The CL3 is a CL series digital mixing consoles represent a new level of refinement. They offer an evolved experience in accessible mixing, plus sonic purity with sound shaping capabilities that will give the most imaginative engineer unprecedented creative freedom. The CL series embodies the leading standards in live sound in their most advanced, most expressive form. CL3 is an ideal blend of compact size and channel capacity for a variety of live and installed applications. All CL consoles are configured with a top panel center section with a comprehensive selected channel section, a new 16–bit color LED back–lit touch screen, four User–Defined Knobs, a built–in help system, 2–track USB recorder/player section, and much more. The CL series features 16 31–band GEQs, an 8U effects rack and a new 8U premium rack including Rupert Neve designs Portico 5043 compressor and Portico 5033 EQ as well as new Yamaha VCM compressors and EQs. Rupert Neve, who approved the 5033 and 5043 in the Premium Rack during its initial evaluation, called it very sweet sounding and indistinguishable from its hardware equivalent. Up to eight external Rio (remote I/O) boxes can be used for a total of 256 channels via the Dante digital network. The 5U rack space Rio3224–D includes 32 remote controlled mic/line inputs, 16 line outputs, and four AES–3 outs. The 3U Rio1608–D includes 16 remote controlled mic/line inputs and eight line outputs. Dante network I/O can easily be set up and patched utilizing familiar paradigms within the console user interface, with no external software required for network operations.