PM5D / PM5D-RH Quick Start Guide Part 3
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Background and introduction to Studio Manager.
PM5D is not particularly aimed at any kind of studio activity; it is primarily a live concert mixer so many people
are confused by the Studio Manager title of its remote control and editing software. In fact the Studio Manager and
PM5DV2 editor are very well adapted to the needs of the live sound engineer; PM5D fi les can be opened on a PC or
Mac, away from the console, and edited, saved and copied. The fi les are small and can be easily emailed and scenes
from different shows can be brought together to create a new fi le allowing seamless changes from any one scene to
another.
The Studio Manager title comes from the software’s much broader capability to integrate with many other digital audio
products found in studio environments. Far from being limited to the remote control of a PM5D, Studio Manager can
remote control several PM5Ds, other Yamaha digital mixers, SPX2000s and Motif Keyboards. In turn Studio Manager
can be part of a Steinberg Cubase SX3 DAW setup and all the settings of these products can be saved in a single fi le
launched from the DAW.
Of course this broader functionality is not relevant for the simple remote control and editing of
PM5D, but it is useful to learn a little background now in order to understand later how you can save
fi les that are from setups of PM5D and DSP5D together or from multiple consoles used in a master
and sub mix confi gurations.
Studio Manager
SPX2000
DM2000
MOTIF ES6/7/8
MOTIF ES6/7/8 Multi Part Editor
DM2000 Editor
Synchro-
nize
Synchro-
nize
Synchro-
nize
SPX2000 Editor
Hardware products
Open from a
compatible DAW
application
Start up Studio
Manager in
stand-alone form
Open an editor from
Studio Manager
