Yamaha LS9 Editor Owner's Manual

Yamaha LS9 Editor Owner's Manual

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LS9 Editor
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Contents
Getting Started ......................................... 2
Master window ....................................... 10
Overview window ................................... 13
Custom Fader Layer window .................. 24
Selected Channel window....................... 26
Library window ....................................... 45
Patch Editor window ............................... 48
Rack window ........................................... 52
Meter window ......................................... 61
Group/Link window ................................ 64
Scene window ......................................... 67
Keyboard Shortcuts................................. 76
Appendix ................................................. 77
* Specifications and descriptions in this owner's manual are
for information purposes only. Yamaha Corp. reserves the
right to change or modify products or specifications at any
time without prior notice.
LS9 Editor Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Keyboard Shortcuts... 76 Appendix ... 77 * Specifications and descriptions in this owner’s manual are for information purposes only. Yamaha Corp. reserves the right to change or modify products or specifications at any time without prior notice. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 2: Getting Started

    Getting Started Overview of LS9 Editor LS9 Editor enables you to remotely control the Yamaha LS9 mixing console and to save the parameter settings on your computer. To use LS9 Editor, you must first perform the following operations: 1 Start and configure Studio Manager.
  • Page 3 ❏ Mixer Setup To open the Mixer Setup window, choose [Mixer Setup] from the [File] menu. ModelSelect Here you can specify the model of LS9 console. This is set automatically when the Editor synchronizes with the LS9 console. Mix Bus Setup Here you can make settings relating to the MIX buses.
  • Page 4 Enter a comment for each user. You can enter up to thirty-two single-byte alphanumeric characters. Password Enter a password that will be used when this user key is read by the LS9 console. You can enter up to eight single- byte alphanumeric characters. Uppercase and lowercase are distinguished.
  • Page 5 Change the operating privileges for overall signal processing parameters (except for fader and [ON] key) of the selected channel. For the specific parameters included in PROCESSING, refer to the appendix of the LS9 owner’s manual. FADER/ON: Change the operating privileges for the pan/balance, fader, channel on, send on/off, and send level of the selected channels.
  • Page 6 When you save a session in the window of an editor, the settings of only that editor will be saved in a file. Session files saved by LS9 Editor have a filename extension of “.YSE”. Files in which only the LS9 console data is saved (filename extension “.L9A”) can also be handled, allowing you to use a USB storage device to exchange data with the LS9 con-...
  • Page 7 You can choose Tile or Cascade to arrange the windows within the editor. ● Tile ● Cascade In the Library window or Scene window, click the tabs located at the top of the window to switch between pages. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 8 Synchronizing LS9 Editor When LS9 Editor starts up, the parameter settings on the console and the parameter settings in LS9 Editor may be different. Therefore, you must first match the parameter settings on the console with those in LS9 Editor. This oper- ation is called “synchronization.”...
  • Page 9 • Click, and then Home sets to maximum value • Click, and then End sets to minimum value • <Ctrl>+click sets to default value ❏ Bar graphs • Drag • <Ctrl>+click sets to -∞ • <Ctrl>+<Shift>+click sets to nominal LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 10: Master Window

    Master window In the Master window you can synchronize settings with the LS9 console, recall scenes, and access the Overview win- dow. To open this window, choose [Master] from the [Windows] menu, or assign [LS9 EDITOR CONTROL]-[MAS- TER] to a USER DEFINED KEY on the LS9 console, and execute that function.
  • Page 11 Opens the INPUT CH 33–48 window. This is available only if you’re editing offline and have selected LS9-32 in the Model Select field of the Mixer Setup screen, or if you’re editing online with the LS9-32 con- nected. [49-64] button Opens the INPUT CH 49–64 window.
  • Page 12 Opens the Custom Fader Layer (INPUT CH) CH 17–32 window. This is available only if you’re editing offline and have selected LS9-32 in the Model Select field of the Mixer Setup screen, or if you’e editing online with the LS9-32 con- nected.
  • Page 13: Overview Window

    [OVERVIEW] of [LS9 EDITOR CONTROL], and execute the function INPUT CH 33-48, 49-64 can be viewed only if LS9-32 is selected in the Model Select field of the Mixer Setup window when editing offline, or when editing online with the LS9-32.
  • Page 14 For FIXED-type MIX buses, the bar graph is fixed at nominal level (0 dB), and only the on/ off status is shown. Open Gain reduction amount is 0 dB • Pre/on (green) • Pre/off (green) • Post/on (yellow) • Post/off (yellow) LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual — —...
  • Page 15 LS9’s panel. Fader Adjusts the input level of the INPUT CH. When the LS9 itself is in other than SENDS ON FADER mode, this is linked with the INPUT section faders of the LS9’s panel. The current fader value is shown in the numerical box located immediately below the fader.
  • Page 16 Use the layer keys in the Master window to turn on the [ST IN] button ● On the LS9 console, assign a USER DEFINED KEY to [LS9 EDITOR CONTROL]-[OVERVIEW]-[ST IN], and execute it INPUT PATCH This selects the input source assigned to the ST IN CH. The input sources that can be selected are the same as the INPUT CH.
  • Page 17 IN section CH [ON] keys on the LS9’s panel. Fader Adjusts the input level of the ST IN CH. When the LS9 itself is in other than SENDS ON FADER mode, this is linked with the INPUT section faders of the LS9’s panel.
  • Page 18 REC IN L, REC IN R (*) OMNI jacks 9–16 and SLOT2 can be viewed only if you’re editing offline and have selected LS9-32 in the Model Select field of the Mixer Setup screen, or if you’re editing online with the LS9-32 connected.
  • Page 19 If this channel is set to Recall Safe, the R character is shown in green. If this channel is set to Mute Safe, the M character is shown in green. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 20 From the [Windows] menu, choose [Overview] and then choose “MATRIX” ● Use the layer keys in the Master window to turn on the [MTRX] button ● On the LS9 console, assign a USER DEFINED KEY to [LS9 EDITOR CONTROL]-[OVERVIEW]-[MATRIX], and execute LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 21 The background color will be the same as the background color of the icon in the chan- nel select area of the Selected Channel window. ) MATRIX SEND in the MIX window (➥ p.19). ) MATRIX SEND in the MIX window (➥ p.19). LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 22 ● Use the layer keys in the Master window to turn on the [STEREO] button ● On the LS9 console, assign a USER DEFINED KEY to [LS9 EDITOR CONTROL]-[OVERVIEW]-[ST/MONO], and exe- cute it OUTPUT PATCH This selects the output port assigned to the STEREO/MONO channel. The output ports that can be selected are the same as for MIX (➥...
  • Page 23 LS9’s panel. This button cue-monitors the signal of the STEREO/MONO channel. This is linked with the STEREO/MONO MASTER section [CUE] keys on the LS9’s panel. This switches the STEREO/MONO channel on/off. This is linked with the STEREO/ MONO MASTER section [ON] keys on the LS9’s panel.
  • Page 24: Custom Fader Layer Window

    In the Master window, turn the Layer Keys CUSTOM [1-16] button/[17-32] button Custom Fader Layer CH 17-32 can be displayed only if you’re editing offline and have selected LS9-32 in the Model Select field of the Mixer Setup window, or if you are editing online with the LS9-32 connected.
  • Page 25 In the Master window, turn the Layer Keys STEREO IN [CUSTOM] button on Custom Fader Layer ST IN 3/4 can be displayed only if you’re editing offline and have selected LS9-32 in the Model Select field of the Mixer Setup window, or if you’re editing online with the LS9-32 connected.
  • Page 26: Selected Channel Window

    Double-click the channel number in one of the Overview windows ● On the LS9 console, assign a USER DEFINED KEY to [LS9 EDITOR CONTROL]-[SELECTED CHANNEL], and execute By choosing [Selected Channel] from the [Windows] menu and then selecting “ADDITIONAL VIEW,” you NOTE can view a window for a channel that is not selected.
  • Page 27 The channel selected in the Main View is linked with the [SEL] keys in the INPUT section of the LS9’s panel. You can right-click the icon and select a different icon, or left-click it and select the background color.
  • Page 28 Use the [ON] button at the right to switch the high-pass filter on/off. You can use the knob at left to adjust the cutoff frequency. The current value is shown in the numerical box below the knob. An indication of “H” will appear on the EQ graph of the equalizer. Knob of odd-num- bered side LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 29 You can set this to the center position by holding down the <Ctrl> key of the computer keyboard and clicking the knob. This is linked with the [PAN] encoder in the SELECTED CHANNEL section of the LS9 panel. Switches the signal sent from the input channel to the STEREO bus on/off.
  • Page 30 If this button is on, the LOW EQ will be switched to a shelving type (the Q knob of the LOW EQ will disappear). TYPE I/TYPE II (EQ type) Selects either TYPE I (the same algorithm as on previous Yamaha digital mixers) or TYPE II (a newly developed algorithm) as the EQ type.
  • Page 31 Specifies the time over which the gate will close after the hold time has elapsed. ATTACK Specifies the time from when the key-in signal exceeds the threshold level until the gate opens. HOLD Specifies the time that the gate will remain open after the key-in signal falls below the threshold. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 32 The output signal of the corresponding MIX channel immediately before the output attenuation The post-EQ signal of the corresponding input channel (however, you can only choose channels belonging to the same group, within the nine groups CH1–8, CH9–16, CH17– 24, CH25–32, CH33–40, CH41–48, CH49–56, CH57–64 and STIN1L–STIN4R). LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 33 Specifies the ratio at which the input signal will be compressed when the key-in signal exceeds the threshold. WIDTH Specifies the width between the threshold level of the compressor (THRESHOLD) and the threshold level of the expander. The expander effect will apply to levels below THRESHOLD + WIDTH. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 34 FREQ. (Minimum frequency) Specifies the minimum frequency at which the key-in signal will activate the de-esser. KEY IN SOURCE This indicates the key-in signal that will be used. It is fixed at SELF POST EQ. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 35 SLOT1-1...SLOT1-16, SLOT2-1 RACK1A, RACK1B...RACK5L(A)...RACK8R(B) SLOT2 can be displayed only if you’re editing offline and have selected LS9-32 in the Model Select field of the Mixer Setup window, or if you are editing online with the LS9-32 connected. IN (Insert in) Click this to select the input port that will be assigned to insert-in, from the following choices.
  • Page 36 REC IN L, REC IN R OMNI jacks 9–16 and SLOT2 can be displayed only if you’re editing offline and have selected LS9-32 in the Model Select field of the Mixer Setup window, or if you are editing online with the LS9-32 connected.
  • Page 37 If multiple patches have been made, only the first port is shown. If you change the patching in this window, the port that had been assigned until then will be cancelled, and only the newly selected port will be assigned. Knob of odd- numbered side LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 38 This is linked with the [PAN] encoder in the SELECTED CHANNEL section of the LS9 panel. If the selected MIX bus is used as a stereo bus, the odd-numbered channel is fixed at L63 and the even-numbered channel fixed at R63.
  • Page 39 GAIN knob will act as the high pass filter on/off switch. TYPE I/TYPE II (EQ type) Selects either TYPE I (the algorithm used by previous digital mixers) or TYPE II (a newly developed algorithm) as the EQ type. ATT (Attenuation) Adjusts the amount of attenuation/gain. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 40 <Ctrl> key of your computer keyboard and clicking the fader knob, or set it to the nominal value (0.00 dB) by holding down the <Ctrl> key and <Shift> key and clicking the fader knob. This button cue-monitors the signal of the MIX channel. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 41 • If the FIXED type is selected for the MIX bus, only the ON but- ton is valid. • The stereo/mono setting and the VARI type / FIXED type setting can be made in the Mixer Setup screen. PAN (odd-numbered side) LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 42 <Ctrl> key of your computer keyboard and clicking the fader knob, or set it to the nominal value (0.00 dB) by holding down the <Ctrl> key and <Shift> key and clicking the fader knob. This button cue-monitors the signal of the MATRIX channel. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 43 ● MONO channel window ❏ CHANNEL SELECT (Channel selection) Except for the fact that your editing applies to a STEREO/MONO channel, this is the same as the channel selec- tion for a MIX channel (➥ p.37). LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 44 Adjusts the output level of the STEREO/MONO channel. This is linked with the STEREO/MONO MASTER section faders of the LS9’s panel. A meter indicating the signal level is shown at the right of the fader, and the current value is shown in the numerical box immediately below.
  • Page 45: Library Window

    Library window Here you can edit the LS9’s various libraries. You can also load library files that were saved on a drive of your com- puter, edit the order or title of library items, recall the desired library data, or copy desired library data to a library within the LS9.
  • Page 46 INTERNAL DATA This area shows the LS9’s scene memory contents. The items displayed are the same as in the FILE list ( As desired, you can copy single or multiple data between the FILE list and the INTERNAL DATA list, and copy or move them to a different location within a list.
  • Page 47 Clears the data item(s) selected in the list. (when data is deleted, the title field will be blank) UNDO Cancels the last-performed library recall, store, copy, or move operation. You can click this repeatedly to repeat Undo and Redo. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 48: Patch Editor Window

    INPUT PATCH page Here you can select the input port that is assigned to the input of each input channel. ❏ PRESET Initializes the patching in this page. ❏ CLEAR ALL Clears all patching in this page. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 49 Input port selection Here you can assign input/output ports to the insert-in/out of each input channel. Select the output port in the left side of the screen, and the input port in the right side of the screen. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 50 Here you can assign input/output ports to the insert-in/out of each output channel. Select the output port in the left side of the screen, and the input port in the right side of the screen. DIRECT OUTPUT PATCH page Here you can select the output port that will directly output each input channel. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 51 This is the number and name of the output channel. You can click the channel name box to edit the name in this page. Output port This shows the output port assigned to the output channel. You can click this box and choose the output port from the popup menu that appears. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 52: Rack Window

    Here you can make settings for GEQ, effects, and external head amps. This window is divided into GEQ/EFFECT and EXTERNAL HA pages; to switch pages, click the tabs located at the top of the window. GEQ/EFFECT page LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 53 INS ST L, INS ST R, INS MONO(C) (*1) INPUT CH 33–64 can be displayed only if you’re editing offline and have selected LS9-32 in the Model Select field of the Mixer Setup window, or if you are editing online with the LS9-32 connected. (*2) Selectable only for effect modules.
  • Page 54 In this window you can select the insertion destination of GEQ, and edit the parameters. Rack No. (Rack selection) Select the rack module that you want to control. LIBRARY This button accesses the GEQ library. Clicking this button will open the GEQ page of the LIBRARY window. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 55 INS ST L, INS ST R, INS MONO(C) Insert-in of STEREO channel L/R or the MONO channel (*1) INPUT CH 33–64 can be displayed only if you’re editing offline and have selected LS9-32 in the Model Select field of the Mixer Setup window, or if you are editing online with the LS9-32 connected.
  • Page 56 If you have operated fifteen bands, this number will be zero, and you won’t be able to operate any additional bands. If you want to operate another band in this state, you’ll need to return a previously-operated band back to the 0 dB position. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 57 Rack module editor — Effect window For details on the dedicated GUI screen, refer to the appendix. NOTE Here you can select the effect type for an internal effect, edit the parameters, and specify the input/output patching. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 58 INS ST L, INS ST R, INS MONO(C) (*1) INPUT CH 33–64 can be displayed only if you’re editing offline and have selected LS9-32 in the Model Select field of the Mixer Setup window, or if you are editing online with the LS9-32 connected.
  • Page 59: Effect Parameters

    If “042 FREEZE” is selected as the effect type, you can use these buttons to record and play back the signal being input to the effect. Effect parameters This area shows the effect parameters and knobs for the currently selected effect type. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 60 SLOT2 1-8 SLOT2 9-16 SLOT2 is displayed only if you’re editing offline and have selected LS9-32 in the Model Select field of the Mixer Setup window, or if you are editing online with the LS9-32 connected. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 61: Meter Window

    Meter window This window shows the signal levels of each section in the LS9, letting you check for the presence of signals and whether an overload is occurring. This window is divided into INPUT METER, OUTPUT METER and Custom Fader Layer Meter; to switch pages, click the tabs located at the top of the window.
  • Page 62 Select one of the following as the point where metering will occur. PRE EQ, PRE FADER, POST ON PEAK HOLD This is the same as in the INPUT METER page. Meters This is the same as in the INPUT METER page. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 63 These are peak level meters that show the input level of each channel. The box below shows the current fader value, and the box below that shows the ID of the assigned channel. If clipping occurs at even one of the multiple detection points in each channel, the ∑ segment will light. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 64: Group/Link Window

    Mute group This area shows the mute group number. MUTE MASTER These buttons enable/disable each input channel or output channel mute group. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 65 To execute the Clear opera- tion, click the OK button. CHANNEL LINK page By linking two or more input channels, you can control the parameters of these channels simultaneously. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 66: Link Buttons

    During offline editing when LS9-16 is selected in the Model Select field of the Mixer Setup window, or during online editing with the LS9-16 connected, up to sixteen groups can be assigned for INPUT CH 1–32, and you’ll be able to choose from link groups A–R.
  • Page 67: Scene Window

    SCENE MEMORY page Here you can edit the LS9’s scene memories. You can also load scene library files from a USB storage device or from a drive of your computer, and edit them. In this case, you can re-save all scenes to a file after editing, recall just a desired scene, or copy a desired scene to the scene memory of the LS9 itself.
  • Page 68 This column is only for display, and cannot be edited. FADING This switches the Fade function on/off for each scene. For more about Fade function settings, refer to the FADE TIME page. ). The list includes the following items. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 69 INTERNAL DATA This area shows the LS9’s scene memory contents. The items displayed are the same as in the FILE list ( As desired, you can copy single or multiple scenes between the FILE list and the INTERNAL DATA list, and copy or move them to a different location within a list.
  • Page 70 These buttons turn on all buttons for all input channels or ST IN CH, or for the corresponding parameter. CLEAR ALL These buttons turn off all buttons for all input channels or ST IN CH, or for the corresponding parameter. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 71 RACK This on/off button specifies whether RACK settings will be excluded from recall operations. SET ALL This button switches on all buttons for parameters 8–12. CLEAR ALL This button switches off all buttons for parameters 8–12. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 72 These on/off buttons select the input channels that will be excluded from recall operations. SET ALL This button switches on the buttons of all input channels. CLEAR ALL This button switches off the buttons of all input channels. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 73 This button enables/disables the Fade function for the faders of the current scene. FADE TIME Drag this knob in the screen to adjust the fade time. The current value is shown in the numerical box immediately below. LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 74: Custom Fader Layer Setup Window

    ❏ Current User This shows the name of the current user of the LS9 console. In the initial state in which the Editor has never been synchronized with the LS9 console, this will be Administrator. In LS9 Editor, operations can always be performed with Administrator privileges, and the Administrator's settings will always be saved in the user authentication key.
  • Page 75: User Defined Keys Setup Window

    ❏ Current User This shows the name of the current user of the LS9 console. In the initial state in which the Editor has never been synchronized with the LS9 console, this will be Administrator. In LS9 Editor, operations can always be performed with Administrator privileges, and the Administrator's settings will always be saved in the user authentication key.
  • Page 76: Keyboard Shortcuts

    Selects non-consecutive multiple items (memories) of the Scene window Selects all memories in a section Displayed only if you’re editing off-line with LS9-32 selected for Model Select in the Mixer Setup screen, or if you’re editing on-line with the LS9-32 connected. Action...
  • Page 77: Appendix

    The range is from 0.0ms through 125.0ms. NOTE [Decay] Shape of reverberation envelope. Reverberation characteristics are determined by the value. Drag the icon to change the value. The range is from 0 through 53. NOTE LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 78 Frequency value that serves as the basis for the Lo Ratio value. The frequency band below this value is affected by the Lo Ratio parameter setting. Drag the icon to change the value. The range is from 22.0Hz through 18.0kHz. NOTE LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...
  • Page 79 These controls enable you to adjust the mix balance of the dry and wet (effect) sounds. When the balance is 0%, only the dry sound is output. When the balance is 100%, only the wet sound is output. The range is from 0 through 100%. NOTE LS9 Editor Owner’s Manual...

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