Entering Names And Doing The Patch; The Planning Stage - Yamaha PM5D Quick Start Manual

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 remember;
1) Mono channels can be paired to make stereo but only adjacent odd / even channels.
2) There are 24 channels in each mono layer and stereo channels are in two layers of 4 so avoid putting groups of
related channels across the layers. (Just like splitting related channels across a center-master analog console.)
"THE EXAMPLES" have less than 64 channel requirement and many are stereo so they can be accommodated on a
single PM5D.
The most obvious candidates for the stereo channels are the effects returns, CD and ambience mics. There needs to be
one more stereo channel; this could be a stereo keyboard or stereo sampler line; but in this example the drum overhead
mics were chosen.
The revised list here shows this in the "First Attempt" column.
PM5D / PM5D-RH Quick Start Guide Part 3
At this stage it is noted that the stereo sampler lines
are in even + odd pairs so they cannot be linked into
pairs. By making the decision to move a single channel
the pairing can be made; this is labeled second
attempt.
With "THE EXAMPLES", the choice is made to keep the
Simon vocal as the last channel in a layer; making it
quick to fi nd.
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