Yamaha M7CL-32 - Manual (Page 6)

M7CL Owner’s Manual 6
Contents
1. Introduction 9
Thank you ................................................................... 9
An overview of the M7CL........................................... 9
About the models ..................................................... 11
The M7CL’s channel structure ................................ 14
About the MIX bus types (VARI / FIXED) ................ 15
About word clock ..................................................... 15
Conventions in this manual..................................... 15
About the firmware version ..................................... 16
2. Panels and controls 17
Top panel................................................................... 17
Rear panel ................................................................. 24
Under the front pad .................................................. 27
3. Basic operation of the M7CL 29
Basic operations in the top panel / touch screen.. 29
Pressing the touch screen ................................... 29
Multiple selection (specifying a range) ................ 29
Special operations for keys ................................. 29
Encoder operations ............................................. 29
Multifunction encoder operations......................... 30
The on-screen user interface .................................. 30
Tabs..................................................................... 30
Buttons ................................................................ 30
Faders / Knobs .................................................... 31
List windows ........................................................ 31
Keyboard window ................................................ 31
Popup windows ................................................... 32
Dialog boxes ........................................................ 32
Viewing the touch screen ........................................ 32
Function access area .......................................... 32
Main area............................................................. 33
Entering names ........................................................ 34
Using the tool buttons ............................................. 35
About the tool buttons.......................................... 35
Using libraries ...................................................... 35
Initializing settings ............................................... 39
Copying/pasting settings ..................................... 40
Comparing two settings ....................................... 40
4. Connections and setup 43
Connecting SB168-ES units to the M7CL-48ES
using the STAGE BOX SETUP function............. 43
Audio input/output connections ............................. 46
Setup items required when you
start up the M7CL for the first time .................... 50
Restoring the current scene to the default state .. 50
Word clock connections and settings .................. 50
Making HA (Head Amp) gain settings ................. 51
Sending an input channel signal
to the STEREO bus......................................... 54
5. Input channel operations 57
Signal flow for input channels.................................57
Specifying the channel name and icon ..................59
Making HA (Head Amp) settings .............................61
Sending the signal from an input channel
to the STEREO/MONO buses ..............................63
Sending the signal from an input channel
to a MIX bus ..........................................................67
Using the SELECTED CHANNEL section ...........67
Using the Centralogic section ..............................69
Using the faders (SENDS ON FADER mode) .....70
Sending the signal from an input channel
to the MATRIX buses ...........................................72
Using the SELECTED CHANNEL section ...........72
Using the Centralogic section ..............................74
Using the faders (SENDS ON FADER mode) .....75
Channel library operations ......................................77
6. Output channel operations 79
Signal flow for output channels ..............................79
Specifying the channel name and icon ..................81
Sending signals from MIX channels
to the STEREO/MONO bus ..................................82
Sending signals from MIX channels and
STEREO/MONO channels to MATRIX buses .....85
Using the SELECTED CHANNEL section ...........85
Using the Centralogic section ..............................86
Channel library operations ......................................88
7. Operations in the
SELECTED CHANNEL section 89
About the SELECTED CHANNEL section...............89
About the SELECTED CHANNEL VIEW screen .....90
Operations in the SELECTED CHANNEL section ..91
8. Operations in the Centralogic section 97
About the Centralogic section.................................97
About the OVERVIEW screen ..................................98
Operations in the Centralogic section ..................100
Fixing the channels or DCA groups
of the Centralogic section .................................104
9. Input/output patching 105
Changing the output patch settings .....................105
Changing the input patch settings........................108
Inserting an external device into a channel .........110
Directly outputting an INPUT channel ..................112
10. EQ and Dynamics 115
About EQ and dynamics ........................................115
Using EQ..................................................................115
Using dynamics ......................................................118
Using the EQ or Dynamics libraries......................121
EQ library ...........................................................121
Dynamics library ................................................121