RIVAGE PM StageMix V1.
CONTENTS Introduction Introduction Thank you for downloading the RIVAGE PM StageMix app (hereinafter referred to as “StageMix”) for iPad. StageMix enables you to use your iPad to wirelessly control the parameters of your Yamaha RIVAGE PM series digital mixing console. StageMix offers the sound engineer (who is away from the system) the freedom to control parameters remotely, while listening to the results from the vantage point of the performers.
CONTENTS Contents Contents Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Software requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Wi-Fi setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Network setting for the RIVAGE PM system. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Network switching. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
CONTENTS Software requirements Software requirements • Apple iPad Air or later • Supported OS: iOS12 or later, iPadOS • Yamaha RIVAGE PM Series Digital Mixing System V5 or later • Wi-Fi access point • Ethernet cable (used to connect the RIVAGE PM system to the Wi-Fi access point) Setup Wi-Fi setup Refer to the instruction manual for your device to set up the Wi-Fi access point.
CONTENTS Setup Wi-Fi setting on your iPad Use DHCP or a fixed IP address to set up your iPad. Using DHCP DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a network protocol that enables the server to automatically assign an IP address to the devices. Follow the steps below to set up the iPad using DHCP. 1. Open the Settings menu on the iPad. 2. Select Wi-Fi, and then select the proper network. 3.
CONTENTS Setup Configuring StageMix Launch StageMix. The SELECT MIXER screen appears. This screen enables you to do the following: • Engage Offline Demo mode, use the StageMix features, and navigate the user interface. • Select the RIVAGE PM system on the network and start using StageMix. Offline Demo mode Press the OFFLINE button in the SELECT MIXER screen to engage Offline Demo mode to navigate the StageMix application while the RIVAGE PM system is offline (that is, not connected to StageMix).
CONTENTS Setup NOTE When connecting to the RIVAGE PM series for the first time, a dialogue confirming whether you will allow the connection or not will be displayed. If you select not to permit the connection, you will not be able to connect from that point forward. Should you wish to allow the connection, go to the StageMix screen in iOS Settings and turn Local Network ON.
CONTENTS Part names & functions Part names & functions HOME screen The HOME screen is the main screen of StageMix. It is displayed each time you start StageMix. You can return to this screen by tapping [HOME] in the Toolbar area. Meter area Main area Toolbar area Meter area This area displays input level, output level, and fader levels. In SENDS ON FADER mode, it displays send levels. The Meter area offers INPUT mode, OUTPUT mode, and CUSTOM mode.
CONTENTS Part names & functions CUSTOM mode The screen in each mode is divided into 12 channel blocks. In INPUT mode and OUTPUT mode, the STEREO OUT, CUE A, and CUE B meters will be displayed on the right end. In CUSTOM mode, a meter for the channel assigned by the user will be displayed. The CUE A/B meters will appear only if CUE is turned on. Tap CUE A/B to clear CUE and hide the CUE A/B meters.
CONTENTS Part names & functions Main area The Main area displays details of the content selected in the Toolbar area. Each screen you can access from the Main area is explained in the section that describes the Toolbar buttons. Toolbar area This area is always displayed near the bottom of the HOME screen. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 Fader mode switch buttons These buttons enable you to select the Fader display mode in the Main area of the HOME screen.
CONTENTS Part names & functions HOME screen menu The following items are available in the context menu of the HOME screen. Stores the settings for the currently-selected channel in the copy buffer. Pastes the channel settings stored in the copy buffer to the currently-selected channel. Initializes the settings for the currently-selected channel. Stores in the copy buffer the parameters associated with the currently-selected MIX or MATRIX channel (i.g.
CONTENTS Part names & functions NORMAL 1 2 1 Processing area Displays the channel EQ, DYN, INSERT, DELAY, PAN, or SURROUND PAN. For EQ, DYN, DELAY or SURROUND PAN, tap this area to switch to a screen that enables you to edit parameters for the SELECTED CH screen. For INSERT, tap the area to display the plug-ins that have been assigned to INSERT1 and INSERT2. Tap the plug-ins to open the INS screen.
CONTENTS Part names & functions SENDS (SENDS ON FADER) 1 2 3 1 PRE button Switches between Pre Fader and Post Fader. The button lights up when it is turned on. On: Pre Fader Off: Post Fader Press and hold down the button to display the following menu items: Select one of the menu items. The confirmation message will appear. Tap the OK button to select Pre or Post for the desired channel(s) all together as a group.
CONTENTS Part names & functions GAIN 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Input assign area Indicates the assigned port name. Tap this area to display the INPUT PATCH screen. 2 +48V button Switches on or off the phantom power (+48V) supplied to the analog input jack. On: Phantom power is turned on. Off: Phantom power is turned off. This button is disabled if the Enable Phantom Power Switching setting in the PREFERENCE screen is set to off. The button will not appear if an I/O card that features analog gain is not patched.
CONTENTS Part names & functions INPUT PATCH screen This screen appears when you tap the Input Assign area. 4 1 2 3 1 Channel select area Tap < or > to select the previous or next channel. Tapping in the middle will open the SELECT CHANNEL screen. 2 BANK select buttons Enable you to select Bank A or Bank B. The buttons will indicate the assigned patches. 3 HA INFO button You can select TAKE FROM PORT or TAKE FROM CHANNEL.
CONTENTS Part names & functions SILK 1 ON button Switches the channel on or off. This button lights up when it is turned on. 1 2 SILK button Switches Silk on or off. The button lights up when it is turned on. 2 3 SILK character buttons Switch the type of Silk (BLUE/RED). 3 4 CUE button Tap this button to turn the channel’s cue on or off. The button lights up when it is turned on. To edit the cue, use the Cue Operation Mode setting in the PREFERENCE screen.
CONTENTS Part names & functions 3 INFORMATION area Displays the title, comment, status, and time stamp of the scene selected in the scene list. You can edit the title and comment by tapping the corresponding area to open the keyboard screen. 4 STORE button Saves a scene. Tap this button to display the keyboard screen. You can edit the scene numbers by using the number keys to directly enter a number, or by tapping the up or down arrow to increase or decrease the number.
CONTENTS Part names & functions UTILITY screen The bottom of this screen features the CONNECT, MUTE/TEMPO, OSCILLATOR, CUSTOM FADER, USER DEFINED BUTTONS, PREFERENCE, and ABOUT tab buttons. ■ CONNECT screen 1 2 3 4 1 AUTO/MANUAL buttons You can switch between automatically detecting a RIVAGE PM Series console to connect to, or setting an IP Address manually. AUTO: detects automatically. MANUAL: for setting the IP Address manually.
CONTENTS Part names & functions ■ MUTE/TEMPO screen 4 1 2 5 3 You can set the mute group on/off and tap tempo in this screen. 1 Mute Group Master buttons Switch mute on or off for each of the 12 mute groups. This button lights up when it is turned on. The button lights up red if the Dim setting is –∞. Other than that, it lights up orange. Each button indicates the corresponding mute group label. 2 Dim buttons Specify the Dim level for each mute group.
CONTENTS Part names & functions ■ MUTE GROUP ASSIGN screen 1 2 4 3 1 Mute group buttons Switch mute groups to assign. You can also assign channels to the MUTE SAFE group by tapping the MUTE SAFE button. 2 Mute group name Tap this box to display the iOS software keyboard screen. As you enter characters, they will appear immediately in the name edit box. You can enter up to eight ASCII code characters. 3 ASSIGN buttons Select channels to assign to a mute group.
CONTENTS Part names & functions ■ DCA GROUP ASSIGN screen 1 2 4 3 1 DCA group buttons Switch DCA groups to assign. 2 DCA group name Tap this box to display the iOS software keyboard screen. As you enter characters, they will appear immediately in the name edit box. You can enter up to eight ASCII code characters. 3 ASSIGN buttons Select channels to assign to a DCA group.
CONTENTS Part names & functions ■ OSCILLATOR screen 1 2 3 8 9 ! ) 4 5 6 7 You can set up the oscillator. 1 MODE buttons Select one of the oscillator operating modes. 2 LEVEL slider Sets the oscillator output level. If the oscillator mode is set to SINE 2CH, two sliders (L/R) will be displayed. 3 FREQ slider Sets the oscillator frequency. This slider is displayed if the oscillator mode is set to SINE or SINE 2CH.
CONTENTS Part names & functions ) ASSIGN buttons Enable you to select a channel to which the oscillator signal will be sent. Tap one of the buttons in the first row to select channels that will be displayed in the list below, and then tap the desired channel buttons. You can drag to select multiple channels simultaneously. ! CLEAR ALL button Excludes all output channels from the oscillator signal destination.
CONTENTS Part names & functions ■ USER DEFINED BUTTONS screen This screen enables you to assign functions to the USER DEFINED buttons. 1 2 3 1 USER DEFINED buttons Each button will indicate the label, assigned function, and parameter, if so configured. Tapping a USER DEFINED button will open the USER DEFINED BUTTONS assignment screen. 2 LOAD button Tap this button to open the Load File view, in which you can load USER DEFINED BUTTONS settings from a file.
CONTENTS Part names & functions ■ USER DEFINED BUTTONS assignment screen 1 2 3 4 1 Label button Tap this button to display the iOS software keyboard screen to create a label. 2 Color select buttons Enable you to select a color for the bar displayed at the bottom of the USER DEFINED buttons. If you select the right-most button (OFF), the bar color and icon will be grayed out. 3 Function button Swipe this button up or down to assign a function.
CONTENTS Part names & functions FUNCTION PARAMETER 1 OUTPUT CUE MODE PARAMETER 2 PARAMETER 3 A — B — A, B — MONITOR A MONITOR B CUE CUE INTERRUPT SURROUND MONITOR — PHONES A PHONES B INPUT A/B INPUT CUE POINT A, B — DCA CUE POINT A, B — OUTPUT CUE POINT A, B — SPECIFIC CH CH1-144* — COMMON DIMMER ON — MONITOR A OUTPUT — MONITOR B OUTPUT — OUTPUT — SURROUND A SURROUND B MONITOR DOWNMIX A SURROUND MONITOR SOURCE DOWNMIX B EXT 5.
CONTENTS Part names & functions ■ PREFERENCE screen 1 % 2 3 ^ 4 & 5 6 7 * 8 9 ( ) A B ! @ # $ This screen enables you to configure the StageMix application. GENERAL section 1 Fader Delay Enables you to adjust the amount of delay between when you touch a fader control to adjust the value and when the adjustment is actually applied. This setting helps prevent unintended fader control movement.
CONTENTS Part names & functions 8 Disable Screen Auto-Lock Turn this on to disable the iPad Auto-Lock function. 9 Display Delay Scale Specifies the display delay scale. ) Frame Rate If frame is selected for the delay scale, this rate determines the number of frame per second. CONFIRMATION section ! Recall/Store/Update If this switch is turned on, a confirmation message will be displayed when you recall, save, or overwrite a scene in the SCENE screen.
CONTENTS Part names & functions ■ ABOUT screen This screen displays version information for the StageMix app and the connected surface control, and license information about the software used by the StageMix app. SELECTED CH indicator Tap each button in the Toolbar area to open a window in which you can adjust the corresponding parameters. The parameter windows will also open if you tap the processing area of the fader strip in the HOME screen.
CONTENTS Part names & functions EQ screen 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 HPF/LPF buttons Tap the buttons to turn the high-pass filter or low-pass filter on or off respectively. The button lights up when it is turned on. 2 EQ Type selector Tap here to select an EQ type. Each type features a unique frequency curve and a different color for a part of the outside frame of the graph.
CONTENTS Part names & functions If you tap an area of the graph at 0 dB or lower where there is no parameter, the RTA display or a keyboard will appear. This is useful in understanding the relationship between sound range and frequency. When you open the EQ screen for the first time, a message is displayed asking whether you want to use the iPad mic for the RTA graph. If you tap “Don’t Allow,” the RTA graph will not appear in the future.
CONTENTS Part names & functions 4 KEY IN level meter Indicates the KEY IN level. A triangle icon indicates the threshold level for the KEY IN filter. If the KEY IN source is paired channels, the meter will indicate the higher level between L and R. 5 THRESHOLD slider Specifies the dynamics threshold. 6 Graph Displays the input/output frequency response. 7 GR meter Indicates the amount of dynamics gain reduction. 8 Dynamics parameter sliders Indicate the dynamics parameter values.
CONTENTS Part names & functions Source select screen This screen enables you to select the key in source. Additional items that might be displayed vary depending on the selected source. If SELF PRE EQ or SELF POST EQ is selected: No additional items will be displayed. If OTHER PRE EQ is selected: Select INPUT CHANNELS or OUTPUT CHANNELS, and then select the key in source from the channel list.
CONTENTS Part names & functions DYN screen menu The following items are available in the DYN screen’s context menu. Copy1: Paste1: Compare1: Default1: Copy2: Paste2: Compare2: Default2: Copies the DYN1 parameters to the clipboard. Pastes the DYN parameters in the clipboard. Enables you to compare the DYN1 parameters with the parameters in the clipboard by switching between the two. Resets the DYN1 settings to their default values. Copies the DYN2 parameters to the clipboard.
CONTENTS Part names & functions INS screen menu The following items are available in the INS screen’s context menu. Copy: Paste: Compare: Default: Copies the Plug-in parameters to the clipboard. Pastes the Plug-in parameters in the clipboard. Enables you to compare the Plug-in parameters with the parameters in the clipboard by switching between the two. Resets the Plug-in settings to their default values.
CONTENTS Part names & functions ■ PEQ You can configure eight bands for PEQ. Out of these eight bands, you can set shelving for Band1 and Band8. In addition to eight bands, you can also set four notch filters. Control these notch filters using the upside-down triangles shown at the bottom of the screen. Tap the handle to display the popup window that indicates the frequency, Q, and on/off status of the notch filters. Drag the handle left and right to adjust the frequency.
CONTENTS Part names & functions DELAY screen 1 4 2 3 1 GANG button This button will appear if a channel pair is created. Tap this button to switch GANG on or off. The button lights up when the function is turned on. When this button is turned on, the delay time values for the channel pair will be linked to each other, maintaining the difference between the values. 2 Delay time display area Indicates the delay time in five different units (meter, feet, sample, msec, and frame).
CONTENTS Part names & functions SURROUND PAN screen 5 1 6 2 7 3 4 5 1 LR slider Specifies the left/right position. When the Lock button has been turned on, the setting cannot be changed. 2 FR slider Specifies the up/down position. When the Lock button has been turned on, the setting cannot be changed. 3 Div slider Specifies the Diversity setting. 4 LFE slider Specifies the LFE level. 5 L, C, R, Ls, LFE, and Rs buttons Tap a button to switch the parameter on or off.
CONTENTS Part names & functions CH NAME screen This screen enables you to set the channel name, icon, and channel color that are displayed in the channel name area. 1 2 3 4 5 1 Channel display select button Switches the channel that you want to view on the screen. 2 Channel name edit box Tap this box to display the iOS software keyboard screen. As you enter characters, they will appear immediately in the name edit box. You can enter up to eight ASCII code characters.
CONTENTS Troubleshooting Troubleshooting ■ DHCP server setup of the wireless access point/router 1 Use a web browser to access the web administrator page for your wireless access point or router. 2 Enable the wireless access point’s DHCP feature. 3 Configure the range of addresses that the DHCP feature will assign to connected devices. 4 Confirm that the IP address assigned to the RIVAGE PM system is outside the range of IP addresses that the DHCP feature will assign to connected devices.
