Yamaha CL Series

The Yamaha CL series is a family of Dante-networked digital consoles. The CL5 has 72 mono and 8 stereo inputs. The CL3 has 64 mono and 8 stereo, and the CL1 has 48 mono and 8 stereo. All three share 24 Mix buses, 8 Matrices, 16 DCA groups and 300 scene memories. They also share 8 local analog inputs and outputs, three MY expansion slots and a 10-inch touch panel. They connect to I/O racks over Dante. Yamaha now lists the CL series as discontinued. Still, product pages, specs and downloads remain on Yamaha’s site.

How Showcaller connects to the Yamaha CL series

Showcaller connects to the console’s NETWORK connector, the RJ-45 port Yamaha provides for CL Editor. It uses Yamaha’s native remote control protocol on TCP port 49280, through the Showcaller Bridge App. No login is needed. The operator asks by voice or in chat, for example mute the audience mic or Mix 6 down 3 dB. They can also ask send more of the lectern to Mix 2 or mute the delay Matrix. Showcaller then calls the matching Tool Function. It reads every change back from the console before it reports it done, and it reports any mismatch. The Yamaha mixer integration page lists every function.

Scene recall on CL consoles

Scene recall is where the CL differs from the DM7 and Rivage PM in Showcaller. It is available on CL and QL consoles. On the Enterprise plan, Showcaller recalls a stored scene. It can report which scene the console last recalled. When the console reports it, Showcaller can also say whether the mix has changed since. A recall replaces the whole live console state, so Showcaller asks the operator to confirm first. For a conference with a scene per session, that means go to the panel scene becomes a single, confirmed request.

Tool Functions by plan

Starter covers input faders and mutes, the Main Stereo master and the Mix bus masters, with reads for each. Pro adds Matrix masters and the CL’s DCA groups. It also adds each input’s send level and on/off state to a Mix bus. The same Tool Functions apply to the CL5, CL3 and CL1. The models differ in input count and fader layout, not in what Showcaller can do. For full specs, see Yamaha’s CL series page.