MY STORY
From the stage to the desk.
It started with music, on keys. Then it moved to front of house, and stayed there for thirty years, across four continents.




LIVE SOUND ENGINEER · SYSTEMS ARCHITECT · AUDIO SOFTWARE
Great sound is emotion. Precise sound is science.
YY PLUGINS
Automixing, feedback control and drum processing. Built at front of house, for front of house.

macOS · AU / VST3 · No iLok. Windows next.

VOXSTAGE
Name channels, set gain and test outputs from your phone. Speak to your console in nine languages.
WORK
Balance before processing. Faders, gain staging, phase and a natural spectrum do the work, not a chain of plugins.
FOH and monitors for arenas, open-air shows and tours.
PA and delay architecture, alignment and time.
Dante Level 3 Certified. Redundant, documented, calm.
HelixNet and FreeSpeak matrices for complex events.
Live only. Studio and recording are out of scope.
CREDITS
Front of house, monitors, system design and production management.










PHILOSOPHY
A mix is not saved by processing. It is built by balance. Fader discipline, honest gain staging and phase integrity will always beat a chain of corrections. That belief became software: tools that exist because a show needed them, on a night with no time to fix things twice.
MY STORY
It started with music, on keys. Then it moved to front of house, and stayed there for thirty years, across four continents.




REFERENCES
“Yilmaz is a hard working, dedicated and reputable audio engineer. He is very experienced in live sound productions.”
Ufuk Önen · SoundBetter
“I had the pleasure to meet Yilmaz at some DAS AUDIO seminars. He has the ability to make sound topics enjoyable for people regardless their knowledge on sound.”
Ignacio Chulia Marin · DAS Audio
“I have had the pleasure of working with Yilmaz. I can not say more than great things about not only his work and technical knowledge, but also as a beautiful person.”
Joel Damiano · DAS Audio
“Excellent audio engineer with very much experience in live sound and a good team player as well. We loved to work together with him.”
Heinz Roduner · SoundBetter
“A visionary in his work and great personality. We have worked on many projects together for the top artists and always amazed by Yilmaz's professional approach.”
Eren · SoundBetter
“As a musician AND technician you have more than most of your colleagues. And you have a long experience with many kinds of music.”
Daniel A. Meyer · SoundBetter
WRITINGS
PERSPECTIVEBuilding a Driver and Building a System Are Two Different Crafts
PERSONAL HISTORYDigital Yılmaz
ON LEARNING · PART 01Learning How to Learn
INTRODUCTIONThe Complex, Made Simple to Build
GAIN MGMT · PART 08Digital gain discipline — and "the desk is the engineer's choice"
GAIN MGMT · PART 07Why "Gain before Feedback" works: latency and Haas
GAIN MGMT · PART 06Before you've heard a signal: a ready gain template
GAIN MGMT · PART 05How gain colors tone: a question of spice
GAIN MGMT · PART 04The Yamaha hiss mystery: between −10 and −13 dB
GAIN MGMT · PART 03"Gain before Feedback" — what MIDAS really meant
GAIN MGMT · PART 02Gain is really "sensitivity"
GAIN MGMT · PART 01When the sound is right, the faders sit near zero
FIELD STORYI Found a Flaw in His Loudspeaker — and Gained a Friend
FIELD NOTES · PART 10Why Is American Power Distribution So Complicated?
FIELD NOTES · PART 09The Stage I'd Build
FIELD NOTES · PART 08Stop Fighting Over Analog Gain
FIELD NOTES · PART 07The Audience Never Asked for 96kHz
FIELD NOTES · PART 06Stop Putting a Switch in Every Case
FIELD NOTES · PART 05Don't Blame Dante
FIELD NOTES · PART 04Half the Gear Isn't Mine
FIELD NOTES · PART 03Forty Black Cables in the Dark
FIELD NOTES · PART 02Hurry Up and Wait
FIELD NOTES · PART 01The Worst Cadillac Love
BALANCE ENGINEER ACADEMY
Online training in live sound, built from decades on real stages. Launching soon.
CONTACT
Shows, systems, training or software. Full CV on request.
yilmaz@yilmazyeniyol.comBoca Raton, Florida