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Did IBC bring some fancy new audio devices? What's the missing piece in your audio world?

ASKED BY · Stefan Fischer · WÜRZBURG, GERMANY · 16 SEP 2026 · ▶ 00:36:43

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Jeff FrancisPANELIST

Highlighted Yamaha DM5 console featuring buttons under glass that combine touchscreen with tactile buttons for better liquid resistance and real-world usability.

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36:25So yeah, that's probably something if you're into post-production sound or even if you're just curious, it gets you into the mindset of how that whole production side of Atmos mixing worked. Very cool. Alexander, let's go to the next question. All right, next up from Stefan Fischer in Wurzburg, Germany. Did IBC bring some fancy new audio devices? What's the missing piece in your audio world?

36:52Jeff Francis, have you heard any news from IBC? uh the new yamaha dm5 console oh it's two better than the three i understand or two less than the seven yeah they needed something in between those they needed something in between um one thing it does have is it has this like and i kind of want to see what this is like in the real world they they call these buttons under glass so the display goes down and

37:22And there's touchscreen, but there's also, I think, something that's actually a tactile button involved there in the screen you see for the Q button and the on button. So curious to see that in actual use. I wonder if it's better at repelling liquids. Okay, next question. This one's coming in from Paul Vahus in Austin, Texas. Does Dobie's Enhanced Speech versus iZotope's Rx Dialog isolate versus Waves Clarity Vx?

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