Roland M-5000 User Manual

Contents
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Organization of the Documentation
The documentation for this unit is organized as follows.
Quick Start (this document)
This describes the basic matters and procedures necessary for unit operation and quick startup.
Reference Manual (PDF)
This adds to the procedures in Quick Start by describing the operation procedures at the various screens and other detailed usage methods.
RCS User’s Guide (PDF)
This describes how to use the M-5000 RCS dedicated remote-control software that runs under Windows or on a Macintosh computer.
Remote User’s Guide (PDF)
This describes how to use the M-5000 Remote dedicated remote-control software that runs on an iPad.
Telnet Reference Manual (PDF)
This describes how to control the M-5000 over a local area network (TCP/IP protocol), using Telnet.
MIDI Implementation (PDF)
This describes the MIDI messages that the M-5000 supports.
RS-232C Reference Manual (PDF)
This describes the RS-232C interface commands that the M-5000 supports.
The PDF-format versions of documentation can be downloaded from the Roland website.
Overview of Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Fader Bank Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Scrolling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Basic Operations of Fader Bank Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Changing Layers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Scrolling the Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Anchor Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Accessing an Anchor Channel (Anchor Jump) . . . . . . . . . . 45
Accessing Adjacent Anchor Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Isolated Banks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Isolating a Fader Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Unisolating a Fader Bank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Basic Touch Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Using Templates to Select a Mixer Conguration . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
HOME Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Access the CH EDIT window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Selecting the Source for an Input Channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Selecting the Destination for an Output Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Turning Phantom Power On or O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Adjusting the Preamp Gain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Applying Dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Applying EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Using Faders to Adjust the Send Level to AUX
(SENDS ON FADER) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Sending to SUBGROUP/MIX-MINUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Using an FX with Send/Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Inserting an FX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Inserting a GEQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Linking Channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Making Assignments to DCA/MUTE Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Using Talkback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Using the Oscillators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Scene memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Creating New Scenes and Adding Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Storing a Scene (by Overwriting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Recalling a Scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Recording/Playback to/from a USB Flash Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
WAV File Formats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Recording to a USB Flash Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Playback from a USB Flash Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Backing Up All Data in the M-5000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Saving a Project File to a USB Flash Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Restoring All Data in the M-5000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Loading a Project File from a USB Flash Drive . . . . . . . . . . 60
Formatting a USB Flash Drive on the M-5000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Muting All Outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Setting the Date and Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Factory Reset . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Fader Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Main specications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Dimensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Roland M-5000 Specifications

General

Brand	Roland
Model	M-5000
Category	Music Mixer
Language	English