Yamaha QL5 manual

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Owner’s Manual 2 Contents PRECAUTIONS ................................... 5 Introduction .................................... 8 Accessories ........... .......................... .................... 8 About utility software ......................................... 8 About firmware updates................................. .... 8 About the Owner?[...]

Owner’s Manual 3 The above w arning is located on the rear /side of the unit. L ’av ertissement ci-dessus est situé sur le arrière/côté de l’appareil. Explanation of Gr aphical S ymbols Explication des s ymboles The lightning flash with arro whead symbol within an equilatera l triangle is intended to alert th e user to the presence of uni[...]

Owner’s Manual 4 1 . IMPOR T ANT NOTICE: DO NO T MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicat ed in the instructions con- tained in this manual, meets FCC r equirements. Modif ications not expr essly appro ved b y Y amaha ma y v oid your author ity , granted b y the FCC, t o use the product. 2. IMPORT ANT : When connecting this pr od[...]

Owner’s Manual 5 PRECAUTIONS PLEA SE READ C AREFULL Y BEFORE PR OCEEDI NG Please keep this man ual in a saf e place f or futur e ref erence. WA R N I N G Alw ay s follo w the basic precautions listed belo w to av oid the possibili ty of ser ious injur y or ev en death from electrical shoc k, short-circuiting, damages, f ire or other hazards. Thes[...]

Owner’s Manual 6 Connections • Bef ore co nnecting the d evi ce to other de vices , turn of f the power f or all de vices . Bef ore turning the po wer on or of f f or all de vices, set al l volu me lev els t o minim um. Mainten ance • Remo v e the pow er plug fr om the AC outlet when cleaning th e de vice. Handling caution • Do not insert y[...]

Owner’s Manual 7 NOTICE T o av oi d the possibil ity of malfunction/damage t o the prod uct, damage to data, or damage t o other pr operty , follo w the notices below . Handling and Maint enance • Do not use the de vice in the vic inity of a TV , radio , stereo equipment, mobil e phone, or other electr ic de vices . Otherw ise, the de vice, TV [...]

Introduction Owner’s Manual 8 Introduction Thank you f or c hoosing a Y amaha QL series QL5/QL1 Digital Mixing C onsole. T o tak e full adv antage of the superior f eatur es and perf orm ance of fer ed by y our QL series console , and to enjo y years of tr oub le-free use , please read this o wner’ s manual car efully bef ore operating y our co[...]

An overview of the QL series Owner’s Manual 9 An over view of the QL series Features QL series digit al mixing consoles creat e high-quality , ref ined, liv e-sound en vir onments. These consoles carr y f orwar d the digital e v olution of a broad arra y of adv anced concepts that helps to mak e the consoles eas y and intuitive t o use. The b uil[...]

An overview of the QL series Owner’s Manual 10 I/O card and processing card expansion The rear panel pr o vides t wo slots in which separ ately sold mini-YGD AI car ds can be installed. Y ou can add inputs and outputs by inst alling AD cards , D A car ds , or digital I/O car ds in these slots. Y ou can also expand processing or ef fects b y insta[...]

Controls and functions Owner’s Manual 11 Controls and functions To p p a n e l The top panel of the QL ser ies is divided into the f ollo wing sections. 1 Channel Strip section  page 12 2 SENDS ON F ADER section  page 12 3 Display section  page 13 4 Selected Channel section  page 13 5 USB connector  page 15 6 USER DEFINE D KEYS sec[...]

Controls and fu nctions Owner’s Manual 12 Channel Strip section 1 [SEL] ke y Selects the channel that wi ll be co ntrolled in the Channel Strip section an d on the touch screen. When a channel is select ed, the key LED will light. If you control an ST IN ch anne l in the Channel Strip section, the L channel w ill be routed to an odd-numbered chan[...]

Top panel Owner’s Manual 13 Display section This is a tou ch screen that y ou can oper ate b y t ouching the surf ace of the screen. Y ou can touch y our f inger t o the screen t o select menus or set par ameter s. Please note that y ou cannot operat e the unit b y t ouching multiple p oints simultaneously . NOTICE Nev er use a sharp or pointed o[...]

Controls and fu nctions Owner’s Manual 14 USER DEFINED KEYS section US ER DEF INE D keys [1] –[ 1 2] Ex ecute functions as assigned b y the user (scene changes, s witching the talkback or int ernal oscillator on/of f , etc.). Make these assign ments in the USER SETUP screen. F ADER BANK section 1 Bank Select ke ys [1–32]/[33 –64]/ [STIN/DC [...]

Front panel Owner’s Manual 15 6 Fad er Adjusts the output level of the channel. If MONITOR has been assigned, this fader adjusts the monitor ou tput level. USB connector Y ou can connect a USB flash dr ive t o the USB connector t o r ecord or pla y audio files , and t o sav e or load internal data. The Help f ile displa y ed on the unit screen is[...]

Controls and fu nctions Owner’s Manual 16 Rear panel 1 LAMP connector s Four-pin female XLR output jacks that supply power to separately-sold goos eneck lamps (such as the Y amaha LA1L). (The QL5 includes these connectors at two locati ons. The QL1 includes one.) 2 OMNI OUT jacks XLR-3-32 male output jacks for outputti ng analog audio signals. (T[...]

Rear panel Owner’s Manual 17 8 MIDI IN/OUT connector s Used to transmit and rece ive MIDI messages to and from external MIDI devices. The MIDI IN connector receives messages from an external device, and the MIDI OUT connector tran smits messages from the QL unit. These are used mainly to record QL parameter operations or scene/libr ary selections[...]

Touch screen Owner’s Manual 18 T ouch screen Basic touch screen operations This section e xplains the basic pr ocedures y ou can perf orm on the QL ’s touch scr een. Pressing the touch screen Y ou w ill mainly use this operation to sw itch scr eens and pages, t o select paramet ers t o be operat ed, and t o turn but tons on/of f . Certain but t[...]

On-screen user interface Owner’s Manual 19 Keyboard window Displa yed when you need t o assign a name or comment to a scene or libr ary , or when you need to assign a channel name. P ress charact er s in the windo w to ent er the desired char acter s. HPF/EQ window When y ou pr ess a b ut t on or f ield f or a specif ic paramet er in a screen, a [...]

Touch screen Owner’s Manual 20 Viewing the touch screen The touch scr een of the QL series is br oadly divided into t wo ar eas. Function access area 1 Selected channel This shows the number , name, icon, and channel color of the channel that is currently selected for operation. Pressing the minus indication here will switch to the preceding chan[...]

Using the tool buttons Owner’s Manual 21 When y ou pr ess a but ton ( 7 – 0 , B – D ) t o access the corresponding scr een, the b ut t on will be highlight ed. In this state , pr essing the but ton once ag ain will r eturn either to the most r ecently r ecalled SELECTED CHANNEL VIEW screen or the O VER VIEW screen. Main area The contents of t[...]

Basic operation of the QL series Owner’s Manual 22 Basic operation of the QL series This section e xplains the basic operations of the QL series . QL series oper ations are divid ed into two main categor ies. In gene ral, y ou will operat e the QL ser ies f or mixing using a combination of these operations . • Controlling select ed channels (Se[...]

Assigning a name Owner’s Manual 23 6. T o assign channels to other faders, repe at step 5. 7. When you have finished, pr ess the X symbol in the upper righ t corner of the screen, an d press the SETUP button again to return to the SELECT CHANNEL VIEW screen. Adjusting the send level to a MIX bus or MA TRIX bus (SENDS ON FA DER mode) Each f ader o[...]

Basic operation of the QL series Owner’s Manual 24 2. Press the keyboard window in t he touch screen to enter the des ired characters. While entering charact ers, you can use the following buttons in the keyboard window . •C O P Y b u t t o n Copies the string of characters that are sele cted (highlighted) in the text box. •C U T b u t t o n [...]

Using libraries Owner’s Manual 25 [HPF/EQ screen]/[DYNAMICS 1/2 screen] In the SELECTED CHANNEL VIEW screen or the OVERVIEW sc reen, pr ess any kno b in the appropriate field for EQ or Dynamics 1/ 2. (In the SELECTED CHANNEL VIEW screen, press any knob twice; in th e OVERVIEW screen , press the area once.) 1 EQ field 2 Dynamics 1/2 field [VIRTUAL[...]

Basic operation of the QL series Owner’s Manual 26 [VIRTUAL RACK screen] Use the rack select tabs at the bottom of the window to select a rack. NOTE Y ou cannot select a rack select tab of a rac k in which no GEQ, ef fect, or P remium Rac k is mounted. 3. Press the LIBR ARY b utton. The screen for the selected librar y appears. 1 CURRENT TYPE (On[...]

Using libraries Owner’s Manual 27  Storing settings in a librar y 1. Access a window that contains tool but tons. 2. Select the channel (EQ/dynamics) or rack (GEQ/effect/Premiu m Rack) whose settings you want to store. NOTE Y ou can select only one channel or r ack as the sour ce f or stor ing. If multiple channels are select ed in the dynamic[...]

Basic operation of the QL series Owner’s Manual 28 Initializing settings Here ’ s how y ou can r eturn the EQ/dynamics settings of the currently select ed channel or the ef fect set tings of a rac k to their initial stat e. GEQ set tings can be initialized using the FLA T but ton in the screen. 1. Access a window that contains tool but tons. 2.[...]

Comparing two sets of settings Owner’s Manual 29 Comparing two sets of settings Y ou can use the COMP ARE but t on to s witch bet ween the set tings copied to the b uf fer memory and the settings of the currently select ed channel (EQ/dynamics) or rack (GEQ/ef f ect/pr emium rac k). This is conv enient when y ou want t o cop y an int erim result [...]

Connection Owner’s Manual 30 Connection About network connections About Dante This product f eatur es D ant e technology as a pr otocol t o transmit audio signals. D ant e is a net work pr otocol de v eloped by A udinat e. It is designed t o deliv er multi-channel audio signals at v arious sampling and bit rat es, as well as device contr ol signa[...]

Connecting to I/O device s Owner’s Manual 31  Connecting QL series consoles and I/O devices Use the D ante connect or s on the QL ser ies console and I/O de vices to connect them as f ollo ws.  Setting rotary switches and DIP switches on the I/O devices Star network (redundant network) In a star networ k, each de vice is connect ed to a cen[...]

Connection Owner’s Manual 32 Audio input/output connections Analog input connections INPUT jacks on the console and I/O de vices ar e used mainly to connect micr ophones or monaural line-le v el de vices. Analog output connections T o the OMNI OUT jacks on the QL ser ies and the OUTPUT jacks on I/O de vices, y ou can patch the output signals from[...]

Installing an optional card Owner’s Manual 33 Port-to-port function The por t-t o-por t function enab les direct patching bet ween input por ts and output ports. With this function, the QL analog inputs and outputs can be directly rout ed to/fr om e xt ernal Dant e de vices without passing through the mixing channels. If both a monit or console a[...]

Quick Guide Owner’s Manual 34 Quick Guide This section e xplains the gener al procedu res in a mixing work flo w . The ex ample below is based on a s yst em in which one QL5, one I/O de vice, an amplif ier and speaker s ar e connected. If there ar e multiple met hods to achiev e the same r esult, this section descr ibes the simplest method. F or [...]

Setting the input channels Owner’s Manual 35 Patching the input port 1. Press the I/O DEVICE button in the touch screen . 2. Press the DANTE P A TCH tab i n the upper part of the I/O DEVICE screen. 3. Press the DANTE INPUT P A TCH button in the I/ O DEVICE screen. 4. Press the AUTO SETUP button. 5. When a confirmation dial og appears, press th e [...]

Quick Guide Owner’s Manual 36 4. Adjust the gain level for other channels in the same way , by pressi ng their [SEL] and [CUE] keys, and then rotat ing the [GAIN] knobs. 5. After adju stment is comple te, switch the [CU E] key off (the key LED turns off). Sending an input channel signal to the STEREO bus 1. Press the [SEL] key of the input chan n[...]

Setting the output channels Owner’s Manual 37 Applying dynamics 1. Press the [SEL] key of the channel that you want to contro l. 2. Press any one of the knobs in th e Selected Channel section, to re turn to the SELECTED CHANNEL VIEW screen. 3. Press the ON button fo r DYNAMICS 1 in the touch scr een. 4. Press any one of the DYNAMICS 1 knobs twi c[...]

Quick Guide Owner’s Manual 38 Using Automixer 1. Press the RACK bu tton in the touch scr een. 2. Press the GEQ tab. 3. Press the rack moun t button in the VIRTUAL RACK screen . 4. Press the 8ch Autom ixer button in the RACK MOUNTER screen. 5. Press the INPUT P A TCH button for GEQ1. 6. Select an input sou rce in th e left column of the CH SELECT [...]

Applying effects Owner’s Manual 39 6. Select an effect yo u want to use from the EFFE CT TYPE window . 7. In the Fader Bank section, press the Bank Select key for th e Effect Send channel sele cted in step 3. 8. Press the [SEL] key for t he channel used for Effect Send in the Ch annel Strip section. 9. Use the fade rs to control effect sends. 10.[...]

Quick Guide Owner’s Manual 40 8. In the Channe l Strip section, selec t the bank that includes t he channel for the premium rack you want to use. 9. Press the [SE L] key of the c hannel for the premium rack you want to us e. 10. Press the RACK ED IT button in the INSERT fiel d in the SELECTED CHANNEL VIEW screen. 11. Adjust the parameters i n the[...]

Grouping and linking Owner’s Manual 41 4. Press the o utput channel s elect button t o select the output channel for which you want to change the po rt. Grouping and linking Creating a channel link 1. Press the CH J OB button in the touch screen . 2. Press the CH LINK button. 3. Select the bank that contains the channels you want to link in the C[...]

Quick Guide Owner’s Manual 42 Routing the oscillator to an output channel 1. Press the MONITOR butt on in the touch screen. 2. Press the OSCILLA TOR display button. 3. Set the MODE, LEV EL, and FREQ (frequency) parameters in the OSCILLA TOR screen. 4. Press the desired OUTPU T tab to select th e output dest ination. 5. Return to the previ ous scr[...]

Recording and playing audio using a USB flash drive Owner’s Manual 43 Recording and playing audio using a USB flash drive Recording to USB flash drive 1. Connect a USB flash drive to the USB connector of the QL unit. 2. Press the RECO RDER button in the to uch screen. 3. Press the USB t ab. 4. Press the REC RA TE button to switch the recording b [...]

Quick Guide Owner’s Manual 44 Saving and loading the unit settings Saving the unit sett ings to a USB flash drive 1. Connect a USB flash drive to the USB connector of the QL unit. 2. Press the SETUP butt on in the touch scre en. 3. Press the SA VE/LOAD button. 4. If necessary , press the directory icon and c hange the dire ctory . T o move to the[...]

Other functions Owner’s Manual 45 Other functions Adjusting the brightness of the touch screen, lamps, and other indicators This operation lets y ou adjust the br ightness of the t ouch screen, t op panel LEDs, channel name displa y s, and lamps connected t o the r ear panel LAMP connector s. 1. In the function acc ess area, press the SETUP butto[...]

Other funct ions Owner’s Manual 46 Initializing the unit to factory default settings If an error occur s in the QL ’ s int er nal memory , or if you f orget the pass w ord and cannot oper ate the unit, y ou can use the f ollow ing procedur e t o initialize the int ernal memor y . Use caution when perf orming the follow ing steps . NOTICE When y[...]

Adjusting the faders (Calibration function) Owner’s Manual 47 8. Repeat steps 6 to 7 to adjust the fade r position to 20dB, 0dB, and +1 0dB (all the way up), in order . When adjustment to the +10dB pos ition is complete, calibration starts. 9. When calibration has been complet ed, press the APPL Y button. The calibration settings wi ll be saved i[...]

Troubles hooting Owner’s Manual 48 T roubleshooting A F AQ section is av ailab le on the Y amaha P r o A udio site . http://www .yamah aproaudio.com/ Power does not turn on; panel LEDs and th e LCD display do not light.  Is the QL ’ s po wer s witch turned on?  Is the pow er cable connect ed t o a proper A C outlet?  Is the power cab l[...]

Troubleshooting Owner’s Manual 49 There is insuffici ent headroom, espe cially when EQ boost is applied.  Use the EQ at t enuat or function to lo wer the le v el. An input signal is bein g input, but ther e is no monitor outp ut.  Could the DIMMER be applied?  Could the MONI T OR CH be assigned e v en though its output por t has not been[...]

Attaching the RK1 rackmount kit (sold separately) Owner’s Manual 50 Attaching the RK1 rackmount kit (sold separately) Y ou can at t ach the optional RK-1 rac kmount kit to the QL5 and QL1 and mount it in a r ack or an inst alled sy st em. 1. Make sure that the power is turne d off. 2. Remove screws “ A ” and detach the side pads. NOTE K eep t[...]

General specifications Owner’s Manual 51 General specifications *1. A 22k Hz, 30dB/O ct filter is used t o measure crosstalk. *2. For more inf ormation about Mini-YGDAI card support, refer to the Y amaha pro audio we bsite. http://www .yamahaproaudi o.com/ *3. An 80kHz, 18dB/Oct filter is used to meas ure total harmonic distortion. *4. An A -W ei[...]

Dimensional Diagrams Owner’s Manual 52 Dimensional Diagrams 19 828.4 272 563 QL5 468 272 562 19 QL1 Units: mm[...]

Index Owner’s Manual 53 Index Top panel USB connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 USB flash drive Load (unit settings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Save (unit settings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 A About Dante Controller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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Block Diagram 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 2 POST O N INS ER T O UT EFFECT RAC K I N PATCH 64{32} CAS CA D E IN SE L EC T SLO T1 1-16 SLO T2 1-16 ATT Keyin Se l f P R E EQ Self POST EQ MIX 1 3-1 6 O U T C H[ 1-8,9-16,17-24,25-32,33-40,41-48, 49-56, 57-64,S T IN 1L-8R]PO ST E Q (QL5) C H[ 1-8,9-16,17-24,25-32,ST IN 1L-8R]POS T E Q(Q L1) ON 4BAND EQ GATE DUCK EXP[...]

Level Diagram DA Max. DSP Noise Floor AD Max. Output 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Digital Bit 34 35 36 0 -10 -20 -30 -40 -50 -60 -70 -80 -90 -100 -110 -120 -130 -140 -150 -160 -170 -190 -200 -210 GAIN dBu Analog dBFS -180 [0dBu = 0.775Vrms] [0dBFS = Full Scale] +20 +10 0 -10 -20 -30 -40[...]

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