Yamaha AX16-AT Spécifications

- 1 - Using Cubase VSTwith DSP FactoryUsing Cubase VSTwith DSP Factory

- 10 - The Default Routing of signals from DS2416 into VST There are eight separate “lines” from the DS2416 card into Cubase VST. In VST, these corr

- 11 - Outputs “IOA” and “IOB” are the connections to additional input/output units such as the AX44. For each DS2416 card, you can add two extra in

- 12 - Opening the DSP Factory Windows When Cubase VST detects one or more DS2416 cards, a special “DSP Factory” sub-menu is added to the Panels men

- 13 - The Input Console window The Input Console window is the main DSP Factory window. If you view the DSP Factory as an external digital mixer, f

- 14 - The Upper Display1. Locate the dividing line between the Upper and Lower display for the channel strip.2. Point at the small triangle pointin

- 15 - Channel Controls in the Lower Display The Lower Display in “Bus Assign”, “Aux Assign” and “Narrow” modes. Control Explanation Pan Control Se

- 16 - About the FX Return Channels The channels labeled “1” - “4” to the right in the Input Console window, are by de-fault used as stereo effect r

- 17 - Channel Controls in the Upper Display The Upper display in “EQ”, “Dynamics”, “Bus Send” and “Aux Send” modes. EQ Mode When EQ Mode is selecte

- 18 - Selecting High/Low Pass or Shelving EQ types Normally, all four EQ bands are of the regular full parametric type, but you can switch the High

- 19 - Depending on which Dynamics Type you have selected, there are different param-eters available. However, some general controls are available in

- 2 - Documentation by Ernst Nathorst-Böös, Ludvig Carlson, Anders Nordmark, Roger WiklanderAdditional assistance: Cecilia LiljaQuality Control: Cri

- 20 - In the lower half of the Dynamics panel, you will find the actual controls: Parameter Description Threshold Determines the threshold level at

- 21 - Bus Send Mode ❐ The Bus Sends are always post-fader. This means that in many cases (e.g. when using the buses for recording into VST) there i

- 22 - The Stereo Mix Section To the right in the Input Console window you will find the Stereo Mix section. This differs slightly from the regular

- 23 - The Common Panel To the left of the channel strips you will find a section with common controls: Control Description Read/Write buttonsThis w

- 24 - The Bus/Aux ConsoleThis window contains master level controls for the eight buses and six Aux sends, together with level meters and numerical

- 25 - The Channel OverviewThis window allows you to view and access all controls at the same time for a single channel. You select which channel to v

- 26 - The FX EditorThis window allows you to select effect types and make settings for the two on-board effect units (labelled “FX Unit 1” and “FX Un

- 27 - The Output PatchbayThis window allows you to view and change the output routing, i.e. which buses and sends are routed to which outputs, and al

- 28 - Word Clock SettingsThe right half of the Output Patchbay window contains word clock settings. These are used to determine which sample rate sho

- 29 - Changing the Input RoutingWith the default routing of physical Inputs (see page 10), you only have access to the analog and digital inputs on t

- 3 - About the Yamaha DSP Factory The Yamaha DSP Factory is an audio hardware system for professional digital multi-track recording and mixing on p

- 30 - Channel Input Options1 VST 1 IOB2-1 2 VST 2 IOB2-23 VST 3 IOB2-34 VST 4 IOB2-45 VST 5 IOB2-56 VST 6 IOB2-67 VST 7 IOB2-78 VST 8 IOB2-89 VST 9

- 31 - Changing the Output RoutingIt is possible to route each bus or send (except Aux 5-6) to any output or any com-bination of outputs. However, it

- 32 - Single-Track RecordingRecording a single mono or stereo Track in Cubase VST with the DSP Factory is eas-ily done, using the default signal rout

- 33 - Recording a Stereo Track❐In this section we assume that you are recording a stereo signal connected to the ana-log or digital inputs on the DS2

- 34 - Recording with EffectsIf you like to add effects to the signal you are recording, proceed as follows:1. Set up the controls as described above

- 35 - Multi-Track RecordingThe DSP Factory system makes it possible to record up to eight separate audio Tracks at the same time (in a setup with one

- 36 - Automating the DSP FactoryYour actions in the DSP Factory windows can be automated in the same straight-forward way as in the Cubase VST Channe

- 37 - Mixing down to a Stereo OutputOnce you have finished a piece of music, you may want to mix it down to an exter-nal two track recorder (DAT, MD,

- 38 - 6. Open the Output Patchbay window and make sure the signals are routed in the follow-ing way:7. Check that your audio channels play back as de

- 39 - Mixing down to a new Track in Cubase VSTAn alternative to mixing down to a separate two track recorder is to mix down to a new audio file. If y

- 4 - Setting up Cubase VST for use with DSP Factory ❐ This assumes that you have installed the DSP Factory hardware according to the in-structions

- 40 - Working with two DS2416 CardsIf you have two DS2416 cards installed, these can be connected using the SI/SO (Se-rial In/Out) connections on the

- 41 - The Buses, Aux Sends and Stereo Mix on the Slave card will receive the signals from the cor-responding buses on the Master card, and the signal

- 42 - Remote Controlling the DSP Factory MixerIt is possible to use a Yamaha 01V digital mixer to remote control the DSP Factory mixer in Cubase VST.

- 43 - About the LayoutsAs when you are using the 01V to control the VST mixer parameters, there are two different “Layouts” for controlling the DSP F

- 44 - Controllable ParametersChannels 1 to 20• Volume.• Pan.• Mute.• Aux Send 1-6 (“01v Effect 1 and 2” correspond to Aux 5 and 6).• EQ Freq, Gain an

- 45 - IndexAASIO Drivers 4Attenuator 25Automation 36Aux Assign ModeControls 15Selecting 13Aux Send ModeControls 21Selecting 14AX44 Audio Expansion Un

- 46 - RRead 23, 36RecordingMono 32Multi-Track 35Stereo 33With Effects 34Remote Control 42RoutingChanging 29Default 9With two cards 40SSample Rate 28S

- 5 - Using the “DSP Factory Songs” Included with Cubase VST you will find a special DSP Factory folder containing two template Song files called “1

- 6 - Routing Audio between VST and the DSP Factory Audio routing with the DSP Factory is extremely flexible, allowing you to connect channels, aux

- 7 - Activating and Assigning Output Buses 1. Pull down the Panels menu and select VST Master Mixer. The VST Master window appears. In a single DS2

- 8 - Selecting Inputs and Outputs for the Audio Channels This description assumes that you have set the number of audio channels so that it corresp

- 9 - The Default Signal Routing This section describes how signals are routed by default, when you first start using the DS2416 card with Cubase VS