Generell informasjon - YAMAHA M7CL
Easy Digital At Last
Digital mixing consoles are certainly not new, but the evolution toward a truly
intuitive, easy-to-use interface has been long and at times fraught with growing
pains. If you’ve been delaying a move to digital because of interface or
operational issues, the wait is over. The Yamaha M7CL Digital Mixing Console
offers professional digital console performance and features for live sound in a
32- or 48-channel system that can actually be easier to use than a conventional
analog console. It sounds great, too.
Centralogic™ Brings It All Together
Yamaha’s Centralogic™ interface takes the most direct approach to giving you
maximum operational ease and efficiency in a digital console. Rather that trying
to simulate the feel and workflow of an analog mixer, Centralogic™ goes straight
to the heart of the matter, simplifying digital operation to the point where it
is actually as intuitive as analog … if not easier. A touch-panel display
combined with Yamaha’s acclaimed selected channel concept and a straightforward
navigation system – no layers, one-function physical controls, and all digital
controls can be accessed through just two main display screens – lets you focus
in on any operation directly and instantly. In fact, the entire 32-channel or
48-channel console can quite easily be operated from the 44.2-centimeter-wide (that’s
a little over 17 inches) Centralogic™ section alone.
Two Approaches to Total Access
Adjusting M7CL input and output levels is easy since individual 100-millimeter
motor faders are provided for each channel. You have two ways to access the
other mix controls – via the Selected Channel display or the Overview display.
In fact, you can access the entire console via just these two displays – no need
to flip through endless pages and menus to find the function you need. Here’s
how …
Overview
The Overview display – the console’s default display – gives you a standard view
of the 8 channels selected via the Centralogic™ navigation keys. These keys,
arranged in an exact replica of the 8-channel channel groups on the console, let
you instantly bring any group of 8 channels to the central controls with a
single button-press. You can then touch any row of controls on the display
screen to focus on them – pan, or bus send, for example – and adjust via the
corresponding multi-function encoders immediately below the display. It really
is that simple, and armed with the information you have read in this brochure so
far you should be able to perform a basic mix on the M7CL without even having to
open the manual.
Selected Channel
To adjust pan for a channel, for example, simply press the channel’s [SEL] key
and rotate the console’s physical PAN control. The same applies to preamp gain,
dynamics, high-pass filter, EQ, and bus send control. Adjustments are clearly
shown on the display as you make them, and if you press any of the Selected
Channel encoders the Selected Channel display will appear, showing you the
current status of all mix parameters for the currently selected channel. You can
also zoom in on any of the on-screen parameters for in-depth control by simply
touching the parameter on the screen. When you’re focused on an individual
parameter the multi-function encoders below the display screen adjust the
corresponding parameters in the display.
Virtual Effect and GEQ Rack
Effects and graphic equalization are indispensable for most live sound
applications, and having them built in is one of the many attractive features
that only digital consoles can provide. The problem, sometimes, is finding them.
Not so in the M7CL: just touch the RACK button on the display and the virtual
effect and EQ rack pops right up for instant, easy access. A few quick touches
on the screen and you can easily patch effects or graphic EQ into any channel
and output. Another touch or two and you can get right inside the effects for
detailed editing. The M7CL lets you use up to 8 signal processors simultaneously
– normally that’s up to 4 effects and 4 graphic EQ units. But since the effect
units can also function as graphic EQs, you can use more EQ units if you don’t
need all 4 effects.
High-resolution Effects
Yamaha digital effects are highly regarded in the professional sound field for a
very good reason: they are simply the best. The M7CL gives you an outstanding
range of top-quality effects from ambience and echo to modulation and distortion.
Whether you simply need to add a touch of natural-sounding reverb or manipulate
a sound for other-worldly effect, the M7CL offers everything you need built in
and ready to roll. The M7CL also comes with Yamaha’s superlative Add-on Effects
REV-X package, providing some of the best, most natural-sounding ambience
effects available anywhere.
Standard or Flex15 GEQ
The M7CL’s standard graphic EQ modules offer a full 31 bands forprecise response
shaping and feedback control. If your application requires even more EQ
capability than the standard EQ modules provide, the M7CL offers Flex15 GEQ:
each GEQ module functions as two 31-band units with 15-bands available at a
time. You can use up to 16 channels of Flex15 GEQ!
Direct EQ Control
The M7CL makes adjusting any of the 31 bands on the graphic equalizer modules
direct and easy. Simply touch the EQ unit you want to adjust in the virtual
on-screen rack, touch one of the band selectors, then use the 8 Centralogic™
faders to directly adjust the corresponding EQ bands. Other convenient-control
features include the ability to instantly reset any band to nominal simply by
pressing the appropriate [ON] key.
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