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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

Setup

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EFFECT

BYPASS

EFFECT RACK 1–8 —

PREMIUM RACK 1A —

PREMIUM RACK 1B —

:—

PREMIUM RACK 8A —

PREMIUM RACK 8B —

FADER BANK

SNAPSHOT

——

Takes a snapshot of the bank settings (hold

down the key for two seconds or longer), or

displays the last bank for which a snapshot was

taken (press and release the key within two

seconds).

GAIN KNOB

FUNCTION

LATCH —

Toggle the function of the GAIN knob (ANALOG

GAIN/DIGITAL GAIN). Lit when DIGITAL GAIN is

selected. It goes OFF when the bank is switched.

UNLATCH —

Assign the function of the GAIN knob (ANALOG

GAIN/DIGITAL) to DIGITAL GAIN only while held

down.

* However if the GAIN KNOB FUNCTION is

switched to DIGITAL GAIN in the PREFERENCE

screen etc., this will remain lit until the next time

it is pressed. It goes OFF when the bank is

switched.

GEQ FREQ

BANK

INC

—

Adds or removes a frequency bank in the GEQ

EDIT screen.

DEC

GPI OUT

LATCH

PORT1–PORT5

Toggle the GPI OUT function. Lit when active.

UNLATCH Make GPI OUT active only while pressed.

HELP — —

Opens and closes the HELP window. Operating

the controllers on the panel (excluding faders),

or controllers on the screen, while holding down

this key will display the related information.

HOME

SELECTED CH VIEW — Displays the SELECTED CHANNEL VIEW screen.

OVERVIEW — Displays the OVERVIEW screen.

TOGGLE —

Each press of the key will alternately display the

SELECTED CHANNEL VIEW screen and the

OVERVIEW screen.

METER

PEAK HOLD ON —

Turns the meter’s peak hold function on/off. Lit

when on.

SURROUND METER —

For Surround mode, toggle between the

content to be shown in meters displayed in the

Function Access Area. The lamp is off for MIX 1-

6, and on for SURROUND MONITOR.

MIDI

PROGRAM CHANGE PGM 1–128

Transmit the corresponding MIDI message.

For NOTE ON, it goes OFF when the bank is

switched.

CONTROL CHANGE

CC 1–31, 33–95,

102–119

NOTE ON

NOTE ON C-2 (0)

NOTE ON G 8 (127)

FUNCTION PARAMETER 1 PARAMETER 2 Explanation

MONITOR

OUTPUT — Switch the monitor output on/off.

SELECTED CH ASSIGN —

While holding down this key, press the SEL key

of a MIX or MATRIX channel to switch the

assignment on/off. During this time, the [SEL]

LED will be lit if assign is ON, or dark if OFF.

The assignment setting made while holding

down this key will be stored. Pressing the key

again will recall the stored setting. Settings can

be stored in multiple keys to facilitate rapid

assignment switching. It goes OFF when the

bank is switched.

DIMMER ON —

Enable the dimmer and attenuate the monitor

signal.

SOURCE SELECT

STEREO L/R

Recall the selected signal to the monitor.

MONO (C)

LCR

PB OUT

*5)

DEFINE

SURROUND SOURCE

SELECT

*6)

Recall the selected signal to the surround

monitor.

SURROUND

DOWNMIX

STEREO, MONO

When this function is off (the lamp is off),

the setting returns to 5.1 monitor.

SURROUND SPEAKER

SOLO

When this function is on (the lamp is on),

the SURROUND MONITOR screen opens.

When this function is off (the lamp is off),

the SURROUND MONITOR screen closes.

L, R, C, Ls, Rs, LFE

This functionality is the same as the

SPEAKER MUTE function in the

SURROUND MONITOR screen. When the

SOLO button is on, it functions as a SOLO

key.

MUTE

GROUP

CONTROL

MUTE GROUP 1

— Switch MUTE GROUP CONTROL on/off.:

MUTE GROUP 8

ALL MUTE —

Turns all MUTE GROUP CONTROL settings on/

off together.

FUNCTION PARAMETER 1 PARAMETER 2 Explanation