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  • Page 1

    M7CL StageMix V1.5 User Guide Welcome: Thank you for downloading the “M7CL St ageMix” iPad app for the Yamaha M7CL V3 digital mixing console. Via a wireless acce ss point, StageMix can control any variant of M7CL console so long as it is running V3 or higher firmware. The latest firmware version for M7CL can be downloaded from www.yamahaproaudi[...]

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    Yamaha Commercial Audio M7CL StageMix User Guide V1.5 Page 2 CONTENTS P a g e 1.0 System Requirements 3 2.0 WiFi Settings 3 3.0 Getting Started 4 3.1 M7CL Network Setup 4 3.2 iPad Settings 4 3.3 StageMix Setup 5 3.3.1 Offline Demo Mode 6 3.3.2 Configure StageMix to Work with an M7CL 6 3.3.3 Select a Mixer and Begin Working 7 4.0 StageMix Operation [...]

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    Yamaha Commercial Audio M7CL StageMix User Guide V1.5 Page 3 1.0 System Requirements • Apple iPad (any model) • Yamaha M7CL digital mixing console wit h V3 or higher firmware (any model, including M7CL-48, M7CL-32, M7CL-48ES) • WiFi access point (preferably with 802.11n, 5GHz capabilit y, though 2.4GHz and 802.11g will also work) • CAT5 cab[...]

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    Yamaha Commercial Audio M7CL StageMix User Guide V1.5 Page 4 3.0 Getting Started 3.1 M7CL Network Setup I. Connect the WiFi access point to the M7 CL’s network port via a CAT5 cable. Note that a cross-over cable will be needed with older a ccess points that don’t have the “auto MDIX” function. Most re cent devices will support “auto MDIX?[...]

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    Yamaha Commercial Audio M7CL StageMix User Guide V1.5 Page 5 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. Write an IP Address similar to the one for the M7CL, but with just the last number different. (For example, if M7CL is 192.168.0.128, give an address to the iP[...]

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    Yamaha Commercial Audio M7CL StageMix User Guide V1.5 Page 6 • Select an M7CL console that has already been configured to work with your iPad and begin using StageMix. 3.3.1 Offline Demo If [Offline Demo] is pressed in the “Sel ect Mixer” screen, all the functions of “StageMix” will operate independently of any mi xing console. It is a us[...]

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    Yamaha Commercial Audio M7CL StageMix User Guide V1.5 Page 7 iv. Enter the M7CL MAC address noted in 3.1. When entering the MAC Address, the colons between sets of characters will be automatically added by StageMix. v. Press the [ADD MIXER] butt on at the bottom of the screen 3.3.3 Select a Mixer and Begin Working If your iPad has been configured t[...]

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    Yamaha Commercial Audio M7CL StageMix User Guide V1.5 Page 8 4.0 StageMix Operation 4.1 Mixer Window The main page of the StageMix is called the “Mixer” window. It shows the EQ curve, CUE and ON buttons, fader and level meters, and channel names for eight adjacent channels. Across the top of the scr een, all Input, Mix and Matrix level meters a[...]

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    Yamaha Commercial Audio M7CL StageMix User Guide V1.5 Page 9 4.1.2 Faders Each fader has its channel number disp layed on its cap. The fader cap must be touched to allow the level to be adjusted. The fader will not “jump” or “ramp” to a new position on the slider. When a fader cap is touched, its background will lighten and its current dB v[...]

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    Yamaha Commercial Audio M7CL StageMix User Guide V1.5 Page 10 4.2 SETUP Press the [SETUP] button below the StageMix logo to open a new window which allows user prefer ences to be selected. iPad Status Bar The iPad’s Status Bar is visible in this screen, allowing the WiFi signal strength and the battery charge status to be viewed. Press [Done] in [...]

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    Yamaha Commercial Audio M7CL StageMix User Guide V1.5 Page 11 4.3 Long Faders Press the [LONG FADERS] button at th e bottom-left corner of the Mixer window to allow more accurate adjustm ent of the current ly selected fader block. In this view, EQ curves and the Navigation/Meter Bridge are not visible. Press the [LONG FADERS] button in the bo ttom-[...]

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    Yamaha Commercial Audio M7CL StageMix User Guide V1.5 Page 12 4.4 SENDS ON FADERS Press the [SENDS ON FADERS] button in the left column of the Mixer Overview to access sends to Mix and Matrix busses. A large button will appear to show the cu rrently selected Mix or Matrix, and its name. The colour of this button matc hes those used on the M7CL cons[...]

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    Yamaha Commercial Audio M7CL StageMix User Guide V1.5 Page 13 The currently selected Mix will appear as a white button with a check mark. Stereo pairs appear as single large buttons. 4.4.1 Mix Sends ON In SENDS ON FADERS mode, the [ON] button in each channel strip is used to turn On/Off the Mix Send fr om each channel to the currently selected targ[...]

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    Yamaha Commercial Audio M7CL StageMix User Guide V1.5 Page 14 Changing the EQ Curve Display between PEQ and GEQ On any channel displaying both a green and blue dot below the EQ curve, the user can select either of those EQ types to be displayed by using a swipe gesture in the EQ curve area. If a PEQ curve is currently displayed, swiping from right [...]

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    Yamaha Commercial Audio M7CL StageMix User Guide V1.5 Page 15 Note: the In/Out meters display the levels going In and Out of the EQ section. One band of Parametric EQ can be adjusted at a time. Press one of the green circles to select the band, and it will be highlighted yellow. EQ bands in StageMix are labelled as follows: HP = HPF (input channels[...]

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    Yamaha Commercial Audio M7CL StageMix User Guide V1.5 Page 16 4.6.1 HPF When the HPF is selected, an extra [HPF] button appears at the top of the EQ graph. Press this button to switch the HPF on/off. When the button is green, the HPF is On. HPF has no Gain or Q parameter: only frequency. 4.6.2 EQ Bands 1 & 4 EQ bands 1 & 4 have additional c[...]

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    Yamaha Commercial Audio M7CL StageMix User Guide V1.5 Page 17 4.7 Graphic EQ Editing Screen GEQ Overview In the upper portion of t he 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 to yellow and become larger when[...]

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    Yamaha Commercial Audio M7CL StageMix User Guide V1.5 Page 18 4.7.3 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 number indicates the remaining number of av ailable bands for that GEQ. As each band is adjusted away from 0dB, the number of available[...]

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    Yamaha Commercial Audio M7CL StageMix User Guide V1.5 Page 19 5.0 Troubleshooting 5.1 No WiFi Available If this message appears after launching St ageMix, this indicates that the iPad is not connected to a WiFi access point or that WiFi may be switched off in the iPad. Refer to sections 2.0 and 3.2 for details about WiFi hardware configuration and [...]

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    Yamaha Commercial Audio M7CL StageMix User Guide V1.5 Page 20 5.3 Connection Lost If StageMix loses its connection to the M7CL, the following message will appear. Operation of StageM ix is not possible whil e this message box is onscreen. StageMix wil l automatically attempt to reconnect to the M7CL. If this is successful, StageMix will re-synchron[...]