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TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 2

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

LICENSE CODES

INSTALLATION OF 02R SOFTWARE

GETTING STARTED

CONTROLLING THE ENGINES

PRESET HANDLING

SENDS

RETURNS

EXTENDED ROUTING

RETURNS

STANDARD ROUTING

M2000 D.C. ALGORITHMS

FINALIZER D.C. ALGORITHM

AUTOMATION

UTILITY PAGE

SERIAL NUMBER, LICENSE CODES

DIGITAL I/O OPTIONS

UNIT•Y SOFTWARE UPLOAD

YAMAHA 02R NEW V2 FUNCTIONS

EMC AND SAFETY

TC ELECTRONIC

SINDALSVEJ 34

8240

RISSKOV

TCDK

TCELECTRONIC

COM

ENGLISH VERSION

REV 4.1

RROD

606061013

Summary of Contents for UNIT Y

Page 1: ...S 11 RETURNS EXTENDED ROUTING 12 RETURNS STANDARD ROUTING 15 M2000 D C ALGORITHMS 20 FINALIZER D C ALGORITHM 27 AUTOMATION 34 UTILITY PAGE SERIAL NUMBER LICENSE CODES 35 DIGITAL I O OPTIONS 36 UNIT Y...

Page 2: ...mixes not being complete system clock optimization or dither New equipment normally requires some user learning time before it can perform at its best In this case the learning time has been spent at...

Page 3: ...nels using external inputs 8 Max number of channels using external outputs 8 External I O resolution 24 bit I O card types AES EBU format or ADAT plus TDIF format General EMC EN55103 1 and EN55103 2 F...

Page 4: ...Reverb and Multi effects Two independant effects may be used simultaneously Finalizer D C Multi band Dynamics processor One 3 band stereo in stereo out Compressor Limiter Expander may be used at a ti...

Page 5: ...les you may run either a Finalizer and one M2000 engine or two M2000 engines simultaneously Different limitations to the number of simultaneous engines may apply to future modules Note Your Credit Car...

Page 6: ...your console Before installing the V2 EPROMs we recommend that you back up your important data to an external storage device such as the Yamaha MDF 2 MIDI Data Filer UPGRADING YAMAHA 02R V1 SOFTWARE...

Page 7: ...CLOCK STEREO OUT DIGITAL METER MIDI TO HOST TIME SMPTE MTC CODEINPUT POWER ON OFF 1 2 3 IN OUT 75 ON OFF THRU OUT IN COAXIAL AES EBU COAXIAL AES EBU L R INPUT INPUT INPUT INPUT INPUT INPUT INPUT INPU...

Page 8: ...ng down the FLIP button thus entering 02R MIDI REMOTE mode Alternatively use the MIDI button to show page 5 5 The first time you select the UNIT Y card press a REMOTE number according to the UNIT Y sl...

Page 9: ...ching fader 9 16 will take you to Engine 2 and touching one of the Stereo faders will take you to the Main screen You may also switch screens by pressing Select buttons If one of the UNIT Y screens ar...

Page 10: ...ngine presets all the parameters laid out on the faders are also changed to match that Scene Therefore non fader UNIT Y information is lost if not stored to a UNIT Y Preset before storing the Scene Th...

Page 11: ...e than one UNIT Y card it s possible to specify more Stereo Bus Inserts at a time but this assignment is not valid Only use one Insert at a time Example To send Aux 7 to Engine 1 press the DIO button...

Page 12: ...outing Slot 3 or 4 L R DIRECT SLOT 1 SLOT 2 SLOT 3 Analog Mic 1 8 Analog Mic 9 16 SLOT 4 TA P E 1 8 TA P E 9 16 M I C 1 8 M I C 9 16 17 18 Analog 2Trk AES EBU 19 20 Analog 2Trk SPDIF 17 18 19 20 YAMAH...

Page 13: ...generally the mode should only be set in the beginning of a mix and not when the card is passing audio A Main screen display for a UNIT Y card with DIO extension board is shown below Return St LR The...

Page 14: ...directly to the Stereo Bus by selecting St L R on the External Input selectors If you can t enable Extended Routing Please note that the Extended Routing button is greyed out if the UnitY card slot ha...

Page 15: ...ader controlled from the first two 02R stereo faders when you are on the UNIT Y screens For a card positioned in slot 3 the UNIT Y engines will return on Mic inputs 5 8 For a card positioned in slot 4...

Page 16: ...wo stereo pairs Make these 5 1 surround routing assignments Tape input 13 to LFr Left front Tape input 14 to RFr Right front Tape input 15 to LS Left surround Tape input 16 to RS Right surround If you...

Page 17: ...nd or 7 8 may be mixed with UNIT Y effects at 24 bit resolution The submix is passed on to Tape input 5 6 and 7 8 Submix levels are automatable For a card positioned in slot 2 the two UNIT Y stereo en...

Page 18: ...may be directed to outputs 5 8 of the card External inputs return on Mic inputs 9 16 like with a normal Yamaha I O card External inputs 5 6 and or 7 8 are mixed with UNIT Y effects at 24 bit resoluti...

Page 19: ...destination 13 14 for Engine 1 and 15 16 for Engine 2 Turn up both Engine faders Stereo fader no 1 and 2 to 0dB External input 5 6 on the UNIT Y card is mixed with Engine 1 and a mix of the stereo sig...

Page 20: ...a more artificial reverb effect you may want to play down the role of the Initial reflections To create a wet mix without too much reverb density the I R balance should favor the Initial reflections...

Page 21: ...I Pre Delay R Total Decay R Lo Decay R Hi Decay R I Hi Cut Frq R I Hi Cut Att I R Balance L R Balance Modulation Intensity Rate Diffusion amount Diffusion type Lo Decay frequency Mid Decay frequency H...

Page 22: ...eters are broken down into coarse and fine delays A note of caution regarding dynamic automation Changing the Delay parameters while signal is present may cause audible glitch noise Level Tap 1 Level...

Page 23: ...Pitch Even Voices Odd Fine Even Fine The Pitch change algorithm has 6 individual polyphonic voices with associated separate 24 bit delays useable for double tracking and beyond Pitch change is availa...

Page 24: ...the effect a bit darker than the source The Chorus Flanger effect is very sensitive to the balance between the effect and the direct signal Because of this we have added a Fx Direct balance control w...

Page 25: ...etween the effect and the direct signal Because of this we have added a Fx Direct balance control which enable you to route a complete signal through the algorithm for instance an entire bus signal Fo...

Page 26: ...ux send return environment you may direct entire group busses to the UNIT Y card and have them processed This De esser may process the audio with different bandwidth notches or high shelving The Mon p...

Page 27: ...via MIDI Finalizer D C Routing When the Finalizer algorithm is recalled the Engine input configuration is switched from mono to stereo Inputs may be derived from Slot Output 5 6 or 7 8 and would typi...

Page 28: ...than 60 individual parameters in an appropriate way and mapping them to the flexible user interface of the Yamaha 02R Visual feedback is accomplished using a vast amount of on screen meters Multi ban...

Page 29: ...he Target Type and Target Factor settings Other intelligent interactions between parameters exist allowing for rapid control while maintaining maximum sonic quality Look ahead Delay In order to have t...

Page 30: ...ack time is shown for the Mid band Release times for the Low and High band depend on the Mid band Release and the Target Type setting Compressor Release time is shown for the Mid band Release times fo...

Page 31: ...duction it s often required to set the max peak output level to a value below Full Scale The best place to adjust this is the Finalizer Engine Output fader on the Main UNIT Y screen Gain Transfer Func...

Page 32: ...t Pink More attenuation on the Hi band with high levels Static frequency response Linear Dynamic frequency response Less brightness Cross over frequencies 315Hz and 3 15kHz Applications Gentle process...

Page 33: ...or Threshold until that happens When the Finalizer D C is running the ON button above Fader 17 18 functions as a By pass Try turning it on and off Try the different Targets to get a feel of what the c...

Page 34: ...routing EQ effects faders etc This basic mix is then stored to a Scene memory and used as a reference for the dynamic automation To add a 2dB trim to the lead vocal the basic Scene is recalled trimmed...

Page 35: ...different software options you have to enter a License code in the Command display and then press ENTER To get a license code you may be asked about your Reference code This code is found on the Util...

Page 36: ...BU signal may be transmitted over a long distance and travel through patch bays etc but the timing reference signal should be kept separately If you use an AES EBU router or mechanical patch bay you m...

Page 37: ...t an SPDIF input processes 16 bits on other 20 or 24 bits When driving SPDIF inputs you should know how much data is being looked at and set the 02R output dither accordingly SPDIF output to UNIT Y in...

Page 38: ...s Enter Choose Input TDIF Output ADAT by writing IOTA and press Enter Choose Input TDIF Output TDIF by writing IOTT and press Enter IO Status To check the status of your I O card you write IOST and pr...

Page 39: ...d from one of the serial ports on the computer printer or modem to the identical connector on the back of the 02R Turn off AppleTalk if you use the printer port and run the Mac upload program Data is...

Page 40: ...he same position regardless of subsequent fader events See Fader Edit Edit Out Modes on page 146 of the User s Guide Off line Editing Enhancements Automix events can be copied or moved and levels can...

Page 41: ...aders are raised from infinity oo Fader Start on page 163 and Preferences on page 198 of the User s Guide 12 Initial Data Faders Nominal or Minimum A preference can be set so that recalling scene memo...

Page 42: ...IR 2 2 page aux sends can be paired using the SELECTED CHANNEL AUX buttons See Pairing Channels on page 184 of the User s Guide Aux sends and bus outputs can be paired using the input channel SEL butt...

Page 43: ...e Routing on page 39 22 Scene Memories The number of scene memories has been expanded from 64 to 96 The number of the scene memory that was stored or recalled last can be displayed by pressing the sce...

Page 44: ...tlet from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help The user may find the following booklet prepared by the Federal Communications Commi...

Page 45: ...reference to regulations in following directives 73 23 EEC 89 336 EEC Issued in Risskov August 17th 1998 Anders Fauerskov Managing Director CAUTION Danger of explosion if battery is incorrectly repla...

Page 46: ...m 17 Empty Club Reverb Med General Live room 18 Warm Studio Reverb Med Vocal Kick Dark live room 19 Big Dark Cloud Reverb Long Effect Dark effect sustain 20 LeadVoc Del Delay Vocal Gtr Nearly mono del...

Page 47: ...Pilot Finalizer 6 8dB 20dBFS Main mix choir Mix assistance with final limiter suitable for live broadcast and music 53 Classical Finalizer 2 8dB 20dBFS Main mix Dynamic processing suitable for classic...

Page 48: ...ed 92 Reserved 93 Reserved 94 Reserved 95 Reserved 96 Reserved 97 Reserved 98 Reserved 99 Reserved 100 5 1 Front Mic Reverb Short Multich applic Mellow room Use with 101 in rear 101 5 1 Back Mic Rever...

Page 49: ...everb Large Multich applic Diffuse bright rear Use with 120 in front 122 5 1 Hall Front Reverb Large Multich applic Diffuse dark front Use with 123 in rear 123 5 1 Hall Back Reverb Large Multich appli...

Page 50: ...Delays Delay Repeat Vocal Gtr Random repeats 166 Craft Work Echo Delay Repeat Vocal Gtr Random repeats 167 Ratt A Tatt Delay Repeat Effect Full pattern repeat 168 Triplets PanDly Delay Vocal Keyb LCR...

Page 51: ...r Gtr Keyb Rotator Feed direct through engine 193 MediumDeepPhase Phaser Effect Phaser 194 CountrymanPhase Phaser Gtr Keyb Subtle Phaser 195 InverserPhase Phaser Effect Gtr Robot reso phaser Feed dire...

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