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PM5D/PM5D-RH Owner’s Manual
Table of Contents
Table of Contents — Operating section
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Introduction ........................................ 10
Thank you................................................................... 10
An overview of the PM5D........................................... 10
Differences between the PM5D model and the
PM5D-RH model ............................................. 11
About the channel structure of the PM5D.......................... 12
Regarding word clock synchronization ....................... 12
How this manual is organized..................................... 13
Conventions in this manual ................................................. 13
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Top, front, and rear panels................. 14
Top panel ................................................................... 14
Rear panel................................................................... 16
Front panel ................................................................. 18
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Basic operation on the PM5D............. 19
About the various types of user interface .................... 19
User interface in the display.................................................. 19
DISPLAY ACCESS section ................................................... 20
Data Entry section ................................................................. 20
External user interface........................................................... 21
Basic operation ........................................................... 22
Click........................................................................................ 22
Drag ........................................................................................ 22
Drag and drop........................................................................ 22
Accessing a desired screen..................................................... 23
Moving the cursor ................................................................. 23
Scrolling the screen................................................................ 24
Operating the buttons........................................................... 25
Adjusting the setting of a knob or fader .............................. 25
Assigning a name................................................................... 26
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Connections and setup ....................... 27
Audio connections ...................................................... 27
Analog audio connections .................................................... 27
Analog output connections .................................................. 28
Digital input/output connections ........................................ 29
Installing an option card....................................................... 30
Word clock connections and settings.......................... 31
About word clock .................................................................. 31
Selecting the word clock master ........................................... 31
Restoring the current scene to the default state.......... 32
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Input channel operations ................... 33
About the input channels ........................................... 33
AD IN section.............................................................. 35
Items in the AD IN section ................................................... 35
Controlling the input sensitivity and phantom power
(+48V) of the head amp.............................................. 36
INPUT channel strip.................................................... 37
Items in the INPUT channel strip........................................ 37
ST IN/FX RTN channel strip ........................................ 39
Items in the ST IN/FX RTN channel strip........................... 39
FADER FLIP/ENCODER MODE section ........................ 40
Items in the FADER FLIP/ENCODER MODE section...... 40
Various operations for input channels ......................... 41
Selecting the function of the encoders................................. 41
Exchanging the fader and encoder functions...................... 41
Sending a signal from an input channel to the STEREO
bus ................................................................................. 42
Sending the signal from the input channel to a MIX
bus ................................................................................. 43
Enabling/disabling pairing....................................................45
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Output channel operations .................47
About the output channels..........................................47
MIX section .................................................................49
Items in the MIX section....................................................... 49
Operations in the MIX section ............................................. 49
STEREO A/B channel strip............................................53
Items in the STEREO A/B channel strip..............................53
Operations in the STEREO A/B channel strip ....................54
MATRIX section...........................................................55
Items in the MATRIX section............................................... 55
Operations in the MATRIX section ..................................... 55
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Using the Selected Channel section ...57
About the SELECTED CHANNEL section......................57
Items in the SELECTED CHANNEL section ...................57
GROUP................................................................................... 57
CHANNEL SELECT.............................................................. 58
DELAY.................................................................................... 58
GAIN/ATTENUATION/ø (Gain / Attenuation / Phase)...59
NOISE GATE ......................................................................... 59
STEREO.................................................................................. 60
COMPRESSOR...................................................................... 60
HPF (High Pass Filter) .......................................................... 61
EQUALIZER .......................................................................... 61
Operations in the SELECTED CHANNEL section ..........62
Selecting a channel and editing its parameters.................... 62
Compressor operations.........................................................63
Gate operations......................................................................64
EQ/HPF operations ...............................................................65
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Input Patch / Output Patch operations ..66
Changing the input patch settings..............................66
Changing the output patch settings ...........................67
Inserting an external device into a channel .................69
Connecting an external device for insertion........................ 69
Patching the insert-out and insert-in................................... 70
Directly outputting the signal of an input channel ......72
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Grouping and linking ..........................73
About DCA Groups and Mute Groups.........................73
Items in the ASSIGN MODE section ............................73
Items in the DCA strip .................................................73
Using DCA Groups ......................................................74
Assigning channels to DCA groups...................................... 74
Controlling DCA groups.......................................................75
Using mute groups......................................................75
Assigning channels to mute groups......................................75
Controlling mute groups ......................................................76
Using the Mute Safe function............................................... 76
Using EQ Link and Compressor Link............................77