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Summary of Contents for AW2816

Page 1: ...i Recording101 Yamaha Corporation of America 6600 Orangethorpe Ave Buena Park CA 90620 USA Customer Support 714 522 9000 Yamaha Solutions Network http solutionsnetwork yamaha com...

Page 2: ...amic Microphones 4 Condenser Microphones 4 Ribbon Microphones 5 Tube Microphones 6 Microphone Selection Placement 6 Cables 9 Unbalanced 9 Balanced 10 Connectors 10 XLR 10 1 4 inch Balanced TRS 11 1 4...

Page 3: ...Track Recorders 22 Analog Multi Track Recorders 23 Digital Multi Track Recorders 23 2 Track Recorders 24 Conclusion 25 Step by Step Procedures Recalling Scene 00 26 Saving Mixer Settings as a Scene 27...

Page 4: ...of outputs Built in CD RW The internal CD RW drive can be used to make audio CDs of your songs or to store song data The Purpose of this Guide Unless you have had past recording experiences with a mul...

Page 5: ...e with a cable At the mixing console the electrical signal is boosted by a microphone pre amp and if desired modified using equalizers or dynamic processors This signal is then sent to a multi track r...

Page 6: ...ing can appreciably improve a bad performance If it is not a good performance or it is not recorded properly it will be very difficult to fix later on Musicians should be well rehearsed and prepared t...

Page 7: ...icrophone Dynamic microphones are highly dependable can handle high sound pressure levels and are very rugged For these reasons they are usually used on drums and guitar amps Condenser Microphones Nex...

Page 8: ...good sonic quality and are used in a wide range of applications For vocals a condenser microphone with a large diaphragm would be a good choice For acoustic instruments such as acoustic guitar a small...

Page 9: ...lying on voltage supplied from the mixing console it uses a separate vacuum tube power supply Tube microphones are generally very smooth sounding and are used extensively in professional recording stu...

Page 10: ...amic microphone Electric Bass Guitar The most common approach to recording an electric bass guitar is to run it through a DI box and then into the mixing console On the AW4416 there is a High Z input...

Page 11: ...pair of condenser microphones placed a few feet above the drum set Make certain that the microphones are equidistant from the center of the snare drum Room microphones For a mono room sound a single l...

Page 12: ...Cables Unbalanced cables are cables that have one wire and a shield around this wire Construction of an Unbalanced Cable Unbalanced cables are generally used for connecting guitars keyboards or drum...

Page 13: ...cable runs The longer the cable the more susceptible it is to noise and hum Connectors There are several types of connectors used in audio The following are the most common XLR The XLR connector is a...

Page 14: ...PHONE The phone connector is used with unbalanced cables It is called a phone connector because it was originally used for connecting lines together on a telephone switchboard It is also commonly ref...

Page 15: ...ocessor such as a compressor In addition to the channel strips the mixing console will also have a master section This would be where all of the signals are combined to a stereo mix and then routed to...

Page 16: ...n is pressed input channels 1 8 are being controlled When the RECORDER 1 8 button is pressed playback channels 1 8 are being controlled When the RECORDER 9 16 button is pressed playback channels 9 16...

Page 17: ...14 Channel Strip Overview The figure below shows what an input channel strip for the AW2816 would look like if it was an analog mixing console...

Page 18: ...han 2 microphones to inputs 3 8 of the AW2816 The 8 pre amps on the AW2816 while sonically being very clean and transparent have slightly less gain For most instances this is plenty but for recording...

Page 19: ...dB and a ratio setting of 4 1 This means that only 1 dB of output gain is allowed for every 4dB of input above 20 dB So a signal with a level of 16 dB would be reduced to 19 dB a signal with a level o...

Page 20: ...als that exceed the set threshold will have their gain increased according to the ratio the same way that a compressor decreases the gain Compander A compander is just what it sounds like a combinatio...

Page 21: ...he center Learning how to better utilize equalization takes practice There are equalizer presets in the AW2816 that can be used for reference Try using the presets first if you have no prior experienc...

Page 22: ...s of the AW4416 The remaining Aux Sends can be used to route signal to external effects devices or for headphone mixes On the AW2816 the Omni Outs are commonly used for Aux Sends but it is also possib...

Page 23: ...e to be combined onto Track 16 assign Tracks 1 5 to Bus Send 8 For more information on how to do this refer to the Step by Step Procedures in the back of this guide Assignment of channels to the bus s...

Page 24: ...en the left and right side of the stereo bus as well as between the odd and even numbered busses If a channel s pan pot is turned completely to the left then that channel will only be heard in the lef...

Page 25: ...ts can be made once all of the tracks are recorded When recording of music began there were no multi track recorders Recording was done directly to a single track This required all of the musicians to...

Page 26: ...orders have become very common in project and home studios Hard Disk Hard disk based recorders are ones that record onto a hard drive instead of to tape There are stand alone hard disk recorders such...

Page 27: ...recorder and the DAT Digital Audio Tape recorder In professional studios the stereo mix is often first recorded to an analog 1 2 inch recorder and then taken to a Mastering Studio for final adjustmen...

Page 28: ...Bus If the current Song is the demo Song and if Scene 00 is not recalled before starting a new Song the Expander settings carried over from the demo Song can create an unwanted effect on the audio wh...

Page 29: ...tion above the DATA JOG dial 3 Use the DATA JOG dial to select an empty or blank Scene Memory location as indicated by a title of NO DATA Once selected the Scene Memory location will begin blinking 4...

Page 30: ...6 Press the ENTER button All existing Input to Bus assignments will be cleared Routing an Input to a Bus 1 Press the PAN button to view the main PAN ROUTING screen 2 Press the F1 button to select the...

Page 31: ...the greater the amount the Track will be effected 3 Press the HOME button in the MIXER section 4 Adjust the Effects Return levels with the Blue RTN 1 and RTN 2 knobs as desired Routing an Input Channe...

Page 32: ...the record Track s to a Bus or Busses a Press the PAN button and the F3 buttons The PAN ROUTE page will display b Use the CURSOR buttons to move the cursor to the bus assignment section of the first T...

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