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Contents
10. EQ and Dynamics 115
9. Input/output patching 105
8. Operations in the Centralogic section 97
11. Grouping and linking 123
18. User settings (Security) 207
17. MIDI 197
15. Meters 167
19. Help function 225
20. Other functions 229
Appendices 245
Chapter 1
Introduction
Thank you An overview of the M7CL
A mixing system that delivers both cutting-edge digital technology and analog-style operation
Effects and graphic EQ that can be patched into a desired signal path
I/O card expansion
Propagation via SB168-ES
About the models
M7CL-48
M7CL-32
M7CL-48ES
The M7CLs channel structure
Output channels
STEREO channel / MONO channel
MATRIX channels
About the MIX bus types (VARI / FIXED)
Conventions in this manual
About word clock
About the rmware version
Panels and controls
Chapter 2
Panels and controls
Top panel
INPUT section
ST IN (Stereo Input) section
Meter bridge (option)
SELECTED CHANNEL section
Display section
Centralogic section
SCENE MEMORY/MONITOR section
USER DEFINED KEYS section
STEREO/MONO MASTER section
NAVIGATION KEYS section
Rear panel
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Under the front pad
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Chapter 3
Encoder operations
This chapter explains the M7CLs user interface and its basic operations.
Basic operation of the M7CL
Basic operations in the top panel / touch screen
Pressing the touch screen Multiple selection (specifying a range)
Special operations for keys
The on-screen user interface
Tabs Buttons
Faders / Knobs
Keyboard window
List windows
The M7CLs touch screen shows the following information, and is broadly divided into two areas.
Viewing the touch screen
Main area
Entering names
Using libraries
1LIBRARY button
BDEFAULT button
CCOPY button
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[GEQ/EFFECT popup window]
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corresponding library window.
1CURRENT TYPE (only for the output channel library)
BList
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Storing settings in a library
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Erasing settings from a library
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Initializing settings
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Copying/pasting settings
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current settings (the second set), press the COMPARE button.
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edly to compare the rst and second sets of settings.
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Chapter 4
Connections and setup
Connecting SB168-ES units to the M7CL-48ES using the STAGE BOX SETUP function
Connecting SB168-ES units to the M7CL-48ES using the STAGE BOX SETUP function
SB168-ES (ID #2) SB168-ES (ID #3)
Daisy chain connection
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After the steps above are completed, patches are assigned as follows:
Audio input/output connections
Analog input connections
M7CL-48 SB168-ES
Audio input/output connections
Analog output connections
Monitor speakers (foldback)
Power cable
Digital input/output connections
Installing an option card
p. 51).
Setup items required when you start up the M7CL for the rst time
Restoring the current scene to the default state
Word clock connections and settings
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2
Making HA (Head Amp) gain settings
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Using the Centralogic section (settings for eight channels)
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Using the SELECTED CHANNEL section (settings for one channel)
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Input channel operations
This chapter explains operations for input channels (INPUT channels and ST IN channels).
Signal ow for input channels
INPUT channels
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Specifying the channel name and icon
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Making HA (Head Amp) settings
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Sending the signal from an input channel to the STEREO/MONO buses
ST/MONO mode LCR mode
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Channels for which ST/MONO mode is
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Channels for which LCR mode is
Sending the signal from an input channel to the STEREO/MONO buses
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Sending the signal from an input channel to a MIX bus
Using the faders (SENDS ON FADER mode)
DTO MIX SEND ON/OFF button
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screen, make sure that the TO MIX button is turned on.
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button is turned on for the send-destination MIX bus.
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Sending the signal from an input channel to the MATRIX buses
Using the faders (SENDS ON FADER mode)
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Channel library operations
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Output channel operations
STEREO channel (L/R) EtherSound output channels 7/8, 15/16, 23/24,
MATRIX CUE
Output channel operations
Signal ow for output channels
MIX channels
MIX ST
MATRIX channels
Specifying the channel name and icon
Sending signals from MIX channels to the STEREO/MONO bus
ST/MONO mode
LCR mode
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Sending signals from MIX channels and STEREO/MONO channels to MATRIX buses
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Channel library operations
Operations in the SELECTED CHANNEL section
Chapter 7
About the SELECTED CHANNEL section
About the SELECTED CHANNEL VIEW screen
Operations in the SELECTED CHANNEL section
Adjusting the send level to a MIX bus or MATRIX bus
Adjusting the send level from the MIX channels to a specic MATRIX bus
Making HA settings (input channels only)
Setting the pan/balance
Changing the output patching (output channels only)
Making dynamics settings
1THRESHOLD knob
BOVER indicator
CLevel meter
Making insert settings
(INPUT, MIX, MATRIX, STEREO, and MONO c hannels only)
Making direct output settings (INPUT channels only)
Setting a channel to Recall Safe
Turning a channel on/off
Assigning a channel to a DCA group (input channels only)
Assigning a channel to a mute group
Chapter 8
Operations in the Centralogic section
About the Centralogic section
About the OVERVIEW screen
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Operations in the Centralogic section
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Adjusting the send levels from a channel to all MIX buses / MATRIX buses
1TO MIX/TO MATRIX SEND LEVEL knob
BTO MIX SEND ON/OFF button
Adjusting the send levels from all MIX chan- nels to a MATRIX bus
1FROM MIX SEND LEVEL knob
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Fixing the channels or DCA groups of the Centralogic section
Input/output patching
M7CL-48ES (Daisy chain)
Input/output patching
When the M7CL is in its default state, the output ports are patched to the following channels.
Selecting the output channel for each output port
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Changing the input patch settings
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Inserting an external device into a channel
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Directly outputting an INPUT channel
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Chapter 10
EQ and Dynamics
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Using dynamics
Input channels provide two dynamics processors, and output channels provide one dynamics processor.
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Using dynamics
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window.
lows.
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press the KEY IN SOURCE button to access the KEY IN SOURCE SELECT popup window.
Using the EQ or Dynamics libraries
EQ library
Dynamics library
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Chapter 11
Grouping and linking
About DCA Groups and Mute Groups
Using DCA groups
Assigning channels to a DCA group
Selecting the DCA groups to which a specic channel will belong
Controlling DCA groups
Selecting the channels that will belong to a specic mute group
Using mute groups
Assigning channels to mute groups
Selecting the mute groups to which a specic channel will belong
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Using the Mute Safe function
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The Channel Link function
Linking the desired input chan- nels
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Copying, moving, or initializing a channel
Copying the parameters of a
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Moving the parameters of a
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Scene memory
This chapter explains how to perform scene memory operations.
About scene memories
Using scene memories
Storing a scene
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Using the SCENE LIST window
Using the SCENE LIST window
Using the keys of the SCENE MEMORY/ MONITOR section
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3
4
5
Using user-dened keys to recall
1
2
Editing scene memories
Sorting and renaming scene memories
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Scene memory editing
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Clearing a scene
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Cutting a scene
Using the Global Paste
Using the Global Paste function
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range of paste-destination scenes.
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1
2
Using the Focus function
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2
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4
Using the Recall Safe function
Using the Recall Safe function
Scene memory
If an INPUT channel is selected
If a MIX channel is selected
If a ST IN channel is selected
If a MATRIX channel is selected
If a DCA group is selected
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6
ters, turn on the buttons of the GLOBAL RECALL SAFE eld.
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press the CLOSE button to close the popup window. Then perform a Recall operation.
Using the Fade function
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Monitor/Cue
Monitor/Cue
The following diagram shows the cue/monitor signal ow.
This chapter explains the M7CLs monitor/cue functions.
Using the Monitor function
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This section explains how to use the M7CLs Cue function.
1INPUT CUE group
BDCA CUE group
COUTPUT CUE group
Using the Cue function
About cue groups
1
2
Operating the Cue function
DOUTPUT eld
EMeter eld
3
to specify what will happen when multiple [CUE] keys within the same CUE group are turned on.
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5
DCA group to turn it on.
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Talkback / Oscillator
M7CL-48ES
Chapter 14
Talkback / Oscillator
This chapter explains how to use talkback and oscillator.
About the talkback and oscillator functions
[TALKBACK
Using talkback
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Heres how to send a sine wave or pink noise from the internal oscillator to a desired bus.
Using the oscillator
Using the oscillator
Talkback / Oscillator
Use the knobs and buttons in the parameter eld to adjust the oscillator parameters.
These buttons correspond to the following buses.
Details of each parameter are shown in the following table.
To enable the oscillator, press the OUTPUT button to turn it on.
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Chapter 15
Meters
Operations in the METER screen
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Using the MBM7CL meter bridge (option)
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Graphic EQ and effects
HINT
p. 190).
Graphic EQ and effects
Virtual rack operations
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Graphic EQ operations
About the graphic EQ
Inserting a GEQ in a channel
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1
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6 7
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1
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Using the Flex15GEQ
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About the internal effects
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Editing the internal effect parameters
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TEMPO
PLAY/REC
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Using the Tap Tempo function
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Using the graphic EQ and effect libraries
p. 43)
Using an external head amp
Connecting the M7CL-32/48 to the AD8HR
Connecting the M7CL-48ES to the AD8HR
Using an external head amp
Daisy chain connection
Ring connection
Connecting the M7CL-32/48 to the SB168-ES
HA REMOTE connector
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Remotely controlling an external head amp
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Chapter 17
MIDI
MIDI functionality on the M7CL
Basic MIDI settings
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Using program changes to recall scenes and library items
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eld to turn transmission and reception on/ off, and make settings for echo output.
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8
program number, press the desired event in the list.
Using control changes to control parameters
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Using parameter changes to control parameters
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Chapter 18
User settings (Security)
User types and user authentication keys
User Level settings
Setting the Administrator password
Logging-in
Logging-in as Administrator
Creating a user authentication key
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Changing the password
Editing a user authentication key
Changing the user level
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USER LEVEL page.
1CH OPERATION
BCURRENT SCENE
CSCENE LIST
Preferences
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3
4
erence settings.
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close the popup window and press the SETUP button in the function access area.
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User-dened keys
1
2
3
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Console lock
Locking the console
Unlocking the console
1
2
Using a USB storage device to save/load data
Saving the M7CLs internal data on a USB storage device
Using a USB storage device to save/load data
User settings (Security)
Loading a le from a USB storage device
SAVE/LOAD button
File listLOAD button
Using a USB storage device to save/load data
Converting and loading the le content from a USB storage device
SAVE/LOAD button
File listSTAGE BOX DATA CONVERSION button
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File editing
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Sorting les and editing le names/ comments
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Copying/pasting a le
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Deleting a le
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Creating a directory
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Help function
Loading a Help le from a USB storage device
Loading a text le from a USB storage device
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Viewing Help
Using user-dened keys to recall Help directly
Recalling the HELP popup window using only a user-dened key
Directly recalling the Help for a specic panel controller
Directly recalling the Help for a specic controller in the LCD screen
Chapter 20
Other functions
This chapter explains other functionality of the M7CL not covered elsewhere.
About the SETUP screen
Word Clock and Slot settings
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Using cascade connections
Operations on the cascade slave M7CL
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Operations on the cascade master M7CL
Basic settings for MIX buses and MATRIX buses
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7
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2
Setting the date and time of the internal clock
1
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4
Setting the network address
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2
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4
Specifying the brightness of the touch screen, LEDs, and lamps
1
2
3
4
Initializing the M7CLs internal memory
Heres how to correctly align the positions of the LCD display and the touch screen.
1
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3
Adjusting the detection point of the touch screen (Calibration function)
1
2
3
4
Adjusting the faders (Calibration function)
If necessary, you can make ne adjustments to the input/output gain.
1
2
3
Adjusting the input/output gain (Calibration function)
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2
3
4
Connecting SB168-ES units to the M7CL-48ES using the Stage Box Setup function
Changing settings to suit the connection
1 2
3
4 5
Changing the EtherSound settings from AVS-ESMonitor (M7CL-48ES)
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Appendices
EQ Library List
EQ Library List DYNAMICS Library List
DYNAMICS Library List
DYNAMICS Library List
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DYNAMICS Library List
Dynamics Parameters
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GATE, DUCKING, COMPRESSOR, and EXPANDER.
An input channels DYNAMICS section 2 provides the following four types:
Dynamics Parameters
GATE
I/O Characteristics Time Series Analysis
DUCKING
I/O Characteristics Time Series Analysis
COMPRESSOR
Time Series Analysis (RATIO= :1)
I/O Characteristics (KNEE= hard, OUT GAIN=0.0dB)
EXPANDER
I/O Characteristics (KNEE= hard, OUT GAIN= 0.0dB)
COMPANDER HARD (COMPANDER-H), COMPANDER SOFT (COMPANDER-S)
DE-ESSER
Effect Type List
Effect Type List
REVERB HALL, REVERB ROOM, REVERB STAGE, REVERB PLATE
One input, two output hall, room, stage, and plate reverb simulations, all with gates.
Two input, two output basic stereo delay.
One input, two output early reflections.
Effects Parameters
MOD. DELAY
One input, two output basic repeat delay with modulation.
Two input, two output chorus effect.
One input, two output 3-tap delay (left, center, right).
DELAY LCR
FLANGE
Two input, two output flange effect.
Two input, two output autopanner.
Two input, two output symphonic effect.
SYMPHONIC
TREMOLO
Two input, two output tremolo effect
Two input, two output ring modulator.
One input, two output high-quality pitch shifter.
HQ. PITCH
MOD. FILTER
Two input, two output modulation filter.
Two input, two output dynamically controlled flanger.
One input, two output guitar amp simulator.
DISTORTION
DYNA. PHASER
Two input, two output dynamically controlled phaser.
One input, two output reverb and flanger effects in parallel.
One input, two output reverb and chorus effects in parallel.
REV+CHORUS
REVFLANGE
One input, two output reverb and flanger effects in series.
REV+SYMPHO.
One input, two output reverb and symphonic effects in parallel.
REVSYMPHO.
DELAY+ER.
One input, two output delay and early reflections effects in parallel.
DELAYER.
One input, two output delay and early reflections effects in series.
DELAY+REV
One input, two output delay and reverb effects in parallel.
One input, two output distortion and delay effects in series.
DELAYREV
One input, two output delay and reverb effects in series.
MULTI FILTER
Two input, two output 3-band multi-filter (24 dB/octave).
One input, two output basic sampler.
FREEZE
STEREO REVERB
M.BAND COMP
REV-X HALL, REV-X ROOM, REV-X PLATE
COMP276
COMP276S
COMP260
COMP260S
EQUALIZER601
OPENDECK
Effects and tempo synchronization
Preset Bank/Ch# 1 Preset Bank/Ch# 2
Scene Memory/Effect Library to Program Change Table
Preset Bank/Ch# 3 Preset Bank/Ch# 4
Preset Bank/Ch# 13 Preset Bank/Ch# 14 Preset Bank/Ch# 15 Preset Bank/Ch# 16
Bank/Ch# _
Parameters that can be assigned to control changes
Parameters that can be assigned to control changes
Parameters that can be assigned to control changes
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Control change parameter assignments
PRESET
Control change parameter assignments
Control change parameter assignments
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NRPN parameter assignments
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Mixing parameter operation applicability
*8 Also applicable when INPUT PATCH for GLOBAL RECALL SAFE is set to ON.
MIX Channels
*10 Linked if the send-destination channel is Stereo.
MATRIX Channels
*6 Applicable only to On/Off
STEREO, MONO Channels
*10 Linked if the send-destination channel is Stereo.
DCA
Functions that can be assigned to user-defined keys
Functions that can be assigned to user-dened keys
Functions that can be assigned to user-defined keys
1.1 NOTE OFF (8n)
1.2 NOTE ON (9n)
1.3 CONTROL CHANGE (Bn)
MIDI Data Format
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1.4 PROGRAM CHANGE (Cn)
3.1 Bulk Dump
2 SYSTEM REALTIME MESSAGE
2.1 TIMING CLOCK (F8)
2.2 ACTIVE SENSING (FE)
2.3 SYSTEM RESET (FF)
3 System Exclusive Message
4PARAMETER CHANGE details
4.1 Current Scene, Setup, Backup, User Setup
4.2 Function call library store, recall
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4.3 Function call library edit
4.4 Function call library attribute
4.5 Exist Library Range
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4.6 Function call collection store
4.7 Function call module
4.8 Function call Channe
4.9 Level Meter Data
Warning/Error Messages
Warning/Error Messages
Warning/Error Messages
Troubleshooting
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
General Specications
Input/output characteristics
Analog Input Characteristics
Analog Output Characteristics
Control I/O Characteristics
Channel Status of 2TR OUT DIGITAL
Digital Input & Output Characteristics
Electrical characteristics
Electrical characteristics
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All faders are nominal when measured. Output impedance of signal generator:150ohms
Gain Error Fs= 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz @1 kHz
Total Harmonic Distortion Fs= 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz
Dynamic Range Fs= 44.1 kHz or 48 kHz
Sampling Frequency
Mixer Basic Parameters
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Libraries
Mixer Basic Parameters
Pin Assignment
REMOTE DC POWER INPUT
Pin Assignment
Dimensions
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Dimensions
Unit : mm
185 370
13 22
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Installing the MBM7CL meter bridge (option)
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Index
Symbols
D
C
B
E
L
K
H
I
M
N
S
P
O
T
W
U
V
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MIX OUT
MATRIX OUT
EFFECT
CH INSERT OUT 1-32 {48}
M7CL-48/M7CL-32 Block Diagram
OUTPUTS
L,R
MONO (C)
[1-32 {48}]
M7CL-48ES Block Diagram
OUTPUTS
L,R
MONO (C)
[1-8]
M7CL-48/M7CL-32 Level Diagram
Digital Analog
M7CL-48ES Level Diagram
Digital Analog
