Document Outline

• Cover
• PRECAUTIONS
• Contents
• 1. Introduction
  • Thank you
  • An overview of the M7CL
  • About the models
  • The M7CL's channel structure
  • About the MIX bus types (VARI / FIXED)
  • About word clock
  • Conventions in this manual
  • About the firmware version
• 2. Panels and controls
  • Top panel
  • Rear panel
  • Under the front pad
• 3. Basic operation of the M7CL
  • Basic operations in the top panel / touch screen
    • Pressing the touch screen
    • Multiple selection (specifying a range)
    • Special operations for keys
    • Encoder operations
    • Multifunction encoder operations
  • The on-screen user interface
    • Tabs
    • Buttons
    • Faders / Knobs
    • List windows
    • Keyboard window
    • Popup windows
    • Dialog boxes
  • Viewing the touch screen
    • Function access area
    • Main area
  • Entering names
  • Using the tool buttons
    • About the tool buttons
    • Using libraries
    • Initializing settings
    • Copying/pasting settings
    • Comparing two settings
• 4. Connections and setup
  • Connecting SB168-ES units to the M7CL-48ES using the STAGE BOX SETUP function
  • Audio input/output connections
  • Setup items required when you start up the M7CL for the first time
    • Restoring the current scene to the default state
    • Word clock connections and settings
    • Making HA (Head Amp) gain settings
    • Sending an input channel signal to the STEREO bus
• 5. Input channel operations
  • Signal flow for input channels
  • Specifying the channel name and icon
  • Making HA (Head Amp) settings
  • Sending the signal from an input channel to the STEREO/MONO buses
  • Sending the signal from an input channel to a MIX bus
    • Using the SELECTED CHANNEL section
    • Using the Centralogic section
    • Using the faders (SENDS ON FADER mode)
  • Sending the signal from an input channel to the MATRIX buses
    • Using the SELECTED CHANNEL section
    • Using the Centralogic section
    • Using the faders (SENDS ON FADER mode)
  • Channel library operations
• 6. Output channel operations
  • Signal flow for output channels
  • Specifying the channel name and icon
  • Sending signals from MIX channels to the STEREO/MONO bus
  • Sending signals from MIX channels and STEREO/MONO channels to MATRIX buses
    • Using the SELECTED CHANNEL section
    • Using the Centralogic section
  • Channel library operations
• 7. Operations in the SELECTED CHANNEL section
  • About the SELECTED CHANNEL section
  • About the SELECTED CHANNEL VIEW screen
  • Operations in the SELECTED CHANNEL section
• 8. Operations in the Centralogic section
  • About the Centralogic section
  • About the OVERVIEW screen
  • Operations in the Centralogic section
  • Fixing the channels or DCA groups of the Centralogic section
• 9. Input/output patching
  • Changing the output patch settings
  • Changing the input patch settings
  • Inserting an external device into a channel
  • Directly outputting an INPUT channel
• 10. EQ and Dynamics
  • About EQ and dynamics
  • Using EQ
  • Using dynamics
  • Using the EQ or Dynamics libraries
    • EQ library
    • Dynamics library
• 11. Grouping and linking
  • About DCA Groups and Mute Groups
  • Using DCA groups
    • Assigning channels to a DCA group
    • Controlling DCA groups
  • Using mute groups
    • Assigning channels to mute groups
    • Controlling mute groups
    • Using the Mute Safe function
  • The Channel Link function
    • Linking the desired input channels
  • Copying, moving, or initializing a channel
    • Copying the parameters of a channel
    • Moving the parameters of a channel
    • Initializing the parameters of a channel
• 12. Scene memory
  • About scene memories
  • Using scene memories
    • Storing a scene
    • Recalling a scene
    • Using user-defined keys to recall
  • Editing scene memories
    • Sorting and renaming scene memories
    • Scene memory editing
    • Copying/pasting a scene
    • Clearing a scene
    • Cutting a scene
    • Inserting a scene
  • Using the Global Paste
    • Using the Global Paste function
  • Using the Focus function
  • Using the Recall Safe function
  • Using the Fade function
• 13. Monitor/Cue
  • About the monitor/cue functions
  • Using the Monitor function
  • Using the Cue function
    • About cue groups
  • Operating the Cue function
• 14. Talkback / Oscillator
  • About the talkback and oscillator functions
  • Using talkback
  • Using the oscillator
• 15. Meters
  • Operations in the METER screen
  • Using the MBM7CL meter bridge (option)
• 16. Graphic EQ and effects
  • About the virtual rack
    • Virtual rack operations
  • Graphic EQ operations
    • About the graphic EQ
    • Inserting a GEQ in a channel
    • Using the 31BandGEQ
    • Using the Flex15GEQ
  • About the internal effects
    • Using an internal effect via send/return
    • Inserting an internal effect into a channel
    • Editing the internal effect parameters
    • Using the Tap Tempo function
    • Using the Freeze effect
  • Using the graphic EQ and effect libraries
  • Using an external head amp
    • Connecting the M7CL-32/48 to the AD8HR
    • Connecting the M7CL-48ES to the AD8HR
    • Connecting the M7CL-32/48 to the SB168-ES
    • Remotely controlling an external head amp
• 17. MIDI
  • MIDI functionality on the M7CL
  • Basic MIDI settings
  • Using program changes to recall scenes and library items
  • Using control changes to control parameters
  • Using parameter changes to control parameters
• 18. User settings (Security)
  • User Level settings
    • User types and user authentication keys
    • Setting the Administrator password
    • Creating a user authentication key
    • Logging-in
    • Changing the password
    • Editing a user authentication key
    • Changing the user level
  • Preferences
  • User-defined keys
  • Console lock
    • Locking the console
    • Unlocking the console
  • Using a USB storage device to save/load data
    • Saving the M7CL's internal data on a USB storage device
    • Loading a file from a USB storage device
    • Converting and loading the file content from a USB storage device
    • Editing the files saved on a USB storage device
    • Formatting media on a USB storage device
• 19. Help function
  • Loading a Help file from a USB storage device
  • Loading a text file from a USB storage device
  • Viewing Help
  • Using user-defined keys to recall Help directly
• 20. Other functions
  • About the SETUP screen
  • Word Clock and Slot settings
  • Using cascade connections
    • Operations on the cascade slave M7CL
    • Operations on the cascade master M7CL
  • Basic settings for MIX buses and MATRIX buses
  • Setting the date and time of the internal clock
  • Setting the network address
  • Specifying the brightness of the touch screen, LEDs, and lamps
  • Initializing the M7CL's internal memory
  • Adjusting the detection point of the touch screen (Calibration function)
  • Adjusting the faders (Calibration function)
  • Adjusting the input/output gain (Calibration function)
  • Connecting SB168-ES units to the M7CL-48ES using the Stage Box Setup function
    • Changing settings to suit the connection
  • Changing the EtherSound settings from AVS-ESMonitor (M7CL-48ES)
• Appendices
  • EQ Library List
  • DYNAMICS Library List
  • Dynamics Parameters
  • Effect Type List
  • Effects Parameters
  • Effects and tempo synchronization
  • Scene Memory/Effect Library to Program Change Table
  • Parameters that can be assigned to control changes
  • Control change parameter assignments
  • NRPN parameter assignments
  • Mixing parameter operation applicability
  • Functions that can be assigned to user-defined keys
  • MIDI Data Format
  • Warning/Error Messages
  • Troubleshooting
  • General Specifications
  • Input/output characteristics
  • Electrical characteristics
  • Mixer Basic Parameters
  • Pin Assignment
  • Dimensions
  • Installing the MBM7CL meter bridge (option)
  • MIDI Implementation Chart
  • Index
  • M7CL-48/M7CL-32 Block Diagram
  • M7CL-48ES Block Diagram
  • M7CL-48/M7CL-32 Level Diagram
  • M7CL-48ES Level Diagram