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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 instructio
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Important Information Read the Following Before Operating M2500 Warnings Cautions • Do not allow water to enter this unit or allow the • This unit is heavy. Use two or more people to unit to become wet. Fire or electrical shock may carry it. result. • Hold the power cord plug when disconnecting it • Connect this unit’s power cord only to the from an AC outlet. Never pull the cord. A dam- power supply unit, and connect the power sup- aged power cord is a potential fire and electrical
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iv M2500—Owner’s Manual
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Introduction Thank you for purchasing the Yamaha M2500 mixing console. The M2500 is a highly cost- effective mixing console that features functionality such as scene memory, PAN control that is switchable between LR/LCR, and GROUP/AUX FADER FLIP switches. In order to take full advantage of the M2500’s functionality and ensure trouble-free use, please read this manual carefully. Note: • This manual assumes that you have an understanding of basic mixing console opera- tion and
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Features of the system • The M2500-24 {32/40C/48C/56C} provides 24 • The Scene Memory function allows you to store {32/40/48/56} monaural input modules and the on/off status of each mono/stereo input four stereo input modules. It also provides 14 channel and GRP/AUX 1–8, STEREO, and AUX outputs, eight group outputs, stereo out- MONO/C output channels as one of 128 scenes. put, and monaural output, for a generous total Scenes can be recalled at any time from the front of 25 output buses
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Control panel A +48 V (phantom power) switch Input channel section This switches the +48 V phantom power supply on/ off for the corresponding channel. When the switch is pressed in ( ), phantom power is on. At this time the indicator above the switch will light. Monaural input channels The M2500-24 {32/40C/48C/56C} provides 24 {32/ Note: If you wish to use phantom power, make 40/48/56} input channels. The specifications of each sure that the re
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Control panel I PRE switches Note: If these switches are turned on ( ), the post-EQ pre- • The LCR switch takes priority over the ST/MONO fader signal will be sent to the corresponding AUX switch. When the LCR switch is on, the post-PAN buses. If these switches are turned off ( ), the post- signal of the monaural input channel will be sent to fader signal will be sent. Switches are provided to the STEREO bus (L/R) and the MONO/C b
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Control panel L ON/EDIT switch / ON, CHECK indicators M PEAK/NOM/SIGNAL indicators The function of this switch and these indicators will These three indicators allow you to check the pre- change depending on the mode of the M2500. fader signal level of the monaural input channel. • PEAK indicator l In normal mode This will light when the signal exceeds nominal level You can use the ON/EDIT switch to turn the monau- by 17 dB. ral input channel on/of
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Control panel The M2500 provides four stereo input channels, Stereo input channels allowing line-level stereo sources such as sub-mixers, effect processors, and CD players to be input. Of the stereo input channels 1–4, channel 1 provides both GAIN XLR and RCA phono input jacks, and you can select and use one of these. Channels 2–4 provide a pair of A TRS phone input jacks. For this reason, there are 1 +10 –30 slight differences between the controllers of channel
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Control panel E EQ switch J ON/EDIT switch / ON, CHECK indicators This turns the equalizer on/off. When the switch is The function of this switch and these indicators will pressed in ( ), the equalizer is on. change depending on the mode of the M2500. F AUX 1–AUX 14 controls l In normal mode These adjust the level at which the signal of the stereo You can use the ON/EDIT switch to turn the stereo input channel (the L/R input signals mixed to a mon- input channel on/off. When the channel is swi
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Control panel MONITOR 1 3 4 5 K 8 9 INPUT MASTER (PFL) PFL AFL PEAK NOM GROUP AUX A SIGNAL LR LR L R LR 1 3 5 7 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 B 2 4 6 8 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 L 2 stage EQ INPUT A EQ BAL R 2 stage EQ ST CH 1 L L ST MONO INPUT B AUX1 R CHECK ON AUX2 2 Control ON/EDIT AUX3 from CPU J AUX4 AUX5 AUX6 PRE 7 6 AUX 7-10 Same as AUX 3-6 AUX 11-14 Same as AUX 3-6 PFL M L/MONO 2 stage EQ ST CH 2-4 ST CH 2-4 EQ Same as ST CH 1 INPUT R 2 stage EQ 8 M2500—Owner’s Manual GAIN GAIN B GAIN A LO LO HI HI STEREO MO
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Control panel A ON switches GROUP/AUX master section These turn AUX OUT 1–6 on/off. When a switch is on ( ), the signal of the corresponding AUX bus will be output to the AUX OUT jack. AUX 1–6 section B AUX 1–6 master faders These adjust the output levels of AUX OUT 1–6. C AFL (after fader listen) switches 1 These switches are used to monitor the signal of the 10 10 10 10 10 10 AUX OUT 1–6 section from the MONITOR OUT/ ON ON ON ON ON ON 5 5 5 5 5 5 PHONES jacks. When an AFL switch is on (the
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Control panel A7/G1–A14/G8 section 1 010 010 010 010 010 010 010 010 LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL 2 ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON AFL AFL AFL AFL AFL AFL AFL AFL A7 / G1 A8 / G2 A9 / G3 A10 / G4 A11 / G5 A12 / G6 A13 / G7 A14 / G8 3 These output channels control the signals of AUX A LEVEL control buses 7–14 or GROUP buses 1–8. You can use the This adjusts the output level of AUX/GRP OUT A7/ GROUP/AUX FLIP switch (page 14) to select the sig- G1–A14/G8. The “s ” position is nominal
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Control panel G1/A7–G8/A14 section PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN PAN C C C C C C C C 4 L R L R L R L R L R L R L R L R MATRIX ST MATRIX ST MATRIX ST MATRIX ST MATRIX ST MATRIX ST MATRIX ST MATRIX ST MONO MONO MONO MONO MONO MONO MONO MONO 5 LCR LCR LCR LCR LCR LCR LCR LCR CHECK CHECK CHECK CHECK CHECK CHECK CHECK CHECK ON ON ON ON ON ON ON ON 6 ON/EDIT ON/EDIT ON/EDIT ON/EDIT ON/EDIT ON/EDIT ON/EDIT ON/EDIT 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 1
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Control panel n GROUP/AUX FLIP switch= AUX ( ) D PAN control The signals of AUX buses 7–14 will be sent to chan- This adjusts the pan of the signal that is sent from the nels G1/A7–G8/A14 respectively, and will be output G1/A7–G8/A14 section to the STEREO or MONO/C individually from the GRP/AUX OUT G1/A7–G8/ bus. The function of the PAN control will change as A14 jacks. follows, depending on the setting of the channel assign switch (5). l When the ST switch is on PAN PAN C C PAN will adjust
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Control panel F ON/EDIT switch / ON, CHECK indicators G Fader The function of this switch and these indicators will This adjusts the output level of the GRP/AUX OUT. change depending on the mode of the M2500. H AFL (after fader listen) switch l In normal mode This switch allows you to monitor the signal of the You can use the ON/EDIT switch to turn each G1/ G1/A7–G8/A14 section from the MONITOR OUT/ A7–G8/A14 channel on/off. When the channel is PHONES jacks. If the input channel PFL switches ar
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Control panel l When AUX ( ) is selected The signals of GROUP buses 1–8 will be routed GROUP/AUX FLIP switch through the A7/G1–A14/G8 section and sent to the AUX/GRP OUT jacks. The signals of AUX buses 7–14 The M2500 provides a GROUP/ will be routed through the G1/A7–G8/A14 section, AUX FLIP switch that GROUP and sent to the GROUP/AUX OUT jacks, the STE- exchanges the output destina- AUX REO bus, MONO/C, and MATRIX buses. tions of GROUP buses 1–8 and GROUP/AUX FLIP AUX buses 7–14. This set
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Control panel When you change the setting of the GROUP/AUX FLIP switch, numerous functions of the output chan- nels of GROUP buses 1–8 and AUX buses 7–14 will change in addition to the faders. The functions avail- able for the output channels of each bus are shown below for each setting (GROUP/AUX) of the GROUP/AUX FLIP switch. • GROUP/AUX FLIP switch= GROUP (principal application: main console) Output channel GROUP buses 1–8 AUX buses 1–6 AUX buses 7–14 Master control 100 mm faders 100 mm f
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Control panel l In check mode When a scene (which contains the on/off state of the Stereo/monaural master ON/EDIT switches) is selected, the on/off status section memorized in that scene will be indicated by the lit/ dark status of the CHECK indicator. In check mode, This section controls the signals that are output from you can also use the ON/EDIT switch to switch the the rear panel ST OUT L/R and MONO/C OUT jacks CHECK indicator between lit/dark. (The current on/ (page 28). off setting
