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Owner’s Manual
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Table of contents What is IMX644 Manager?......................................................................................3 System requirements .............................................................................................3 Installation procedure ............................................................................................4 Installing IMX644 Manager (common to Windows Vista/XP).........................4 Installing the IMX644 USB Driver (Windows Vista users)....
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What is IMX644 Manager? IMX644 Manager is application software that lets you make detailed parameter settings for the IMX644. IMX644 Manager has the following functionality. • Edit the IMX644’s parameters When connected online with the IMX644, you can perform detailed editing of the IMX644’s parameters in real-time. Edited set- tings can be saved as a file. You can use IMX644 Manager to edit offline even when not connected to the IMX644 online. However, some parameters are saved only in the IM
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Installation procedure This section explains how to install IMX644 Manager and the IMX644 USB Driver. The procedure for installing IMX644 Manager is different for Windows Vista and Windows XP. Windows Vista users ...................page 5 Windows XP users ......................page 6 If this software is already installed in your computer You’ll need to uninstall any older versions of IMX644 Manager before installing the latest version. For details on how to uninstall, refer to page 7. Installing
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Installing the IMX644 USB Driver (Windows Vista users) 1 Power-off the IMX644. 2 Use a USB cable to connect the IMX644 to your computer. The “Found New Hardware” screen will appear. NOTE • Make the USB connection directly to your computer without going through a USB hub. 3 Click [Locate and Install driver software (recommended)]. NOTE • If the “User Account Control” dialog box appears, click [Allow] or [Continue]. 4 Click [Don’t search online]. 5 Click [I don’t have the disc. Show me other optio
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Installing the IMX644 USB Driver (Windows XP users) 1 Power-off the IMX644. 2 Use a USB cable to connect the IMX644 to your computer. The “Found New Hardware Wizard” screen will appear. NOTE • Make the USB connection directly to your computer without going through a USB hub. •A dialog box may ask you whether you want to connect to Windows Update. If so, select the option button at the left of “No, not this time,” and click [Next]. 3 Select the option button located at the left of “Install from
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Uninstallation procedure This section explains how to uninstall IMX644 Manager and the IMX644 USB Driver. The uninstallation procedure differs between Windows Vista and Windows XP. Windows Vista users 1 Choose [Start] → ([Settings]) → [Control Panel] → [Program and Features] to access the “Uninstall or change a program” screen. 2 In the list, select “Yamaha IMX644 Manager.” 3 Click [Uninstall]. If the “User Account Control” dialog box appears, click [Allow] or [Continue]. A dialog box will appe
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Starting IMX644 Manager NOTE • In order for the IMX644 and your computer to be connected online, you must connect the IMX644 to your computer and then power-on the IMX644 while holding down its MEMORY [D] button (IMX644 Manager mode). Use either a USB cable or an RS-232C cable to make this connection. If you’re using an RS-232C cable, use a female-female cross cable. • If both a USB cable and an RS-232C cable are connected, the USB connection will take priority. • Do not switch between USB and
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2 [File Transfer] button This button loads a file of settings and sends it to the IMX644. If you click this when the [Status] indicator is “Online,” the “Password” dialog box will appear. Enter the assigned password for the IMX644 and click the [OK] button; the File Load dialog box will appear. Select the parameter file (extension “.i6x”) that you want to send to the connected IMX644, and click the [Open] button. The Transferring dialog box will appear, and the settings will be sent. NOT
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Basic operation in the Parameter Edit screen Here you can edit parameters and save parameter settings to a file. • Header area 123 45 6 1 [Return to start window.] button Click this to return to the starting screen. A confirmation dialog box will appear; click [Yes] if you want to save your settings. A confirmation dialog box will ask whether you want to save to the memory indicated in the Memory field if you’re editing online, or save to a file if you’re edit- ing offline. 2 [Open parameter fi
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• Parameter editing area Here you can use mouse operations to visually edit the various parameters. The screen that is shown will depend on the tab that’s selected. • Screen switching tabs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 [BLOCK] tab Opens the BLOCK screen (page 12). This shows a block diagram of the entire signal route from input to output, and allows you to make parameter settings. 2 [INPUT] tab Opens the INPUT screen (page 16). Here you can edit the input channel parameters. 3 [MATRIX] tab Opens the MATRI
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BLOCK screen This shows a block diagram of the entire signal route from input to output, and allows you to make parameter settings. By clicking the buttons in the BLOCK screen, you can open parameter editing dialog boxes or move to other edit screens. This screen will appear first when you click the [Parameter Edit] button in the starting screen to open the Parameter Edit screen. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ) 5 ! @ # 1 MONO 1–6, STEREO 1–4 These indicate the input channels and their names. Click a name t
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4 [EQ] button This button opens the “INPUT EQ” dialog box, where you can edit the EQ (equalizer) that is provided on each input channel. Click the [CLOSE] button to close the dialog box. “INPUT EQ” dialog box The editable parameters differ between MONO INPUT channels and STEREO INPUT channels. Level adjustment knob This adjusts the gain of each band. Right-click and hold down the mouse button to increase the value; left-click and hold down the mouse button to decrease the value. Double-click t
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5 [LEVEL] button This opens the “LEVEL” dialog box, allowing you to adjust the volume of the input/output channels. “LEVEL” dialog box [LINK] button This specifies whether IMX644’s front panel volume knob values will be linked with the on-screen fader values. If this is on (green), the on-screen fader values will change in tandem with the IMX644’s volume knob settings. When this is on, you will only be able to operate the IMX644’s volume knobs; the on- screen faders will not be operable. When
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) [BAL] button This opens the “BALANCE” dialog box, allowing you to specify the volume balance between outputs A/B (L/R) of OUTPUT channels 1 and 2. Click the [CLOSE] button to close the dialog box. “BALANCE” dialog box Here you can adjust the volume balance between outputs A/B (L/R). Parameter Range Default Balance 0dB – -20.1dB 0dB Right-click the [BALANCE] knob and continue holding down the mouse button to decrease the A (L) volume; left-click and hold down the mouse button to decrease the
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INPUT screen Here you can edit the input channel parameters. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 PAD When editing online, this will indicate “MIC” if the rear panel PAD (34 dB) switch is off, or “LINE” if the switch is on. When editing offline, this will indicate “MIC” by default. 2 +48V indicator When editing online, this will be dark if the rear panel +48V switch is off, or lit red if the switch is on. When editing offline this will be dark. 3 INPUT GAIN This edits the input gain value. Click the [-]/[+] bu
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7 [PRIORITY]/[OVERRIDE] button This turns on/off the Priority Ducker function (MONO INPUT channels only) or the Music Override function (STEREO INPUT channels only). The on/off state of this button is linked with the Priority Ducker Key Source Select or Music Override Key Source Select check boxes in the MISC screen. For more about the Priority Ducker function and Music Override function, refer to page 21. 8 [OUT1]–[OUT4] buttons Here you can specify the output channels (OUTPUT channels 1- 4)
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OUTPUT screen Here you can edit parameters other than EQ for output channels 1–4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 Output level meter/indicator Output level meters Shows level meters for the output signals of OUTPUT channels 1 and 2. Output indicators Shows [-2 dBFS]/[-44 dBFS] indicators for the output signals of OUTPUT channels 3 and 4. The [-44 dBFS] indicator will light green when an output signal is detected at the corresponding channel. If the [-2 dBFS] (PEAK) indicator lights red, the output signal has reac
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OUTPUT EQ screen Here you can edit the parameters of the 6-band equalizers provided for OUTPUT channels 1 through 4. 1 2 7 3 4 5 8 6 9 1 CHANNEL Use this to select the OUTPUT channel whose EQ you want to edit. 2 [A&B]/[A]/[B] buttons If OUTPUT channel 1 or 2 is selected, you can choose whether to edit channels A and B together or individually. A dialog box will appear when you switch between [A]/[B] and [A&B], asking you to confirm that you want to copy parame- ters between channels A/B. Channel
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7 EQ response curve This indicates the frequency response of the current EQ settings. This is an approximate curve for your reference. The markers ( ) indicate the parameter values for each band. The color of the markers corresponds to the band number (1–6) shown below. By dragging a marker (left-click and move the mouse while holding down the button) you can specify the EQ response quickly and visually. Use the parameter indications below to make fine adjustments to the values. 8 Type The fol
