Yamaha QL Editor- Manuals

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 6 Handling Files The following table describes how to handle files. Files dedicated for QL Editor have a filename extension of “.QLE”. Files in which only the CL/QL console data is saved (file-name extension “.CLF”) can also be handled, allowing you to use a USB flash drive ...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 7 Window operations You can select and open each window from the [Windows] menu. You can choose Tile or Cascade to arrange the windows within the editor. In the Library window or Scene window, click the tabs located at the top of the window to switch between pages. ● Cascade...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 8 Synchronizing QL Editor When QL Editor starts up, the parameter settings on the console and the parameter settings in QL Editor may be different. Therefore, you must first match the parameter settings on the console with those in QL Editor. This operation is called “synchr...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 9 In the Master window you can synchronize to the QL itself, recall scenes, and display the Overview window. To open this window, choose [Master] from the [Windows] menu. ❏ CHANNEL SELECT This indicates the number and name of the channel to which your operations will apply. ...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 10 ❏ SYNC This indicates the status of connection and synchronization between QL Editor and the QL. 1 [ONLINE]/[OFFLINE] button The ONLINE/OFFLINE status will alternate each time you click this button.This has the same function as [Synchronization] menu ➔ [Offline Edit]. ( ➥...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 11 ❏ Bank Select Keys Opens the corresponding window in the Overview window. These are not linked with the bank select key section on the panel of the QL itself. INPUT 1 [1-16] button Opens the INPUT CH 1–16 window. 2 [17-32] button Opens the INPUT CH 17–32 window. 3 [33-48]...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 12 INPUT CH window This window displays the mix parameters of INPUT CH 1–16, 17–32, 33–48 (only QL5), 49–64 (only QL5.) The parame-ters shown in the window can be selected from the [View] menu or the menu that appears when you right-click (<control> key + click) in the...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 13 4 Ø (Phase) Inverts the phase polarity of the signal after AD conversion. 5 Digital Gain Drag the knob in the screen to adjust the input gain of each input channel. 6 HPF (High Pass Filter) Switches the high pass filter on/off. You can drag the numeric value up or down to...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 14 C PAN/ST/M(C) The PAN knob adjusts the panning of the signal that is sent from the INPUT CH to the STEREO bus L/R channels (or the L/C/R channels.) You can set this to the center value by holding down the <Ctrl>(< >) key of your computer keyboard and clicking ...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 15 ST IN window In this window you can view and edit the mix parameters of ST IN channels 1–8. The parameters shown in the window can be selected from the [View] menu or the menu that appears when you right-click (<control> key + click) in the window. You can access th...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 17 MIX window In this window you can view and edit the parameters of MIX channels 1–16. The parameters shown in the window can be selected from the [View] menu or the menu that appears when you right-click (<control> key + click) in the window. You can access this wind...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 20 MATRIX window In this window you can view and edit the parameters of MATRIX channels 1–8. The parameters shown in the window can be selected from the [View] menu or the menu that appears when you right-click (<control> key + click) in the window. You can access this...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 24 DCA window In this window you can view and edit the parameters of DCA (Digital-Controlled Amplifier) groups 1–16. You can access this window in the following ways. • From the [Windows] menu, choose [Overview] and then choose “DCA”• Use the bank select keys in the Master w...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 25 Here you can set the parameters of the currently selected input channel (INPUT CH 1–64(*), ST IN channels 1–8) or out-put channel (MIX channels 1–16, MATRIX channels 1–8, STEREO/MONO channels.) You can access this window in the following ways. • From the [Windows] menu, c...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 26 Unless otherwise specified, the parameters explained below are common to INPUT CH 1–64 (QL1: 1–32) and ST IN channels 1–8. ❏ CHANNEL SELECT (Channel selection) 1 SELECT (Channel selection) Indicates the number and name of the channel you are editing. To switch channels, y...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 27 ❏ TO MIX/TO MATRIX SEND 1 MIX/MATRIX send level This adjusts the send level of the signal sent from the input channel to VARI-type MIX bus and MATRIX bus. The cur-rent value is shown in the numerical box immediately below. 2 PRE (PRE on/off) This selects PRE or POST as th...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 28 5 A.GAIN-D.GAIN Link This is an on/off switch for linking the analog gain and digital gain when gain compensation is on. 6 Ø (Phase) Inverts the phase polarity of the signal after AD conversion. 7 HPF Type Switches the attenuation (per octave) of the high pass filter betw...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 30 ❏ DYNAMICS1/2 You can select one of the following types for each of the two dynamics processors. If GATE/DUCKING is selected 1 TYPE Indicates the type of the currently selected gate/ducking. You can click here to select the type. Ducking is the effect that activates compr...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 31 A KEY IN SOURCE Click this to select one of the following signals to use as the key-in source. B CUE This button cue-monitors the currently selected key-in signal. This is not shown in the Additional View. If the Channel Select/Sends On Fader checkbox in the System Setup ...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 33 7 RATIO Specifies the ratio (the amount of compression.) 8 WIDTH Specifies the width between the threshold level of the compressor (THRESHOLD) and the threshold level of the expander. 9 ATTACK Specifies the time (the attack time) until it starts to compress and expand the...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 34 8 TYPE Drag the knob in the screen to select the HPF (High Pass Filter) or BPF (Band Pass Filter.) 9 Q Adjust the Q level of the frequency range at which the key-in signal will activate the de-esser.This parameter is valid only if the TYPE is set to BPF. 0 KEY IN SOURCE T...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 36 ❏ RECALL SAFE/MUTE SAFE These enable/disable Recall Safe and Mute Safe for the channel. ❏ DCA GROUP/MUTE GROUP 1 DCA GROUP Selects the DCA group (1–16) to which that channel belongs. 2 MUTE GROUP Selects the mute group (1–8) to which that channel belongs. 3 DCA/MUTE These...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 37 If a MIX channel is selected ❏ CHANNEL SELECT (Channel selection) 1 SELECT (Channel selection) Except for the fact that your editing applies to a MIX channel, this is the same as the channel selection for an input channel ( ➥ p.26.) 2 LIBRARY Accesses the Output Channel L...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 38 ❏ TO STEREO/MONO Here you can specify how the signal will be sent from the MIX channel to the STEREO bus/MONO bus. MODE • ST/MONO button When this button is on, the signal will be sent to the STEREO bus and independently to the MONO bus. • LCR button When this button is o...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 41 If a MATRIX channel is selected ❏ CHANNEL SELECT (Channel selection) Except for the fact that your editing applies to a MATRIX channel, this is the same as the channel selection for a MIX channel ( ➥ p.37.) ❏ FROM MIX, ST/MONO(C) 1 FROM MIX, ST/MONO(C) send level These ad...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 43 If a STEREO/MONO channel is selected ❏ CHANNEL SELECT (Channel selection) Except for the fact that your editing applies to a STEREO/MONO channel, this is the same as the channel selection for a MIX channel ( ➥ p.37.) ❏ TO MATRIX These are the same as the TO MATRIX of a MI...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 44 ❏ BALANCE (except for MONO channel) This adjusts the left/right volume balance in the STEREO bus. You can set this to the center value by holding down the <Ctrl>(< >) key of your computer keyboard and clicking this knob. ❏ EQ (Equalizer) This is the same as th...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 45 Here you can edit the QL’s various libraries. You can also load library files that were saved on a drive of your computer, edit the order or title of library items, recall the desired library data, or copy desired library data to a library within the QL.This window is div...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 46 6 FILE This list shows the contents of the data in the library file you opened using the OPEN button ( 1 ). The list includes the following items. 7 No. (Number) This column indicates the number of each item in the library. 8 TITLE This column indicates the title assigned...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 47 C INTERNAL DATA This area shows the QL’s library contents. The items displayed are the same as in the FILE list ( 6 ). As desired, you can copy single or multiple data items between the FILE list and the INTERNAL DATA list, and copy or move them to a different location wi...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 48 Here you can edit the libraries of each EQ or compressor of the PREMIUM rack. You can also load library files that were saved on a drive of your computer, edit the order or title of library items, recall the desired library data, or copy desired library data to a library ...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 49 Here you can assign the input/output port for each channel, its direct output, and its insert-in/out.This window is divided into INPUT PATCH, OUTPUT PATCH, INPUT INSERT PATCH, OUTPUT INSERT PATCH, DIRECT OUT PATCH, and PATCH LIST pages. To switch pages, click the tabs sho...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 50 OUTPUT PATCH page Here you can select the input port that is assigned to the output of each output channel. INPUT INSERT PATCH page Here you can assign input/output ports to the insert-in/out of each input channel. Select the output port in the left side of the screen, an...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 51 OUTPUT INSERT PATCH page Here you can assign input/output ports to the insert-in/out of each output channel. Select the output port in the left side of the screen, and the input port in the right side of the screen. 1 INSERT1/INSERT2 Switches between INSERT1 and INSERT2. ...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 52 PATCH LIST page Here you can view and edit the input patch and output patch settings. 1 Input channel number This is the number of the input channel. 2 Input channel name This is the name of the input channel. You can click the channel name box to edit the name in this pa...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 53 Here you can make settings for GEQ (Graphic Equalizer), effects, and PREMIUM rack.This window is divided into GEQ, EFFECT, and PREMIUM page. To switch pages, click the tabs located at the top of the window. GEQ page 1 Mount Select a GEQ module or automixer for mounting in...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 55 Rack module editor — GEQ window In this window you can select the insertion destination of GEQ, and edit the parameters. 1 Rack No. (Rack selection) Select the rack module of the GEQ rack that you want to control. 2 LIBRARY This button accesses the GEQ library. Clicking t...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 56 3 Input patch Click the CHANNEL field, and choose one of the following as the signal route that will be patched to the input channel(s) of the currently selected GEQ module. The channel name is shown in the boxes immediately below. 4 Input meter This indicates the level o...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 57 7 ON (GEQ on/off) Switches the currently selected GEQ module on/off. 8 LINK This button links the settings of two adjacent odd-numbered/even-numbered 31BandGEQ modules, or the group A and group B settings of a Flex15GEQ. When you click this button, a window will ask you f...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 58 Rack module editor — Automixer window Here you can edit the parameters of the Automixer.In situations such as an unscripted speech, the automixer automatically detects the mics that are in use and optimizes their gain distribution. This maintains a consistent system gain ...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 59 ❏ Master field 3 OVERRIDE / PRESET / MUTE This setting can be made for the group (a/b/c) that is selected in the channel control field. Only the selected group is shown. • OVERRIDE If OVERRIDE is turned on, the setting will switch to man mode or mute mode, depending on th...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 60 ❏ Channel control field 6 Level indicator Indicates the automixer level. Lit green: Audio is at an appropriate level for the automixer Unlit: Lower than the appropriate level Lit red: Higher than the appropriate level Adjust the HA gain of the QL unit so that the indicato...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 61 EFFECT page 1 Mount Select an effect module or GEQ module for mounting in the rack, from the following choices. 2 Input patch Click the L CHANNEL or R CHANNEL area, and choose one of the following as the signal route that will be patched to the L/R input channels of the i...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 62 3 Module graphic This area shows a graphic of the effect module or the GEQ module that is currently assigned to the rack, and the parameters of that module. Double-click this to open the module editor for that rack unit. By holding down the <Ctrl>(< >) key of ...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 63 Rack module editor — Effect window Here you can select the effect type for an internal effect, edit the parameters, and specify the input/output patching.

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 64 1 Rack No. (Rack selection) Select the rack module of the EFFECT rack that you want to control. 2 BYPASS This button temporarily bypasses the effect. 3 CUE This button cue-monitors the output of the currently selected effect. If the Channel Select/Sends On Fader checkbox ...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 66 D SOLO If “M.BAND DYNA” or “M.BAND COMP” are selected as the effect type, these buttons allow you to monitor only the specified band from the three bands HIGH, MID, and LOW. E GR meter (Gain Reduction meter) If “M.BAND DYNA” or “M.BAND COMP” are selected as the effect typ...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 67 PREMIUM page 1 Mount Select a PREMIUM rack module (EQ or compressor) for mounting in the rack, from the following choices: BLANK, Portico5033 (DUAL/STEREO), Portico5034 (DUAL/STEREO), U76 (DUAL/STEREO), Opt-2A (DUAL/STEREO), EQ-1A (DUAL/STEREO), and DynamicEQ (DUAL/STEREO...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 69 Rack module editor — Premium window Here you can select the module type (EQ or compressor) for the PREMIUM rack, edit the parameters, and specify the input/output patching. Parameter changes can be made in the specific GUI displayed on the right side of the screen for eac...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 72 This window shows the signal levels of each section in the QL, letting you check for the presence of signals and whether an overload is occurring.This window is divided into INPUT METER and OUTPUT METER; to switch pages, click the tabs located at the top of the window. In...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 73 OUTPUT METER page 1 METERING POINT Select one of the following as the point where metering will occur.PRE EQ, PRE FADER, POST ON 2 PEAK HOLD This is the same as in the INPUT METER page. 3 Meters This is the same as in the INPUT METER page. 1 2 3

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 74 In this window you can select the channels that will be assigned to each DCA group and mute group. This window is divided into three pages; the DCA GROUP ASSIGN page, the MUTE GROUP ASSIGN page and CHANNEL LINK page. DCA GROUP ASSIGN page Here you can specify the channels...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 75 5 CLEAR These buttons clear all channels assigned to the corresponding DCA group. When you click one of these buttons a win-dow will appear, asking you to confirm the operation. To execute the Clear operation, click the OK button. MUTE GROUP ASSIGN page Here you can speci...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 76 6 CLEAR These buttons clear all input channels and output channels assigned to the corresponding mute group. When you click one of these buttons a window will appear, asking you to confirm the operation. To execute the Clear operation, click the OK button. 7 DIMMER LEVEL ...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 77 1 Link buttons Use these buttons to select the link group A-Z, a-n to which you want each input channel to be assigned. If you don’t want an input channel to be linked, select NONE. You can assign up to forty groups for INPUT CH 1–64 (QL1: 1–32 and ST IN CH 1–8.) 2 CLEAR ...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 78 Here you can manage scene memories, and make various settings related to scene recall operations.This window is divided into SCENE MEMORY, RECALL SAFE, FADE TIME, and FOCUS RECALL pages. To switch pages, click the tabs shown in the upper part of the window. Regardless of ...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 79 7 No. This is the scene number in the file you opened. 8 TITLE This is the scene title. You can also double-click this area and edit the title. 9 PROTECT This indicates whether protect is on or off for each scene. This area displays a lock icon for protected scenes; these...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 81 RECALL SAFE page Here you can make settings for the Recall Safe function that excludes only specific channels from recall operations of all scenes. ❏ INPUT SAFE PARAMETERS field In this area you can view and edit the Recall Safe settings for all input channels and ST IN c...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 82 ❏ GLOBAL RECALL field In this area you can view and edit the Recall Safe parameters. These are not channel parameters, but QL global parameters for such things as patches, DCA groups, and racks. 5 INPUT PATCH Excludes INPUT PATCH settings from recall operations when the b...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 83 G EFFECT RACK Excludes EFFECT rack settings from recall operations when the button is on. H PREMIUM RACK Excludes PREMIUM rack settings from recall operations when the button is on. I FADER BANK SELECT If this button is turned on, the banks that have been selected in the ...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 85 FOCUS RECALL page Here you can make focus recall settings to specify the channels and parameters that will be recalled for the currently selected scene. ❏ FOCUS field 1 ENABLE Enables/disables focus recall. ❏ INPUT FOCUS PARAMETERS field Here you can view and edit all of ...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 86 ❏ OUTPUT FOCUS PARAMETERS field Here you can view and edit all of the focus recall settings for the output channels. The included items are the same as for the INPUT FOCUS PARAMETERS field. ❏ FOCUS PARAMETERS field Here you can make global focus recall settings for the en...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 88 In this window you can make settings for the Custom Fader Bank. This window is divided into B1, B2, B3 and B4 pages. To open these pages, choose [Custom Fader Bank Setup] from [Windows] menu and click the “B1,” “B2,” “B3” and “B4” tabs shown in the upper part of the windo...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 89 This window shows the channels of the custom fader bank setup. To open this window, choose [Custom Fader Bank] from [Windows] menu and then choose one of the pages. 1 Channel Patch Click here to select the channel that will be assigned to the channel strips, from the foll...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 90 In this window, you can specify the functions or parameters to be assigned to the USER DEFINED keys of the QL. Opera-tion of each parameter is done by the USER DEFINED keys of the QL. To open this window, choose [User Defined Keys Setup] from [Windows] menu. 1 CURRENT USE...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 91 In this window, you can specify the functions or parameters to be assigned to the USER DEFINED knobs in the screen of the QL. Operation of each parameter is done by the USER DEFINED knobs of the QL. To open this window, choose [User Defined Knobs Setup] from [Windows] men...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 92 3 User Defined Knobs Select the functions or parameters you wish to assign to the USER DEFINED knobs. Click a User Defined knob to open the Parameter List dialog box.

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 93 SENDS ON FADER mode enables you to adjust the send level to the MIX/MATRIX bus using the fader. In this mode, the signals sent from all input channels to a specific MIX/MATRIX bus can be adjusted simultaneously.Use the SENDS ON FADER button in the Sends On Fader window or...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 94 In the Outport Setup window you can assign the source channel for each output port and set the parameters. The window includes the following items. 1 Output port select tabs These tabs switch the output ports controlled in the window in groups of up to eight ports. 2 DELA...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 95 8 DELAY TIME (Delay time knob) This knob sets the delay time of the output port. Rotate (by dragging) this knob to set the delay time. 9 Ø (Phase) button Switches the phase of the signal assigned to the output port between normal phase (black) and reverse phase (orange.) ...

QL Editor Owner’s Manual 96 Menu Action Key operation Windows Mac File menu Creates a new Session Ctrl+N +N Opens a previously saved Session Ctrl+O +O Saves the current Session Ctrl+S +S Edit menu Undo Ctrl+Z +Z Redo Ctrl+Y +Y Windows menu Closes the active window Ctrl+W +W Closes all windows Ctrl+A...

PM5D Editor Owner’s Manual 97 B BYPASS ..........................62 , 64 , 68 , 70 C CLEAR ............................47 , 75 , 76 , 80 CLEAR ALL ............ 49 , 77 , 81 , 83 – 88 CLOSE ........................................ 45 , 78 COMMENT ..................................... 79 Ctrl( )+click...