PM5D / PM5D-RH Quick Start Guide Part 3
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Cue level on a fader for monitor engineers;
The monitor volume of PM5D is controlled by a rotary pot, but commonly stage monitor engineers want fader control.
Prior to the launch of Version 2 software in Summer 2007 this was only possible with some indirect routing methods,
these are explained in the earlier guides. A direct method was implemented with the new V2 fi rmware. This is found
in the Fader Mode Assign window using the two assign boxes at the bottom right of the screen. The "The Examples"
engineer uses Stereo A and Stereo B faders to control Cue and Monitor buses. Select A to provide Cue output to a local
IEM pack and select B to feed the monitor bus to a local wedge. The Monitor bus can be mixed into mono for this
purpose using the [MONO] key on the PM5D panel, but this cannot be programmed in the Editor, similarly use the
panel rotary control to set the Monitor and Cue output volumes to maximum (for nominal output) and de-select the pink
[Stereo A feeds monitor bus] key so that the monitor bus works just as a copy of the cue bus.
Advanced monitor engineer users can still use the Monitor Assign keys to achieve dual monitor bus possibilities where
they can hear different mixes in their wedge and IEM pack at the same time.
Store and Save again.
Now is a good time to store to a scene and save to your computer's memory again. Refer to page 14 of this guide for
more details.
Remember when you save the fi le, select .PM5 as the fi le type. Now this memory can be saved to a PC card and loaded
directly into the console.
If you’ve followed the work through you should find all
the following are ready to be loaded into the console;
1) Inputs named and patched
2) Phantom
set
3) Outputs named and patched
4) Effects
patched
5) Matrix named and patched
6) GEQ
patched
7) User
defi ned keys programmed
8) Assignable faders assigned
9) Monitor on fader if required
10) Stored all that as a starting scene
Suitable memory cards are either PCMCIA card or
compact fl ash (CF) in a dedicated adaptor. Yamaha only
recommends and supports cards in the FAT16 format,
most cards up to 2 GB work fi ne for fi le transfer.
Now your session is created and saved to the computer’s
memory you have to consider how this will be transferred
to the PM5D.
There are two choices;
1) Save the data to a PC type memory card and move to
PM5D
2) Connect Studio Manager On-line and synchronise the
editor with the console.
