User Manual

M7CL Owner’s Manual
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Contents
1. Introduction 9
Thank you ...................................................................9
An overview of the M7CL........................................... 9
Differences between the M7CL-48 and M7CL-32... 11
The M7CL’s channel structure ................................ 13
About the MIX bus types (VARI / FIXED)................14
About word clock .....................................................14
Conventions in this manual.....................................14
About the firmware version.....................................14
2. Panels and controls 15
Top panel...................................................................15
Rear panel ................................................................. 22
Under the front pad .................................................. 24
3. Basic operation of the M7CL 25
Basic operations
in the top panel / touch screen ........................... 25
Pressing the touch screen ................................... 25
Multiple selection (specifying a range) ................25
Special operations for keys .................................25
Encoder operations .............................................25
Multifunction encoder operations......................... 26
The on-screen user interface ..................................26
Tabs..................................................................... 26
Buttons ................................................................26
Faders / Knobs ....................................................27
List windows ........................................................27
Keyboard window ................................................27
Popup windows ...................................................28
Dialog boxes........................................................28
Viewing the touch screen ........................................ 28
Function access area ..........................................28
Main area............................................................. 29
Entering names ........................................................30
Using the tool buttons ............................................. 31
About the tool buttons.......................................... 31
Using libraries......................................................31
Initializing settings ...............................................35
Copying/pasting settings .....................................36
Comparing two settings ....................................... 36
4. Connections and setup 39
Connections.............................................................. 39
Setting up to use the M7CL ..................................... 43
Restoring the current scene
to the default state........................................... 43
Word clock connections and settings ..................43
Making HA (Head Amp) gain settings..................44
Sending an input channel signal
to the STEREO bus.........................................47
5. Input channel operations 51
Signal flow for input channels.................................51
Specifying the channel name and icon ..................53
Making HA (Head Amp) settings .............................55
Sending the signal from an input channel
to the STEREO/MONO buses ..............................57
Sending the signal from an input channel
to a MIX bus ..........................................................61
Using the SELECTED CHANNEL section ...........61
Using the Centralogic section ..............................63
Using the faders (SENDS ON FADER mode) .....64
Sending the signal from an input channel
to the MATRIX buses ...........................................66
Using the SELECTED CHANNEL section ...........66
Using the Centralogic section ..............................67
6. Output channel operations 69
Signal flow for output channels ..............................69
Specifying the channel name and icon ..................71
Sending signals from MIX channels
to the STEREO/MONO bus ..................................72
Sending signals from MIX channels and
STEREO/MONO channels to MATRIX buses .....75
Using the SELECTED CHANNEL section ...........75
Using the Centralogic section ..............................76
7. Operations in the
SELECTED CHANNEL section 79
About the SELECTED CHANNEL section...............79
About the SELECTED CHANNEL VIEW screen .....80
Operations in the
SELECTED CHANNEL section ............................81
8. Operations in the Centralogic section 87
About the Centralogic section.................................87
About the OVERVIEW screen ..................................88
Operations in the Centralogic section....................90
Fixing the channels or DCA groups
of the Centralogic section ...................................94
9. Input/output patching 95
Changing the output patch settings .......................95
Changing the input patch settings..........................98
Inserting an external device into a channel .........100
Directly outputting an INPUT channel ..................102