QL StageMix V7 User Guide Welcome: Thank you for downloading the “QL StageMix” iPad app for the Yamaha QL series digital mixing consoles. The latest firmware version for QL series can be downloaded from https://www.yamaha.com/proaudio/ StageMix is an application for the Apple iPad that provides remote control of Yamaha QL series digital mixing console functions via a simple, intuitive graphical interface from anywhere within wireless range.
Yamaha Professional Audio CONTENTS QL StageMix V7 User Guide Page 1.0 System Requirements ................................................................................... 7 2.0 Wi-Fi Settings ................................................................................................. 7 3.0 Getting Started ............................................................................................... 8 3.1 QL series Network Setup ...................................................................
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 4.11.1 Mix Send Levels ..................................................................................... 30 4.11.2 Mix Sends ON......................................................................................... 30 4.11.3 Mix Send PRE/POST.............................................................................. 30 4.11.4 Global PRE/POST .................................................................................. 31 4.11.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 5.6 SURROUND PAN ...................................................................................... 48 5.6.1 Surround Pan Editing – Mono Input Channels ........................................ 48 5.6.2 Surround Pan Editing – Stereo Input Channels ...................................... 48 5.6.3 L/R and F/R Lock .................................................................................... 49 5.6.4 Divergence and LFE Level .......................
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 8.1.1 Rack Slot Assignments ........................................................................... 66 8.1.2 Input Patch Assignments ........................................................................ 67 8.1.3 Accessing GEQ and 8-Band PEQ Editors .............................................. 67 8.1.4 GEQ Editing ............................................................................................ 67 8.1.5 8-Band PEQ Editing..............
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 9.8 RECALL SCENE ........................................................................................ 83 9.9 UNDO RECALL .......................................................................................... 84 10.0 SETUP ........................................................................................................... 85 10.1 Fader Delay................................................................................................
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 1.0 System Requirements • • • • • Apple iPad (any model using iOS 8 or higher) Yamaha QL series digital mixing console V4.0, V4.1, V4.5 or V5.0 firmware Wi-Fi access point (802.11g, n or ac) CAT5 cable (to connect the console to a Wi-Fi access point) iOS: iOS 8.0 - 11.x 2.0 Wi-Fi Settings Configure the Wi-Fi access point, following the manufacturer’s instructions.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 3.0 Getting Started 3.1 QL series Network Setup Connect the Wi-Fi access point to the QL series console’s network port via a CAT5 cable. Make sure your Ethernet cable is connected to a LAN port on your Wi-Fi device and not the WAN port. Note the IP address of the QL series console - this will need to be entered into the iPad later. It can be found in the console as follows: a. Press the [SETUP] button on the QL series touchscreen b.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide c) Tap on the network’s name to edit the IP address. d) Select [DHCP] and ensure that your iPad receives data for the IP Address, Subnet Mask, Router and DNS. e) Select [Renew Lease] if this data is not applied. f) If the settings are successfully applied, press the iPad’s Home button to exit the Settings menu. Note: • Make sure that the subnet of the IP address is the same as that of the QL series console.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide d) Select [Static] e) IP Address: enter an IP Address similar to the one for the QL series console, but with just the last number different. (For example, if QL series console is 192.168.0.10, give an address to the iPad such as 192.168.0.1). f) Subnet Mask: enter “255.255.255.0”.
Yamaha Professional Audio 3.3 QL StageMix V7 User Guide StageMix Setup Launch the “QL 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 QL StageMix. Configure StageMix to work with a QL console. Select a QL console that has already been configured to work with your iPad and begin using StageMix. 3.3.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide ii. Tap on the blank Name field and enter a name for your QL series console using the iPad’s onscreen keyboard. iii. Enter the QL series console’s IP address noted in 3.1. The default IP Address may not need to be changed but confirm this in the Network Setup screen of the QL series console (refer to 3.1). If you need to modify the IP Address in StageMix, make sure you include the dots between the sets of numbers (as shown above).
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 3.3.4 Connect and Synchronize with the QL Console Click the [CONNECT] button to connect to the console and begin the synchronization process. The message “Syncing With QL…” will appear while StageMix is obtaining parameters from the console. After this process is complete, the Mixer window will appear and StageMix is ready to be used. Up to 5 iPads running StageMix can be connected to the console simultaneously.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 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 colours for eight adjacent channels. Across the top of the screen, level meters and faders are displayed in blocks of channels for mono Input Channels 1-32, Stereo Input Channels 1-8, Mix and Matrix busses, and the Master Stereo and Mono busses.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide Note: these buttons do not appear when using an QL1 console as only one bank of input channels is available. 4.2.1 Custom Fader Layer Press the [CUSTOM] button in the meter bridge to access the Custom Meter Bridge layout. To assign a fader bank to a meter bridge block, touch and hold on a fader/meter block.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide Left/Right navigation buttons can be used to navigate to other meter blocks without leaving the assignment pop-up. To exit the assignment pop-up, touch anywhere outside of the pop-up or touch the close button in the top right corner. On the far-right side, is the master block. This block can be assigned as either the standard master bank (as found in the standard meter bridge in StageMix), or as the custom master bank as set on the console.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide Please note, in order to name a fader bank, it is first necessary to assign the bank to the meter bridge. 4.2.3 Storing of Custom Meter Bridge Layout and Names The assigned custom meter bridge fader bank layout and naming’s, are stored as part of the currently in-use Mixer Preset – as created in the front page of StageMix. If a Mixer Preset is deleted or the console model is edited, the associated layout and naming’s will also be deleted. 4.
Yamaha Professional Audio 4.4.1 QL StageMix V7 User Guide Long Faders Press the [LONG FADERS] button at the bottom-left corner of the Mixer window to allow more accurate adjustment of fader levels. In this view, EQ, Pan, Dynamics and the “Navigation/Meter Bridge” are not visible. 4.4.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide When [LAST CUE] mode is active, only one channel can be cued at a time. When [MIX CUE] mode is selected, multiple channels can be cued simultaneously. The [CUE CLEAR] button will cancel any cues that have been activated. This is useful when there are multiple cues to cancel, and when some are hidden in other layers. 4.7 Dual Cue Mode With V4 firmware and higher, a second cue bus (Cue B) can be created using Matrix 7/8.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide SOLO mode effectively operates in addition to Cue mode. When a channel is Soloed, it is also Cued. If Remote mode and SOLO mode are both active, StageMix will control the Cue B Bus and Solos will be accessible from the console only. If SOLO mode is used along with Dual Cue Channel Mode, the [SOLO] buttons will also include A and B indicators to identify their Cue bus assignments. 4.
Yamaha Professional Audio 4.10 QL StageMix V7 User Guide GAIN The gain for each input channel can be controlled using the faders in StageMix. Press the [GAIN] button in the lower left area of the Mixer window to enter GAIN mode. Note: the [GAIN] button will only appear when a bank of Input Channels is selected since there are no Gain parameters for Output Channels. Input channels can have both Analog and Digital Gain parameters.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 4.10.2 Gain Compensation Mode Gain Compensation can be activated for each input channel independently in QL series consoles. In Analog Gain mode, a [GC] button in each channel strip allows Gain Compensation to be turned On or Off from StageMix. The [GC] button will only be available for channels that are patched to a Rio I/O Rack that provides Gain Compensation capability. The [GC] button will turn blue when Gain Compensation is active for that channel.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 4.10.7 Phantom Power The 48V phantom power status for each input channel is also displayed at the top of each channel strip when GAIN mode is active. The 48V indicator will appear in red when phantom power is active. Phantom Power for each channel can be switched On or Off from StageMix if the relevant preference is ON in the SETUP screen (refer to 10.5). Tap on the [48V] button and a confirmation popup will appear.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide receiver). Touch here to mute or un-mute the receiver output – a confirmation popup will be displayed. Please note, when a Dante based Wireless Microphone is patched to the channel, there is no analog gain as it is replaced by the Receiver output gain control. Above the battery and mute indicators, is the RF Intensity meter and the diversity A/B indication. All other controls in the GAIN channel stripe remain the same as with other input types.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide Touch on this button to switch the HA channel strip to the RF control and monitoring view. The channel strip will turn purple to indicate that it is now displaying an RF channel, and the button above the meter will display RX to indicate that the HA fader is now controlling RX gain. If the non-Dante Wireless Microphone system includes TX gain control, press the RX button again to switch the channel strip to show the TX gain parameter on the HA fader.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide The selected channel number and name is displayed in the top line of the window at the top of the view. Underneath this, is the currently applied input port. Select the port type from the bottom area of the view, and then select required input port to change the input patch for the selected channel. A patch change confirmation message may apply.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 4.10.12 Input Port Patch Options In the top-left of the Input Port Patch View, is the Patch [OPTIONS] menu. This contains numerous functions related to input patching – • HA INFO – FROM PORT/FROM CHANNEL. This mirrors the same function on the connected console. Please refer to the console user guide for more information on this feature. • SHOW DANTE – PORT ID/NAME.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide To access Multi-Channel Input Patching, select the first channel that the patch will start from, and touch and hold on the desired starting point input patch source in the patch grid. The following popup will be displayed. Using the keypad, enter the required number of consecutive channels to be patched.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide If there is a limited number of input ports available for the selected input port type above the starting port, this will also limit the number of channels that can be patched. i.e. If Dante input 50 is selected as the starting port for the MultiPatch, the maximum number of channels that can be patched is 15, as there are 15 Dante ports available including and above the selected port (Dante IN 50 to 64). 4.
Yamaha Professional Audio b) QL StageMix V7 User Guide Press the [MIX ON FADERS] button to access a popup screen which allows direct selection of any Mix or Matrix Bus. Select the Target from Mix 1-16 and Matrix 1-8. The currently selected Mix will appear as a white button with a check mark. Stereo pairs appear as single large buttons. Notes: • When Surround Mode is active, Mix Busses 1-6 will not be available as they are assigned to function as the surround output busses.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide state and can be pressed to change the state. The [PRE] button appears yellow when On and grey when Off. 4.11.4 Global PRE/POST Press and hold a [PRE] button to make global Pre or Post fader assignments. A popup will appear providing the following options: • • • • ALL MIX/MATRIX BUSSES PRE FOR THIS CHANNEL ALL MIX/MATRIX BUSSES POST FOR THIS CHANNEL CURRENT MIX/MATRIX BUS PRE FOR ALL CHANNELS CURRENT MIX/MATRIX BUS POST FOR ALL CHANNELS 4.11.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide to switch to the other side. This gives access to channel inserts on both sides of the selected Stereo Mix /Matrix.
Yamaha Professional Audio 4.12 QL StageMix V7 User Guide DCA FADERS Press the [DCA 1-8] or [DCA 9-16] button to access the console’s 16 DCAs. A green LED will appear next to each DCA fader when it is set to exactly 0dB. DCA faders can be quickly set to exactly 0dB by double-tapping on the fader if the relevant Preference is On in the Setup screen (refer to 10.8). Press the [DCA 1-8] or [DCA 9-16] button again to exit the DCA fader bank and return to the previously selected bank.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 5.0 EQ / PAN / 5.1 / DYNAMICS The thumbnail area at the top of each channel strip displays an EQ curve, the Pan position, the 5.1 Surround Pan position, or Dynamics status for that channel. The buttons to the left of the thumbnails are used to select between EQ, PAN, 5.1 and Dynamics mode by tapping on the left or right cursor button. Note: the 5.1 option will only be available when Surround Mode is active in the console.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide In the example above: Mix Bus 1 has a GEQ in Insert 1, indicated by the blue dot in the centre below the curve. The dedicated 4-Band PEQ is currently being displayed (the green dot is solid and the curve is green). Mix Bus 2 has an 8-Band PEQ in Insert 1, and the 8-Band PEQ is currently being displayed (the green dot is solid and the curve is green). Mix Bus 3 has a GEQ in Insert 1 and an 8-Band PEQ in Insert 2.
Yamaha Professional Audio 5.2 QL StageMix V7 User Guide PARAMETRIC EQ EDITING (The screenshot above shows the EQ Editor screen with V4 QL console firmware.) 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. • • Tap and release on either of these buttons to navigate up or down to the next available channel.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide One band of Parametric EQ can be adjusted at a time. Press one of the green circles to select the band, and it will be highlighted yellow. EQ bands in StageMix are labelled as follows: HP = HPF (input channels only) 1 = Low Band 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.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide The Slope of an Input Channel’s HPF can be adjusted between -6dB and -12dB per octave by pressing the buttons in the floating display above the HP dot. When an output channel is selected in the EQ Editing Screen, the [HPF] button will only appear if band 1 is assigned to the HPF function. 5.2.3 EQ Bands 1 & 4 EQ bands 1 & 4 have additional choices of band-type.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 5.2.6 EQ TYPE With V3 QL console firmware, 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. With V4 QL console firmware, there are five different EQ Types available. To change the EQ Type, tap on the button to open a popup: 5.2.7 PEQ COPY/PASTE Parametric EQ parameter settings can be copied and pasted from one PEQ to another.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide When the [RTA ON] button is highlighted with a green background, a 61-band or 121-band Real-Time Analyzer will be displayed as part of the EQ editing graph. The number of bands used for the RTA can be selected on the Setup screen (refer to 10.21).
Yamaha Professional Audio 5.3 QL StageMix V7 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. (These dots change to yellow and become larger when they are being touched in the Editing section below.) RTA data is displayed behind the GEQ Overview when the RTA is turned ON in this screen.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 5.3.3 GEQ Type Next to the Rack position, the type of GEQ is identified as either “31 Band” or “Flex 15”. In the case of a Flex 15 GEQ, a larger-sized number indicates the remaining number of available bands for that GEQ. As each band is adjusted away from 0dB, the number of available bands will decrease. This number will turn red when no further bands are available to be edited. 5.3.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide grey when GEQ is Off. When Off, the GEQ display curve will also turn light grey. 5.3.10 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.
Yamaha Professional Audio 5.4 QL StageMix V7 User Guide 8-BAND PEQ EDITING One band of 8-Band Parametric EQ can be adjusted at a time. Press one of the green circles to select the band, and it will be highlighted yellow. EQ bands are labelled as HP (High Pass Filter), 1-8 and LP (Low Pass Filter). Additionally, 3 notches filters are also provided, labelled as A, B and C. 5.4.1 EQ TYPE There are four different EQ Types available.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 5.4.2 HPF An [HPF] button appears at the top of the EQ graph. Press this button to switch the HPF On/Off. When the button is green, the HPF is On. HPF has no Gain or Q parameter: only Frequency. The Slope of the HPF can be adjusted between -6dB, -12dB, -18dB and -24dB per octave by pressing the buttons in the floating display above the HP dot. 5.4.3 LPF An [LPF] button appears at the top of the EQ graph. Press this button to switch the LPF On/Off.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 5.4.8 RTA ON A Real-Time Analyzer function is integrated into the 8-Band PEQ editing screen. The iPad’s built-in microphone is used as the input source for the RTA. Alternatively, an external mic connected to the headset jack can be used. Gain level is selected in the Setup Screen (refer to 10.20). When the [RTA ON] button is highlighted with a green background, a 61-band or 121-band RTA will be displayed as part of the 8-Band PEQ editing graph.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide If you have accessed the 8-Band PEQ Editor from the Rack screen, press the [X] button in the upper right corner to return to the Rack screen. 5.5 PAN TO STEREO BUSSES When PAN mode is selected using the buttons described in section 5.0, all 8 thumbnail images will display a slider showing the position of the Pan to the Stereo Busses for each channel. A numeric Pan position value appears above each slider.
Yamaha Professional Audio 5.6 QL StageMix V7 User Guide SURROUND PAN When Surround mode is active in the console, the thumbnail image for each channel will display the position of the channel’s signal within the surround field when 5.1 mode is selected in StageMix. Tap on any of the Surround Pan thumbnails in the Mixer Window to access the Surround Pan Edit screen. 5.6.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 5.6.3 L/R and F/R Lock Buttons at the top of the Surround Pan Editing screen allow the L/R (Left/Right) or F/R (Front/Rear) panning to be locked. When the [L/R] button is red, the surround panning dot cannot be moved in the left or right directions. Only movement in the front/back directions is allowed. When the [F/R] button is red, the surround panning dot cannot be moved in the front or back directions.
Yamaha Professional Audio 5.7 QL StageMix V7 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. (Output channels have only Dynamics 1.) The threshold parameter value for each Dynamics is displayed numerically and also graphically via a white vertical line.
Yamaha Professional Audio 5.8 QL StageMix V7 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. Both Dynamics 1 and 2 can be viewed and edited simultaneously in the Dynamics Editing screen.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide assigned (e.g. a Gate cannot be assigned to Dynamics Processor 2). In this case, the [PASTE] button will be greyed out and inactive. 5.8.3 Dynamics On The [DYN ON] button turns the Dynamics On/Off. This button is purple when On and grey when it is Off. 5.8.4 Dynamics Type A button above each Dynamics curve display allows the Dynamics Type to be selected. Press this button then select the Processor Type from the drop-down menu. 5.8.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 5.8.8 Key In The Key In source is displayed at the bottom of each Dynamics section. For Dynamics 1, a Key In Filter is available. Tap the [EDIT] button to edit the Key In Filter parameters. [CUE]: Tap this button to Cue the Key In signal [HPF]/[BPF]/[LPF]: Select the Key In Filter type among these choices. [ON]: This button is used to activate the Key In Filter. Press the [ASSIGN] button to access a pop-up that allows the Key In Source to be selected.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 6.0 OUTPORTS The OUTPORTS button provides access to the following functions: • • • Output Port Delay Output Port Phase Output Port Gain Press the [OUTPORTS] button on the left side of the Mixer window to enter this mode. Press the [OUTPORTS] button again to exit this mode. 6.1 Navigation When the [OUTPORTS] button is active (highlighted in dark pink), the Navigation/Meter Bridge changes to display banks of output ports.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 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. 6.3 Delay On Press [DELAY ON] in each channel strip to change the On/Off status of the Delay for each Output Port. The button is yellow when the Delay is On (active). 6.4 Delay Time Display The current delay time value for each Output Port is displayed in a button.
Yamaha Professional Audio 6.7 QL StageMix V7 User Guide Delay Time Editor Tap on any of the Delay Time Display buttons to access the Delay Time Editor. The button for the Output Port channel being edited will be highlighted in dark pink. The currently selected Output Port, and the Output Bus and its name are displayed. 6.7.1 Delay Scale The currently selected Delay Scale is displayed next to the Output Port label.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 6.7.3 Nudge Delay Time Values Tap the Up and Down arrow buttons to increase/decrease the currently selected Delay Time value by one unit at a time. Press and hold either of these buttons to continuously adjust these values. 6.7.4 Copy Delay Time Value Tap the [COPY] button to copy the current delay time value into a buffer. Note: the value cannot be copied while numbers are being entered from the numeric keypad (i.e. while they are appearing in red). 6.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide If there is a current assigned patch, this will be displayed in the patch view on the patch button grid, and shown in the top line of the small window at the centre-top of the patch view the second line will display the currently selected output port. In the below example, the top line shows that (Mix1) is the current patch source for the selected Output Port (Dante 1).
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide The grid displays each output channel with its type and number shown on each button. If a name has been assigned to the channel, it will also be displayed along with the channel colour where valid. For Mix/MT/Mono/ST output bus types, output metering is shown to the left of each button. A patch change confirmation message may apply. This will depend on the Patch Confirmation settings, as set in User Preferences on the connected mixing console.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 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] • MUTE GROUP MASTERS • TAP TEMPO [OSCILLATOR] • OSCILLATOR [RECORDER] • USB MEMORY RECORDER To exit from the UTILITY mode, press the [UTILITY] button, another mode button, or any bank in the “Navigation/Meter Bridge”. 7.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 7.1.1 Mute Group Dim Level Normally, when a channel is muted, its level is reduced to minus infinity. Alternatively, Mute Groups in QL series consoles can cause channels to have their levels dimmed rather than completely muted. The DIM indicator next to each Mute Group Master button displays the status of Mute Group dimming. If this indicator displays “–Inf”, then channels will be muted completely when the Mute Group Master is activated.
Yamaha Professional Audio 7.2 QL StageMix V7 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 8 effects in the left side of this section. Effects which do not have a BPM parameter will be greyed out and cannot be selected. Tap on the large button on the right side of the Tap Tempo section.
Yamaha Professional Audio 7.3 QL StageMix V7 User Guide OSCILLATOR The OSCILLATOR screen in the UTILITY mode allows you to control all aspects of the Oscillator in the QL series console. 7.3.1 Oscillator Assign In the top part of the screen, an array of buttons allows you to assign the Oscillator output to any channel or bus in the console. Each channel button displays the channel’s number, name and colour. Assignment to multiple channels simultaneously is allowed.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 7.3.4 Oscillator Frequency The horizontal FREQ slider allows the Oscillator’s frequency to be adjusted. Note: this parameter is only available when SINE mode is active. 7.3.5 Oscillator Mode Three buttons allow the Oscillator mode to be selected: • • • • SINE SINE 2CH PINK NOISE BURST NOISE When SINE 2CH mode is active, a button is available to choose either ODD/L or EVEN/R.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 7.4.1 Title List In the top part of the screen, songs available to be played from the USB memory device are displayed in a list. Tap on a title to select it, ready to be controlled from the transport section below. 7.4.2 Transport The transport buttons control recording and playback of a song. Please refer to the QL console Reference Manual for descriptions of the transport button functions.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 8.0 RACK Press the [RACK] button on the left side of the Mixer window to access editors for GEQs, 8-Band PEQs and EFFECT programs. Note: GEQs and 8-Band PEQs can also be accessed from channel strips as described in section 5. Tabs at the bottom of the screen provide access to the GEQ 1-8 and the EFFECT racks. 8.1 GEQ Racks Tap on the [GEQ 1-8] tab to access the GEQ racks. This will display the 8 slots for each rack. 8.1.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide Note: this information is display only. Modules cannot be mounted to the rack slots from StageMix. If an Automixer is assigned to any slot, it will appear blank in StageMix. 8.1.2 Input Patch Assignments To the left of GEQ or PEQ graphical displays, text labels indicate the input patch assignments for that rack slot. Note: this information is display only. Patching cannot be modified from StageMix. 8.1.
Yamaha Professional Audio • • • • • QL StageMix V7 User Guide 31 Band GEQ Flex 15 GEQ Effect 8 Band PEQ Blank 8.2.2 Input Patch Assignments Text labels for each slot indicate the input patch assignments for that slot. 8.2.3 Accessing Effect, GEQ and 8-Band PEQ Editors If a GEQ or 8-Band PEQ is assigned to a rack slot, parameter values are displayed in the centre of each slot. If an Effect is assigned to a slot, the Effect’s icon, name and I/O configuration will be displayed.
Yamaha Professional Audio 8.3 QL StageMix V7 User Guide EFFECT EDITING Parameters for all effect programs can be edited from StageMix. For some selected programs, a graphical editing interface is also provided. 8.3.1 Current Effect The Effect type icon for the currently selected rack slot is displayed in the upper left side of the Effect Editing screen. Next to the Effect’s icon is the following information: • • • • Rack Slot Number Effect Program Title Effect Type I/O Configuration 8.3.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide will appear requiring confirmation before the effect library program is recalled in the console. Effect Library Store: Tap on any Library memory that is not labelled as Read Only. Press [STORE] to save the currently selected effect program into the Library. A popup will appear requiring confirmation. After tapping on [Yes], the iPad keyboard will appear. Type in a Library Name and press [STORE]. 8.3.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide Tap the button to open the number keypad. Tap the Up/Down cursor buttons to adjust the parameter value one step at a time. The value will be sent to the console each time the cursor button is tapped. Alternatively, type values into the number keypad and press [SET] to send the value to the console and close the keypad. 8.3.11 Multi-Segment Buttons Some parameters are represented and edited using multi-segment buttons: 8.3.
Yamaha Professional Audio 8.4 QL StageMix V7 User Guide GRAPHICAL EFFECT EDITING For selected Effects, graphical user interface editing is also provided as an alternative to the slider-based editing. Press the [GUI] button above the parameter values to reveal the graphical editing interface.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 8.4.1 REV-X Time/Level Parameters Tap the [TIME/LEVEL] tab at the bottom of the screen to access those parameters. Drag the following parameters horizontally to adjust their values: • • • Reverb Time Initial Delay Decay The effect of those parameter changes will be reflected in the graphical display. Tap on the buttons above the graphical display to adjust the zoom factor.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 8.4.2 REV-X Space Parameters Tap the [SPACE] tab at the bottom of the screen to access those parameters.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 8.4.3 REV-X Filter Parameters Tap the [FILTERS] tab at the bottom of the screen to access those parameters.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 8.4.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 8.4.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 8.4.6 REVERB Filter Parameters Tap the [FILTERS] tab to access the following parameters: • • • • HPF LPF Low Ratio High Ratio 8.4.7 REVERB Dynamics Parameters Tap the [DYNAMICS] tab to access the following parameters: • • • • Gate Level Attack Hold Decay 8.4.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 8.4.9 MONO/STEREO/MOD DELAY Parameters Tap the [TIME/LEVEL] tab to access the following parameters: • • Delay Feedback Gain Tap the [FILTERS] tab to access the following parameters: • • • HPF LPF High Ratio For the MOD DELAY program only, tap the [MODULATION] tab to access the following parameters: • • • Frequency Depth Wave Use sliders to adjust the Frequency and Depth parameters, and the multi-segment button to select the Wave type.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 8.4.10 DELAY LCR Parameters There are 5 tabs at the bottom of the screen to provide access to parameters for the Delay LCR program.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 9.0 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. The Scene Memory area in the Mixer window also functions as a button which can be pressed to access the Scene Memory window. 9.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide in the console. However, if Scene 006 is empty, the next highest Scene containing data will be recalled. Note: the [DEC SCENE] and [INC SCENE] buttons will only appear in the Scene window if the related preference has been enabled in the Setup window (refer to 10.3). 9.3 SCENE LIST When the Scene Memory window is accessed for the first time after launching StageMix, the Scene List will be sent from the console to StageMix.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide SCENE TITLE The scene title can be edited by tapping on the title. The iPad’s keyboard will appear. Tap the X button next to the title to clear the current title before typing in a new title. Then press Return. SCENE COMMENT The Scene Comment is displayed and can be edited using the same procedure described for the Scene Title. TIME STAMP This shows the time and date that the Scene was last stored. The Time Stamp is display-only.
Yamaha Professional Audio 9.9 QL StageMix V7 User Guide 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. Press the [MIXER] button in the top-right corner of the Scene Memory window to return to the Mixer window.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 10.0 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. Press [Done] in the top-right corner to return to the Mixer window. 10.1 Fader Delay This is a safety function to avoid accidental fader movements.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 10.4 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. 10.5 Enable Phantom Power Switching When this preference is ON, phantom power for each input channel can be turned On or Off while in GAIN mode in the Mixer window.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 10.14 Channel Select – StageMix Follows Console When this preference is ON, the currently selected channel in the StageMix Parametric EQ, Graphic EQ and Dynamics screens will follow the Selected Channel in the QL series console. Note: Whenever the selected channel has no GEQ inserted, StageMix closes the GEQ view and return to the fader view.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide When this mode is selected, the highest level for each RTA frequency band will be displayed in red, behind the current RTA levels which are displayed in grey. High Peak When this mode is selected, only the frequency band which has been measured at the highest level will be displayed in red, behind the current RTA levels which are displayed in grey. 10.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 11.0 Troubleshooting 11.1 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. Refer to sections 2.0 and 3.2 for details about Wi-Fi hardware configuration and iPad Wi-Fi settings. 11.
Yamaha Professional Audio QL StageMix V7 User Guide 11.3 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. 11.
Yamaha Professional Audio 11.6 QL StageMix V7 User Guide “Redirect to Internet” Problem with iOS 6 or higher Since the release of iOS 6 or higher, your iPad may try to access the Internet at the time of selecting a Wi-Fi network. Depending on the set-up or model of your Wi-Fi device (Router or Access Point), the message "cannot connect with the Internet" may appear on your iPad screen and StageMix might be unable to connect with a console.
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