User Manual

Yamaha Sound System Simulator Y-S
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Owner’s Manual V3.1
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Table of Contents
1. Y-S
3
General Operation ........................................................................................................ 8
Overview ................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Startup ................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Project window: display of calculation results (Chapter 6) .......................................................................... 11
Saving and Opening Projects............................................................................................................................ 14
2. Constructing the Room Shape & Audience Area ............................................................... 15
Overview .............................................................................................................................................................. 15
Starting a new project ........................................................................................................................................ 15
Constructing the room shape and audience area ......................................................................................... 15
Re-editing the room shapes .............................................................................................................................. 17
3. Editing Project Properties ................................................................................................... 18
Overview .............................................................................................................................................................. 18
Project. ................................................................................................................................................................. 18
Calculation .......................................................................................................................................................... 18
System .................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Others. .................................................................................................................................................................. 21
4. Placing Speakers .................................................................................................................. 22
Overview .............................................................................................................................................................. 22
Installing Speakers ............................................................................................................................................. 22
Adding a new speaker (Add Speakers) ............................................................................................................ 22
Placing the speakers manually (Enclosure type - Manual layout) .............................................................. 23
Placing the speakers automatically (Enclosure type - Auto layout) ........................................................... 25
Distributed ........................................................................................................................................................... 26
5. Adjusting Speaker Parameters ........................................................................................... 31
Overview .............................................................................................................................................................. 31
Update.................................................................................................................................................................. 31
5-1. Speaker Arrays ..................................................................................................................... 32
Speaker array selection, on/off, changing names/deletion, saving/loading (Speaker List) ................... 32
Adjusting speaker array parameters (Speaker Property - Property) ........................................................... 33
Output configuration settings (Speaker Property - Config) ......................................................................... 36
Directivity of speaker array (Speaker Property - Balloon) ............................................................................ 39
Picture of speaker array (Speaker Property - Picture)................................................................................... 40
Auto tuning .......................................................................................................................................................... 40
5-2. Distributed Speakers ........................................................................................................... 43
Distributed speakers on/off, changing names/deletion, adding speakers to an installation plane ..... 43