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M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide
Welcome:
Thank you for downloading the "M7CL StageMix" iPad app for the Yamaha M7CL
digital mixing consoles. This version of StageMix is for use with M7CL firmware V3.5
and higher.
The latest firmware version for M7CL can be downloaded from
www.yamahaproaudio.com
StageMix is an application for the Apple iPad that provides remote control of Yamaha
M7CL digital mixing console functions via a simple, intuitive graphical interface from
anywhere within wireless range. The software has been specifically designed to
allow engineers to adjust monitor mixes from the performers' positions on stage,
directly controlling mix parameters via the iPad rather than having to rely on verbal
directions to a second engineer. The result is better mixes in less time; a huge
advantage during high-pressure pre-show setup. Although StageMix is focused on
the requirements for adjusting monitor mixes on stage, its range of features is
continually expanding, allowing it to be used for a wider variety of remote control
functions.
Note: iOS applications may not be supported in your area. Please check with your
Yamaha dealer.

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  • Page 1 The latest firmware version for M7CL can be downloaded from www.yamahaproaudio.com StageMix is an application for the Apple iPad that provides remote control of Yamaha M7CL digital mixing console functions via a simple, intuitive graphical interface from anywhere within wireless range. The software has been specifically designed to allow engineers to adjust monitor mixes from the performers’...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide CONTENTS Page 1.0 System Requirements ..................5 2.0 Wi-Fi Settings ....................5 3.0 Getting Started ....................6 3.1 M7CL Network Setup ..................6 3.2 iPad Wi-Fi Settings ..................7 3.2.1 Using DHCP..................... 7 3.2.2 Using a Static IP Address ................
  • Page 3 Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 5.3.1 Navigation in the GEQ Overview Section ..........26 5.3.2 Rack Position ..................27 5.3.3 GEQ Type ....................27 5.3.4 RTA ON ....................27 5.3.5 RTA HOLD ..................... 27 5.3.6 GEQ FLAT ..................... 27 5.3.7 GEQ Copy/Paste ...................
  • Page 4 Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 8.4 SCENE RANGE ................... 42 8.5 SELECTED SCENE ..................43 8.6 STORE SCENE .................... 43 8.7 UNDO STORE ..................... 43 8.8 RECALL SCENE ..................43 8.9 UNDO RECALL .................... 44 9.0 SETUP ......................45 9.1 Fader Delay ....................

  • Page 5: System Requirements

    1.0 System Requirements • Apple iPad (any model using iOS 6 or higher) • Yamaha M7CL digital mixing console with V3.5 firmware or higher • Wi-Fi access point (preferably with 802.11n, 5GHz capability, though 2.4GHz and 802.11g will also work) •...

  • Page 6: Getting Started

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 3.0 Getting Started M7CL Network Setup Connect the Wi-Fi access point to the M7CL 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”...

  • Page 7: Ipad Wi-Fi Settings

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide iPad Wi-Fi Settings The iPad can be configured using either DHCP or a Static IP address. 3.2.1 Using DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a network protocol that enables a server to automatically assign an IP address to a device.

  • Page 8: Using A Static Ip Address

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 3.2.2 Using a Static IP Address a) Open the iPad “Settings” menu b) Select “Wi-Fi”, and choose the correct network c) Press the blue circle with the white arrow to the right of the selected network to edit the IP address.

  • Page 9: Stagemix Setup

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide StageMix Setup Launch the “M7CL StageMix” App The “Select Mixer” screen will appear. From this screen, you can do any of the following things: • Access the OFFLINE DEMO mode to explore the features and user interface of M7CL StageMix.

  • Page 10: Configure Stagemix To Work With An M7Cl Console

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 3.3.2 Configure StageMix to Work with an M7CL Console i. Press [ADD MIXER] to open the following screen: ii. Tap on the blank Name field and enter a name for your M7CL console using the iPad’s onscreen keyboard.

  • Page 11: Select A Mixer And Begin Working

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 3.3.3 Select a Mixer and Begin Working If your iPad has been configured to work with an M7CL console, select the mixer from the list and press [CONNECT]. (The model of mixer (M7CL-48 or M7CL-32) will appear in smaller text below the mixer’s...

  • Page 12: Mixer Window

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 4.0 Mixer Window The main page of the StageMix is called the “Mixer” window. It shows the EQ curves, Pan positions, Dynamics status, CUE and ON buttons, faders, level meters, and channel names and colors for eight adjacent channels.

  • Page 13: Faders

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide Faders Each fader has its channel number displayed on its cap. The fader cap must be touched to allow the level to be adjusted. When a fader cap is touched, its background will lighten and its current dB value will be displayed. Using the iPad’s multi-touch facility, up to eight faders can be moved simultaneously.

  • Page 14: Cue

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide The [CUE] buttons for each channel control the mixer’s Cue functions. Their operation mode corresponds to the status of the Cue Mode in the Setup screen (refer to 9.2). When [LAST CUE] mode is active, only one channel can be cued at a time.

  • Page 15: Ha Gain

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide HA GAIN The gain for each input channel can be controlled using the faders in StageMix. Press the [HA GAIN] button in the lower left area of the Mixer window to enter HA GAIN mode. This button will turn red and the background behind the channel faders will become red to indicate that StageMix is in HA Gain control mode.

  • Page 16: Phase

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide By default, the 48V phantom power indicators are display-only and cannot be edited from StageMix. 4.7.3 Phase The Phase setting for each input channel appears near the top of the channel strips when HA GAIN mode is active. The Phase setting can be edited from StageMix by pressing this button.

  • Page 17: Mix Send Levels

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide Use a swipe gesture on the [MIX ON FADERS] button to increment/decrement through the Mix and Matrix Busses. Press the [MIX ON FADERS] button to access a popup screen which allows direct selection of any Mix or Matrix Bus.

  • Page 18: Global Pre/Post

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide state and can be pressed to change the state. The [PRE] button appears yellow when On and grey when Off. 4.8.4 Global PRE/POST Press and hold a [PRE] button to make global Pre or Post fader assignments.

  • Page 19: Dca Faders

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide DCA FADERS Press the [DCA] button to access the console’s 8 DCAs. A green LED will appear next to each DCA fader when it is set to exactly 0dB. DCA faders can...

  • Page 20: Eq / Pan / Dynamics

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 5.0 EQ / PAN / DYNAMICS The thumbnail area at the top of each channel strip displays an EQ curve, the Pan position, or Dynamics status for that channel. The buttons to the left of the thumbnails are used to select between EQ, PAN and Dynamics mode by tapping on the left or right cursor button.

  • Page 21: Selecting Peq Or Geq

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 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 displayed by using a swipe gesture in the EQ curve area.

  • Page 22: Parametric Eq Editing

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 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.

  • Page 23: Gain And Frequency Lock

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 2 = Low-Mid Band 3 = High-Mid Band 4 = High Band The current values for Freq, Gain and Q will be displayed for the currently selected EQ band. Gain and Frequency can be adjusted by dragging the circle around the graph.

  • Page 24: Eq Bands 1 & 4

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 5.2.3 EQ Bands 1 & 4 EQ bands 1 & 4 have additional choices of band-type. Both these bands can be assigned to function as a shelf or a bell, and band 4 can also function as a Low Pass Filter.

  • Page 25: Eq Type

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 5.2.6 EQ TYPE The default EQ Type for every PEQ is Type I. This can be changed to Type II by pressing the [II] button at the top of the EQ editing screen.

  • Page 26: Graphic Eq Editing

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 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.

  • Page 27: Rack Position

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 5.3.2 Rack Position In the upper-left area of the GEQ screen, the Rack position of the channel’s GEQ will be displayed. In the screenshot above, this GEQ is located in rack position FX1.

  • Page 28: Editing Geq Bands

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 5.3.9 Editing GEQ Bands Sliders in the lower portion of the GEQ screen allow each band of EQ to be edited. Multiple bands can be edited simultaneously with up to 10 bands appearing at any one time. Touch the silver sliders for one or more bands and move them vertically to adjust the gain for each band.

  • Page 29: Dynamics Processors

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide DYNAMICS PROCESSORS When DYN mode is selected using the buttons described in section 5.0, the status of both of the channel’s dynamics processors can be seen: Dynamics 1 is displayed at the top of the thumbnail with Dynamics 2 at the bottom.

  • Page 30: Dynamics Processor Editing

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide DYNAMICS PROCESSOR EDITING Tap on any of the Dynamics thumbnails in the Mixer Window to access the Dynamics Editing screen. The left side of this screen (Channel Strip) is identical to the EQ Editing screen with channel fader, On button, Cue button, input and output meters, channel name, colour and navigation buttons.

  • Page 31: Dynamics On

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 5.6.3 Dynamics On The [DYN ON] button turns the Dynamics On/Off. This button is purple when On and grey when it is Off. 5.6.4 Dynamics Type A button above each Dynamics curve display allows the Dynamics Type to be selected.

  • Page 32: Key In

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 5.6.8 Key In The Key In source is displayed at the bottom of each Dynamics section. For Gate and Ducking processors, a Key In Filter is available. Tap the [EDIT] button to edit the Key In Filter parameters.

  • Page 33: Outports

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 6.0 OUTPORTS The OUTPORTS button provides access to the following functions: • Output Port Delays • Output Port Phase • Output Port Gain Press the [OUTPORTS] button on the left side of the Mixer window to enter this mode.

  • Page 34: Delay On

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide The Output Bus number (e.g. Matrix 1) assigned to each Output Port is displayed at the top of each channel strip. The name of each Output Bus is displayed below its number.

  • Page 35: Delay Scale

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 6.7.1 Delay Scale The currently selected Delay Scale is displayed next to the Output Port label. Press the downward arrow button to access a popup which allows the Delay Scale to be selected from the following options: •...

  • Page 36: Paste Delay Time Value

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 6.7.5 Paste Delay Time Value Tap the [PASTE] button and the value currently in the Delay Time Copy buffer will be pasted to the currently selected channel. Note: if the Delay Scale has been changed since the delay time value was copied, it will no longer be available to be pasted.

  • Page 37: Utility

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 7.0 UTILITY Press the [UTILITY] button on the left side of the Mixer window to enter this mode. Tabs at the bottom of the UTILITY screen provide access to the following functions: [MUTE/TAP] •...

  • Page 38: Tap Tempo

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 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 4 effects in the left side of this section.

  • Page 39: Oscillator

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide OSCILLATOR The OSCILLATOR screen in the UTILITY mode allows you control all aspects of the Oscillator in the M7CL console. 7.3.1 Oscillator Assign In the top part of the screen, an array of buttons allow you to assign the Oscillator output to any bus in the console.
  • Page 40 Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide • SINE • PINK NOISE • BURST NOISE When either PINK or BURST NOISE mode is active, additional parameters are available to be edited. Press the [EDIT] button to access a popup which allows these related parameters to be edited.

  • Page 41: Scene Memory

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 8.0 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.

  • Page 42: Decrement / Increment Scene

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 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 recall Scene 006 in the console.

  • Page 43: Selected Scene

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 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 following: SCENE TITLE The scene title can be edited by tapping on the title.

  • Page 44: Undo Recall

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide you will not be able to edit any parameters in StageMix until synchronization has been completed. UNDO RECALL Pressing the [UNDO RECALL] button will cause the most recent Scene Recall to be cancelled. StageMix will need to synchronize with the console after executing a Scene Recall UNDO.

  • Page 45: Setup

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 9.0 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 the battery charge status to be viewed.

  • Page 46: Show Send Levels In Meter Bridge

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide Show Send Levels in Meter Bridge When this preference is ON, the send levels for the currently selected “MIX ON FADERS” will appear in the “Navigation/Meter Bridge” in “SENDS ON FADERS” mode. If this preference is OFF, the input levels will be displayed.

  • Page 47: Display Key Input For Dynamics Meters

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 9.14 Display Key Input for Dynamics Meters When this preference is ON, the input meters displayed in the Dynamics Processor thumbnails in the Mixer window will show the level of the Key Input signal for every Dynamics Processor.

  • Page 48: Troubleshooting

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 10.0 Troubleshooting 10.1 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.

  • Page 49: Connection Lost

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide 10.3 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 this is successful, StageMix will re-synchronize with the console data and operation will become available again.

  • Page 50: Graphic Eq Doesn't Affect The Sound

    Yamaha Professional Audio M7CL StageMix V5 User Guide Internet access is unnecessary for the connection between StageMix and console and it is recommended that you should not have an internet connection when using StageMix. So if you experience this problem, you can prevent this message from appearing by disabling the "Redirect Function for...
  • Page 51 • Copying of the software or reproduction of this manual in whole or in part by any means is expressly forbidden without the written consent of the manufacturer. • Yamaha makes no representations or warranties with regard to the use of the software and documentation and cannot be held responsible for the results of the use of this manual and the software.

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