Yamaha DM2000VCM, Quick Start Manual

Page 1: ...first time It is not a guide to audio mixing and it assumes the reader has experience of analog mixers It does not replace the manual we recommend referring to the manual if further information is required 402 pages of manual and then the editor and driver guides Mmmmm there has got to be a quicker way ...

Page 2: ...MODE 10 Using the SELECTED CHANNEL controls 11 EQUALIZER 11 PAN 12 DYNAMICS 12 AUX MATRIX SEND 13 ROUTING 15 PHASE INSERT 16 DELAY 16 CHANNEL PAIR 17 FADER GROUPS 18 MUTE GROUPS 18 EFFECTS 19 EDITING AN EFFECT 19 USING AN EFFECT 20 ROUTING AUDIO THROUGH AN EFFECT 21 GRAPHIC EQUALIZERS 22 SCENE MEMORY 23 RECALL SAFE 23 SCENE FADE 24 SCENE COPY PASTE 24 MONITOR 25 USER DEFINED KEYS 26 DM2000V2 Short...

Page 3: ...hen move down and all the mixing functions set to their default status Understanding the Rear Panel All the audio connectors are on the rear panel They include Other connectors on the rear panel are for various control and sync functions For example the CONTROL port 25 pin D sub is for GPI inputs and outputs The CASCADE IN and OUT ports are for connecting with other DM2000 or 02R96 consoles to sha...

Page 4: ...annel can be selected at any time To select a channel and see its settings in the SELECTED CHANNEL area just press the SEL button Then press the SEL button for another channel when you are ready to move on Analog input gain pad insert and 48V MONITOR controls Machine Control and Display control buttons SELECTED CHANNEL area Faders Name display ON SOLO SEL buttons for the channels AUX SEND and PAN ...

Page 5: ... INPUT PATCH menu Here is the default patch channels 1 24 control the 24 analog inputs on the top on the console channels 25 48 control inputs 1 8 from Slots 1 2 and 3 channels 49 72 control inputs 1 8 from Slots 4 5 and 6 channels 73 88 control inputs from internal Effects 1 8 channels 89 96 control inputs from the various 2 Trk inputs Input channels 1 24 4 Remote Layers for controlling other fun...

Page 6: ...en to the required channel number 4 Press ENTER by the data wheel at the bottom right corner of the console This will open the PATCH SELECT window 5 Select the type of input from the first list in the PATCH SELECT window AD in Slot in FX out and so on 6 Press ENTER and choose the required item from the next col umn Slot or FX for example 7 Press ENTER and choose the required item from the last col...

Page 7: ...the Output Patch press the OUTPUT PATCH DISPLAY ACCESS button and press it again if necessary to view the required SLOT or OMNI page Use the cursor keys to highlight the required output port and press ENTER to open the PATCH SELECT window Then choose the type of channel and channel number and click ENTER on the YES box to complete the patch Once all the patch editing is complete it is a good idea ...

Page 8: ... the top right corner of the LCD To input a channel name first access the CH NAME page by pressing the INPUT PATCH DISPLAY ACCESS button Then press the SEL button for the required channel and press ENTER to display the TITLE EDIT window on the LCD If a computer keyboard is connected to the rear panel then a name can be typed Otherwise use the cursor keys and ENTER button to navigate around the LCD...

Page 9: ...the top of the CH NAME page to automatically copy the first 4 characters of the long name to the short name whenever a new long name is entered To enter names for the Buses Auxes and Matrix channels look in the OUTPUT PATCH menu TIP To briefly view a channel s long name while a different page is displayed on the LCD just hold the channel s SEL button for a sec ond or more and the long name will sh...

Page 10: ...a differ ent page to see the information for other channels In these pages PRE POST status can be edited and the AUX SENDS can be turned off by pressing ENTER while the cursor is high lighting the Level encoder To edit AUX on the encoders press the AUX MTRX ENCODER MODE but ton then select the required AUX 1 12 with one of the AUX SELECT buttons above The Aux level will be displayed in the fluores...

Page 11: ... is moved the LCD will show the EQ edit page There are 4 parametric bands To change between controlling FREQUENCY and Q press down quickly on the encoder Note that the LOW band can be a Low Shelf or a HPF by changing the Q to the maximum or minimum position In the same way the HIGH band can be a High Shelf or a LPF There are 2 types of EQ TYPE I or TYPE II with slightly different sound characteris...

Page 12: ...is press the PAN SURROUND DISPLAY button so the SURR MODE page is shown Then choose the SURROUND MODE 3 1 or 5 1 or 6 1 This will then convert some of the Buses 1 8 into Surround Buses DYNAMICS Each input channel has both a GATE and a COMP The output channels only have a COMP When a DYNAMICS button or encoder is moved the LCD shows the relevant GATE or COMP page Gain Reduction meters and Key In st...

Page 13: ...enu is not shown on the LCD the Send Level will always pop up on the LCD whenever it is adjusted or when the encoder is simply pressed Press the AUX MATRIX SEND DISPLAY button to see the relevant information on the LCD Use the AUX and MATRIX SELECT buttons on the left side of the DM2000 to choose which Aux or Matrix number to view Pressing the DISPLAY button repeatedly will access LEVEL and PRE PO...

Page 14: ...de 14 28 PAN controls can also be accessed for any stereo paired Aux and for the Matrix sends which are always stereo These parameters must be edited with the Data Wheel and Cursor Keys in the bottom right corner of the DM2000 ...

Page 15: ...f the channel will follow through to the Buses This is particularly use ful when using the Buses as stereo Sub Groups as on a typical analog console The Bus assignment is also displayed in the fluorescent window above the channel faders Buses can be routed to Stereo just like Sub Groups on an analog console To do this press the ROUTING DIS PLAY button to see the BUS TO ST page Here Buses 1 8 can b...

Page 16: ...The INSERT POSITION can also be changed here DELAY Press the DELAY DISPLAY button to see Delay settings for each channel All input and output channels have a Delay function The maximum possible Delay Time varies with sample rate At 44 1KHz the maximum possible Delay Time is 984 1ms Input channels have an FB GAIN Feedback Gain and MIX parameter to create a simple Delay effect The DELAY SCALE can be...

Page 17: ...be paired with the equivalent channel on the layer below 25 48 In the same way channels 49 72 can be paired vertically with channels 73 96 respectively but the Master chan nels can only be paired Horizontally When channels are paired they share the same fader level the same ON EQ Gate Comp Aux settings Pan and Routing parameters remain separate To quickly pair channels without using the LCD screen...

Page 18: ...e useful for turning On Off many channels by just pressing one button There are 8 Mute Groups avail able for input channels and 4 Mute Groups for output channels To assign channels to a Mute Group follow the same 3 steps as made for a Fader Group but while viewing the MUTE GROUP pages Groups I to P are for Inputs Groups U to X are for Outputs Once a Mute Group is made when the ON button for one ch...

Page 19: ...EFFECTS button and then pressing one of the buttons 1 8 below to select the required unit EDITING AN EFFECT The Effect parameters can be edited using the 4 encoders below the LCD Use the Up Down arrow buttons next to these encoders to move to the other rows of parameters when an effect has more than 4 parameters to edit EFFECTS PLUG INS area ...

Page 20: ...t can be used properly it needs to be patched The default patch factory setting has Aux 1 8 patched to the inputs of FX1 8 respectively The stereo outputs of FX1 8 are patched to input channels 73 88 respectively This is convenient but can be changed if necessary For example an effect could be inserted in just one channel using the INSERT OUT and IN patch To change the FX patching go to the EFFECT...

Page 21: ...urn up Aux 1 send level for the required channel 2 Check that the Aux 1 Master fader is up to 0dB that is its default position 3 Already audio should be seen on the level meters of Effect 1 You can see the meters on the top right corner of the FX EDIT page 4 Then push up faders 73 and 74 to start hearing the effect s output in the Stereo bus 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 22: ...ays inserted post fader and is separate from the standard insert point which can be used for internal or exter nal Effects The channel faders can be used to edit the GEQ bands by moving the cursor onto one of the FADER ASSIGN buttons and pressing ENTER The fluorescent display above the channel faders indicates which frequency is being adjusted by each fader and while a fader is being adjusted the ...

Page 23: ...e screen the chosen parameters will be safe in all Scenes Otherwise these settings will only apply to the current Scene once it is stored When a SCENE is stored a name can be entered If a SCENE is PROTECTED it cannot be overwritten when STORE is pressed This avoids erasing some thing by mistake The PATCH LINK feature can be useful if different Scenes need different Patch settings Patch information...

Page 24: ...tting the Fade Time for one channel double click the ENTER button to copy the time to all Input or Output Channels SCENE COPY PASTE If some settings need to be copied from one Scene to some others the PATSE SRC and PASTE DST pages can be used In the PASTE SRC page choose which parameters of which channels should be copied In the PASTE DST page choose which Scene Memories should be updated The maxi...

Page 25: ... LEVEL adjusts the main listening level The DIMMER button can quickly dim the speakers by 20dB or so 2 The CONTROL ROOM buttons select what to listen to in the Control Room monitors and in the head phones 3 The STUDIO buttons select what to listen to in the Studio monitors Pressing the CONTROL ROOM button will route the Control Room signal also to the Studio 4 The SOLO CLEAR button will turn off t...

Page 26: ...y Each Bank is given a Title to describe its general purpose To assign a new function to a USER DEFINED KEY first move the cursor to the relevant field in the USER DEF page Then press ENTER to open the USER DEFINE SELECT window The general function should be selected in the first column followed by the specific function in the second and third col umns if applicable In some cases for example a dir...

Page 27: ...third time will cancel the SOLO While the AUX is in SOLO its SELECT but ton will flash 5 Copy STEREO Mix to an AUX Press and hold an INPUT FADER LAYER button then press an AUX SELECT button and click YES in the confirmation box on the LCD This copies the fader levels to the selected AUX sends Make sure the Aux sends are all PRE by clicking the GLOBAL PRE button on the SEND1 24 page in the AUX DISP...

Page 28: ...oders PHANTOM POWER can be controlled from the HA CTRL page in the PHASE INSERT menu 5 SCENE MEMORY Auto Update In the PREFERENCES1 page of the SETUP menu the Scene MEM Auto Update option can be found When this is switched on the last mixing settings are memorized just before the next Scene is recalled Then when a previous Scene is recalled its last settings are recalled first Press RECALL again t...