About The Yamaha ZG02 Game Audio Mixer
Managing your audio while gaming can often be a challenge. Being able to give clear and concise directions and hear responses from your teammates without them being lost in the game mix, or ensuring that you can hear critical audio feedback coming from the game world, is essential. Streaming your gameplay to an audience can also be tedious, particularly being mindful of microphone vs. game audio levels to provide a professional, and importantly intelligible presentation that will keep your audience coming back for more. With a diverse range of features and fast, intuitive management of audio streams, the ZG02 will help to take you, your friends, and your audience deep into a strikingly realistic and personalised game environment.
Optimised Features for Team Communication: Designed specifically with multiplayer gameplay in mind, the ZG02 makes communicating with your team a dream. Users can easily and precisely control the sounds they want to hear, the sound of their own voice, and the sound they want to deliver to their audience via the simple, tactile controls of the ZG02.
Simple Control Always Within Reach: The ZG02 is equipped with three dials for the three key audio sources that influence your multiplayer gaming the most; your own voice, your team member's voices, and combined game audio. You can mix and control the levels of the voices you hear, and the voices your teammates and audience hear in real time, ensuring an optimal balance of volume that will have a dramatic effect on all aspects of your shared gaming experience.
One Touch Sound Effects: Three conveniently placed one-touch preset buttons near the centre of the console give you instant access to three types of effects processing; for your own voice, for game audio, and for sound effect enhancement. This means in addition to adjusting individual voice output levels, you can also assign and adjust effects to add more realistic depth and dimension. The advanced signal processing technologies can also give you an added advantage in game performance, for example, by adding effects to emphasize the sound of enemy footsteps using Focus Mode.
High Performance Connectivity: The ZG02 features a high performance 'Neutrik' combo XLR/6.35mm jack on the back and 3.5mm input jack on the front while +48V phantom power is supported to enable the use of high-performance condenser microphones. There are also three optimal microphone gain levels based on these preferences to make getting the perfect volume adjustments as fast and easy as possible.
In addition, the ZG02 features the ability to switch between headphones and an external speaker system at the push of a button for those times when you need to take a break from headphones.
A Compact and Affordable Game Audio Mixer: The desks of streamers and gamers more often than not will be cluttered with essential equipment and hardware. The ZG02 is more compact than a typical audio mixer / interface with a streamlined yet attractive design. Integrating the superior sound quality and performance features of the ZG02 into your gaming or streaming ecosystem couldn't be easier: simply connect to your gaming console and a power source via USB type-C. Or if you're a PC gamer, just a single connection to your computer will power the unit. With its more affordable price tag, the ZG02 makes an ideal choice for both gamers and aspiring streamers alike.
Link your Monitor Audio to your Stream: For streamers looking to use the ZG02 as their audio interface for creating a professional audio stream, you can use the new 'link' function to output the levels you have set up for monitoring as the final audio levels being broadcast to your audience. This provides peace of mind that what you are hearing in your headphones is what your audience also hears. Having these controls always within reach is especially beneficial when you need to make quick adjustments on the fly, meaning you don't need to navigate back out to other software to check what your stream levels are vs. monitor levels.
Our Take On The Yamaha ZG02
The Yamaha ZG02 Game Audio Mixer offers a comprehensive solution to the challenges of managing audio while gaming, ensuring clear communication with teammates and a captivating experience for audiences. Tailored for multiplayer gaming, its intuitive controls allow precise management of voice, team communication, and game audio levels in real time. With one-touch sound effects and advanced signal processing technologies like Focus Mode, players can enhance immersion and gain a competitive edge. High-performance connectivity options, including XLR/6.35mm combo jacks and support for condenser microphones, ensure professional-grade audio quality. Despite its compact size, the ZG02 doesn't compromise on features, making it a versatile and affordable choice for gamers and streamers alike. Its seamless integration into gaming setups, along with the ability to link monitor audio to streams, simplifies the streaming process and ensures consistency between what the streamer hears and what the audience experiences.
Main Features & Specifications
- Design: A Game Streaming Audio Mixer/Interface that also ensures a highly immersive gaming experience
- High performance professional sound and design trusted by countless studios, venues and creators around the world
- Compatible with condenser microphones with +48V phantom power
- Microphone Inputs: Combo 'Neutrik' XLR/TRS (Rear) and 3.5mm Jack (Front)
- Audio output selection between headphones and external speakers (3.5mm Jack Out)
- Easy to access quick mute/cough button
- Quick microphone gain switch with high, medium and low settings
- Game Effect Preset button to turn on/off immersive audio effects setup in ZG Controller
- Mic Effect Preset button to turn on/off microphone voice modification effect setup in ZG Controller
- Echo preset button to turn on/off microphone echo/reverb effect as set in ZG Controller
- Apply professional microphone tools with built in noise gate, EQ, compressor, and limiter setup in ZG Controller.
- Not just for PC's. Plug and play with PS5 and Nintendo Switch using dedicated console USB-C connection for simple audio control when console gaming
- Mic Effect button can be re-assigned as a censorship tone instead of Mic effect
- Save your customised settings to the ZG02 so you can take it out and about to gaming events
- Control the ZG02 with Elgato Stream Deck via free Stream Deck plugin
Technical
- Input Channels
- Microphone: 1 - Combo (Mic, +48 V phantom power), 3.5 mm (1/8") mini (Headset mic, Plug-in power) *Mic and Headset mic cannot be used simultaneously
- USB: 2 - Virtual devices (Voice, Streaming)
- Output Channels
- Phones: 1 - 3.5mm (1/8") stereo mini (Headphones or Headset phones)
- Monitor Out: 1 - Stereo mini (Speaker out)
- USB: 2 - Virtual devices (Voice, Speaker)
- Functions: Mute button x 1, Monitor output select button x 1, Effect preset button x 3 (Voice x 2, Game x 1)
- On-Board DSP Processors: ZG Surround, Focus Mode/EQ, 3D Voice Chat, Voice change/Game sound effects *Detail is operated on ZG Controller
- USB
- USB Audio: USB (PC) Sampling Frequency: 48 kHz, Bit Depth: 24-bit / USB (Console) Sampling Frequency: 48 kHz, Bit Depth: 16-bit
- USB DC Power input: 1 - Type-C, 5 V DC, 900 mA
- Power requirements: 5 V DC, 900 mA
- Power consumption: Max. 4.5 W
- Included Accessories USB 2.0 cable (USB-A to USB-C) 1.5 m x 1, Start Guide, Safety Guide
- Dimensions (WxHxD): 162 x 61 x 113mm
- Weight: 0.6 kg
- Manufacturer's Warranty: 1 Year
Note: Features & Specifications Subject To Change Without Notice. E&OE