Yamaha Digital Mixing Console, PM5D manual Flexibility To Create The Ideal Mix For Any Application

DCA GROUP ASSIGN (In)

MATRIX/ST ROUTING

MIX to MATRIX VIEW 1

DCA GROUP ASSIGN (Out)

Flexibility To Create The Ideal Mix For Any Application

In addition to dual stereo mix buses that can be used together for LCR send, the PM5D offers 24 independent mix buses that you can use for submix, auxiliary, effect, or just about any other type of send your application requires … all with master mix control as well as individual mix send level control from all available inputs. And they have 8-band EQ, compression, and delay that you can control via the SELECTED CHANNEL controls to optimize your submix signals. And if that isn’t enough, there’s also an 8- output matrix mix for the mix and stereo buses (also equipped with EQ, compression and delay!). Once you’ve created all the submixes you need, you can group them, as well as the input channels, by assigning them to the very versatile DCA faders.

MIX Send/Master Controls

Independent MIX control blocks are provided for the console’s 24 mix buses. When the MIX SEND key is engaged the MIX encoders adjust the send level from the selected channel to the corresponding mix buses. When the MIX MASTER key is engaged the encoders function as master level controls for the corresponding mix buses. You can still use the channel-strip encoders to adjust mix send level by using the MIX SEND SELECT keys to specify the destination mix bus.

The MIX blocks also include ON keys to turn the corresponding send on or off, TO STEREO and TO MTRX LEDs to indicate assignment to the stereo and matrix busses, PAIR LEDs that indicate paired mix sends, and CUE and SEL keys that assign the corresponding MIX signal to the SELECTED CHANNEL controls when the MIX MASTER mode is engaged. When an odd-even numbered pair of mix bus sends is assigned as a stereo pair, the odd-numbered encoder functions as a pan/balance control while the even-numbered encoder sets the send level for the pair. The MIX controls can be assigned to DCA groups 7 and 8, so a pair of DCA assignment indicators is also provided.

MATRIX Controls

The MATRIX controls comprise an 8-channel submix matrix from the mix and stereo buses. Each matrix module features a level encoder, ON key, CUE key, and SEL key which assigns that channel to the SELECTED CHANNEL controls. Like the MIX bus controls, the MATRIX controls can be assigned to DCA groups 7 and 8, so a pair of DCA assignment indicators is provided. PAIR LEDs indicate paired matrix controls. When an odd-even numbered pair of matrix controls is assigned as a stereo pair, the odd- numbered encoder functions as a pan/balance control while the even-numbered encoder sets the send level for the pair.

MIX to MATRIX VIEW 2

PM5D Mixer Block Overview

•All Numbers counted in monaural *Used in Stereo pairs.

•Model PM5D is equipped with Insert I/O's along with Input Connectors.

DCA Faders

Any input or output channels can be assigned to any of the console’s eight DCA faders for convenient grouping. Each DCA strip also includes a four-character name display as well as MUTE and CUE keys for convenient muting and cue monitoring of the corresponding DCA signal. The faders can also be used to control individual bands of the internal graphic equalizers. In fact, you can assign a variety of functions to the DCA

faders that can be instantly recalled via the FADER MODE keys. You could, for example, assign input channel level control to the DCA faders so you have simultaneous control of 32 channels instead of the normal 24. Or you could assign mix master levels, matrix levels … whatever you need to work in the most productive, efficient manner for the job at hand.

STEREO Faders

The master stereo faders control the output from the console’s STEREO A and STEREO B buses. In addition to the faders the STEREO strips include channel ON keys, TO MTRX and COMP LEDs, CUE keys, and SEL keys which assign the corresponding STEREO bus signal to the SELECTED CHANNEL controls. The STEREO OUTPUT block also features RECALL SAFE and MUTE SAFE LEDs similar to those on the input

and output channels, and DCA 7 and 8 LEDs that indicate assignment to the corresponding DCA faders.

The STEREO B strip additionally features a MONO key that sums the STEREO B channels to a mono signal that can serve as the center channel for LCR configurations.

Input Connectors		Mixer Input		Mixer Output				Output Connectors (Fixed)
INPUT	48	4	48 CH	STEREO*	4	4			STEREO*
ST IN	8	8	ST IN*	MIX	24		24		MIX
				MATRIX	8		8		MATRIX
CASCADE IN	32
SLOT	64			MONITOR OUT	3		3		MONITOR OUT
2TR IN DIGITAL*	6						2		CUE OUT*
2TR IN ANALOG*	4
								Internal Output
Internal Input		92	INSERT IN	INSERT OUT	92			16	FX IN*
FX OUT*	16	8	FX RTN*					Output Connectors (Assignable)
				DIRECT OUT	56	64			SLOT
				OSC OUT	1	32			CASCADE OUT
				TB OUT	1	6			2TR OUT DIGITAL*
		INPUT				OUTPUT
		PATCH				PATCH