Yamaha LS9 Console Files

Files and notes updated 2011/11/14.

To download the zip file containing the Studio Manager file, console file, and console library files, click here.

(Warning: There may still be errors and omissions in my descriptions, or in the scenes, so look everything over.  If you find anything, please let me know.)

The L/R and Mono Master faders should now be linked correctly (Mono always at the same level as the L/R.  But check this before sending any signals through the console.  (So far as I can tell, this link can be made and adjusted only on the console in Preferences on the console - it's not accessible in Studio Manager - Hey Yamaha - WTF?)

2011-11-14:
Fixed a few errors, came up with some better tom gate and bass comp settings.   The playback sources (PC, CD1, CD2, DVD) are now sourced from an expansion card in slot 2 - most folks will need to change these to be sourced from preamps.
 

2011-06-14 and again on 17:
Fixed a few errors, made a few minor changes
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Changes in revision 2011-06-06:
I re-labeled a few things.
The drum channels have a gate and a compressor (as they did before).
The cymbals channels and all other channels now have a compressor and a de-esser.
I saved more EQs and dynamics, and saved them as separate files.
All buses have a limiter.
 

There are two scenes (Most folks will be interested in the Rock scene - scroll down).

Scene 299 (copied on 300) is for Shows (variety, theatrical).  Details include:

16 channels for vocals that are fed to a bus that is used as a group.  The group has a multi-band comp (Rack 5) inserted.

Several stereo pairs for playback.

Several custom pairs (which are fed by a single head amp, which is to be fed by a summed mono signal).  One channel of the pair is routed to L/R and Mono only, the other channel is fed post-fade to the (monitor) busses only.  This makes it very easy to adjust the mains and monitor levels for "track acts" and the like.

* Recall-safed: An MC channel, a Talkback channel, and the L/R/Mono.  Everything but the faders on all the other channels (this is so that if you have to change a head amp, EQ, or comp after you have saved all of your show scenes, you don't have to update every scene).

I have it set up pseudo aux fed subs - the keys and playback channels are (in addition to being fed to L/R) fed to the mono bus for the subs out.  The Mono fader is linked to the L/R.

There is a Custom Fader Layer for this scene, but it is rather wacky (I forget why) and I don't use it.  I may work on it in the future.

Scene 297 (copied on 298) is for Rock shows.  Details include:

A number of channels for drums (including a stereo overhead pair) that are routed to a stereo bus pair that is used as a stereo drum group.  (Rack 5 = Reverb 1 = Drum Reverb is also routed to this stereo pair, so the amount of reverb does not change when you adjust the level of the drum group.)

A number of channels for vocals that are fed to a bus that is used as a group.

(There's an un-assigned bus that can be used as a mono group for whatever purpose.  Or, it could be configured with the existing mono vocal group to create a stereo vocal group, and the vocal reverb could be routed to the bus instead of to L/R.  As the delays I have set up are mono, I have them routed to the mono vocal group.

Several linked pairs for stereo keys (all parameters are linked).

Custom Fader Layer.  Here's some of the details:
 - Snare 2/Tom 1 is replaced by Mix 13 Master = send to reverb #1 Rack 5.
 - Overhead Right (which one of a linked pair, so the second fader is redundant) is replaced by Mix 10 Master = Drum Group L (which is one of a linked pair...).
 - Key 1 R (which is one of a linked pair) is replaced by Key 2 R (which is one of a linked pair...)
 - Key 2 L is replaced by Mix 14 Master send to reverb # 2 Rack 6.
 - Key 2 R is replaced by Mix 12 Master = Vocal Group.
 - DVD L is replaced by Mix 15 Master = send to delay # 1 Rack 7.
 - DVD R is replaced by Mix 16 Master = send to delay #2 Rack 8.

(The only controls that are lost when switching to the Custom layer are snare 2/tom1, and the DVD).

Recall-safed: Stereo pair for tracks playback, an MC channel, a Talkback channel, and the L/R/Mono.

Note: The Recall Safe settings are the same across all scenes, so if you go back and forth between the two scenes in this download, you'll have to turn the safes on or off as is appropriate for the scene you are using.

All inputs are patched to both layers.  Layer 1-32 is used for the house mix, layer 33-64 is used for the monitor mixes.  This allows independent EQ and dynamics on the mains and the monitors (usually no dynamics are used on the monitors).  (The other scene is set up this way in case it's needed, but all the layer 2 sends are turned off - I think.)

I have it set up pseudo aux fed subs - the drum bus, bass channels, key channels, and playback channels are (in addition to being fed to L/R) fed to the mono bus for the subs out.  The Mono fader is linked to the L/R.
 

User Defined Keys: (These are global = the same in all scenes.)

1 Scene, Dec Recall *

2 Scene, Inc Recall *

3 Mute Master, Mute Group 1, Output Mute, Mix 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 = Monitors Mute (the "oh shit!" button)

4 Mute Master, Mute Group 2, Input Channel, CHs 1-28 (mutes every house channel save for the Talkback, MC, and DVD) (the "why doesn't the band stop noodling and get on with it?" button.

5 Mute Master, Mute Group 3, Output Mute, Mix 13,14,15,16 = FX Sends Mute (tails & repeats remain)

6 Mute Master, Mute Group 4, Input Mute, ST IN 1,2,3,4 = FX Returns Mute (instant dry).

7 LS9 Editor, Rack 5 (Reverb 1 in Rock scene, Multiband Comp in Show scene).

8 LS9 Editor, Rack 6 (Reverb 2 in Rock scene, Reverb 2 in Show scene).

9 Mute Master, Mute Group 7, Output Mute, Mix 15 = FX 3 Send Mute.

10 Tap Tempo Rack 7 (Mono Delay = FX3)

11 Mute Master, Mute Group 8, Output Mute, Mix 16 = FX 4 Send Mute.

12 Tap Tempo Rack 8 (Mono Delay = FX4)

* Normally, the console is configured to require confirmation.  This might be turned off during the run of a multi-scene show, depending upon various circumstances.)  Note: This does not effect the recall UDKs!  (Hey Yamaha - WTF?)

When working in Studio Manager, the most common mistake I make is forgetting to store the scene before saving the session. (Save the session as both a session file for the computer and a console file for your thumb drive.  If you do this, when you forget to take your computer or your thumb drive to a show, you'll still be able to update the console from the one you did remember to take with you.)

Patch Note: The patches are saved on a scene by scene basis, so you can have different patches for each scene if you care to.  (Example: When I get an A-D card in the console, I'll be able to use the card for connecting a number of the line level sources that are used in the Show scene and not the Rock scene.  So I'll no longer have to re-patch cables at the back of the console when going from one type of show to another.)   (There are four line-level analog cards of interest:

The MY4-AD is a 30.08-50.88kHz-capable card that has four inputs on XLR connectors, and has a three-position gain switch for each input.

The MY8-AD24 is a 30.08-50.88kHz-capable card that has eight inputs on 1/4" connectors, and has a two-position gain switch for each input.

 The MY8-AD96 is a 96kHz-capable card that has eight inputs on a D-sub 25 connector.

The MY8-ADDA96 is a 96kHz-capable card that has eight inputs on Phoenix/Euroblock connectors and also eight outputs on Phoenix/Euroblock connectors.

Here's a download sheet that has some nifty shortcuts, many of which I did not know about: ShortCutTips.