Owner`s manual

8
Set-up
Yamaha Mixer Setup
Before the mixer can be usefully commanded by the edit controller, the appropriate audio
connections to the source Machines, recorders, and monitor system should be established.
The mixer must be fitted with the required type and quantity of optional I/O cards to interface
to the surrounding audio infrastructure.
The feed to the record VTR(s) or To Air should be taken from output buses 1 to 2, 4 or 8 which
are connected, using the Output Matrix of the mixer (accessed via the Output Patch key), to
the appropriate output ports for your recorder or transmission path.
Similarly, the source audio should be connected to input ports on the mixer or optional I/O
cards and routed to the correct mixing channels using the Input matrix (accessed via the Input
Patch key).
To employ the simpler Machine assignment of audio channels to a video source, input source
signals should be connected to pairs, or groups of four or eight mixer channels with regard to
the ESAM Machine assignments listed in the ‘Machine Assignments’ section of this manual.
For initial setup, all the channels should be setup with EQ set to flat and dynamics processing
switched out.
While the pan control of each channel can be adjusted to taste, most edit suite and gallery
mixers are configured with the pan controls set fully left or right. This not only ensures the
input channel is only routed to a single output bus, it also delivers the signal at the correct
level, which is particularly important if the input signals are to be passed directly through the
mixer at unity, such as when compiling a transmission file or tape, or in a live transmission
suite where audio is already at transmission level.
If the setup requires channels to be centre panned, to ensure unity gain through the channel
with the fader at the 0dB position, the Nominal Pan setting must be deselected in Preferences
page 1.
The audio monitoring and metering system input should be fed from the first 2, 4 or 8 Omni
outputs of the mixer, and basic operation of the inputs and monitoring checked to ensure that
input signals can be heard properly. Main mix output will come from buses 1 to 8 routed via
the Output Matrix to the ports connected to the Recorder or the To Air transmission path.
Once basic operation has been tested, an initial, overall setup for the mixer can will be created
that will configure it correctly for edit suite or studio gallery operation and control by the
BVE02. This setup will be stored in a scene memory for recall to reset the mixer to a known
state when under ESAM control.
Mixer Configuration
Recall the Initial Data scene memory (0) using the Scene Memory selection and RECALL key.
Select the Master fader layer and check/set the bus, Aux and Master output faders to
0dB/Unity.
Set bus 1-4 or 1-8 delay to: ON; msec: 0.2; Samples: 8.
Set Nominal Pan: ON (Preferences page 1)