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    Cl stagemix v3.0 user guide welcome: thank you for downloading the “cl stagemix” ipad app for the yamaha cl series digital mixing consoles. The latest firmware version for cl series can be downloaded from www.Yamahaproaudio.Com stagemix is an application for the apple ipad that provides remote contr...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide contents page 1.0 system requirements 4 2.0 wi-fi settings 4 3.0 getting started 5 3.1 cl series network setup 5 3.2 ipad wi-fi settings 5 3.3 stagemix setup 6 3.3.1 offline demo mode 7 3.3.2 configure stagemix to work with a cl series console 7 3....

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 5.2.4 eq reset 22 5.2.5 eq type 22 5.3 graphic eq editing 23 5.3.1 navigation in the geq overview section 23 5.3.2 rack position 23 5.3.3 geq type 24 5.3.4 editing geq bands 24 5.3.5 navigation in the geq editing section 24 5.3.6 geq on 24 5.3.7 ge...

  • Page 4: 1.0 System

    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 1.0 system requirements  apple ipad (1st generation ipad, ipad 2, or 3rd generation ipad)  yamaha cl series digital mixing console  wi-fi access point (preferably with 802.11n, 5ghz capability, though 2.4ghz and 802.11g will also work)  cat5 ca...

  • Page 5: 3.0 Getting

    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 3.0 getting started 3.1 cl series network setup i. Connect the wi-fi access point to the cl series console’s network port via a cat5 cable. Note that a cross-over cable will be needed with older access points that don’t have the “auto mdix” functio...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide c. Press the blue circle with the white arrow to the right of the selected network to edit the ip address. D. Select [static]. E. Ip address: enter an ip address similar to the one for the cl series console, but with just the last number different....

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide  access the offline demo mode to explore the features and user interface of cl stagemix.  configure stagemix to work with a cl series console.  select a cl series console that has already been configured to work with your ipad and begin using st...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide v. Select the model of cl series console. Note: in the initial release of cl stagemix, cl5 will be the only selectable choice. Vi. Press the [add mixer] button at the bottom of the screen. 3.3.3 select a mixer and begin working if your ipad has bee...

  • Page 9: 4.0 Mixer

    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 4.0 mixer window the main page of the stagemix is called the “mixer” window. It shows the eq curves, pan positions, cue and on buttons, faders and level meters, and channel names and colors for eight adjacent channels. Across the top of the screen,...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 4.3 channel names and colors the name and color of each channel appears in stagemix as it does in the cl series console. The names are dimmed if the channel is switched off. Double-tap on the channel name in the mixer window to edit the name and co...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide press the [long faders] button in the bottom-left corner again to return to the mixer overview. 4.5 channel on press [on] to change the on/off status of the channel. The button is green when the channel is on. When a channel is off, its name and le...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 4.7 master bank pressing the [master] block in the “navigation/meter bridge” will cause channels from the master section to appear in the fader strips. Included in this block are the stereo master channel, mono master channel and the monitor level ...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 4.8 gain the gain for each input channel can be controlled using the faders in stagemix. Press the [gain] button in the lower left area of the mixer window to enter gain mode. Note: the [gain] button will only appear when a bank of input channels a...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 4.8.1 digital gain when gain mode is active, the user can also adjust the digital gain for any channel. Press the [digital] button to assign all stagemix faders to control the digital gain parameters. The background will change to a blue shade to i...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide grey background when the phase setting is normal and will change to an orange background when phase is reversed. 4.9 sends on faders press the [sends on faders] button in the left column of the mixer screen to access sends to mix busses. In “sends ...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide choose the “target mix bus” from mix 1-24 and matrix 1-8. The currently selected mix will appear as a white button with a check mark. Stereo pairs appear as single large buttons. When a mix, matrix or master block is selected in the “navigation/met...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide if the pan link function is active for the currently active stereo mix bus, a link icon will appear below the pan slider. When pan link is active, adjusting a channel’s pan slider will affect the pan parameter for that channel to the master stereo ...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 5.0 eq & pan the thumbnail area at the top of each channel strip displays an eq curve or the pan position for that channel. The buttons to the left of the thumbnails are used to select between eq and pan mode by tapping on the left or right cursor ...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide  mix busses 3-8 have only peq available so no dots are displayed below their eq curves. 5.1.2 selecting peq or geq on any channel displaying both a green and a blue dot below the eq curve, the user can select either of those eq types to be display...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 5.2 parametric eq editing the current channel’s name, color, fader, level meters, [on] and [cue] buttons are shown in the left column. At the bottom-left, there are “previous” and “next” arrow buttons for navigating to different channels. Note: the...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide tip___________________________________________________________ the most comfortable and accurate way of adjusting q is to use a vertical pinch movement with the thumb and forefinger. ______________________________________________________________ wh...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 5.2.3 eq on the channel eq can be switched on/off with the [eq on] button towards the top-right of the eq screen. It is green when the eq is on. When the eq is switched off, the eq curve will be grey. 5.2.4 eq reset the [reset] button above the eq ...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 5.3 graphic eq editing geq overview in the upper portion of the geq editing screen, the complete geq curve is displayed along with the gain positions for all 31 bands. White dots represent the position for each of the 31 bands. (these dots change t...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 5.3.3 geq type next to the rack position, the type of geq is identified as either “31 band” or “flex 15”. In the case of a flex 15 geq, a larger-sized number indicates the remaining number of available bands for that geq. As each band is adjusted a...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 5.4 pan to stereo busses when pan mode is selected using the buttons described in section 5.0, all 8 thumbnail images will display a slider showing the position of the pan to the stereo busses for each channel. A numeric pan position value appears ...

  • Page 26: 6.0 Utility

    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 6.0 utility the utility button provides access to the following functions:  mute group masters  tap tempo press the [utility] button on the left side of the mixer window to enter this mode. To exit from the utility mode, press the [utility] butto...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide channels will be muted completely when the mute group master is activated. If the dim indicator displays any other value, then channels will be dimmed by that number of db when the mute group master is active. In this case, the mute group master bu...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 6.2 tap tempo the tap tempo section in the utility mode allows you to tap bpm values into effects in the console that include bpm parameters. Select the relevant effect from the list of 8 effects in the left side of this section. Effects which do n...

  • Page 29: 7.0 Scene

    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 7.0 scene memory the current scene memory number and title (name) are displayed in the upper-left corner of the stagemix mixer window. An “e” indicator will be displayed if the scene has been edited since it was last stored or recalled. The scene m...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 7.2 decrement / increment scene buttons in the upper right part of the scene window allow instant recall of the previous and next scene relative to the current scene. For example, if the current scene is 005, pressing the [inc scene] button will re...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 7.5 selected scene selecting a scene in the scene list will cause it to be displayed in white text with a blue background. Further details about this selected scene will be displayed to the right of the scene list. These details include the followi...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide appears below the current scene number in the upper left section of the scene memory screen. You can exit the scene memory screen while synchronization is occurring but you will not be able to edit any parameters in stagemix until synchronization h...

  • Page 33: 8.0 Setup

    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 8.0 setup press the [setup] button in the upper left area of the mixer window to open a new window which allows user preferences to be selected. Ipad status bar the ipad’s status bar is visible in this screen, allowing the wi-fi signal strength and...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 8.4 filled eq graph when this preference is on, the eq graph will be filled in, as it is on the cl series screen. When it is off, only the outline of the graph will be shown. 8.5 enable inc/dec scene recall when this preference is on, buttons will ...

  • Page 35: 9.0 Troubleshooting

    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 9.0 troubleshooting 9.1 no wi-fi available if this message appears after launching stagemix, this indicates that the ipad is not connected to a wi-fi access point or that wi-fi may be switched off in the ipad. Refer to sections 2.0 and 3.2 for deta...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide 9.3 connection lost if stagemix loses its connection to the console, the following message will appear. Operation of stagemix is not possible while this message box is onscreen. Stagemix will automatically attempt to reconnect to the console. If th...

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    Yamaha commercial audio cl stagemix v3.0 user guide page 37 special notices • the software and this user guide 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 cons...