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Yamaha PM5D Quick Start Manual

Manual is about: Digital Mixing Console/Digital Mixing System

Summary of PM5D

  • Page 1

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 1 quick start guide a guide for people using pm5d in the real world. / part 3 introduction to studio manager and pm5dv2 editor. Show setup walk through guide. This “quick start guide” series is designed for people about to use yamaha pm5d for the fi rst time. ...

  • Page 2

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 2 the pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide is in three parts. Part 1 (introduction and set up walk through guide); 1) an overview of the pm5d connections, the layout of the surface and main mix features. 2) a quick explanation of storing / recalling and saving / l...

  • Page 3: Table of Contents

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 3 table of contents the pm5d/pm5d-rh quick start guide is in three parts 2 table of contents 3 background and introduction to studio manager. 4 what is studio manager for? 5 where can i get studio manager? 5 what kind of computer do i need? 6 which version of ...

  • Page 4

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 4 background and introduction to studio manager. Pm5d is not particularly aimed at any kind of studio activity; it is primarily a live concert mixer so many people are confused by the studio manager title of its remote control and editing software. In fact the...

  • Page 5

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 5 what is studio manager and pm5dv2 editor for? The combination of studio manager and pm5dv2 editor gives you the software to create and edit .Pm5 fi les on your personal computer. These fi les hold all the parameter data for all the scenes in a setup and can ...

  • Page 6

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 6 for mac osx (there is currently no mac editor for dsp5d) cpu: powerpc g4 or higher os: macos x 10.4-10.5 hard disk: 30 mb or more memory: 512mb or more display: 1,024 x 768 pixels or higher; high color 16-bit or higher other: usb port (pm5d) if you would lik...

  • Page 7: Installing The Software.

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 7 installing the software. Full instructions for installing the software are available form the download pages. The wizards will guide you through the installation. Use the default settings unless you have particular requirements on where to install things. If...

  • Page 8: Using Editor Windows

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 8 pm5dv2 v2 dsp5d dsp5d when the program opens, select the setup parameter from the file menu. Highlight the pm5dv2 editor and click [add->] to move it to the workspace. Repeat this for the dsp5d if you wish. When the editors are in the workspace you should ch...

  • Page 9: Changing Parameters

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 9 use the window tab to open other windows as required. The better resolution your screen has the more windows you can layout. Changing parameters use your computer mouse to set the controls shown in the editor window. For example; click and drag a fader up or...

  • Page 10: The Sel Channel Windows;

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 10 the sel channel windows; main and additional in the pm5dv2 editor there are two sel channel win- dows; main view and additional view. Both views ap- pear the same, and both can be on screen at the same time, they differ in how their displayed channel is sel...

  • Page 11: Keyboard Shortcuts

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 11 menu action windows macintosh file menu creates a new session ctrl+n +n opens a previously saved session ctrl+o +o saves the current session ctrl+s +s edit menu undo ctrl+z +z redo ctrl+y +y ch copy ctrl+c +c ch paste ctrl+v +v windows menu closes the activ...

  • Page 12

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 12 the examples please do not use any genetically mo dified ingredients, and u se organic produce wherever possible. Please no black pepper in vegetarian dishes due to allergy. Crew party is 7, band party is 8 we have a number of strict veget arians on our tou...

  • Page 13

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 13 entering names and doing the patch; the planning stage. When preparing a show fi le with the pm5dv2 editor it is important to remember the layout of the actual console surface and the limitations of using paired/stereo channels. Some important points to rem...

  • Page 14: Altering The Patch;

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 14 entering names and doing the patch; in the editor, channel names can be entered on either the patch window or the main input ch windows. Rapid naming is easiest in the input ch windows as the tab key can be used to move to the next name. Double click on the...

  • Page 15: Output Patching.

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 15 to pair mono input channels as stereo; on the console worksurface we can press and hold two [sel] buttons to make a pair, but in the editor we must use the selected channel window. Click on the heart icon to make a paired (stereo) channel. All param- eters ...

  • Page 16: Setting The Mix Levels.

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 16 to pair output mixes as stereo; on the console worksurface we can press and hold two [sel] buttons to make a pair, but in the editor we must use the selected channel window. Click on the heart icon to make a paired (stereo) channel. All param- eters except ...

  • Page 17: Work.

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 17 now is a good time to store your scene and save your setup work. After completing the naming and the patch it is a good time to make a fi rst save of your setup. We will go on to save the data as a console fi le on a memory card, but fi rst we should store ...

  • Page 18: Internal Effects Engines.

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 18 manager; file >saveas>. Ysm .Ysm format if you have a pm5d and dsp5d or other multiple unit system it may make managing data easier to save as a .Ysm fi le as this will save both “consoles” in one memory. However, remember that this data must be translated ...

  • Page 19

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 19 enhanced gui (graphical user interface) for add-on effects. The effects in library positions 46 to 54 come from a special series of “add-on” effects and they have special control gui pages available in the editor. These gui are not available on the console ...

  • Page 20: The Matrix.

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 20 the matrix. The pm5d matrix has 8 outputs and is fed by the 24 mix buses and the two stereo master buses. You can pair matrixes just like mixes. The matrix window shows the mas- ter output level faders and the bars show the levels of the 24 mix buses and tw...

  • Page 21: User Defi Ned Keys.

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 21 user defi ned keys. There are 25 user defi ned keys on the pm5d panel; 24 in a block and one above the dca fader section. There are four banks of keys (abcd) available. The keys are all programmable to a variety of user chosen tasks; the most common are “bo...

  • Page 22: Store And Save Again.

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 22 cue level on a fader for monitor engineers; the monitor volume of pm5d is controlled by a rotary pot, but commonly stage monitor engineers want fader control. Prior to the launch of version 2 software in summer 2007 this was only possible with some indirect...

  • Page 23: Data);

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 23 pm5d data loading from pcmcia card. (basic load all data); access the load screen from display access>utility>>load. Before loading data into a pm5d be sure that the data within the console is backed up or no longer required. Warning!! Loading data in this ...

  • Page 24: Editor and Pm5D.

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 24 going on-line for the fi rst time; studio manager, pm5dv2 editor and pm5d. If you have already been using studio manager and pm5d editor off line then all you need to go on line is to add a usb connection cable and the usb-midi driver. Current drivers for p...

  • Page 25

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 25 setting up midi ports the fi rst time you go on-line. There are several stages to set up communication, but at each stage if you set “default” you will not have to set these again next time you connect. Open studio manager from the pc start menu or mac task...

  • Page 26: All Library Synchronisation.

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 26 when you are connected on-line it means that any control- ler used on the pm5d or on the pc will take hold of the parameter and set it to the chosen value. If you connected studio manager with a new setup to a pm5d that was ini- tialized then the two will a...

  • Page 27

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 27 advanced load and save using on-line connection. In the last section we saw that we can mimic the pc card loading action by synchronising “pc to console”. In this section we consider loading data without synchronisation. This is a very signifi cant procedur...

  • Page 28: Library Window Dragging.

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 28 example; load a stored user effect from one session to another. In this example let’s imagine that “guest”, the vocalist is joining “the examples” on stage. “guest” requires a special delay effect patch to suit his voice. The special effect parameters are a...

  • Page 29: Memory Structure of Scenes.

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 29 more library window dragging. This technique of dragging items across the library win- dow will work for other library items too. Notable exceptions are the user defi ned key libraries and the setup library. It is not possible to, say create a bank b, and d...

  • Page 30

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 30 making and breaking scene links in pm5dv2 editor. In the scene window of the pm5dv2 editor you can drag the internal data portion to be larger than the file side. Now you can see the scene name and number at the same time as the linked libraries of ha, inpu...

  • Page 31

    Pm5d / pm5d-rh quick start guide part 3 31 this procedure can be done in a pc, without a console, well in advance of a show, and some practice in this technique is recommended. After the procedure is well understood you are ready to use it in a multi-band or festival type situation to drag scenes an...