User Manual
Table Of Contents
- System Requirements
- Installation
- Installing Speaker Data
- Uninstalling
- Table of Contents
- 1. Y-S3 General Operation
- 2. Constructing the Room Shape & Audience Area
- 3. Editing Project Properties
- 4. Placing Speakers
- 5. Adjusting Speaker Parameters
- 5-1. Speaker Arrays
- 5-2. Distributed Speakers
- 6. Displaying Calculation Results
- 7. Simulation Results Report
- 8. Exporting Configurations in DME Designer Format
- 9. Other Functions
- 10. General Theory
Yamaha Sound System Simulator Y-S
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Owner’s Manual V3.1
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System Requirements
OS Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 *
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CPU Intel Core i series processor of 2 GHz or higher
Memory 2GB or more
Sound Card 16-bit 44.1kHz Stereo
HDD 2GB or more (may differ according to the environment the software is used)
Display 1024 x 768, 256 colors, or higher *
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Video card: DirectX 9.0C supported *
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, memory size 256MB or more
*1: When using Windows 7, there may be image flickering or images may not export correctly depending on the CPU, RAM, or video card of the PC used.
This symptom may be improved by stopping the service of Desktop Window Manager Session Manager ([Start] – [Control Panel] – [System and Security]
– [Administrative Tools / Services] – [Desktop Window Manager Session Manager]).
*2: We strongly recommend that the display properties be set to 32-bit color.
Also, depending on the screen resolution, the display may be distorted, but it may be improved by adjusting the window size.
*3: You may be able to use the feature by updating the video card driver. For details, contact your computer manufacturer, video card manufacturer, etc.
Precautions
Y-S
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may cause an unexpected termination of the software under these circumstances:
When the computer recovers from standby or hibernation mode.
When OS users are changed using the Fast User Switching function.
If the software terminates, please restart your computer.
Installation
1. Double-click on the “Y-S3” folder.
An executable file “setup.exe” is shown.
2. Double-click on “setup.exe.”
A setup window for Y-S
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appears.
3. Execute the installation by following the onscreen instructions.
4. After installation is complete, the Y-S
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folder appears on your computer (“Program Files\YAMAHA\Y-S3” folder, as the
default).
Installing Speaker Data
1. Download the data package for the speaker you want to use from the Yamaha Pro Audio website
(http://www.yamahaproaudio.com/global/en/downloads/firmware_software/speaker_simulator/
).
2. Unzip the zipped folder. An executable file named “install.vbs” will appear in the folder.
3. Double-click “install.vbs”.
4. Follow the instructions on the screen to install the data.
5. When the installation is complete, the speaker data is added to the Y-S3 folder on your computer.