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<blockquote data-quote="Andrew Broughton" data-source="post: 121133" data-attributes="member: 318">Re: Marc Lopez of Yamaha Commercial Audio Q&amp;AHi Marc;Thank you for taking the time to answer questions on the forum.I have been a long time Yamaha user and currently work mostly with the PM5D as it has a few functions that none of the other current models have.I would love to switch to a CL console, but there are 2 functions that still need to be added to the CL software that are on the PM5D before I would do that.First is selectable pre/post eq for mix sends on a PER-CHANNEL basis. The PM5D can do this, but every other Yamaha mixer that&#039;s currently on the market has only a global selection for each mix, not on each channel.Second is insertable parametric eq on each channel. The PM5D allows you to switch the GEQ to an 8-band parametric eq which can be inserted on a channel. On the CL you cannot change the GEQ to a PEQ and you cannot even insert a GEQ on a channel!I know there are workarounds but they end up using additional mixes and/or channels. Since these are simply software changes, it would make sense that your new flagship line had at least the functionality of your previous flagshship consoles. Hopefully you have the ability to suggest to Yamaha to add functionality to the CL software to bring it in line with the PM5D.Thank you for listening!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Andrew Broughton, post: 121133, member: 318"] Re: Marc Lopez of Yamaha Commercial Audio Q&A Hi Marc; Thank you for taking the time to answer questions on the forum. I have been a long time Yamaha user and currently work mostly with the PM5D as it has a few functions that none of the other current models have. I would love to switch to a CL console, but there are 2 functions that still need to be added to the CL software that are on the PM5D before I would do that. First is selectable pre/post eq for mix sends on a PER-CHANNEL basis. The PM5D can do this, but every other Yamaha mixer that's currently on the market has only a global selection for each mix, not on each channel. Second is insertable parametric eq on each channel. The PM5D allows you to switch the GEQ to an 8-band parametric eq which can be inserted on a channel. On the CL you cannot change the GEQ to a PEQ and you cannot even insert a GEQ on a channel! I know there are workarounds but they end up using additional mixes and/or channels. Since these are simply software changes, it would make sense that your new flagship line had at least the functionality of your previous flagshship consoles. Hopefully you have the ability to suggest to Yamaha to add functionality to the CL software to bring it in line with the PM5D. Thank you for listening! [/QUOTE]

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