Yamaha M7CL V4.5 manuale d’uso

M7CL Stag eMix V4. 5 User Guide Welcome: Thank y ou for downl oadi ng th e “ M7 CL St ageM ix” iPad app for the Y am aha M7 CL digital m i xing co nsoles . T his v ersion of St ageM ix i s for use with M 7CL fi rm ware V 3.5 and higher . The lat est fir mware v ers ion for M7CL can be downloa ded fr om www.yam ahapro audio. com StageMi x is an [...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageM ix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 2 CONTENTS Page 1.0 Sy stem R equiremen ts ................................................................................... 5 2.0 Wi - Fi Settings ................................................................................................ . 5 3.0 Getting S tarted ...........[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 3 5.3.4 Editing GEQ Bands ................................................................................. 27 5.3.5 Nav igation in t he GEQ Edit ing Sect ion ................................................... 27 5.3.6 GEQ ON .........................................................[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 4 8.8 RECALL SCEN E ........................................................................................ 43 8.9 UNDO RECALL .......................................................................................... 44 9.0 SETUP ....................................................[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 5 1.0 System Req uire ments • Apple i Pad (any model inc luding iPad mi ni) • Yamaha M 7CL digital m ixi ng console wi th V3.5 firmw are or hi gher • Wi - Fi acc ess point (pre ferably w ith 802.11n, 5 GHz capabili ty, though 2. 4GHz and 802. 11g w ill also w ork) • CAT5 cabl[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 6 3.0 Getting Started 3.1 M7CL Network Setup Connect the Wi - Fi access poi nt to the M 7CL consol e’s netw ork port v ia a CAT5 cabl e. No te that a cros s - ov er cable w ill be needed with older access points that d on’t hav e the “auto M DIX” functi on. Mos t rec ent devi[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 7 3.2 iPad Wi - Fi Settings The iPa d can b e con f igured us ing either DHC P or a S tatic IP addr ess. 3.2.1 Using DHCP Dynami c Host C onfigu ration Protoc ol (DH CP) is a netw ork protocol t hat enables a s erver to au tomaticall y assign an I P addres s to a device. Use the foll[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 8 3.2.2 Using a S tati c IP Address a) Open t he iPa d “Settings ” menu b) Select “W i - Fi”, a nd choose t he cor rect ne twork c) Press th e blue circl e with the w hite arr ow to t he ri ght o f the sel ected networ k to edit the I P address. d) Select [Sta tic] e) IP Ad d[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 9 3.3 StageM ix Setup Lau nch the “ M7CL StageMix” App The “S elect Mixer” screen will appear. From this screen, you ca n do any of the follow ing things: • Access th e OFFLINE DEMO mode to ex plore the f eatures and user inter f ace of M 7CL StageMi x. • Config ure Stag [...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 10 3.3.2 Configure StageMix to Work with an M7CL Console i. Press [AD D MIX ER] to open t he foll owing screen: ii. Tap on th e blank Nam e field and enter a na me for your M 7CL consol e using t he iPad’ s onsc reen k eyboard. iii. Enter the M 7CL consol e’s IP address noted in [...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 11 3.3.3 Select a Mixer and Begin Wor king If your iPad has been c onfigured t o work w ith an M7CL c onsole, sel ect the mix er from the lis t and press [C ONNEC T]. (The mo del of mix er (M7CL - 48 or M7CL - 3 2) w ill appear in smaller text below the mix er’s name.) The messag e[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 12 4.0 Mixer Window The main page of the StageMix is call ed the “Mixer ” window . It show s the EQ curv es, Pan positions , Dynamic s status , CUE and ON butto ns, faders, level meters, and c hannel n am es an d col ors for eig ht adjacent chan nels. Across t he to p of th e scr[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 13 4.3 Faders Each fader has its channel nu mber displayed on its cap. The fader cap must be touch ed to allow t he lev el to be adjus ted. W hen a f ader ca p is touched, its backgr ound will lighten and its current dB v alue will be di splayed. Us ing the iPad’s m ulti - touch fa[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 14 4.5 CUE The [CUE] but tons for eac h channel c ontrol t he mixer’s Cue functi ons. Their operati on mode corr esponds to th e status of t he Cue M ode in the Se tup sc reen (re fer to 9.2 ). W hen [LAST CUE] mode is ac tiv e, only one channel ca n be cu ed at a time. W hen [MIX [...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 15 4.7 H A G AIN The gai n for eac h input chan nel can be co ntrolled usi ng th e fader s in StageMix . Press the [ HA GAI N] button i n the low er left area o f the M i xer wi ndow to enter HA GAIN mode . This butt on w ill turn red and the backgr ound behind th e channel faders wi[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 16 By defaul t, th e 48V phanto m pow er indi cator s are dis play - only and cannot be edi ted fro m StageMi x. 4.7.3 Phase The Phase setting for each input chann el appears near the top o f the channel s trips when H A GAIN mode i s acti ve. The Ph ase sett ing c an be edited from [...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 17 a) Use a s wi pe gestur e o n the [MI X ON F ADER S] button to increme nt/decr ement throug h the Mix and Mat rix Busses. b) Press the [M IX ON FAD ERS] but ton to acces s a popup scree n which allow s direct select ion o f any M i x or M atrix Bus. Choose the “Target Mix Bus”[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 18 4.8.4 Global PRE/POST Press an d hold a [PRE ] button to mak e global Pr e or Post f ad er assig nments. A popup w ill appear prov iding the fol lowing opt ions: • ALL MIX/M ATRIX BUSSES PRE FOR T HIS CHANNEL • ALL MIX/M ATRIX BUSSES POST FOR T HIS CHANNEL • CURRENT MIX/MATR[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 19 4.9 DCA FADERS Press th e [DCA] butt on to acc ess the cons ole’s 8 DCAs . A g reen LE D will appear n ext to each D CA fader w hen it is set to ex actly 0dB. DCA faders ca n be quick ly set to ex actl y 0dB by double - tappi ng on t he fa der i f the r elev ant Preferenc e is O[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 20 5.0 EQ / P A N / DYN AMICS The thu m bnail area at the top of eac h cha nnel strip di splay s an EQ curv e, the Pan posi tion, or Dynamics status for t hat ch annel. The butto ns to the le ft of the t humbnai ls are used to selec t between EQ, PAN and Dyna mics mode b y tappi ng o[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 21 • Mix Busses 3 - 8 have o nly PEQ avai lable so no do ts are display ed below their EQ c urves. 5.1.2 Selecting PEQ or GEQ On any channel displa ying both a green and a blue dot b elow the EQ curv e, the user can s elec t either of those EQ ty pes to be display ed by using a s w[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 22 5.2 PARAMETRIC EQ E DITING The curr ent ch annel’s N ame, Col or, Fa der, Lev el Meter s, [ON] and [CUE] buttons are shown i n the left col umn. A t the bott om - left , ther e are “ previous” and “nex t” arrow buttons f or nav igating to di fferent chan nels. • Tap an[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 23 3 = Hi gh - Mid Band 4 = Hig h Band The curr ent v alues for Fr eq, Gai n and Q wi ll be display ed for the c urr ently selecte d EQ band. Gain and F reque ncy can be a djusted by dr agg ing the c ircl e around t he graph. Q is adjus ted by usi ng the iP ad’s “pinc h” ges tu[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 24 5.2.2 EQ Band s 1 & 4 EQ bands 1 & 4 have additional ch oices of band - t ype. Both these bands can be assigne d to function as a shelf or a bell, and band 4 can also fu nction as a L ow Pass Fil ter. B and 1 c an als o be a H PF for Mix , Matri x and Ster eo/M ono Mas ter[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 25 5.2.5 EQ TYPE The de f ault EQ Type for ev ery PEQ is Type I . This c an be c hang ed to Type II by pr essing the [I I] button at the top of the EQ editing screen. To exi t f rom t he EQ w indow and r eturn t o the Mix er wi ndow, press the [MIXER] butto n at the t op - rig ht of [...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 26 5.3 GRA PHIC EQ EDITING GEQ Overv ie w In the u pper por tion of the GEQ E diting Scree n, the compl ete GEQ c urve is display ed along w ith the gain positi ons for all 31 bands. W hite do ts represen t the position f or each of the 31 bands. (Thes e dots chang e to y ellow and b[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 27 5.3 .3 GEQ Typ e Next to the Rack p osition, the type o f GEQ is identified as eith er “31 Band” or “Flex 15”. I n the case of a Flex 15 GEQ, a larger - sized number in dicates th e remai ning number of availabl e ban ds for that GEQ. As each band is adjusted aw ay from 0d[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 28 5.4 PA N TO STEREO B USSES W hen PAN mode i s selected us ing the buttons descri bed in s ection 5.0, all 8 thumbnai l images wi ll display a slider show ing the p osition of t he Pa n to the Stereo Buss es for each channel. A numeric Pan po siti on value app ears above eac h slid[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 29 5.5 DYNAMICS PROCESSORS W hen DYN mode is sel ected us ing the buttons des cribe d in section 5.0, the status of bot h of th e channel’s dynamics processor s can be see n: Dynamics 1 is displ ayed at the top of th e thumbnail with Dy namics 2 at the bottom. (Out put cha nnels ha[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 30 5.6 DYNAMICS PROCE SSOR EDI TING Tap on a ny of the Dy namics thumbn ails i n th e Mix er W indow to access th e Dynami cs Editi ng scr een. The le ft side of thi s scr een (Channel Strip) is i dentical to the EQ Editing sc reen wi th channel fader, On butt on, Cue butt on, in put[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 31 assig ned (e.g . a Gat e cannot be ass igne d to Dy nam ics Proc essor 2) . In this c ase, the [P ASTE] butto n wi ll be grey ed out and in active. 5.6.3 Dyn amics On The [ DYN ON ] button tur ns the Dynamic s On/ Off. This bu tton is pur ple when On a nd grey when it is O ff. 5.6[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 32 5.6.8 K e y I n The Key In source is displ ayed at the bot tom of each D ynamics sec tion. For Gate and Ducking processors, a Key In Fil ter is avail able. Tap the [EDIT] b utton to edi t the Key In Fi lter parameters. [ CUE]: T ap this button to C ue the Key In s ignal [ HPF]/ [ [...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 33 6.0 OUTP ORTS The OU TPORTS butto n prov ides acc ess to the f ollow ing func tions : • Output P ort Delays • Output Port Ph ase • Output Port Gai n Press th e [OUTPORT S] butto n on the lef t sid e of the Mix er window to en ter this mode . Press th e [OU TPORTS] butto n ag[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 34 The Outpu t Bus numb er (e.g. Matr ix 1) assi gned to each Out put Port i s display ed at the top o f each chan nel strip. T he name of each Outpu t Bus is display ed below i ts number . 6.3 Delay On Press [D ELAY ON] in each c hannel s trip to change the On/Off stat us o f the De[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 35 6.7.1 Delay Scale The curr ently selected Del ay Scale is di splay ed nex t to the Outp ut Port label. Pr ess the dow nward arr ow butto n to a ccess a popup which a llows the Del ay Sc ale to be selected f rom t he foll owing options : • Meters • Feet • Sampl es • ms 6.7.[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 36 6.7.5 Paste D elay Time Val ue Tap the [ PASTE] butto n and the val ue currentl y in the Delay T ime C opy buffer wi ll be paste d to the curr ently selected chan nel. Note: i f the D elay S cale has been chang ed si nce the delay time val ue was c opied, it w ill no lo nger be av[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 37 7.0 UTILITY Press th e [UTILITY] b utton on the left side of the M ixer window to ent er this mode. Tabs at the b ottom o f the U T ILITY s cree n prov ide access to t he foll ow in g functio ns: [MUTE/TA P] • MUTE GRO UP MASTERS • TAP TEMPO [OSCILLATOR] • OSCILLATOR To exi [...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 38 7.2 TA P TEMPO The Tap Tempo sectio n in the U TILITY mo de all ows y ou to tap BPM values into eff ects i n the cons ole that i nclude BPM p arameters. Select t he relevant e ffect from t he li st of 4 effects in th e left side o f thi s section. Effects which do not have a BPM p[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 39 7.3 OSCILLA TOR The OSCI LLATOR screen i n the UTILI T Y mo de allows y ou control a ll aspect s of the Osc illat or in the M7CL cons ole. 7.3.1 Oscillat or A ssign In the t op part of th e scr een, an array of but tons al low you to as sign the Oscil lator out put to any bus in t[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 40 • SINE • PINK NOISE • BURST NOISE W hen either PI NK or B URST NOIS E mode is activ e, additional para m eters are av ailable t o be edit ed. Pres s the [ EDIT] butto n to access a popup whi ch allow s these related parameters t o be edi ted. Refer t o th e consol e’s refe[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 41 8.0 SCENE MEMORY The Curr ent Scene Me mory num ber and titl e (name) are di spl ayed i n the upper - l eft corner o f the Stag eMix Mix er wi ndow. An “ E” indicator w ill be display ed if the Scen e has been edi ted si nce it w as last stored or rec alled. The Scene Memory a[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 42 8.2 DECREMENT / INCRE MENT SCENE Buttons i n the upper r ight part o f the Scen e w indo w all ow instant rec all o f the Prev ious and N ext Scene rel ative to th e current Sce ne. For exa mple, if the Current Scene is 005, pr e ssing the [INC SCE NE] button w ill recall Scene 00[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 43 8.5 SELECTED SCENE Selecting a Scene in the Scene Li st w ill c ause it to be displayed i n white tex t wi th a blue bac kgr ound. Fur ther detail s abo ut this select ed Scene w ill be display ed to the ri ght o f the Sce ne List. T hese de tails includ e the foll owing: SCENE TI[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 44 you w ill not be able t o edit a ny parameters in StageM ix until sy nchronizati on has been comple ted. 8.9 UNDO REC ALL Pres sing the [U NDO R ECALL] bu tton wi ll cause t he mos t rec ent Sce ne Recall to be ca ncelled. St ageM i x wi ll need to sy nchroniz e with the cons ole [...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 45 9.0 SETUP Press th e [SETUP] but ton in the u pper left ar ea of the Mix er window to o pen a new w indow which al low s user pr eferenc es to be s elected. iPad Stat us Bar The iPa d’s St atus Bar is vis ible in t his scr een, allow ing the W i - Fi signal streng th and t he ba[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 46 9.5 Show Send Levels in Meter Bridge W hen this pre ference is ON, the se nd levels f or the c urrentl y sel ected “MIX ON FADE RS” w ill appear in t he “Navig ation/Meter Br idge” in “SENDS ON FADERS” m ode. If thi s preferenc e is O FF, th e input l evels w ill be di[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 47 10.0 Troubles hootin g 10.1 No Wi - Fi A vailable If this m essag e appears a fter launc hing Stage Mix, this indi cates that the iP ad is not c onnected to a W i - Fi acc ess point or that W i - F i may be switched off i n the iPad. Re f er to s ections 2.0 a nd 3.2 for d etail s[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 48 10.3 Connection Lost If Stag eMix loses its connec tion t o the consol e, the fol lowing message will appear. O peration o f Stag eMix is not possibl e whi le this m essage box is onscree n. StageMix will automatic ally attempt to rec onnect to t he co nsole. If this is su ccessfu[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 49 Intern et acces s is u nnecessary for th e conne ction between S tageMix and console and it i s recommende d that you s hould not hav e an interne t connecti on when using StageMix . So if you e xperi ence this proble m, you can prev ent this messag e from ap pear ing by dis ablin[...]

Yamaha Pr ofess ional Audio M7CL St ageMix V4. 5 Us er Guide Page 50 Special Noti ces • The software and t his User Guide are t he excl usive cop yrights of Yamaha Corporatio n. • Copying of t he soft ware or reproduct ion of this m anual in whole or in p art by an y means is expressly f orbidde n without t he written c onsent of the manufac tu[...]