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Table Of Contents

How to Use This Reference Manual
Contents
Function Tree
SELECTED CHANNEL section
- Operations in the SELECTED CHANNEL section
Channel Strip section
- Operations in the Channel Strip section
Input and output patching
- Changing the input patch settings
- Changing the output patch settings
- Inserting an external device into a channel
- Directly outputting an INPUT channel
Input channels
- Signal flow for input channels
- Specifying the channel name, icon, and channel color
- Making HA (Head Amp) settings
- Sending the signal from an input channel to the STEREO/MONO bus
- Added pan function (Monaural input channels only)
- Sending a signal from an input channel to a MIX/ MATRIX bus
- Channel name display indication
- Correcting delay between channels (Input Delay)
- Surround output for input channels
- Channel library operations
OUTPUT channels
- Signal flow for output channels
- Specifying the channel name, icon, and channel color
- Sending signals from MIX channels to the STEREO/ MONO bus
- Sending signals from MIX channels and STEREO/ MONO channels to MATRIX buses
- Correcting delay between channels (Output Delay)
- Using the PORT TO PORT function
- Channel library operations
EQ and Dynamics
- Using EQ
- Simultaneously setting EQ type
- Using dynamics
- Using the EQ or Dynamics libraries
Channel Job
- DCA group
- Mute group
- Using the Recall Safe function
- Channel Link function
- Copying, moving, or initializing a channel
- About Mix Minus
Scene memory
- Storing and recalling scenes
- Editing scene memories
- Using the Global Paste function
- Using the Focus Recall function
- Using the Fade function
- Outputting a control signal to an external device in tandem with scene recall (GPI OUT)
- Playing back an audio file that links to a scene recall
- Using Preview mode
Monitor and Cue functions
- Using the Monitor function
- Using the Cue function
Talkback and Oscillator
- Using Talkback
- Using the Oscillator function
Meters
- Operations in the METER screen
Graphic EQ, Parametric EQ, effects, and Premium Rack
- About the virtual rack
- Virtual rack operations
- Graphic EQ operations
- About AUTOMIXER
- Editing the internal effects
- Effects and tempo synchronization
- Using the Premium Rack
- Using the graphic EQ, parametric EQ, effect, and Premium Rack libraries
I/O devices and external head amps
- Using an I/O device
- Remotely controlling an R series unit
- Third-party equipment’s HA control function
- Remotely controlling an amp
- Remotely controlling WIRELESS unit
- Using an external head amp
- Remotely controlling an external head amp
- Controlling an internal head amp
MIDI
- MIDI functionality on the QL series console
- Basic MIDI settings
- Using program changes to recall scenes and library items
- Using control changes to control parameters
- Using parameter changes to control parameters
Recorder
- About the USB memory recorder
- Assigning channels to the input/output of the recorder
- Recording audio to a USB flash drive
- Playing back audio files from a USB flash drive
- Editing the title list
- Recording or playing back using a computer DAW
- Using the QL console with Nuendo Live
AFC IMAGE Control
- AFC IMAGE settings
- NETWORK window (AFC IMAGE page)
- SELECTED CHANNEL VIEW screen
- AFC IMAGE CONTROL zoom up screen (1ch)
- AFC IMAGE CONTROL zoom up screen (CH 1-32, CH 33-64)
- SCENE LIST screen: AFC IMAGE tab
Setup
- About the SETUP screen
- User settings
- Preferences
- USER DEFINED keys
- Functions that can be assigned to USER DEFINED keys
- USER DEFINED knobs
- Functions that can be assigned to USER DEFINED knobs
- Custom fader bank
- Console Lock
- Saving and loading setup data to and from a USB flash drive
- Remount function to USB flash drives
- Word clock and slot settings
- Using cascade connections
- Basic settings for MIX buses and MATRIX buses
- Switching the entire phantom power supply on/ off
- Specifying the brightness of the touch screen, LEDs, channel name displays, and lamps
- Setting the date and time of the internal clock
- Setting the network address
- Setting up the Dante audio network
- Dante Device Lock
- Support for Dante Domain Manager
- Using GPI (General Purpose Interface)
Help function
- Loading a Help/text file from a USB flash drive
- Viewing Help
- Using USER DEFINED keys to recall Help directly
Other functions
- Initializing the unit to factory default settings
- Adjusting the detection point of the touch screen (Calibration function)
- Adjusting the faders (Calibration function)
- Fine-tuning the input and output gain (Calibration function)
- Adjusting the LED color (Calibration function)
- Adjusting the brightness of the channel name display
- Adjusting the contrast of the channel name display
- Initializing the Dante audio network settings
- Update procedure for NAME SUB CPU firmware
- Update function to Dante firmware
Warning/Error Messages
Index
Data List
- Table of Contents
- EQ Library List
- DYNAMICS Library List
- Dynamics Parameters
- Effect Type List
- Effects Parameters
- Premium Rack Processor Parameters
- Parameters That Can Be Assigned to Control Changes
- NRPN Parameter Assignments
- Mixing Parameter Operation Applicability
- MIDI Data Format
- Input/Output Characteristics
- Electrical Characteristics
- Mixer Basic Parameters
- Pin Assignment
- MIDI Implementation Chart

Input and output patching

V5.8 Reference Manual

2 Channel select button

Select the channel to be assigned to the output port from the current category.

3 CLOSE button

Closes the screen.

Inserting an external device into a channel

You can insert an effect processor or other external device into the signal path of an INPUT,

MIX, MATRIX, STEREO, or MONO channel. When doing so, the type of input/output port

used for the insertion and the location of the insertion in/out can be specified individually for

each channel.

NOTE

If you install a digital I/O card in a slot and digitally connect an external device, you must

synchronize the word clock of the QL console and the external device (page 239).

INSERT/DIRECT OUT window (1ch)

 INSERT field

This field enables you to make insert settings. Press one of three fields to choose PRE HPF

(immediately before the HPF), PRE EQ (immediately before the EQ) or PRE FADER

(immediately before the fader), or POST ON (immediately after the [ON] key) as the insert

position.

1 INSERT OUT button

Displays the currently-selected output port for insert 1 and insert 2. Press this button to

open the PORT SELECT window, and select an output port.

2 INSERT IN button

Displays the currently-selected input port for insert 1 and insert 2. Press this button to

open the PORT SELECT window, in which you can select an input port.

3 INSERT ON/OFF button

Switches the insert on or off.

4 APPLY TO ALL INPUT button (input channels only)

Specifies whether the insert point/direct out point settings will be applied to all input

channels.

5 APPLY TO ALL OUTPUT button (output channels only)

Specifies whether the insert point setting will be applied to all output channels.

NOTE

Insert 1 and insert 2 are serial connections with fixed sequential numbers.

STEP

1. Use the Bank Select keys in the Fader Bank section and the [SEL] keys on the top

panel to select the channel where you want to insert the external device.

2. Press the popup button in the INSERT field in the SELECTED CHANNEL VIEW screen.

3. Press the INSERT OUT or INSERT IN button.

4. Select an output port or an input port.

5. Press the INSERT ON button.

SELECTED CHANNEL VIEW screen INSERT/DIRECT OUT window (1ch)

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