Yamaha Studio Manager V2 DM2000 Editor User manual

DM2000-v2 Short-Cut List

Using the ‘SEL’ switches
1. CHANNEL PAIR
Hold ‘SEL’ for one channel and press ‘SEL’ for the adjacent channel to make a
stereo pair. This works for input and output channels, so long as the left side is an
odd number and the right side is an even number. The channel with the SEL switch
you hold first is the master channel for the pair: its settings are copied to the other
channel (except for pan and bus routing). Repeating this action breaks the stereo
pair, to make the channels mono again.
2. CHANNEL NAME DISPLAY
To view the long name for a channel, press and hold its SEL switch for more than a
second. The name will be displayed in the fluorescent strip above the faders.
3. CHANNEL COPY
Select the source channel with its SEL switch, then press the CHANNEL COPY
switch (in the SELECTED CHANNEL area). Then press the SEL switch of the
destination channel and click PASTE.
NOTE
The parameters which are copied are determined on the PREFERENCES
2 page in the SETUP menu.

Other Short-Cuts
1. EQ Gain to 0dB
To reset the gain of an EQ band to 0dB, press and hold the Freq/Q encoder for one
second.
2. EQ Reset
To return the whole Parametric EQ for a channel to its default settings, press the
Freq/Q encoders for the LOW and HIGH bands at the same time.
3. AUX ON/OFF
To access the AUX ON/OFF switches quickly, press and hold the required AUX
SELECT switch. Then the CHANNEL ON switches above the faders become the
AUX ON switches for the selected Aux.
TIP
This can be useful for creating a MIX-MINUS. First set an AUX to ALL
NOMINAL, using the switch at the top of the SEND1-24 page in the AUX
DISPLAY menu, then hold the AUX SELECT switch to switch off the send
for the required ‘minus’ channel.
4. AUX SOLO
To solo an AUX MASTER while still viewing an INPUT FADER LAYER, press the
required AUX SELECT switch once to select it, and once again to SOLO it. Pressing
a third time will cancel the SOLO. While the AUX is in SOLO, its SELECT switch will
flash. NOTE
This function can be disabled in the SOLO page of the MONITOR menu,
with the AUX/SOLO LINK option.

5. Copy STEREO Mix to an AUX
Press and hold an INPUT FADER LAYER switch, then press an AUX SELECT
switch, and click YES in the confirmation box on the LCD. This copies the fader
levels to the selected AUX sends. Make sure the Aux sends are all PRE by clicking
the GLOBAL PRE switch on the SEND1-24 page in the AUX DISPLAY menu.
NOTE
Repeat the same procedure for each fader layer to copy the whole mix to
the Aux sends, as only one layer is copied at a time.
TIP
This is useful for making a quick headphone mix in a recording session
(where AUX 11 and 12 can be sent directly to the STUDIO MONITOR
OUT), or making a quick stage-monitor mix for a guest musician at a live
performance.
6. GEQ edit on Faders
In the GEQ EDIT page (EFFECTS/PLUG-INS menu), click one of the FADER
ASSIGN switches to access the GEQ bands on the faders. When you navigate
away from this page, the faders return to their normal mode, but the cursor position
is remembered, so next time the GEQ EDIT page is accessed, you only need to
press ENTER to get fader control.
7. SCENE FADE TIME Copy
To assign the same fader time to all channels in a scene, first enter the required
FADE TIME for one channel, then double-click ENTER to copy the time to all the
other input or output channels.

Other Tips
1. GROUP ASSIGN
The default settings of USER DEFINED KEY bank F is for INPUT GROUP ASSIGN
functions. Keys 1-8 are for Input FADER GROUPS, and Keys 9-16 are for Input
MUTE GROUPS. To assign a channel to a group, select the channel and press the
relevant USER DEFINED KEY in BANK F. The USER DEFINED KEY will then light
up to confirm the assignment.
NOTE
A Channel cannot be in more than one FADER GROUP at a time, and
cannot be in more than one MUTE GROUP at a time.
2. DCA FADERS
To have DCA (or analog VCA) style Fader Masters, first check the INPUT FADER
MASTER box near the top of the FADER GROUP display page. Then choose a
REMOTE FADER LAYER, and select USER ASSIGNABLE LAYER as the TARGET.
After that, all the GROUP MASTER FADERS can be selected to appear on the
REMOTE FADER LAYER, along with any other channels chosen by the user.
3. MUTE MASTER Switches
USER DEFINED KEY bank G, by default, consists of the twelve MUTE GROUP
MASTER switches. But first the INPUT MUTE MASTER and OUTPUT MUTE
MASTER boxes must be checked in the GROUP display menu.

4. Remote Control of AD824 or AD8HR Units
To remote control the Head-Amp settings of these units. Select HA as the REMOTE
FUNCTION in the REMOTE page of the SETUP menu. Then select which slots are
used for which units (the Unit ID is displayed on the front panel of the remote AD
units). Assign one of the ENCODER MODE ASSIGN keys to HA Gain so the input
Gain can be controlled from the Channel Encoders. PHANTOM POWER can be
controlled from the HA CTRL page in the PHASE/INSERT menu.
5. SCENE MEMORY Auto Update
In the PREFERENCES1 page of the SETUP menu, the Scene MEM Auto Update
option can be found. When this is switched on, the last mixing settings are
memorised just before the next Scene is recalled.
Then when a previous Scene is recalled, its last settings are recalled first. Press
RECALL again to access the original scene settings. So two memories for each
scene are kept: the original settings, and the last settings.
6. Return to Current Scene
When scrolling through the SCENE MEMORY list, it is easy to forget which is the
current Scene. To return to displaying the current Scene, press both SCENE UP
and DOWN keys simultaneously.

7. Use the same Studio Monitors for Surround and Stereo
Monitoring
To allow this, switch on the MONITOR L/R TO C-R option in the SURROUND page
of the MONITOR menu. Then the Front Left and Right speakers can be connected
to the Control Room outputs while the other Surround speakers can be connected to
spare OMNI or SLOT Outputs. When mixing in Surround, turn the CONTROL
ROOM LEVEL pot up to maximum, and use the SURROUND MONITOR LEVEL pot
as the listening level. Make sure STEREO is not selected as the CONTROL ROOM
SOURCE at this time (or switch the Stereo Master channel off). When returning to
Stereo mixing, remember to turn the CONTROL ROOM LEVEL down again.
8. Monitoring a Surround Mix from Tape/Disk
To directly monitor a previously recorded mix, without using channels on the mixer,
first connect the source to a SLOT input. Then assign the correct input channel to
the correct surround channel on the SURR PATCH page of the MONITOR menu.
Do this for as many playback sources as are required (for multiple ‘stems’ for
example). Then in the SURROUND page of the MONITO menu, choose which
SLOT inputs (as assigned in the SURR PATCH page) will be monitored when either
of the two ASSIGN switches are pressed in the SURROUND MONITOR SOURCE
section.
9. USER DEFINED KEYS
Here are some suggested uses for these keys, apart from the defaults:
•Scene +1/-1 Recall: to recall the next or the previous Scene.
•OSC On/Off: to control the internal Oscillator.
•Talkback Assign: to choose the talkback destination.
•FL CH/Port: alternate between seeing the channel name and the input port
name in the FL display about the faders.
•Studio Manager: open and close various windows in the DM2000 editor on
PC or Mac.

10. Initialize Memories
To erase all the memories in the console and return it to is initial settings, first switch
off the console. Then switch it on again while holding the SCENE STORE switch.
Choose INITIALIZE to erase all the libraries and return to the default settings.
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