Yamaha LS9 - Manual (Page 6)

6 LS9-16/32 Owner’s Manual
1. Introduction 9
Thank you ................................................................... 9
An overview of the LS9 .............................................. 9
Differences between the LS9-16 and LS9-32 ......... 11
Number of INPUT channels................................. 11
Rear panel ........................................................... 11
Top panel............................................................. 12
Other.................................................................... 13
The LS9’s channel structure ................................... 13
About the MIX bus types (VARI / FIXED) ................ 14
About word clock ..................................................... 14
Conventions in this manual..................................... 14
About the firmware version ..................................... 14
2. Parts and their function 15
Top panel................................................................... 15
Rear panel ................................................................. 23
Front panel ................................................................ 26
3. Basic operations on the LS9 27
Basic operations in the top panel ........................... 27
About the [HOME] key ......................................... 27
Selecting the fader layer ...................................... 27
Using the SELECTED CHANNEL section ........... 29
Selecting functions .............................................. 29
Viewing the display .................................................. 30
Constant display area .......................................... 30
Main area............................................................. 31
The on-screen user interface............................... 32
Assigning a name..................................................... 34
Using the tool buttons ............................................. 35
About the tool buttons.......................................... 35
Using libraries ...................................................... 35
Initializing settings ............................................... 38
Copying and pasting settings .............................. 39
Comparing two sets of settings ........................... 39
4. Connections and setup 41
Connections.............................................................. 41
Installing an option card .......................................... 44
Setup required when starting up ............................ 45
Returning the current scene to the initial state .... 45
Word clock connection and settings .................... 46
HA (head amp) settings ....................................... 47
Sending an input channel signal
to the STEREO bus.......................................... 50
5. Input channel operations 53
Signal flow for input channels.................................53
Specifying the channel name / icon ........................55
HA (head amp) settings............................................57
Sending the signal from
an input channel to the STEREO/MONO bus......58
Sending the signal from
an input channel to a MIX bus..............................62
Using the SELECTED CHANNEL section ...........62
Using a popup window .........................................64
Using the faders (SENDS ON FADER mode) .....65
6. Output channel operations 67
Signal flow for output channels ..............................67
Specifying the channel name / icon ........................69
Sending signals from MIX channels
to the STEREO/MONO bus ...................................71
Sending signals from MIX channels
and STEREO/MONO channels
to MATRIX buses ...................................................75
Using the SELECTED CHANNEL section ...........75
Using a popup window .........................................77
Using the faders (SENDS ON FADER mode) .....78
7. Operations in
the SELECTED CHANNEL section 81
About the SELECTED CHANNEL section...............81
About the SELECTED CH VIEW screen ..................82
Operations in the SELECTED CHANNEL section ..83
8. Custom fader layer 91
About the custom fader layer ..................................91
Assigning channels to the custom fader layer ......92
9. Input/output patching 95
Changing the output patching.................................95
Changing the input patching ...................................99
Inserting an external device into a channel .........101
Directly outputting an INPUT channel ..................103
10. USB memory recorder 105
About the USB memory recorder ..........................105
Assigning channels to
the input/output of the recorder.........................106
Recording to USB memory ....................................108
Playing back audio files from USB memory ........110
Editing the title list..................................................112
Linking scene recall with audio file playback ......113
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