Matrix Processor Yamaha MTX5-D

Yamaha MTX5-D

Designed primarily for multi-zone commercial installations, MTX Series matrix processors are equipped with flexible processing functions that are essential to a wide variety of applications such as retail stores, restaurant/bars or banquet rooms. Responsible for the primary processing functions at the heart of your system's design, MTX processors allow you to configure, program, and manage your entire sound solution via the intuitive interface of the accompanying MTX Editor software application. The series is comprised of two models with varying DSP capacities and expansion capabilities, allowing MTX processors to meet the demands of a truly impressive range of commercial environments.

An Intuitive Graphical Interface for Sound System Design

The MTX-MRX Editor design process is a logical step-by-step analog of the physical installation workflow.

• Device layout wizard
• Functional setup
• External controller setup

Broad support for External Controllers

MTX Series are compatible with a wide range of external controllers, enabling simple volume adjustment and complicated control.

Digital Control Panel - DCP Series provide flexible external control of several functions such as preset recall, levels, and SD card playback. The series comprises of three different models that feature various configurations of switches and volume knobs. DCP controllers are connected to MTX/MRX series by using a daisy-chain connection up to 8 control panels.

Flexible external control

The Wireless DCP app for iPhone or Android devices allows you to remote control the MTX/MRX series. Since the Wireless DCP has the same function as the DCP series, you can control the MTX/MRX series via your smart device at any place in the restaurants, banquet halls and so on.

ProVisionaire Touch

This handy iPad application allows MTX/MRX system control via a Wi-Fi network. A variety of control widgets can be arranged as required to create custom control panel layouts that are ideally configured for individual systems.

Versatile Input/Output configuration

The MTX Series feature a combination of analogue and digital. Dante and YDIF connections meaning there should always be sufficient inputs & outputs for the scale of your installation.

SD Memory Card Slot for playback

The MTX Series feature an input/output configuration that is ideal for a wide range of applications: 8 mono inputs (mic/line), 2 stereo inputs (line) and 16 digital inputs via YDIF. The output side consists of 8 line-level mono outputs and 16 digital outputs via YDIF. MTX processors also feature an SD Card Slot for playback of MP3/WAV files stored on an SD Memory Card. The Event Scheduler function allows you to play back these files as music, announcements or chimes—or even trigger external devices with a GPI output—at scheduled times, as well as recall presets stored within the MTX.

Easily increase system inputs and outputs

The EXi8/Exo8 are input/output expanders for the MTX/MRX Series. EXi8 converts the analog mic/line signal to digital and transmits to the MTX via Yamaha's proprietry YDIF connection. The preamps for EXi8 can be remotely controlled from an MTX/MRX Editor. EXo8 also connects to the system via YDIF and features 8ch of DA converters that convert the digital output to high quality analog signal.

MTX Digital Network System

Using two types of networking in MTX systems can significantly reduce installation cost and time. The combination of YDIF for shorter system connections and DANTE for larger installations can considerably improve design flexibility.

Audio Network for MTX System

MTX processors feature the newly developed YDIF digital transmission format; a unique proprietary Yamaha technology that delivers 16ch audio and word clock transmission via standard CAT5 Ethernet cable. YDIF can be used for cascading multiple MTX Series or for feeding audio signal to XMV Series power amplifiers with very simple cabling up to 30 metres.

Dante for MTX (MTX5-D only)

The MTX5-D is equipped with dual Dante ports that allow 16 channels of inputs and outputs @44,1 kHZ/48 kHz to be run on a redundant network. Both simple and larger, sophisticated Dante network systems can be created using MTX5-D and the Dante enabled XMV-D amplifiers.

Audinate’s Dante Network Audio Protocol has been adopted, not only in Processors and Power Amplifiers, but also in many other types of digital audio equipment such as Yamaha Digital Mixing Consoles. This makes it the perfect backbone for larger networked audio systems particularly as connections are not limited to a 30 m maximum as with YDIF, but can carry audio up to 100 m over CAT5e cable.

A Dante digital network handles all the audio and control data making system alterations and expansion easy. New devices can be added to the network via a single CAT5e cable and quickly configured using the MTX-MRX Editor. Dante networking provides superior system flexibility as well as plenty of capacity for future expansion.

Daisy Chain Network

When building a simple system with a small number of devices. It is recommended to use Daisy Chain. Since Dante can transfer both control and audio signals with one cable, no network switches are required for Daisy Chain mode.

Multi-purpose hall

Room A and Room B in the system example are normally used independently for meetings, parties, or other events, and are therefore equipped with audio systems that can be operated separately. The Yamaha MTX3 is a convenient matrix processor that can accept input from multiple audio sources and microphones and route that audio to specified speaker systems. The EXi8 is handy when you want to increase the number of available microphone inputs, for example. DCP4V4S control panels installed in each room can be set up to allow remote control of microphone level and on/off switching.

When the partition is removed and the rooms are combined to form one larger space, an appropriate setup that has been pre-programmed using the MTX-MRX Editor software can be recalled via a single button, instantly setting up the system for central control.

Simple Presentation using the Dugan Auto Mixer

Using the four Dugan channels of the MTX3 and FBS makes it possible to have a simple presentation system that does not require an operator. When the Dugan automixer is used, the input gain on microphones being used is automatically increased, while the gain on mics not used is decreased in order to reduce ambient noise leakage. This enhances the clarity of the sound. No specialized technical knowledge or skill is required—the mic gains are adjusted automatically.

An Intuitive Approach to Designing Flexible Controllers

Microphone and CD player volume faders, microphone ON/OFF switches, photos, and other widgets can be freely arranged on the design page.ProVisionaire Touch provides an easy, intuitive way to create original touch controllers that are ideally configured for the target installation. Multiple design pages are available so that different control panels can be provided for different audio zones and/or users, with presets and parameter settings optimized for each.

Remote Control from Input to Output

Since MTX/MRX devices are controlled via Wi-Fi, the tablet device can be mounted on a wall or other fixed surface, or used handheld for maximum remote control freedom and convenience. It is also possible to control ON/OFF switching of XMV series power amplifiers connected to the MTX/MRX series unit via YDIF or Dante, for example, providing basic control of the entire system from input to output.

Various parameters can be control from MTX editor

The MTX-MRX Editor software facilitates sound system design with a workflow that simulates standard installation procedure. An easy-to-use wizard lets you start by arranging the devices to be used in the desired layout, then processing components can be added wherever needed. MTX series matrix processors, EXi8 input expanders, EXo8 output expanders, XMV series power amplifiers, and DCP digital control panels can be added according to the needs and scale of the application. The MTX-MRX Editor provides comprehensive, intuitive tools for designing sound systems from input to output.

Input Ch

By selecting GAIN/HPF/EQ you can adjust 3-Band PEQ settings for each input channel, as well as each channels' High Pass Filter. GATE/COMP sets Gate and Compressor parameters and FBS/AGC features feedback suppressors that eliminate acoustic feedback, as well as the Auto Gain Control function that maintains a constant output level with input signals that vary in level.

Reverb effects add simulated reverberation to the source sound. MTX has 4 types of Reverb effects. Reverb Hall, Reverb Stage, Karaoke Echo, Vocal Echo.

A Feedback Suppressor or FBS, is a function that prevents the unpleasant acoustic feedback that occurs when sound from a speaker is picked up by a mic and reamplified. MTX features two types of FBS, Fixed and Dynamic. Fixed is ideal for installations where the microphones do not move and where the problem frequencies remain the same. If microphones are constantly moving then Dynamic FBS is more suitable as it can constantly update the settings to eliminate feedback.

AGC (Auto Gain Controller) is a function that automatically compensates the gain according to the input level, keeping a constant output level for an incoming signal whose level is changing. This can be very useful when there are people speaking at different levels or there are background music sources at different levels and there is no technician available to make manual adjustments. The AGC will smooth the output levels making the listener's experience more pleasurable.

Dugan Automixer

The Dugan Auto Mixer is an advanced algorythm designed to manage and optimize the input gain of multiple microphones that are being used for unscripted speech. Having a number of microphones switched on at the correct level for speech can introduce feedback in the system if there is no engineer available to make adjustments. The Dugan Automixer automatically and seamlessly provides gain to a microphone when one person is speaker or shares it amongst two or more speakers mics, thus eliminating the likelyhood of feedback.

• When no one is talking, the input level on all microphones is lowered, and the gain levels are set uniformly. At this time, rather than muting each microphone, the gain is distributed between three microphones, so that the total gain remains constant.
• When one person speaks, the gain of that microphone instantly rises to 0 dB, and the gain of the other two microphones is lowered. The same thing happens when a different person speaks.
• When two people speak simultaneously, the gain level is automatically distributed between the two microphones so that the total gain remains constant, and the gain of the remaining microphone is lowered.

Matrix Mixer

In the matrix mixer, the input channels and output buses are arranged in a checkerboard configuration. You can adjust the group balance for each output bus, or use the faders to adjust the signal from all input channels to a specific matrix bus when Sends On Faders mode is enabled.

The signal from the matrix mixer is sent to 8 units of Priority Processor. Here, you can make detailed adjustments to the parameter settings of the Ducker function as well the Ambient Noise Compensator.

A zone is an individual space or room within an audio installation that can be independantly treated and controlled. For example, a zone could be a separate area within a restaurant or a second floor within a retail store.

Router

Once a zone has been created inside MTX, the Router page can then be used to patch that zone to any of the outputs in the system. The router also contains an oscillator that can be used to test the audio system.

Output

After Priority Processor settings have been applied, signals are sent to output channels through the Router. Each output channel is equipped with a 4 Band PEQ, Delay and Speaker Processor. The Speaker Processor has stored presets for a range of Yamaha speakers allowing you to easily select the optimum settings for the speakers in your system. Settings for 4-Band PEQ and Delay can also be adjusted to match the audio output with the acoustic characteristics of various installation environments.

Speaker Processor

The Speaker Processor algorithm contains a range of specialist parameters to tune the speakers in the installation with their environment. These include a crossover for bi-amped speaker systems that offers a choice of specialist filters and polarity adjustment. There is also signal delay, a six band parametric equaliser for fine adjustment and a limiter to protect your speakers.