YAMAHA 01X, 01V96 User Guide

The Matrix Mixer

Yamaha 01X and Yamaha 01V96

Digital Audio Mixing Desks

User Manual

Contents

1. Overview:......................................................................................................................3

1.1. Route Audio Sources to Audio Destinations:.........................................................3

1.2. Process Audio at Source:......................................................................................4

1.3. Process Audio at Destination:................................................................................5

2. Installation: ...................................................................................................................5

2.1. Windows Installation:.............................................................................................5

2.2. Mac Installation:.....................................................................................................6

3. Startup:.........................................................................................................................8

4. MIDI Settings:...............................................................................................................9

5. Updating the Matrix Mixer to Reflect the State of the Audio Mixing Desk.....................9

6. Creating and Breaking Patches..................................................................................10

7. Adjusting Parameters: ................................................................................................13

7.1. Adjusting Parameters at Audio Source Points or Audio Destination Points:........13

7.2. Adjusting Parameters at Patch Points:................................................................16

8. Pairing Channels: .......................................................................................................17

9. Creating a Custom Mixing Surface:............................................................................17

9.1. Adding Components to the Favourites Area:.......................................................19

9.2. Removing Components from the Favourites Area...............................................20

9.3. Saving, Loading and Clearing the Favourites Area .............................................20

10. Saving and Loading the 01X State:.........................................................................21

11. Displaying Help:......................................................................................................21

Welcome to the Matrix Mixer for the Yamaha 01X and Yamaha 01V96 Digital Audio Mixing Desks! The Matrix Mixer is designed to help you unleash the potential of your audio mixing desk without the tedium of working your way through a manual and pressing sequences of buttons.

1. Overview:

The Matrix Mixer is unlike other mixing desk control software in that it provides an intuitive view of the audio mixing process. In essence there are three simple steps to this process:

• Route audio sources to audio destinations

• Process audio at source

• Process audio at destination

1.1. Route Audio Sources to Audio Destinations:

Shown below is the main routing matrix of the 01X Matrix Mixer:

The Matrix Mixer presents the user with a matrix, where sources are the rows and destinations are the columns of the matrix. All routing possibilities are displayed, and any routing can be accomplished simply by selecting the appropriate row/column cross point button. Sources can be input channels, mLAN inputs, or buses. Destinations can be buses, mLAN outputs, stereo outputs, or internal effects.

1.2. Process Audio at Source:

The 01X and 01V96 allows audio to be processed at source, and the Matrix Mixer allows for easy control over the source processing capabilities. If the first 01X mLAN input channel is right-clicked / ctrl-clicked (Mac), then the following audio processing screen will appear:

There is easily accessible control over volume, equalization, pan, dynamics (dynamics processors can be selected from a library) and fader and mute grouping. The processing capabilities of all sources are similarly accessible. Sources will vary with regard to their processing capabilities, and only the functional capabilities will be displayed. When

controls are adjusted on the mixing desk surface, the corresponding display controls will be updated to reflect the new state.

1.3. Process Audio at Destination:

The 01X and 01V96 allows audio to be processed at a destination, and the Matrix Mixer also allows for easy control over the destination processing capabilities. If the first internal effects destination is right-clicked / ctrl-clicked (Mac), then the following audio processing screen will appear:

There is control over the level of effect applied to the source signal, as well as control over the nature of the effect. As with sources, destinations will vary with regard to their processing capabilities and only the functional capabilities will be displayed.

After this 3-step overview, you should have an idea of how easy it can be to have complete control over your audio mixing desk using the Matrix Mixer software.

Now let’s move on and have a look at some of the details of the Matrix Mixer, starting with the installation:

2. Installation:

2.1. Windows Installation:

Installation is a simple 2-step process. Double click on the installation file, and the following dialog box will be displayed:

Click on the ‘Next >’ button, and the following button will be displayed:

Choose your installation directory (usually can accept the default), and click ‘Install’.

2.2. Mac Installation:

Double click on the installation file, and the following dialog box will be displayed:

Click on the ‘Continue’ button and the following will be displayed:

Select the destination volume where the Matrix Mixer is to be installed and click the ‘Continue’ button. The following will be displayed:

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