Yamaha Studio Manager, Owner'S Manual

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Page 2: ...section Select the desired device the click the Add button The selected device name appears in the Workspace sec tion 3 Specify a MIDI port Select the MIDI Ports tab and specify the MIDI In Out and Thru ports to which the console is connected Description of menus and buttons In the event that menu and button names on the Windows system are different from those on the Macintosh system this manual u...

Page 3: ...console is displayed Quitting Studio Manager Choose Exit Quit from the File menu in the host window If there are no unsaved changes all windows close and Studio Manager quits If there are unsaved changes a message asking whether or not you want to save the changes appears Click Yes to save the changes and quit click No to quit or click Cancel to cancel the operation You can also quit Studio Manage...

Page 4: ... selecting a channel in Studio Manager selects the same channel on the console When the Console PC option is on selecting a channel on the console selects the same channel in Studio Manager Confirmation These options determine whether or not a confirmation dialog box appears when storing recalling or patching Layer Select These options determine whether or not Layer selection is linked When the PC...

Page 5: ...ws Console Setup To open the Console Setup window choose Console Setup from the File menu Surround Mode Select a Surround mode from STEREO 3 1 5 1 and 6 1 Pair Mode These options determine whether the fader pair is Horizontal or Vertical Channel Copy Parameter Select desired parameters to copy from channel to channel DM2000 Editor window ...

Page 6: ...on 3 Click OK Offline Edit Function If you do not want to synchronize your console with Studio Manager select Offline Edit from the Synchronization menu of each editor To apply your off line edits to your console synchronize the console with Studio Manager by selecting the To Hardware option The Offline Edit function is also activated when you click the ONLINE OFFLINE button in the Master window D...

Page 7: ...t success fully undo or redo any previous operation Closing Studio Manager Changing Surround mode Stereo 3 1 5 1 6 1 Changing Pair mode Horizontal vertical Synchronizing the console with Studio Manager Creating a new Session Saving a Session Copying and pasting a channel Creating or cancelling a channel pair Storing or recalling a scene or library Turning on or off the GATE LINK button in the Sele...

Page 8: ...down the Ctrl key and click the mouse button to reset the value to the default e g to reset an Input Channel fader to or reset a pan setting to Center Ctrl Shift Click Move the cursor to a fader or AUX Send control then hold down the Ctrl key and Shift key and click the mouse button to reset the value to the nominal level Note You cannot Undo or Redo the following operations Edits in the Setup win...

Page 9: ...el of the Stereo Out when Surround mode is set to STEREO or the Bus Outs used for sur round processing when Surround mode is set to 3 1 5 1 or 6 1 The meters in 3 1 5 1 and 6 1 Surround modes are shown on the right C LAYER buttons These buttons are used to select the Layers D PAN CONTROL These buttons are used to select either STEREO Stereo mode or SURR Sur roundmode ThePancontrolontheInput Channe...

Page 10: ...channel G INSERT button This button is used to turn on and off the Input Channel s Insert H GATE button This button is used to turn on and off the Input Channel s Gate I Gate open close indicators These indicators display whether the Gate is open green or closed red J Gate threshold This displays the Gate Threshold which can be set by dragging K COMP button This button is used to turn on and off t...

Page 11: ...pan position can be set by dragging the dot U LFE control When 5 1 or 6 1 Surround mode is selected this control is used to set the surround LFE Channel level It appears when the PAN CONTROL in the Master Window is set to SURR To set the Channel level drag the end of its bar or click a point along the length of the bar V AUTO button This button displays the Automix status of the Input Channel W SE...

Page 12: ...dragging G DELAY button This button is used to turn on and off the Bus Out s Delay function H Delay parameter This parameter is used to set the delay time of the Delay function Delay times can be set by dragging I Channel number This is the channel number Double click the channel number to open the Selected Channel window J AUTO button This button displays the Automix status of the Bus Out K SELEC...

Page 13: ...e target assigned on the DM2000 E Channel fader This is the Bus Out s fader F Fader value indicator This indicator indicates the fader position in the range of 0 through 127 If the remote target is set to User Assignable Layer In this case the assigned channels are displayed For more information refer to Input Channels on page 10 and Output Channels on page 12 If the Group Mas ter Fader is assigne...

Page 14: ...parameter is used to select an input source To select an input click the parameter and choose from the list that appears The LIBRARY button opens the Channel Library window B GATE section This section contains the Gate controls and display graph for the currently selected Input Channel The rotary controls are used to set the threshold range attack decay and hold The GR meter indi cates the amount ...

Page 15: ...n contains the Aux Send controls for the currently selected Input Channel Use the rotary controls to set the Aux Send levels and click them to turn Aux Sends on and off Use the button below each Aux Send control to select pre fader or post fader In Fixed mode this button is used to turn Aux Sends on and off the level is fixed at nominal WhenAux Sends are paired a heart icon is displayed between th...

Page 16: ...ols are used to set the Bus to Stereo send level and pan The AUTO button displays the Automix status The SOLO button is used to solo the Bus Out the ON button to turn the Bus Out on and off and the channel fader to set the Bus Out level The meter to the right of the fader indicates the signal level and the value indicator under the fader indicates the fader position in dB E INSERT section This sec...

Page 17: ...uttons and the channel fader for the currently selectedAux Send The meter to the right of the fader indicates the signal level and the value indicator under the fader indicates the fader position in decibels dB E INSERT section This section contains the Insert parameters for the currently selected Aux Send The ON button turns the Insert on and off The OUT and IN parameters are used to specify the ...

Page 18: ...played below the Chan nel ID The LIBRARY button opens the Channel Library window D EQUALIZER section This section contains the EQ controls and display graph for the currently selected Matrix Send It s lay out is identical to the EQUALIZER section for Input Channels See EQUALIZER section on page 15 for more information E DELAY section This section contains the delay controls for the currently selec...

Page 19: ... Use the FADER GROUP buttons to add the channel to Fader groups and use the MUTE GROUP buttons to add it to Mute groups Stereo Out A CHANNEL SELECT section Channels can be selected by clicking the Channel ID and choosing from the list that appears or by clicking the left and right Channel Select buttons The long channel name is displayed below the Chan nel ID The LIBRARY button opens the Channel L...

Page 20: ...splay graph for the currently selected Stereo Out Its layout is identical to the COMPRESSOR section for Input Channels except there is no LINK but ton See COMPRESSOR section on page 15 for more information G FADER GROUP MUTE GROUP section This section contains the Fader and Mute group functions for the Stereo Out Use the FADER GROUP buttons to add the Stereo Out to Fader groups and use the MUTE GR...

Page 21: ...ion displays the status of the currently open library file The pane on the right called the INTERNAL DATA section displays the status of the corresponding library in the console You can copy and sort the items in the list memories by dragging them between the panes Within the same pane you can copy a memory by dropping it on top of another memory and you can sort memories by dropping a memory betw...

Page 22: ...ed Output Patch Library memory is stored or recalled at the same time J STORE button This button is used to store the contents of the library to the specified location K RECALL button This button is used to recall the selected memory L FILE section This section displays the contents of the currently open library file M INTERNAL DATA section This section displays the console s status of the current...

Page 23: ... IDs B Long channel names These are the Channel long names To edit a name click it and type C AUTO SETUP button Clicking this button sets the patches on this page to their initial values D ALL CLEAR button This button clears all patches on this page E LIBRARY button This button opens the Input Patch Library window F Port names These are the Port names To edit a name click it and type G Patchbay Th...

Page 24: ...e patches on this page to their initial values D ALL CLEAR button This button clears all patches on this page E LIBRARY button This button opens the Output Patch Library window F Port names These are the Port names To edit a name click it and type G Patchbay The patchbay enables you to patch output ports to Output Channels Active patches are indicated by a red dot To make a patch click a square To...

Page 25: ...t and type E Insert Out Patchbay This patchbay is used to patch output ports to the Insert Outs of Input Channels Bus Outs Aux Sends Matrix Sends and the Stereo Out Active patches are indicated by a red dot To make a patch click a square To unpatch click a red dot F Insert In Patchbay This patchbay is used to patch input ports to the Insert Ins of Input Channels Bus Outs Aux Sends Matrix Sendes an...

Page 26: ... and outputs for Effects processor 1 B LIBRARY button This button opens the Input Patch Library window C Effects processor 2 section This section indicates the effects name assigned to internal Effects processor 2 The parameters in this section are used to select inputs and outputs for Effects processor 2 D Effects processors 3 8 section This section indicates the effects names assigned to interna...

Page 27: ...mes To edit a name click it and type C LIBRARY button This button opens the Output Patch Library window D Port names These are the Port names To edit a name click it and type E Patchbay The patchbay is used to patch output ports to the Direct Outs Active patches are indicated by a red dot To make a patch click a square To unpatch click a red dot Note You can also use the cursor keys and the ENTER ...

Page 28: ...the currently selected Input Chan nel The surround pan can be set by dragging the dot Clicking a speaker icon will move the pan posi tion to the position of that icon C Surround pan position This is the current surround pan position D SURROUND MODE parameter Click this parameter to display the option list and set Surround mode to STEREO 3 1 5 1 or 6 1 E LFE control This rotary control sets the lev...

Page 29: ... used to select the internal effects processors B Effect select section The EFFECT NAME TYPE and IN OUT are the name type and I O configuration of the effect recalled to the currently selected effects processor To edit the EFFECT NAME click it and type The LIBRARY button opens the Effects Library window C IN button This button is used to set the metering position to the effects processor s inputs ...

Page 30: ... window pages is the same regardless of the page selected The Master page is shown below A Meter mode You can select the type of meters to be displayed from the following options GATE GR The meters indicate the amount of gain reduction being applied by the channel Gate COMP GR The meters indicate the amount of gain reduction being applied by the channel Compressor LEVEL The meters indicate the cha...

Page 31: ...s These buttons are used to link the currently selected GEQ with other GEQs When you click a button the settings of the currently selected GEQ are copied to the other GEQ The buttons of GEQs that are already linked are unavailable D GEQ display This displays the settings of the currently selected GEQ E LIBRARY button This button opens the GEQ Library window F GEQ ON button This button is used to t...

Page 32: ...l windows Ctrl Alt W Option W Opens the Master window Ctrl 1 1 Opens the Layer window Ctrl 2 2 Opens the Selected Channel window Ctrl 3 3 Opens the Library window Ctrl 4 4 Opens the Patch Editor window Ctrl 5 5 Opens the Surround Editor window Ctrl 6 6 Opens the Timecode Counter window Ctrl 7 7 Opens the Effect Editor window Ctrl 8 8 Opens the Meter window Ctrl 9 9 Opens the GEQ window Ctrl 0 0 Li...

Page 33: ...ibrary 21 EFFECT NAME 29 Effect parameter section 29 Effect patch page 26 EFFECT TYPE 29 Effects 1 2 page 30 Effects 1 8 page 30 Effects processor 1 section 26 Effects processor 2 section 26 Effects processor select 29 Effects processors 3 8 section 26 EQ button 10 12 EQ curve 10 12 EQ FLAT button 31 Equalizer Library 21 EQUALIZER section 15 16 17 18 19 Exiting Studio Manager 3 extension 7 F FADER...

Page 34: ...3 R RECALL button 22 Redo 7 Remote Channels 13 20 Remote target name 13 REMOTE1 13 REMOTE2 13 REMOTE3 13 REMOTE4 13 Re synchronize 6 Resynchronizing Studio Manager 6 ROUTING buttons 10 ROUTING section 15 S SAVE AS button 22 SAVE button 22 Saving the current Session 7 Saving the current Session with a new name 7 Scene number display 9 SELECT button 9 11 12 13 Selected Channel Window 14 Setup window...