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MIXING CONSOLE
Owner’s Manual
Mode d’emploi
Bedienungsanleitung
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FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.) 1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC requirements. Modifications not expressly approved by Yamaha may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product. 2. IMPORTANT: When connecting this product to accessories and/or another product use only high quality shielded cables. Cable/s supplied with this product MUST be used. Follow all installation ins
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Contents Features of the system...............................5 About the Scene Memory function...........31 What is scene memory?...........................................31 Control panel............................................6 About the modes of the Scene Memory function..31 Input channel section................................................ 6 Operations in normal mode....................................32 Variable/fixed select section....................................
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Precautions • Connect the mixer power cord only to the power supply • Turn off all audio devices and speakers when connecting unit, and connect the power supply unit to an AC outlet to the mixer. Refer to the owner’s manual for each device. of the type stated in this Owner’s Manual or as marked Use the correct cables and connect as specified. on the power supply unit. Failure to do so is a fire and • If you notice any abnormality—such as smoke, odor, or electrical shock hazard. noise—tur
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Features of the system • The M3000A provides a generous number of input • The M3000A-40C/M3000A-56C features a center modules; 4 stereo and monaural (the M3000A-56C master design that places the master section in the provides 56 monaural, the M3000A-40C provides 40 middle of the mixer for superior operability. monaural, the M3000A-32 provides 32 monaural, and • All input channels provide a PFL switch, and an AFL the M3000A-24 provides 24 monaural). Stereo out- switch is provided for MATR
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Control panel Mono input channels Input channel section The M3000A-56C provides 56 input channels, the M3000A-40C provides 40 input channels, the M3000A-32 provides 32 input channels, and the +48V M3000A-24 provides 24 input channels. All input 1 channels have the same specifications. GAIN 2 +10 –34 –16 –60 A Phantom power switch/+48 V indicator 26dB 3 This switch turns the +48 V phantom power on/off Ø 4 50 150 for each channel. When phantom p
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Control panel I M1–M8 switches M M13/M14, M15/M16 switches These switch on/off the signal which is sent from the These are on/off switches for the signals that are sent input channel to MIX buses 1–8. from the input channel to MIX buses 13–16. M13 and 14, and M15 and M16 are stereo pairs, and each pair is Note: If these switches are off, no signal will be sent turned on/off by one switch. Use the PRE switch (P) to the corresponding
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Control panel Q ST (stereo) switch When this switch is on, the signal of the input channel R Q ST L R PAN will be sent to the (ST) stereo bus. CHECK ON ON/ S R PAN control EDIT PEAK This sets the panning of the signal that is sent from the NOM T SIGNAL input channel to the ST bus. S ON/EDIT switch/ON, CHECK indicators The function of this switch and these indicators will 10 1 depend on the mode of the M3000A. 5 2 0 l In normal mode 3 The ON/EDIT switch wil
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Control panel U VCA GROUP select switches V Channel fader These switches select the VCA master fader(s) which This fader adjusts the signal output level of the input will control the signal output level of this channel. channel. This fader will affect the level of the signal When you select a VCA group 1–8, the indicator that is sent to the ST bus and to the MIX buses (if the located at the left of each switch will light, and the PRE switch is off). If one or more VCA groups are correspondin
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Control panel Stereo input channels The M3000A provides four stereo input channels. Ste- GAIN reo sound sources such as sub-mixers, effect proces- A A +10 –30 sor, or CD players can be input to the INPUT A jacks B (XLR connectors) or INPUT B jacks (RCA phono B +10 –20 connectors) located on the rear panel. A C B A GAIN A control HI This control adjusts the input sensitivity of the signal that is input from the XLR connector INPUT A jack (rear panel 4). The level range is +10~ –30 dB. When –
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Control panel G M1–M8 mix level controls J M13/M14, M15/M16 switches These controls combine the stereo signal from the ste- These are on/off switches for the signals that are sent reo input channel into a mono signal, and send it to from the stereo input channel to MIX buses 13–16. MIX buses 1–8. When the control is in the “s ” posi- M13 and 14, and M15 and M16 are stereo pairs, and tion, the level is nominal (0 dB). Use the PRE switch each pair is turned on/off by one switch. (M) to switch b
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Control panel Q PEAK/NOM/SIGNAL indicators O N ST L R BAL Three indicators show the level of the stereo input CHECK channel signal after it passes through the EQ. ON P ON/ EDIT • PEAK indicator PEAK NOM This will light when the sum of the L and R signals Q SIGNAL exceeds the nominal level by 18 dB. • NOM (nominal) indicator This will light when the sum of the L and R signals 10 1 reaches nominal level (0 dB). 5 2 • SIGNAL indicator 0 3 This will light when the sum of the L and R signals 5 4
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Control panel A Variable/fixed select switches Variable/fixed select section These switches select whether the level of the signals sent from the input channels to MIX buses 1–8 will be The M3000A’s GA (Group/Aux) diversity function fixed (FIX) or variable (VARIABLE). From top to bot- allows MIX buses 1–8 to function either as group tom, these switch MIX buses 1/2, 3/4, 5/6 and 7/8. buses or as AUX buses. In this section, you can switch l When FIX ( ) is selected each pair of MIX buses (1/2, 3/4
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Control panel D ON/EDIT switches Mix section The function of these switches and indicators will depend on the mode of the M3000A. These output channels control the signals of MIX l In normal mode buses 1–16. MIX buses 13/14 and 15/16 are controlled The ON/EDIT switches will turn each MIX OUT on/ as stereo pairs respectively. The signal that passes off. When on, the ON indicator will light. MIX OUTs through these output channels is output individually which are turned off will send no signa
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Control panel MIX buses 1–8 MIX MIX (VARIABLE) (FIX) ST 1 3 5 7 9 111315 12345678 LR 2 468 10 12 14 16 TO MATRIX MAS MAS from INPUT AFL MIX (MIX) (SUB)(ST) AFL PFL to Meter INSERT 13 5 7 9 111315 LR LR L R LRON I/O 24 6 8 10 12 14 16 MIX OUT 1 CHECK ON TO MATRIX from Ctrl CONTROL Master PAN TO STEREO ON/EDIT VARIABLE FIX AFL MIX 2: Same as MIX 1 MIX 3-4, 5-6, 7-8: Same as MIX 1-2 MIX buses 9–12 MIX MIX (VARIABLE) (FIX) ST 1 3 5 7 9 111315 12345678 LR 2 468 10 12 14 16 TO MATRIX MAS MAS from S
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Control panel VCA master fader section The VCA master fader section allows the gain of input channels assigned to a VCA group to be controlled as a whole by the corresponding VCA fader. The VCA group(s) to which each input channel is assigned is specified by the VCA GROUP select switches (mono input channels (U), stereo input channels R). MIX 1/2 MIX 3/4 MIX 5/6 MIX 7/8 MIX 9/10 MIX 11/12 MIX 13/14 MIX 15/16 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 A VCA VCA VCA VCA VCA VCA VCA VCA MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUTE MUT
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Control panel A TO MATRIX switch When this switch is on ( ), the ST OUT A post- A TO MATRIX fader signal is sent to the matrix. B ON/EDIT switch The function of this switch and indicator will depend on the mode of the M3000A. l In normal mode The ON/EDIT switch will turn ST OUT A on/off. When on, the ON indicator will light. When off, no signal will be sent to the ST OUT A jacks, MONITOR OUT jacks, PHONES jack, MAS AFL bus, or the matrix. However even in this case, you can turn on the AFL
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Control panel B ON switch STEREO B section This is an on/off switch for the signal which is output from the ST OUT B jacks. It does not affect the signal This section controls the signal which is output from which is output from the ST OUT A jacks. When this the rear panel ST OUT B jacks (page 27) switch is turned off, the indicator will go dark, and no signal will be output from the ST OUT B jacks. How- Note: This section is not affected by the on/off ever even in this case, the signal sou
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Control panel A INPUT indicator Monitor section This indicator will light if even one of the input chan- nel PFL switches are turned on. INPUT A B MASTER indicator MASTER B This indicator will light if even one of the AFL C MASTER switches of the mix section, STEREO A section, STE- PFL REO B section, or matrix section (page 24) are turned D on. L+R C MASTER PFL switch This switch selects the master signal (the signal of either the MAS AFL bus or the MAS PFL bus) which will be monitored by th
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Control panel G LEVEL control This control adjusts the level of the signal which is output from the MONITOR OUT jacks. It does not affect the PHONES jack. G 0 10 LEVEL H ON switch This is an on/off switch for the signal which is output H from the MONITOR OUT jacks. When this is on, the ON indicator located above the switch will light. This switch does not affect the PHONES jack. MONITOR I PHONES (headphone) control This control adjusts the level of the signal which is output from the PHONE
