Yamaha M7CL M7cl V3 Owner's Manual - Page 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 6 M7CL Owner's Manual 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