Yamaha QL1, QL5

Touch screen

Owner’s Manual

Viewing the touch screen

The touch screen of the QL series is broadly divided into

two areas.

Function access area

1Selected channel

This shows the number,

name, icon, and channel

color of the channel that is

currently selected for

operation. Pressing the

minus indication here will

switch to the preceding

channel, and pressing the

plus indication will switch

to the next channel.

2Time

This shows the current

time.

3Status Indicator

This shows the current

status. Normally it indicates

the name of the user who is

currently logged in (i.e., is

authenticated and able to

operate the system).

The following table shows

the displayed content and the corresponding

status.

* The type of signal being cue-monitored (IN/OUT/DCA/KEY

IN/EFFECT) is shown in the upper part of the cue meter.

NOTICE

An ACCESS indicator appears in the function access area

while data is being accessed (saved, loaded, or deleted).

Do not disconnect the USB flash drive or power-off the QL

unit while this indicator is shown. Doing so may damage

your flash drive, or may damage the data in the QL unit or

on your media device.

4HELP

Pressing this button will show on-line help in the

main area. To view the on-line Help, first you must

load the Help file into the QL series console from a

USB flash drive.

5SENDS ON FADER

Press this button to switch to SENDS ON FADER

mode, where you can use the faders of the top

panel to adjust the MIX/MATRIX send level. During

this time, the function access area will switch to a

screen that enables you to select the

send-destination MIX/MATRIX bus.

6CH JOB (Channel Job)

Press this button to display the CH JOB menu,

which you can make settings for channel grouping

and linking, and then select the function to

operate.

7I/O DEVICE

When you press this button, the I/O DEVICE screen

will appear in the main area, allowing you to make

I/O device settings and external head amp settings.

8MONITOR

When you press this button, the MONITOR screen

will appear in the main area, allowing you to edit

the monitor or oscillator settings.

9RACK

When you press this button, the VIRTUAL RACK

screen will appear in the main area, allowing you to

edit the GEQ or effect settings.

0MONITOR LEVEL KNOB

This control adjusts the monitor level.

AMETER

Displays the level of the STEREO bus (L/R), MONO

bus (M), and cue signal (CUE). When you press this

field, the METER screen will appear in the main area.

If you press the CUE meter area when the cue

monitor is on, the cue monitor will be canceled.

BSETUP

When you press this button, the SETUP screen will

appear in the main area, allowing you to make

basic system settings and user-specific settings.

CRECORDER

When you press this button, the recorder screen

will appear in the main area; here you can operate

and make settings for the recorder function

(USB/Nuendo Live) which allows you to record and

play back audio files.

DSCENE

This indicates the number and name of the scene

that was last stored or recalled. An “R” symbol is

displayed for read-only scenes, and a lock icon is

displayed for write-protected scenes. If you edit the

parameters from their last stored or recalled state,

an “E” symbol will a ppea r in th e low er ri ght. W hen

you press this field, the SCENE LIST screen will

appear in the main area, allowing you to store or

recall scenes. In PREVIEW mode, this field is shown

in red.

Indication Status

OSC Oscillator enabled

TALKBACK Talkback enabled

CUE Cue monitor on*

ACCESS Accessing internal memory or USB memory

PATCHING Now performing Dante patching

ALT ALTERNATE mode enabled

PLAY Playing an audio file

REC Recording an audio file

Function access area

Main area