Yamaha aw1600 User Manual

AW1600 Owner’s Manual

Contents

Before you start

Introduction................................................................... 9

Remember to back up your data .................................. 9

About the built-in CD-RW drive .................................. 10

Using the CD-RW drive .............................................. 10

Connecting the AC adaptor ........................................ 11

Turning the power on/off ............................................ 11

Introducing the AW1600

Features of the AW1600 ............................................ 13

AW1600 terminology .................................................. 15

Recorder section.................................................... 15
Mixer section.......................................................... 15
Quick Loop Sampler section .................................. 16
Overall.................................................................... 16

Parts of the AW1600 and what they do ...................... 17

Top panel ............................................................... 17
Rear panel ............................................................. 21
Front panel............................................................. 23

Basic operation on the AW1600 ................................. 24

Viewing the display ................................................ 24
Accessing a screen/page/channel ......................... 24
Switching a button on/off........................................ 25
Editing a value in the display ................................. 25
Inputting text .......................................................... 25
Using the Selected Channel section ...................... 26

Listening to the demo song

Connect external devices and turn on the power ....... 27

Loading the demo song .............................................. 28

Playing the demo song ............................................... 29

Mixing the demo song ................................................ 30

Recording to a sound clip

Connecting your instrument or mic............................. 33

Adjusting the input level ............................................. 34

Recording/playing a sound clip .................................. 35

Track recording

Creating a new song .................................................. 39

Direct recording and Bus recording ............................ 40

Assigning input signals to tracks (Direct recording).... 42

Assigning input signals to tracks (Bus recording)....... 45

Enabling the metronome ............................................ 47

Recording on a track .................................................. 48

Pairing input channels/track channels ........................ 49

Using the input library................................................. 50

Using the EQ library ................................................... 52

Using the dynamics library ......................................... 53

Overdubbing

About overdubbing ..................................................... 55

Assigning the input signal to a track ........................... 56

Instantly recalling an EQ library.................................. 56

Instantly recalling a dynamics library.......................... 57

Setting the mix balance and pan ................................ 57

Overdubbing ...............................................................58

Punch-in/out................................................................59

Manual punch-in/out...............................................59
Auto punch-in/out ...................................................59

Using the Undo List ....................................................61

Switching virtual tracks ...............................................62

Saving the current song ..............................................63

Loading an existing song ............................................64

Various types of playback

Using the locator .........................................................65

Using markers.............................................................67

Adjusting the position of a locate point or marker .......68

Erasing a locate point or marker .................................69

Repeatedly playing a specific region
(the A-B Repeat function) ...........................................70

Finding a location while you listen to the sound
(the Nudge function) ...................................................71

Finding a location while you view the waveform .........72

Using libraries and scene memories

About the libraries .......................................................73

About scene memories ...............................................73

Basic operation for libraries and scene memories ......74

Storing library or scene data ..................................74
Recalling library or scene data ...............................75
Deleting library or scene data.................................75
Naming library or scene data .................................76

Details on libraries and scene memory.......................77

Using the Recall Safe function....................................80

Mixdown and bounce operations

About mixdown and bouncing.....................................81

Preparing for mixdown ................................................83

Using the internal effects via send/return ...................85

Recording on the stereo track.....................................87

Bounce (ping-pong) recording procedure ...................88

Correcting a Vocal Track (Pitch Fix) ...........................89

Convenient functions during
mixdown/bounce operations .......................................92

Adding input signals or pad

performances during mixdown...........................92

Using meters to check

the level of each channel ...................................93

Viewing all parameters for a certain channel .........93
Initializing a channel ...............................................94
Editing the EQ parameters .....................................95
Editing the dynamics parameters ...........................96
Editing the parameters of an internal effect............97
Inserting an effect into a track channel...................99