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Yamaha PM1D manual

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    E PM1D Manager for W indows Operating manual[...]

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    PM1D Manager for Windows Operating manual 2 Contents About the “PM1D Manager for Windows operating manual” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Conventions in the “PM1D Manager for Windows operating manual” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    About the “PM1D Manager for Windows operating manual” 3 About the “PM1D Manager for W indows operating manual” PM1D Manager for Windo ws (subsequently referred to as “PM1D M anager”) is an application progr am that r uns on a computer running Micr osoft W indows (subse- quently referred to as the “PC”), providing the same operating [...]

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    PM1D Manager for Windows Operating manual 4 Installing PM1D Manager This section explains how t o install the PM1D Manager program. If an older version of PM1D Manager is alr eady installed, you must first uninstall it. (For the unin- stallation procedur e, r efer to p.5.) Before y ou beg in the installation, you must e xit all applications and me[...]

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    Uninstalling PM1D Manager 5 Co ntinue following the on-screen instructions, and installation will be completed. Wh en installation is complet e, a shortcut icon will be added to the Start menu and to the desktop . Uninstalling PM1D Manager There ar e two ways to uninstall PM1D M anager . ■ Using “Add or remove an application” 1. From the W in[...]

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    PM1D Manager for Windows Operating manual 6 Using the application This section explains how t o star t and exit PM1D Manager , and how to perform basic operations. Starting Y ou can use either of the following methods to start up PM1D Manager . 1 Fr om the W indows “Star t” menu, select “Start”- “Programs”-“Y AMAHA PM1D System ”-“[...]

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    Using the application 7 Initialization procedure If you want to initialize all curre nt setting s of the PM1D M anager and its sc ene memor ies and librar ies, you can use the following procedur e to restor e the factor y-set co ndition. 1. In the F unction menu screen, click the OPTION button. The Option settings popup window will appear . 2. A cc[...]

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    PM1D Manager for Windows Operating manual 8 Screens unique to PM1D Manager This section explains the screens that differ fr om the console and are unique t o PM1D Manager . Upper part of the display (common to all screens) 1 Co nnection status This area of the PM1D Manager screen will indicate the status of the connection between the PC and c on- s[...]

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    Screens unique to PM1D Manager 9 Lower part of the function menu 1 EXIT button This button exits the PM1D M anager application. This button has the same result as selecting “Exit” from the “File” menu in the menu bar , or clicking the “C lose” button in the upper rig ht of the PM1D Man- ager window . 2 OPTION button This button is used [...]

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    PM1D Manager for Windows Operating manual 10 Communication between PM1D Manager and the console/engine If y ou connect the console/engine and the PC, you can use PM1D M anager as a supplementar y controller for the system. • “ Online ” re fers to a state in whic h the console/ engine and the PC are connect ed by a cable, and data can be trans[...]

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    Communication between PM1D Manager and the console/engine 11 ■ System example 6: Dual Console mode •Y ou can connect and use either PC1 or PC2 (not both). •E ve n if a PC is connected to c onsole 2, it cannot be used. ■ System example 7: Cascade connection •Y ou can connect and use either PC1 or PC2 (not both), and PC3 or PC4 (not both). [...]

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    PM1D Manager for Windows Operating manual 12 Connections Co nnect the console/engine to y our PC as shown in the follow ing diagram. Y ou can make c onnections in one of two ways: ser ial connection or USB co nnection. •W hen using USB c onnections, you must exit PM1D Manager befor e you power -on/off the co nsole/engine or connect/disconnect cab[...]

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    Communication between PM1D Manager and the console/engine 13 6. In the F unction menu screen, click the ONLINE/ OFFLINE button. The following popup window will appear . In this popup w indow y ou can select one of the fol- lowing two co nnection modes. • UPLO AD The current settings of PM1D Manager will be tr ansmitted to the c onsole/eng ine, an[...]

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    PM1D Manager for Windows Operating manual 14 Offline operating procedure To break communication between the online the c on- sole/engine and the PC, click the OFFLINE/ONLINE button in the lo wer par t of Function menu scr een. The following popup window will appear , so click the OK button and y ou w ill switch to offline mode. Im mediately befor[...]

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    Special considerations 15 Special considerations This section notes various things you should be a ware of concerning the parameters and operations in each screen. ■ PREFERENCE switch ■ SELECTED INPUT CHANNEL / SELECTED OUTPUT CHANNEL These settings are not linked with the console in the system, and can be set independently . Hint Y ou can swit[...]

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    PM1D Manager for Windows Operating manual 16 ■ KEY IN CUE button (GA TE PRM screen) Operation will change as follows, depending on the online/offline state of PM1D Manager and on the presence or absenc e of a console. (*) In order t o avoid inconsist encies due to the fact that the selected channel is not link ed between the PC and co nsole, thi[...]

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    USB MIDI Driver 17 USB MIDI Driver If you are c onnecting the console/engine to a USB port on your PC, you ’ll need to install the Y amaha USB driver . If this driver is alread y installed, or if you will be using a ser ial connection (RS-232-C c onnector), you do not need to install the USB driv er . The procedur e for installing the Y amaha USB[...]

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    PM1D Manager for Windows Operating manual 18 W indows Me 1. Start your PC and W indows, and inser t the included CD-ROM int o your PC’ s CD-ROM drive. 2. P ower -off the console/engine, and use a USB cable to connect the console/engine to the PC. The USB connect or of the console/engine is located in the PC CONTROL section of the rear panel. 3. T[...]

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    USB MIDI Driver 19 W indows XP 1. P ower -on the PC, and when W indows star ts up, log in using an account with A dministr ator privile ges. 2. Insert the included CD-ROM into y our PC’ s CD- ROM d r ive. 3. Click the Start button, and then click Control P anel. If the Control P anel window appears as shown below , click “Switch t o Classic V i[...]

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    IP 20 M.D.G., Pro Audio & Digital Musical Instrument Division, Yamaha Corporation © 2002 Yamaha Corporation Printed in Japan[...]