phase and controlled it with a volume pedal, using the beatbox more for texture ('tapestry' as he put it) than rhythm. Read more about these incredible recordings in this excellent article from The Quietus.
This is the slightly later version - the one without the "A" is the cream model. While both the EM90 and EM90A sound the same, we suspect it was the slightly later "A" that would've been presented to Miles by Yamaha.
The basic spec is below, but first this original advert unearthed by the always superb Preservation Sound really says it all (and a lot more besides :) ):
Spec:
The reverb on these sounds lovely and the overdriven sound from the channels is excellent.
This groundbreaking mixer/beatbox/spring reverb series was used by Mtume to astonishing effect when he played with Miles Davis (who'd been gifted this, along with a YC-45D organ by his Japanese tour sponsors, Yamaha) on the live Agharta, Pangea and Dark Magus recordings. Mtume put it through his Mu-tron Bi-Phase and controlled it with a volume pedal, using the beatbox more for texture ('tapestry' as he put it) than rhythm. Read more about these incredible recordings in this excellent article from The Quietus.
This is the slightly later version - the one without the "A" is the cream model. While both the EM90 and EM90A sound the same, we suspect it was the slightly later "A" that would've been presented to Miles by Yamaha.
The basic spec is below, but first this original advert unearthed by the always superb Preservation Sound really says it all (and a lot more besides :) ):
Spec:
- Six channels with 1/4'' inputs on the front
- Line, Guitar, Mic switch for each channel
- Treble, Bass, Volume and a reverb switch for each channel as well.
- A, B, Speaker mute button for each channel
- Built in Drum Machine With the following patterns: March, Waltz, Swing, Slow Rock, Jazz Rock, Rhumba, Bosanova, Tango + Tempo and Volume knob for the Drum machine