M7CL Editor Owner's Manual Owner's Manual Special Notices · The software and this owner's manual are the exclusive copyrights of Yamaha Corporation. · Copying of the software or reproduction of this manual in whole or in part by any means is expressly forbidden without the written consent of the manufacturer. · Copying of the commercially available music sequence data and/or digital audio files is strictly prohibited except for your personal use. · Yamaha makes no representations or warranties with regard to the use of the software and documentation and cannot be held responsible for the results of the use of this manual and the software. · The screen displays as illustrated in this owner's manual are for instructional purposes, and may appear somewhat different from the screens which appear on your computer. · Future upgrades of application and system software and any changes in specifications and functions will be announced separately. · The company names and product names in this Owner's Manual are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Contents Getting Started ......................................... 2 Master window ......................................... 9 Overview window ................................... 11 Selected Channel window....................... 23 Library window ....................................... 42 Patch Editor window ............................... 45 Rack window ........................................... 49 Meter window ......................................... 58 Group/Link window ................................ 60 Scene window ......................................... 64 Keyboard Shortcuts................................. 71 Index........................................................ 72 Yamaha Pro Audio Global Site http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/ * Specifications and descriptions in this owner 's manual are for information purposes only. Yamaha Corp. reserves the right to change or modify products or specifications at any time without prior notice. 1 M7CL Editor Owner's Manual Getting Started Overview of M7CL Editor M7CL Editor enables you to remotely control the Yamaha M7CL mixing console and to save the parameter settings on your computer. To use M7CL Editor, you must first perform the following operations: 1 Start and configure Studio Manager. 2 Start and configure M7CL Editor. 3 Synchronize M7CL Editor with your M7CL console ( p.8). NOTE For more information on using Studio Manager, refer to the Studio Manager Owner's Manual. Configuring M7CL Editor You must configure the following settings for each open Editor. NOTE · Before you make the following settings, you must make settings for the DME-N Network Driver and select the MIDI port in the Setup window of Studio Manager. · To open an editor, double-click the icon for the desired editor in the Studio Manager window. System Setup To open the System Setup window, choose [System Setup] from the [File] menu. NOTE Be sure to specify the Input port and Output port. A Input port/Output port From the ports you specified in Studio Manager, select the ports that the editor will use to communicate with the M7CL console. 1 2 5 B Fast Sync This allows synchronization to be speed up, reducing the time required. Use this check box to choose whether to enable this function. 3 4 6 C Window Control from Console This option determines whether or not using the USER DEFINED KEYS on the console enables you to remotely open and close the M7CL Editor windows. D Level Meter By disabling the meter function you can reduce the processing load caused by screen drawing and communication. This option specifies whether the level meter functionality will be enabled. E Confirmation These check boxes specify whether a confirmation dialog box will appear when you store (Store Confirmation), recall (Recall Confirmation), patch (Patch Confirmation), or make a patch change that would modify an existing patch (Steal Patch Confirmation). F Administrator Password Enter the Administrator password that was specified on the M7CL console. If this password is not entered correctly, it will not be possible to synchronize from M7CL Editor to the M7CL console. 2 M7CL Editor Owner's Manual Mixer Setup To open the Mixer Setup window, choose [Mixer Setup] from the [File] menu. 1 2 3 A Input Channels Specify the number of input channels on the M7CL console. When the editor is synchronized with the M7CL console, the actual number of channels on the M7CL console will automatically be specified here. B Mix Bus Setup Here you can make settings relating to the MIX buses. Signal Type: Choose either MONOx2 or STEREO for each two adjacent odd-numbered/even-numbered MIX buses. Bus Type/Send Point: Choose either VARI (PRE FADER) or VARI (PRE EQ) or FIXED for each two adjacent odd-numbered/even-numbered MIX buses. Pan Link: This is valid only if the Signal Type is set to STEREO and the Bus Type is set to VARI. If this is enabled, the pan setting sent to stereo MIX buses will be linked with the pan setting to the STEREO bus. C Matrix Bus Setup Here you can make settings relating to the MATRIX buses. Signal Type: Choose either MONOx2 or STEREO for each two adjacent odd-numbered/even-numbered MATRIX buses. Bus Type/Send Point: Choose either PRE FADER or PRE EQ for each two adjacent odd-numbered/evennumbered MATRIX buses. Pan Link: This is valid only if the Signal Type is set to STEREO and the Bus Type is set to VARI. If this is enabled, the pan setting sent to stereo MATRIX buses will be linked with the pan setting to the STEREO bus. 3 M7CL Editor Owner's Manual Creating a user key To open the Create User Key window, choose [Create User Key] from the [File] menu. This creates a user key (with ".M7U" file name extension) that can be read from a USB storage device by the M7CL console to automatically set user-specific parameters. 13 2 4 5 6 7 8 L 9 J K M N O P A User Name Specify the name of the user. You can enter up to eight single-byte characters of alphabet and numerals. B Comment Enter a comment for each user. You can enter up to thirty-two single-byte alphanumeric characters. C Password Enter a password that will be used when this user key is read by the M7CL console. You can enter up to eight single-byte alphanumeric characters. Uppercase and lowercase are distinguished. D Re-Enter Password Enter the password once again as a safeguard against mistaken entry. E POWER USER Specify whether this user is a power user. Power users can use the M7CL console to create or edit a user authentication key with a specified user level. F Administrator Password Enter the Administrator password that was specified on the M7CL console. This is not required if no Administrator password has been specified on the M7CL console, but if this password is incorrect you will be asked to enter it when the user key is read. G ACCESS PERMISSION In this area, specify the parameters that this user will be allowed to operate. 4 M7CL Editor Owner's Manual H CH OPERATION INPUT, ST IN, DCA, MIX, MATRIX, ST/MONO: Select the channels whose parameters will be operable. HA: Change the operating privileges for the head amp gain and phantom power of the selected channels. PROCESSING: Change the operating privileges for overall signal processing parameters (except for fader and [ON] key) of the selected channel. For the specific parameters included in PROCESSING, refer to the appendix of the M7CL owner's manual. FADER/ON: Change the operating privileges for the pan/balance, fader, channel on, send on/off, and send level of the selected channels. Set All: Turn on HA, PROCESSING, and FADER/ON for all channels. Clear All: Turn off HA, PROCESSING, and FADER/ON for all channels. Set by One Click: If this button is on, HA, PROCESSING, and FADER/ON will all be turned on when you select a channel. If all are already on, all will be turned off. I SCENE LIST STORE/SORT: Change the operating privileges for scene store and sort operations. RECALL: Change the operating privileges for scene recall operations. J LIBRARY LIST STORE/CLEAR: Change the operating privileges for library store and clear operations. RECALL: Change the operating privileges for library recall operations. K FILE LOAD USER SETUP: Change the operating privileges for loading user-defined keys and preferences when loading a file. SYSTEM SETUP MONITOR SETUP: Change the operating privileges for loading system setup and monitor setup settings when loading a file. CURRENT SCENE: Change the operating privileges for loading the current scene when loading a file. SCENE LIST: Change the operating privileges for loading the scene list when loading a file. LIBRARY LIST: Change the operating privileges for loading the library list when loading a file. L CURRENT SCENE INPUT PATCH: Change the operating privileges for input patch operations. INPUT NAME: Change the privileges for editing the input names. OUTPUT PATCH: Change the operating privileges for output patching. OUTPUT NAME: Change the privileges for editing the output names. BUS SETUP: Change the operating privileges for buses. RACK: Change the operating privileges for rack operations. MUTE GROUP ASSIGN: Change the privileges for assigning mute groups. MUTE GROUP MASTER: Change the operating privileges for enabling/disabling mute groups. M MONITOR SETUP OSILLATOR: Change the operating privileges for oscillator settings. TALKBACK: Change the operating privileges for talkback settings. N SYSTEM SETUP MIXER SETUP: Change the privileges for making mixer setup settings. OUTPORT SETUP: Change the privileges for making outport setup settings. MIDI: Change the privileges for making MIDI settings. O Create Creates the user key. P Cancel Closes the window. 5 M7CL Editor Owner's Manual Working with Sessions All of your console's mix settings in M7CL Editor, including Scene and library data, are called Sessions. The following table describes how to handle Sessions. Creating a new Session Opening a previously saved Session Saving the current Session Saving the current Session with a new name Choose [New Session] from the [File] menu. Choose [Open Session] from the [File] menu. Choose [Save Session] from the [File] menu. Choose [Save Session As...] from the [File] menu. When you save a session in the window of an editor, the settings of only that editor will be saved in a file. Session files saved by M7CL Editor have a filename extension of ".YSE". Files in which only the M7CL console data is saved (filename extension ".M7C") can also be handled, allowing you to use a USB storage device to exchange data with the M7CL console. If you save a Session in the Studio Manager window, all selected Editor settings are saved in a file with a file extension of ".YSM." Undo/Redo Function In M7CL Editor, you can cancel the latest operation (Undo) and also cancel the cancellation of the latest operation (Redo). If you perform an Undo operation twice in a row, you can cancel the two most-recent operations. If you perform an Undo operation three times in a row, you can cancel the three most-recent operations. In this way, you can cancel multiple recent operations. The following table describes how to use the Undo/Redo function. Undo Redo Choose [Undo] from the [Edit] menu. Choose [Redo] from the [Edit] menu. Please note, however, that after you perform one of the following operations, you cannot successfully undo or redo any previous operation: · Operations on the M7CL console · Quitting Studio Manager · Synchronizing with the M7CL console · Session operations NOTE You cannot Undo or Redo the following operations: · Edits in the Setup window · Synchronization · Opening and closing the windows · Resizing or moving the windows There are certain other operations that cannot be undone, depending on the function. For library or scene operations, Undo/Redo applies only to the single most recent operation. You cannot undo any operations prior to this. Undo/Redo in these windows is available only using the [UNDO] button within the respective window. Even if you perform a scene recall from the Master window, you cannot use a shortcut or menu operation to undo the recall. NOTE 6 M7CL Editor Owner's Manual Window operations You can select and open each window from the [Windows] menu. For the INPUT CH window and Effect Editor window, use the sub-menu to select the channels or library you want to see. You can choose Tile or Cascade to arrange the windows within the editor. Tile Cascade In the Library window or Scene window, click the tabs located at the top of the window to switch between pages. 7 M7CL Editor Owner's Manual Synchronizing M7CL Editor When M7CL Editor starts up, the parameter settings on the console and the parameter settings in M7CL Editor may be different. Therefore, you must first match the parameter settings on the console with those in M7CL Editor. This operation ...