m-control
With m‑control™ for Yamaha digital consoles, the 6416m Mic Input Module
can be remote controlled directly from a Yamaha console’s user interface
when a 6416Y2 A‑Net Interface Card is installed. Using m‑control, an engineer
has direct access to the 6416m preamp’s gain control, +48V phantom power,
and high pass (low cut) filter. Up to 64 channels of 6416m mic preamps can be
controlled from a Yamaha console. Systems may utilize multiple simultaneous
control points: multiple consoles, multiple RCI/MCS combinations, or any
combination of the two.
Remote mic preamp control is not supported by every Yamaha console, and
the actual number of remote controllable channels varies by console model.
All existing 6416Y2 cards as well as 6416m and RCI modules in the field can
be updated to take advantage of the remote control features.
Since using the Pro64 m‑control feature requires the use of the RS‑422
resources of the Yamaha console, simultaneously controlling Pro64 6416m
mic preamps with m‑control and Yamaha AD8HR preamps via the Virtual
Data Cables™ (VDC) is not supported.
Yamaha Hardware Requirements
The following Yamaha devices can be used to send remote control commands
to 6416m preamps via m‑control:
• LS9‑16
• DM1000
• LS9-32
• DM2000
• M7CL‑32 and M7CL‑48
• DME24N
• PM5D / PM5D‑RH
• DME64N
Console based remote control of the 6416m is not compatible with the PM1D,
01V96, and 02R96 consoles and the DSP5D expander for the PM5D because
these devices do not have built‑in RS‑422 support. 6416Y2 A‑Net cards may
still be used with these devices for audio I/O.
Firmware Requirements
The m‑control features require firmware version 2.41 or higher in the 6416Y2
A‑Net card and firmware version 2.00 or higher in both the 6416m Mic Input
Module and any RCI Remote Control Interfaces in the system. (The RCI is not
required to use the console‑based remote control feature, but it does need
the firmware update if an RCI is installed in the same Pro64 network where
m‑control will be used.)
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