Yamaha QL5 Reference Manual

Contents
Reference Manual
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I/O devices and external head amps .................................... 149
Using an I/O device ............................................................................................. 149
Remotely controlling an R series unit ................................................................... 151
Remotely controlling an amp............................................................................... 154
Remotely controlling WIRELESS unit..................................................................... 155
Using an external head amp ................................................................................ 156
Remotely controlling an external head amp......................................................... 158
Controlling an internal head amp ........................................................................ 160
MIDI....................................................................................... 161
MIDI functionality on the QL series console ......................................................... 161
Basic MIDI settings .............................................................................................. 161
Using program changes to recall scenes and library items.................................... 164
Using control changes to control parameters....................................................... 166
Using Parameter Changes to control parameters ................................................. 168
Recorder................................................................................ 169
About the USB memory recorder ......................................................................... 169
Assigning channels to the input/output of the recorder ....................................... 169
Recording audio to a USB flash drive.................................................................... 171
Playing back audio files from a USB flash drive ..................................................... 173
Editing the title list............................................................................................... 174
Recording or playing back using a computer DAW .............................................. 175
Using the QL console with Nuendo Live .............................................................. 178
Setup ..................................................................................... 182
About the SETUP screen....................................................................................... 182
User settings ........................................................................................................ 185
Preferences .......................................................................................................... 192
USER DEFINED keys ............................................................................................. 194
Functions that can be assigned to USER DEFINED keys ........................................ 195
USER DEFINED knobs........................................................................................... 199
Functions that can be assigned to USER DEFINED knobs ...................................... 200
Custom fader bank .............................................................................................. 202
Console Lock ....................................................................................................... 203
Saving and loading setup data to and from a USB flash drive............................... 204
Word clock and slot settings ................................................................................ 211
Using cascade connections .................................................................................. 213
Basic settings for MIX buses and MATRIX buses ................................................... 216
Switching the entire phantom power supply on/off ............................................. 217
Specifying the brightness of the touch screen, LEDs, channel name displays,
and lamps................................................................................................. 217
Setting the date and time of the internal clock..................................................... 218
Setting the network address ................................................................................ 218
Setting up the Dante audio network..................................................................... 219
Using GPI (General Purpose Interface) .................................................................. 230
Help function......................................................................... 235
Loading a Help/text file from a USB flash drive ..................................................... 235
Viewing Help........................................................................................................ 235
Using USER DEFINED keys to recall Help directly................................................... 236
Other functions ..................................................................... 237
Initializing the unit to factory default settings ....................................................... 237
Adjusting the detection point of the touch screen (Calibration function) .............. 237
Adjusting the faders (Calibration function) ........................................................... 238
Fine-tuning the input and output gain (Calibration function) ............................... 238
Adjusting the LED color (Calibration function) ...................................................... 240
Adjusting the brightness of the channel name display .......................................... 240
Adjusting the contrast of the channel name display.............................................. 241
Initializing the Dante audio network settings ........................................................ 241
Warning/Error Messages ...................................................... 242
Index...................................................................................... 245

Yamaha QL5 Specifications

General

DJ mixer	-
Product color	Black
Video capability	No
Channels quantity	72 channels
Supported sample rates	44.1, 48 kHz
Digital sound processing	- bit
Phantom power	48 V
AC input voltage	100-240 V
AC input frequency	50 - 60 Hz
Power consumption (typical)	200 W
Total Harmonic Distortion (THD)	0.05 %

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	563 mm
Width	828 mm
Height	272 mm
Weight	21800 g