Yamaha AW4416 User Manuals

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Yamaha AW4416 Owner's Manuals
1
AW4416 Operation Guide
2
- Important
  5
  - Read the following before operating the AW4416
    5
  - Handling the CD-R/RW media
    6
  - Storing produced data
    7
  - Responsibility for loss of data, etc.
    7
  - Cautions for handling optional equipment
    7
- Table of contents
  9
- Before you begin
  16
  - Checking the included items
    16
  - Installing an internal hard disk
    17
    - About the internal hard disk
      17
    - Installation
      18
  - Installing a CD-RW drive
    20
    - About the CD-RW drives
      20
    - Installation procedure
      21
  - Removing the transport protection pad
    24
    - How to remove the transport protection pad
      24
    - Manual eject (emergency disc removal)
      25
  - Attaching an external SCSI device
    25
    - About external SCSI devices
      25
    - Connection procedure
      26
  - Installing I/O cards
    28
    - About I/O cards
      28
    - Installation procedure
      29
- Important points you must observe
  30
  - Turning the power on or off
    30
  - Setting the internal clock
    31
  - Transporting the AW4416
    33
  - Vibration during use
    33
- 1 Welcome to the world of the AW4416
  34
  - Features of the AW4416
    34
  - Signal flow within the AW4416
    37
    - Input patch
      38
    - Input channels 1ﾐ24
      39
    - Return channels 1/2
      40
    - Recoeder input patching
      41
    - Monitor channels 1ﾐ16
      41
    - Digital cascade connections
      42
    - Oscillator
      42
    - Stereo output channel
      42
    - Buses 1ﾐ8
      43
    - AUX buses 1ﾐ8
      43
    - Output patch
      44
    - Internal effects 1/2
      44
    - Monitor output/headphone output
      45
- 2 Parts and their functions
  46
  - Top panel
    46
    - Analog input/output section
      46
    - WORK NAVIGATE section
      47
    - UNIT section
      47
    - MIXER section
      48
    - FADER MODE section
      49
    - MIXING LAYER section
      50
    - [SEL] keys, [ON] keys, faders
      52
    - Display section
      53
    - Level meter/counter section
      54
    - RECORDER section
      55
    - AUTOMATION section
      56
    - SCENE MEMORY section
      56
    - CURSOR/JOG & SHUTTLE section
      57
    - Locate section
      58
    - Transport section
      59
    - SAMPLING PAD section
      60
  - Rear panel
    61
  - Front panel
    65
- 3 The user interface of the AW4416
  66
  - Display
    66
  - Level meters/counter
    69
  - Basic operation of the AW4416
    71
- 4 Connections and setup
  82
  - Connections
    82
  - Word clock settings
    83
- 5 Recording on the AW4416
  88
  - Preparations for recording
    88
    - Connections and start-up
      88
    - Creating a new song
      90
  - Recording the first tracks
    93
  - Overdubbing
    102
    - Set the input level
      102
    - Assign the signal to a bus
      103
    - Put the track in record-ready mode
      104
    - Make monitor settings
      105
    - Using EQ and the dynamics processor
      106
    - Let’s overdub!
      109
  - Mixdown
    110
  - Other convenient functions
    116
    - Recording the stereo track
      117
  - Saving a scene/song
    120
- 6 Transport/locate operations
  124
  - Table of transport key operations
    124
  - Shuttle function (cue/review operation)
    125
  - Nudge function
    125
  - Rollback function
    128
  - Locating to a specific point
    129
  - Locating to the zero location of the counter
    130
  - Locating to the start/end points
    132
  - A-B repeat
    133
  - In/out points
    135
  - Markers
    136
  - Adjusting the location of a locate point
    138
  - Deleting a locate point
    140
  - Deleting a locate point using the panel keys
    141
- 7 Punch-in/out
  142
  - About punch-in/out
    142
  - Manual punch-in/out
    143
    - Preparations
      143
    - Manual punch-in/out recording
      144
  - Auto punch-in/out
    145
    - Preparations
      145
    - Rehearsing and recording with auto punch-in/ out
      146
- 8 Patching
  148
  - Patching to the input channels
    148
  - Patching to the recorder inputs
    150
  - Patching to the outputs
    151
  - Patch library
    153
  - Patching input/output jacks to an insert I/O point
    155
  - Using the Quick Rec function
    158
- 9 Track and virtual track operations
  162
  - The track structure of the AW4416
    162
  - Switching virtual tracks
    164
  - Pairing tracks
    166
  - Editing tracks and virtual tracks
    167
  - Editing command list
    176
    - TRACK menu
      176
    - PART menu
      177
    - REGION menu
      178
- 10 Internal effects
  180
  - About the internal effects
    180
  - Using AUX send/return to apply an effect
    181
  - Inserting an effect into a desired channel
    186
- 11 Song management
  190
  - About songs
    190
  - Saving/loading a song
    191
  - Editing the song name/comment
    193
  - Deleting/copying a song
    194
    - Optimizing a song
      197
  - Importing mixer data of an existing song
    198
- 12 Sampling pads
  200
  - About the sampling pads
    200
  - Assigning the pad outputs to channels
    201
  - Assigning a region to a sampling pad
    202
  - Trimming a sample
    205
  - Naming a pad
    208
  - Erasing a pad sample and name
    209
  - Recording your performance on the sampling pads
    211
  - Copying a pad performance
    213
  - Erasing a pad performance
    216
- 13 Scene memory
  218
  - About scene memory
    218
  - Storing a scene
    219
  - Recalling a scene
    221
  - Editing the name of a scene
    222
  - Protecting a scene
    223
  - Changing the order of scenes
    224
  - Using keys to store/recall a scene
    226
    - Recalling a scene
      227
- 14 Automix
  228
  - What is automix?
    228
  - Creating a new automix
    229
  - Recording the first section
    231
  - Playing back automix
    233
  - Overwriting events
    234
  - Automix punch-in/out
    236
  - Editing the fader movements
    238
  - Editing automix off-line
    240
  - Storing an automix
    243
  - Recalling an automix
    245
- 15 MIDI
  246
  - What you can do using MIDI
    246
  - MIDI connectors and the TO HOST connector
    247
  - Using the TO HOST connector for direct connection to your computer
    248
    - Connections
      248
    - Setting the PORT SELECT parameter
      249
  - Switching AW4416 scenes from an external device
    250
  - Using MTC to synchronize the AW4416 and a MIDI sequencer
    253
  - Using MIDI Clock to synchronize the AW4416 and a MIDI sequencer
    255
  - Using MMC to control the AW4416
    258
- 16 Backing up and restoring songs
  260
  - Selecting the backup format
    260
  - Backing up a song
    261
  - Restoring a song
    263
  - Disk utilities
    265
    - Formatting the internal hard disk/external SCSI device
      265
    - Erasing CD-RW media
      269
- 17 Mastering
  270
  - About mastering
    270
    - Stereo tracks that can be mastered
      270
    - CD-R and CD-RW
      271
    - Track At Once and Disc At Once
      272
    - Preparations for mastering
      273
    - Writing the master
      274
  - Finalizing
    278
  - Playing CD-R/RW media (the CD Play function)
    279
AW4416 Reference Guide
282
- Table of contents
  283
- SONG screen
  289
  - Song List page
    289
    - Saving/loading a song
      289
  - Setting page
    290
    - Make various settings for the current song
      290
  - Song Edit page
    292
    - Deleting/copying/optimizing songs
      292
  - Tempo Map page
    293
    - Programming the tempo map
      293
  - Shut Down page
    295
    - Shut down the AW4416
      295
- QUICK REC screen
  296
  - Quick Rec page
    296
    - Simultaneously recording 16 inputs/16 tracks
      296
- MASTERING screen
  298
  - Write CD page
    298
    - Using a CD-RW drive to create an audio CD
      298
- CD PLAY screen
  300
  - CD Play page
    300
    - Use the CD-RW drive to play an audio CD
      300
- SET UP screen
  302
  - Patch IN page
    302
    - Patching a signal to a channel/track
      302
  - Patch OUT page
    304
    - Patch signals to output jacks
      304
  - Patch Lib page
    306
    - Store or recall patching settings
      306
  - D.in Setup page
    308
    - Make word clock/cascade settings
      308
  - Monitor page
    310
    - Monitor the digital input signals
      310
  - Dither Out page
    312
    - Specify dithering and word length of the digital outputs
      312
  - Dither TRK page
    313
    - Specify dithering and word length for tracks
      313
  - Solo Setup page
    314
    - Make solo settings
      314
- FILE screen
  316
  - Backup page
    316
    - Backup a song
      316
  - Restore page
    318
    - Restore backed-up songs
      318
  - Disk Util. page
    319
    - Format or erase a disk
      319
- UTILITY screen
  321
  - Oscillator page
    321
    - Using the test tone oscillator
      321
  - Prefer.1 page
    322
    - Make overall settings for the AW4416 (1)
      322
  - Prefer.2 page
    323
    - Make overall settings for the AW4416 (2)
      323
  - Prefer.3 page
    325
    - Make overall settings for the AW4416 (3)
      325
- MIDI screen
  327
  - MIDI Setup page
    327
    - Make basic MIDI settings
      327
  - MIDI Sync page
    329
    - Make settings related to MIDI synchronization
      329
  - PGM Asgn. page
    331
    - Assign a scene number to each program change number
      331
- VIEW screen
  332
  - CH View page
    332
    - View all parameters of a channel
      332
  - Library page
    335
    - Store or recall channel settings
      335
- PAN/ROUTE screen
  337
  - Pan 1–16/Pan17–24/Pan MONI pages
    337
    - Set pan and routing
      337
  - Pair CH/Pair BUS pages
    340
    - Set channel/bus pairing
      340
- EQ/ATT/GRP screen
  342
  - EQ/Att page
    342
    - EQ and attenuation settings
      342
  - Library page
    344
    - Store or recall EQ settings
      344
  - FaderGrp page
    346
    - Set and cancel fader groups
      346
  - Mute Grp page
    347
    - Set and cancel mute groups
      347
- DYN/DLY screen
  348
  - Dyn. Edit page
    348
    - Dynamics processor parameter settings
      348
  - Library page
    350
    - Storing and recalling dynamics processor settings
      350
  - Dly/ø1–16, Dly/ø17–24, Dly/øMONI pages
    353
    - Set delay and phase
      353
- AUX1–AUX6 screens
  355
  - Pre/Pst IN, Pre/Pst MONI pages
    355
    - Make on/off and pre/post settings for the AUX sends
      355
- AUX7/EFF1 and AUX8/EFF2 screens
  357
  - Eff. Edit page
    357
    - Edit internal effects 1/2
      357
  - Library page
    359
    - Store or recall an effect program
      359
  - Pre/Pst IN, Pre/Pst MONI pages
    361
    - Make on/off and pre/post settings for the effect sends
      361
- HOME screen
  363
  - 1–24/Rtn page
    363
    - Monitor the input level of the input channels
      363
  - MONITOR page
    364
    - Monitor the input levels of the monitor channels
      364
  - Bus page
    365
    - Monitor the output levels of buses 1–8/AUX buses 1–8
      365
  - Omni/ST page
    366
    - Monitor the output levels of the OMNI OUT jacks and stereo output
      366
  - Option page
    367
    - Monitor the output level of option I/O cards
      367
- SAMP. PAD screen
  368
  - From Rgn. page
    368
    - Assign a region to a sampling pad
      368
  - CD Import page
    370
    - Assign CD-DA to a sampling pad
      370
  - WAV Import page
    372
    - Assign a WAV file to a sampling pad
      372
  - PAD Edit page
    374
    - Editing a sample pad
      374
  - Trig. List page
    376
    - Recording and playing sampling pad operations
      376
- TRACK screen
  378
  - TR View page
    378
    - Viewing the recorded content for each track
      378
  - V. Track page
    382
    - Switching virtual tracks
      382
  - Stereo page
    383
    - Playing or erasing the stereo track
      383
  - Mark Adj. page
    385
    - Adjust or erase locate points or markers
      385
- EDIT screen
  387
  - TR Edit page
    387
    - Edit tracks
      387
  - V.TR Edit page
    395
    - Edit virtual tracks
      395
  - CD Import page
    397
    - Import CD-DA to an audio track
      397
  - WavImport page
    399
    - Import a WAV file to an audio track
      399
  - TR Import page
    401
    - Import a track from an existing song
      401
- AUTOMIX screen
  403
  - Main page
    403
    - Make basic automix settings
      403
  - Memory page
    407
    - Store or recall automix
      407
  - Fader Edit page
    409
    - View fader events as a bar graph
      409
  - Event List page
    410
    - Edit events off-line
      410
- SCENE screen
  412
  - Scene Mem page
    412
    - Store or recall a scene
      412
  - Fade Time page
    414
    - Specify the fade time
      414
  - RCL. Safe page
    415
    - Make fader recall safe settings
      415
  - Sort page
    416
    - Sort scenes
      416
- Appendix
  417
  - Preset EQ Program Parameters
    418
  - Preset Effects Programs
    422
  - Effects Parameters
    424
  - Dynamics Processors
    440
    - Preset Dynamics Programs
      440
  - Preset Dynamics Program Parameters
    445
  - Troubleshooting
    451
  - Display message list
    455
    - Messages
      455
    - Popup messages
      457
  - Specifications
    459
    - General Specifications
      459
    - Mixer section
      460
    - Recorder section
      462
    - Controls
      463
    - Control I/O
      464
  - Dimensions
    465
  - MIDI data format
    466
  - MIDI Implementation Chart
    470
  - AW4416 Block diagram
    471
AW4416 Tutorial
473

Size:

4.98 MB
Pages:

507
Language:

English

User Manual

Table of Contents

Important
4
- Read the following before operating the AW4416
  4
- Handling the CD-R/RW media
  5
- Storing produced data
  6
- Responsibility for loss of data, etc.
  6
- Cautions for handling optional equipment
  6
Table of contents
8
Before you begin
15
- Checking the included items
  15
- Installing an internal hard disk
  16
  - About the internal hard disk
    16
  - Installation
    17
- Installing a CD-RW drive
  19
  - About the CD-RW drives
    19
  - Installation procedure
    20
- Removing the transport protection pad
  23
  - How to remove the transport protection pad
    23
  - Manual eject (emergency disc removal)
    24
- Attaching an external SCSI device
  24
  - About external SCSI devices
    24
  - Connection procedure
    25
- Installing I/O cards
  27
  - About I/O cards
    27
  - Installation procedure
    28
Important points you must observe
29
- Turning the power on or off
  29
- Setting the internal clock
  30
- Transporting the AW4416
  32
- Vibration during use
  32
1 Welcome to the world of the AW4416
33
- Features of the AW4416
  33
- Signal flow within the AW4416
  36
  - Input patch
    37
  - Input channels 1–24
    38
  - Return channels 1/2
    39
  - Recorder input patching
    40
  - Monitor channels 1–16
    40
  - Digital cascade connections
    41
  - Oscillator
    41
  - Stereo output channel
    41
  - Buses 1–8
    42
  - AUX buses 1–8
    42
  - Output patch
    43
  - Internal effects 1/2
    43
  - Monitor output/headphone output
    44
2 Parts and their functions
45
- Top panel
  45
  - Analog input/output section
    45
  - WORK NAVIGATE section
    46
  - UNIT section
    46
  - MIXER section
    47
  - FADER MODE section
    48
  - MIXING LAYER section
    49
  - [SEL] keys, [ON] keys, faders
    51
  - Display section
    52
  - Level meter/counter section
    53
  - RECORDER section
    54
  - AUTOMATION section
    55
  - SCENE MEMORY section
    55
  - CURSOR/JOG & SHUTTLE section
    56
  - Locate section
    57
  - Transport section
    58
  - SAMPLING PAD section
    59
- Rear panel
  60
- Front panel
  64
3 The user interface of the AW4416
65
- Display
  65
- Level meters/counter
  68
- Basic operation of the AW4416
  70
4 Connections and setup
81
- Connections
  81
- Word clock settings
  82
5 Recording on the AW4416
86
- Preparations for recording
  86
  - Connections and start-up
    86
  - Creating a new song
    88
- Recording the first tracks
  91
- Overdubbing
  100
  - Set the input level
    100
  - Assign the signal to a bus
    101
  - Put the track in record-ready mode
    102
  - Make monitor settings
    103
  - Using EQ and the dynamics processor
    104
  - Let’s overdub!
    107
- Mixdown
  108
- Other convenient functions
  114
  - Recording the stereo track
    115
- Saving a scene/song
  118
6 Transport/locate operations
121
- Table of transport key operations
  121
- Shuttle function (cue/review operation)
  122
- Nudge function
  122
- Rollback function
  125
- Locating to a specific point
  126
- Locating to the zero location of the counter
  127
- Locating to the start/end points
  129
- A-B repeat
  130
- In/out points
  132
- Markers
  133
- Adjusting the location of a locate point
  135
- Deleting a locate point
  137
- Deleting a locate point using the panel keys
  138
7 Punch-in/out
139
- About punch-in/out
  139
- Manual punch-in/out
  140
  - Preparations
    140
  - Manual punch-in/out recording
    141
- Auto punch-in/out
  142
  - Preparations
    142
  - Rehearsing and recording with auto punch- in/out
    143
8 Patching
145
- Patching to the input channels
  145
- Patching to the recorder inputs
  147
- Patching to the outputs
  148
- Patch library
  150
- Patching input/output jacks to an insert I/O point
  152
- Using the Quick Rec function
  155
9 Track and virtual track operations
158
- The track structure of the AW4416
  158
- Switching virtual tracks
  160
- Pairing tracks
  162
- Editing tracks and virtual tracks
  163
- Editing command list
  172
  - TRACK menu
    172
  - PART menu
    173
  - REGION menu
    174
10 Internal effects
175
- About the internal effects
  175
- Using AUX send/return to apply an effect
  176
- Inserting an effect into a desired channel
  181
11 Song management
185
- About songs
  185
- Song structure and size
  186
  - Song structure
    186
  - Usable hard disks/song capacity
    186
  - Work area for audio CD production
    186
- Saving/loading a song
  187
- Editing the song name/comment
  189
- Deleting/copying a song
  190
  - Optimizing a song
    192
- Importing mixer data of an existing song
  193
12 Sampling pads
195
- About the sampling pads
  195
- Assigning the pad outputs to channels
  196
- Assigning a region to a sampling pad
  197
- Trimming a sample
  200
- Naming a pad
  203
- Erasing a pad sample and name
  204
- Recording your performance on the sampling pads
  206
- Copying a pad performance
  208
- Erasing a pad performance
  211
13 Scene memory
213
- About scene memory
  213
- Storing a scene
  214
- Recalling a scene
  216
- Editing the name of a scene
  217
- Protecting a scene
  218
- Changing the order of scenes
  219
- Using keys to store/recall a scene
  221
  - Storing a scene
    221
  - Recalling a scene
    222
14 Automix
223
- What is automix?
  223
- Creating a new automix
  224
- Recording the first section
  226
- Playing back automix
  228
- Overwriting events
  229
- Automix punch-in/out
  231
- Editing the fader movements
  233
- Editing automix off-line
  235
- Storing an automix
  238
- Recalling an automix
  240
15 MIDI
241
- What you can do using MIDI
  241
- MIDI connectors and the TO HOST connector
  242
- Using the TO HOST connector for direct connection to your computer
  243
  - Connections
    243
  - Setting the PORT SELECT parameter
    244
- Switching AW4416 scenes from an external device
  245
- Using MTC to synchronize the AW4416 and a MIDI sequencer
  248
- Using MIDI Clock to synchronize the AW4416 and a MIDI sequencer
  250
- Using MMC to control the AW4416
  253
16 Backing up and restoring songs
255
- Selecting the backup format
  255
- Backing up a song
  256
- Restoring a song
  258
- Disk utilities
  260
  - Formatting the internal hard disk/external SCSI device
    260
  - Erasing CD-RW media
    264
17 Mastering
265
- About mastering
  265
  - Stereo tracks that can be mastered
    265
  - CD-R and CD-RW
    266
  - Track At Once and Disc At Once
    267
  - Preparations for mastering
    268
- Writing the master
  269
- Finalizing
  273
- Playing CD-R/RW media (the CD Play function)
  274

Size:

3.91 MB
Pages:

280
Language:

English