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Yamaha AW2400, Owner'S Manual

The Yamaha AW2400 is a professional-grade digital recording console with advanced features. Enhance your audio production skills with the help of the AW2400 Service Manual, available for free download from our website. This comprehensive manual provides detailed instructions and troubleshooting tips to optimize your experience with this top-notch recording system.

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AW2400  Owner’s Manual

Importing audio data/WAV files

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To TR/To V.TR

Here you can select the track number (1–24, ST) and 
virtual track number (1–8) of the import-destination 
song (the current song).

If From TR is 1–24, you cannot select ST in the To TR 
field. If From TR is ST, only ST can be selected.

I

EXECUTE button

Executes the import operation.

4

Move the cursor to the song list, and use 
the [DATA/JOG] dial or the [INC]/[DEC] keys 
to select the song that includes the track 
you want to import.

5

Move the cursor to From TR/From V.TR, and 
use the [DATA/JOG] dial or the [INC]/[DEC] 
keys to select the track number and virtual 
track number that you want to import.

The track number and virtual track number of the song 
you selected in step 4 will be assigned as the import-
source.

6

Move the cursor to To TR/To V.TR, and use 
the [DATA/JOG] dial or the [INC]/[DEC] keys 
to select the track number and virtual track 
number of the desired import-destination.

7

When you’ve finished making settings, 
move the cursor to the EXECUTE button 
and press the [ENTER] key.

A popup window will ask you to confirm the opera-
tion.

8

To execute the Import operation, move the 
cursor to the OK button and press the 
[ENTER] key.

Importing will begin. If you decide to cancel the 
Import operation, move the cursor to the CANCEL 
button and press the [ENTER] key.

• You cannot import from a song whose bit depth or sample 

rate differs from the current song.

NOTE

• If the import-destination contains data, it will be overwritten. 

Be careful that you don’t accidentally overwrite important 
data.

NOTE

Summary of Contents for AW2400

Page 1: ...EN Owner s Manual ...

Page 2: ...e the lead in to co axial type cable If these corrective measures do not produce satisfactory results please contact the local retailer authorized to dis tribute this type of product If you can not locate the appropriate retailer please contact Yamaha Corporation of America Electronic Service Division 6600 Orangetho rpe Ave Buena Park CA90620 The above statements apply ONLY to those products dis t...

Page 3: ...r replacement of the obsolete outlet 10 Protect the power cord from being walked on or pinched particularly at plugs convenience receptacles and the point where they exit from the apparatus 11 Only use attachments accessories specified by the manufacturer 12 Use only with the cart stand tripod bracket or table specified by the manufacturer or sold with the apparatus When a cart is used use caution...

Page 4: ... follow the basic precautions listed below to avoid the possibility of physical injury to you or others or damage to the device or other property These precautions include but are not limited to the following Remove the electric plug from the outlet when the device is not to be used for extended periods of time or during electrical storms When removing the electric plug from the device or an outle...

Page 5: ...device vents disc slots etc If this happens turn off the power immediately and unplug the power cord from the AC outlet Then have the device inspected by qualified Yamaha service personnel Do not use headphones for a long period of time at a high or uncomfortable volume level since this can cause permanent hearing loss If you experience any hearing loss or ringing in the ears consult a physician D...

Page 6: ... center to the outside of the disc with a soft damp cloth then gently wipe off remaining moisture in the same way with a clean dry cloth Do not write on the disc or affix labels to it Do not wipe the disc with chemicals or detergents Do not bend or drop the disc Caution for Laser Laser properties of the Drive Laser Class Class 1 HHS and IEC 825 1 Wavelength for CD 784 nm for DVD 662 nm Handling th...

Page 7: ...copyrighted music and other sound products While certain reproduction and use of reproduced materials are permitted under applicable laws such reproduction and use without license may constitute copyright infringe ment and other violation of laws Since violation of such laws can have serious consequences you may wish to consult a legal expert about your planned use of this product This product inc...

Page 8: ...t signals to tracks Mixed recording 54 Recording on a track 56 Saving the current song 57 Pairing channels 58 Applying EQ To an Input Signal 60 Applying Compression to an Input Signal 61 Handy Recording Functions 62 Using the Metronome 62 Switching virtual tracks 63 Using the Undo List 64 7 Overdubbing 65 About overdubbing 65 Assigning the input signal to a track 66 Setting the mix balance and pan...

Page 9: ...g virtual track names for an audio track 130 Stereo track operations 130 About the stereo track 130 Recording on the stereo track 131 Playing back the stereo track 131 Switching the virtual track of the stereo track 132 Editing the name of a virtual track for the stereo track 132 The Trigger Track Function 133 About Trigger Track 133 Using the Trigger Track Function 134 Editing tracks 135 Basic pr...

Page 10: ...te function 206 Remotely controlling a tone generator module 207 21 Utility functions 209 Using the test tone oscillator 209 AW2400 Preferences 210 Initializing the internal hard disk 212 22 Creating an audio CD 213 Creating an audio CD 213 Types of media that you can use with the CD RW drive 213 Writing an audio CD 214 Basic settings for the CD RW drive 215 Writing audio data 216 Writing Track At...

Page 11: ...Twelve Tone Sys tems Inc ProTools is a trademark or registered trademark of Avid Technology Inc and affiliated companies Other company names and product names in this docu ment are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners http www yamahasynth com http www yamaha co jp manual Produced data can be lost due to breakdown or mistaken operation We recommend that you store all i...

Page 12: ...p into the eject hole and push gen tly However pressing the eject switch will not eject the disc when the AW2400 is in the following states so do not use this method in such cases When the AW2400 s power is OFF When the disc is being accessed data is being read written or erased While in CD PLAY mode About the built in CD RW drive Even if a CD RW drive is operating normally it may fail a read or w...

Page 13: ...ve the slot cover Keep the removed slot cover in a safe place 3 Align the edges of the card with the guard rails inside the slot and insert the card into the slot Push the card all the way into the slot so that the con nector at the end of the card is correctly mated with the connector inside the slot 4 Use the screws included with the card to fasten the card in place Malfunctions or incorrect ope...

Page 14: ...AW2400 Owner s Manual 14 Before you start 1 ...

Page 15: ... most mixing situations The 8 AD input MIC LINE INPUT jacks 1 8 chan nels 1 16 on an optional I O card installed in I O slot or the stereo DIGITAL STEREO IN connector can be selected for input The track channel 1 24 inputs are permanently assigned to tracks 1 24 and the effect return channel 1 4 inputs are permanently assigned to the outputs of internal effect pro cessors 1 4 Features of the AW240...

Page 16: ...f the audio data recorded on each track can individually be set to 16 or 24 bits for each song 16 bit songs allow simultaneous recording of up to 16 tracks and simultaneous playback of up to 24 tracks 24 bit songs allow simultaneous recording up to 8 tracks and simultaneous playback of up to 12 tracks p 165 The recording sampling frequency can also be set to either 44 1 kHz or 48 kHz the selected ...

Page 17: ...ay back 24 tracks simultaneously 16 bit songs Stereo track The AW2400 has a stereo track that is independent from audio tracks 1 24 and which records and plays a stereo audio signal The stereo track is used mainly as a dedi cated mixdown track for recording the final mix Virtual tracks Each of the 24 audio tracks and the stereo track consists of eight virtual tracks For the audio tracks and the st...

Page 18: ... different tracks Effect return channels 1 4 These channels send the signals returned from the internal effects to the stereo track and the STEREO OUT jacks Stereo output channel This channel provides level adjustment EQ and dynamics processing for the stereo bus signal which carries the mix of the other channels and sends it to the stereo track or to the STEREO OUT jacks The same signal is also o...

Page 19: ...or Use these when you will use an external effect processor or to create a mix differing from the ste reo channel for musicians to monitor Effect buses 1 4 These buses combine the signals from the track and input channels and input them to built in effects 1 4 Bus 1 Bus 2 These buses mix track input and effect return channels and send them to the inputs of free tracks Bus 1 and bus 2 are used for ...

Page 20: ...el and front panel Parts of the AW2400 and what they do Top panel Work Navigate section P 21 Analog Input section P 21 Quick Navigate section P 21 Display section P 22 Mixer section P 23 Selected Channel section P 24 Monitor section P 24 Scene Automix USB section P 24 Data entry control section P 25 Locate Number section P 25 Layer section P 26 Locate section P 27 Transport section P 27 ...

Page 21: ... where you can check whether each track contains data and switch the virtual tracks that will be used for recording and playback D EDIT key This key accesses the EDIT screen where you can copy or erase tracks E MIDI key Accesses the MIDI screen where you can set up MIDI synchronization scene change and other settings F UTILITY key Press this key to access the UTILITY screen with settings for the u...

Page 22: ...itten this indicator will light F F1 F4 keys These keys operate the tabs shown at the bottom of the display screen They can access other pages in a group of functions or in some cases execute specific functions G SHIFT key Shifts the function of the tabs at the bottom of the dis play to show additional functions when applicable Shift functions can be executed by pressing the appropriate functions ...

Page 23: ...when the solo function is on E Faders 1 12 The faders adjust recorder track playback levels input channel input levels and effect return channel input levels according to the mixing layer currently selected via the LAYER section F STEREO fader Adjusts the output level of the stereo bus G SOLO key Turns the solo function ON or OFF Mixer section E 6 1 C B D G When Trigger Track mode is engaged the O...

Page 24: ...ed chan nel After pressing the PAN EQ key you can press any of the Selected Channel knobs 1 through 4 to switch the PAN EQ screen pages F SELECTED CHANNEL knobs 1 4 These knobs are used to adjust the various parameters for the selected channel Press any of these knobs after press ing the DYN AUX EFFECT or PAN EQ key to call the corresponding parameter screen G LOW LO MID HI MID and HIGH keys These...

Page 25: ...executes a cancelled operation Redo F ENTER key Use this key to operate an on screen button or to execute a specific function G DATA JOG dial Use this dial to change the value of a parameter If the JOG ON key is on this dial operates the Nudge function 1 LOCATE keys These keys allow you to move directly to preset locate points These keys are also used for character and number entry B NUM LOCK key ...

Page 26: ... these keys are engaged are as follows F REMOTE key This key accesses the REMOTE screen where you can use the front panel faders and ON keys to control an external MIDI device or sequencer software on your com puter Layer section 5 D F A B C IN 1 8 key Input channels 1 8 Effect Return channels 1 4 IN 9 16 key Input channels 9 16 Effect Return channels 1 4 MASTER key Bus Master 1 2 AUX Send Master ...

Page 27: ...n with the IN OUT keys the A B keys or the LOCATE key to cancel a locater that you registered 1 RTZ key This key moves directly to the absolute zero time location or the relative zero time location Used in conjunction with the SET key this registers the current location as the relative zero time B REW key This key rewinds the song location Press the key repeat edly to alternate between 8x speed an...

Page 28: ...the signals specified in the PATCH screen Output page Nominal output level is 0 dBu G PHONES jack This is a 1 4 TRS phone output jack for connecting your headphones for monitoring This jack always outputs the same signal as the MONITOR OUT jacks H POWER switch Switches the power ON and OFF I AC IN connector Connect the supplied power cord to this connector J Ground Screw For maximum safety the gro...

Page 29: ...owever can usually be connected without adverse effect To prevent speakers damage turn power amplifiers or pow ered speakers off when switching phantom power on or off It s also a good idea to turn all master faders and output vol ume controls down to minimum The noise generated when phantom power is switched on or off can damage system components and may even cause hearing damage if ampli fied to...

Page 30: ... the currently selected song H Main screen The information displayed in this area will depend on the key knob that was last pressed The following types of object are displayed in the main screen Cursor The blinking frame within the dis play is called the cursor When an object in the screen is enclosed by the cursor that object is selected for operation Buttons Buttons in the display are used to sw...

Page 31: ...f If you move the cursor to a button that executes a specific function and then press the ENTER key that function will be executed Here s how to edit the value of a knob or parameter shown in the display 1 Use the CURSOR keys to move the cursor to the desired knob or parameter value 2 Turn the DATA JOG dial or press the INC DEC keys to edit the value When an mark appears in the lower left corner o...

Page 32: ...he characters numbers and symbols that can be input in the text input box To enter a new character at the inverted edit position move the cursor to the desired character in the text palette and press the ENTER key The available characters and symbols are as follows A Z a z SPC space I Number Palette Selects the number to be entered in the text entry box To enter a number at the inverted edit posit...

Page 33: ...operate the mix parameters EQ dynamics pan etc of the currently selected channel 1 Use the SEL keys or STEREO SEL key to select the channel that you want to operate The currently selected channel is indicated in the upper left of the screen The channels correspond to each key as follows SEL keys 1 12 Input channels 1 16 Track channels 1 24 Effect Return channels 1 4 STEREO SEL key Stereo output ch...

Page 34: ...m channel to AUX 1 Send level from channel to AUX 2 Send level from channel to AUX 3 Send level from channel to AUX 4 EFFECT Send level from channel to EFFECT 1 Send level from channel to EFFECT 2 Send level from channel to EFFECT 3 Send level from channel to EFFECT 4 PAN EQ Pan Equalizer Q Equalizer frequency Equalizer gain After selecting a channel press the SELECTED CHANNEL VIEW key to call the...

Page 35: ...ameter Selected Key Lit Knob 1 Knob 2 Knob 3 Knob 4 DYN DYNAMICS Screen DYNAMICS Screen DYNAMICS Screen DYNAMICS Screen AUX AUX1 Screen AUX2 Screen AUX3 Screen AUX4 Screen EFFECT EFFECT1 Screen EFFECT2 Screen EFFECT3 Screen EFFECT4 Screen PAN EQ PAN EQ Screen PAN EQ Screen PAN EQ Screen PAN EQ Screen The display will not change if the SELECTED CHANNEL knob is simply rotated To switch screens the k...

Page 36: ...AW2400 Owner s Manual 36 Introducing the AW2400 2 ...

Page 37: ...onnection diagram shows a typical AW2400 setup Connect your microphones instruments and other external gear as shown in the diagram Connection I O SLOT INSERT I O jacks PHONES jack USB connector DIGITAL STEREO IN OUT connectors MONITOR OUT jacks OMNI OUT jacks MIC LINE INPUT jacks Rhythm machine Microphones Headphones Effect processor DAW system Monitor system HDR Audio interface Synthesizer I O c...

Page 38: ...ressing the Work Navigate section SONG key located in the upper left of the top panel as many times as necessary 2 Using the CURSOR keys located in the upper right of the top panel move the cur sor the blinking area in the screen to the SHUTDOWN button 3 Press the ENTER key located in the mid dle right of the top panel A popup window will ask you whether you want to save the current song 4 Move th...

Page 39: ...le playing the connected instrument or supplying appropriate sound to the connected microphone rotate the corresponding GAIN knob clockwise to adjust the input sensitivity so that the PEAK indicator lights only occasionally Adjusting the input level MIC LINE INPUT jacks 1 8 XLR Balanced cable male XLR female XLR Mic Electric guitar bass Preamp or effect proces sor with balanced output Direct box W...

Page 40: ...eo bus are output via the STEREO OUT MONITOR OUT and OMNI OUT jacks after being adjusted by the STEREO fader When the STEREO fader is raised the level of the stereo bus sig nal will be displayed on the Display section stereo meter You can now rotate the MONITOR or PHONES knob clockwise to hear sound from your monitor system or headphones That completes the initial setup and level adjustment pro ce...

Page 41: ... song that is selected for operations The highlighted line indicates the song that is currently loaded into the AW2400 This is called the current song B LOAD button Loads the selected song 3 Move the cursor to the song list and then use the DATA JOG dial or INC DEC keys to select the song The_Only_One 4 Move the cursor to the LOAD button in the screen and press the ENTER key A popup window like th...

Page 42: ... are turned down 2 Press the PLAY key The demo song will begin playing 3 To adjust the monitor level appropriately use the AW2400 s MONITOR knob PHONES knob and the volume control of your monitor system 4 To stop the song press the STOP key Playing the demo song The demo song uses the Scene function to switch the settings of the mixer This means that playback will occur using the pre specified bal...

Page 43: ... to record a simple accompaniment for practicing a part This chapter explains how sound clips can be recorded using an instrument or microphone connected to an input jack The post fader signal of the stereo output channel can be recorded directly to a sound clip For playback the signal will be sent to the stereo output channel immediately before the stereo fader EQ and dynamics cannot be applied t...

Page 44: ...ome will start and the counter display will advance The SOUND CLIP screen counter always starts from 0 and indicates the current time in minutes seconds milliseconds This counter is separate from the normal song counter 6 Play the part to be recorded in time with the metronome 7 Press the STOP key to stop recording and symbols on the display indicate the start and end point B D E F G C A The Recor...

Page 45: ... ENTER key You can return to the SOUND CLIP screen by press ing the SOUND CLIP key even after having exited the screen then play back the previously recorded content or record a new performance Playing a sound clip Key Function RTZ key Returns to the location at which you began recording If the CLIP button is on this returns to the Start point REW key Rewinds the current location toward the beginn...

Page 46: ...AW2400 Owner s Manual 46 Recording to a sound clip 5 ...

Page 47: ...r you want to save the current song 3 Move the cursor toYES to save the current song or NO if you don t want to save the current song and press the ENTER key A popup window containing the various settings for the new song will appear The following settings can be made via this popup window Fs The sample rate of the new song can be set to either 44 1 kHz or 48 kHz Recbit The bit depth of the new so...

Page 48: ...u would turn on the LIBRARY button 5 Select the buttons of the items you want to carry over from the current song move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key The NAME EDIT popup window will appear allow ing you to enter a name for the song 6 Enter a name for the song for details on name entry refer to page 32 7 To create the new song move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTE...

Page 49: ...ach recorder track Although direct recording requires the same number of tracks as the number of input channels you use it has the advantage that you will be free to adjust the volume pan stereo posi tion and EQ of each individual instrument after it has been recorded Direct recording and Mixed recording Direct recording Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Mixer section Input channels Stereo o...

Page 50: ...but you will need to decide on the final volume pan and tone of each instrument at the time of recording you will not be able to adjust these parameters independently after record ing Mixed recording Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Track 6 Bus 1 Mixer section Input channels Stereo output channel Recorder section Bus 2 MIC LINE INPUT jacks The way in which you assign the input signals to tr...

Page 51: ...o phone is connected The corresponding INPUT SEL key will light red and the remaining INPUT SEL keys will go dark If for example you have selected input channel 1 as your record source the top panel keys will appear as follows The display will appear as shown here 6 Press the Layer section TRACK 1 12 key so that its indicator lights This selects the TRACK 1 12 mixing layer so you can use ON keys 1...

Page 52: ...ey This calls the METER screen Track page In this page you can monitor the levels of the signals at the inputs of track channels 1 24 sent from the input channels to the recorder tracks 12Move the cursor to the PRE EQ button and press the ENTER key The input levels of the track channels corresponding to the record ready tracks will be displayed If any of the signals reach the OVER level the input ...

Page 53: ...Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Mixer section Track channels Stereo output channel Recorder section from the input channels Stereo bus If you switch the RECORD display page after doing the patch setup all your patch settings will be undone and lost a confirmation popup window will appear Remember to stay on the same RECORD page until recording is finished NOTE ...

Page 54: ...e symbol for the correspond ing input channel will be high lighted in the screen and a line will appear indicating that this channel is connected to the bus 6 Repeatedly press the same INPUT SEL key to select the bus to which you want to send the signal from that input channel Each time you press the INPUT SEL key the screen will change as follows 7 Use the same procedure to specify other input ch...

Page 55: ... the input channel 1 8 faders as required To Adjust Pan After pressing the SEL key of the corresponding input channel press the Selected Channel section PAN EQ key so that its indicator lights Selected Channel knob 1 can now be used to adjust panning for the channel currently selected via the SEL keys For more details refer to Pan Control on page 147 To A C No Connection B Connected to Bus2 L A Co...

Page 56: ...s via this page refer to page 62 for metronome instructions 2 Press theTransport section RTZ key to return to the beginning of the song 3 Hold down the Transport section REC key and press the PLAY key to start recording Recording will begin on the track set up as the record destination In the track view within the screen the vertical line that indicates the current location will advance towards th...

Page 57: ...key as many times as necessary or by pressing the F1 key after pressing the SONG key 2 Move the cursor to the SAVE button and press the ENTER key A popup window will ask you to confirm that you want to save the current song 3 To save the song move the cursor to the YES button and press the ENTER key If you move the cursor to the NO button instead of the YES button and press the ENTER key the Save ...

Page 58: ...icate that the two channels are functioning as a ste reo pair 2 Move the cursor to the MONOx2 button of a channel you want to assign as a stereo pair and press the ENTER key A pairing confirmation popup window will appear The popup window contains the following items INPUT TRACK AUX OUT x y x odd number y even number Copy the settings of channel x to y and pair them INPUT TRACK AUX OUT y x x odd n...

Page 59: ...window contains the same items as the MONITOR screen used for channel pairing 3 Move the cursor to the appropriate button in the popup window and press the ENTER key The channels specified via the SEL keys will be paired 4 To disengage pairing press the SEL key of one of the paired channels while holding the SEL key of the other channel A popup window will ask you to confirm that you want to disen...

Page 60: ...n and press the ENTER key 5 Press the Selected Channel section LOW LO MID HI MID or HIGH key to select the EQ band to be adjusted 6 Use Selected Channel section knobs 2 4 to adjust the EQ as required When the PAN EQ key is lit Selected Channel knobs 2 4 perform the following functions knob 2 adjusts the Q knob 3 adjusts the center frequency and knob 4 adjusts the gain of the selected band 7 Repeat...

Page 61: ...the compressor for the corresponding input channel 5 Press the Display section F4 key The DYNAMICS screen Comp Lib page will appear Compressor library presets can be recalled via this page The currently selected compressor type and its graphic response curve are shown at the top of the dis play 6 Use the DATA JOG dial or INC DEC keys to select the library setting to be recalled The setting highlig...

Page 62: ...onome knob Adjusts the metronome volume level The current value is shown above the knob in dB units 2 Move the cursor to the metronome button and press the ENTER key The metronome will be turned on In this state the metronome will sound during recording and playback 3 The metronome will begin sounding when the PLAY key is pressed to begin play back Move the cursor to the metronome knob and use the...

Page 63: ...ile preserving the previously recorded content 1 Call the TRACK screen Virtual TR page by either pressing the Work Navigate section TRACK key as many times as necessary or by pressing the F2 key after pressing the TRACK key 1 Virtual tracks Indicates the status of virtual tracks 1 8 The virtual track that is currently selected for each track is indi cated by a symbol Of the virtual tracks that are...

Page 64: ...he step to which the song will be returned by the Undo func tion 2 Use the DATA JOG dial or INC DEC keys to select a step number 3 Move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key The current song will revert to the state of the step you selected 4 Move the cursor to the EXIT button and press the ENTER key The popup window will close and you will return to the previous screen Using the Und...

Page 65: ...ignal flow when you play back tracks 1 4 and overdub track 5 In this example the signal that is input from MIC LINE INPUT jack 1 is routed through recorder track 5 and sent to track channel 5 This signal is then sent to the stereo bus mixed with the play back sound of track channels 1 4 and output from the STEREO OUT jacks and the MONITOR OUT jacks PHONES jack Signal flow when overdubbing About ov...

Page 66: ...mes as necessary or by pressing the F1 key after pressing the RECORD key 4 Assign the input channel to which your instrument mic is connected to a new track and adjust the level For details on this step refer to Assigning input sig nals to tracks Direct recording p 51 The diagram below shows an example of when input channel 1 is assigned to track 5 Assigning the input signal to a track In this exa...

Page 67: ...ereo bus during playback This means that in order to monitor the input signal you must stop the recorder 5 Press the SEL key for the recording desti nation track channel and press the Selected Channel section PAN EQ key so that its indicator lights 6 Rotate the Selected Channel knob 1 to adjust the pan In the same way as for the input channel signal you can also use EQ and dynamics compressor to p...

Page 68: ... PLAY key Recording will begin 3 While monitoring the previously recorded tracks play the instrument that you want to overdub 4 To stop recording press the STOP key The UNDO REDO key in the data entry control section will light 5 To listen to the recorded performance from the beginning press the RTZ key to return the counter display to zero and press the PLAY key 6 If you are satisfied with the re...

Page 69: ...ss the Transport section PLAY key Alternatively press the foot switch The song will begin playing At this time the track playback sound of the recording destination track channel will be sent to the stereo bus so you will not be able to monitor the input signal 5 At the point where you want to begin recording hold down the PLAY key and press the REC key or press the foot switch once again and begi...

Page 70: ...l auto punch in out stop the recorder then hold down the REC key and press the PLAY key When you press the REC key PLAY key while the AUTO PUNCH key is lit the following will occur 1 Only the PLAY key will light and playback will begin from the pre roll point B When you reach the auto punch in point the REC key will light and recording will begin punch in C When you reach the auto punch out point ...

Page 71: ...cide to re do the recording you can go back to the best take using the Undo list after performing several overdubs by repeating steps 6 9 p 64 The following diagram shows the auto punch in out procedure 3 2 1 4 5 24 play play rehearsal punch in punch out locate rehearsal actual recording Pre roll point Post roll point Auto punch out point Auto punch in point ...

Page 72: ...AW2400 Owner s Manual 72 Overdubbing 7 ...

Page 73: ...ereo track to complete the song The contents of the stereo track can be used without further processing as material to create an audio CD The diagram below shows the signal flow during mix down The playback of each track is sent to the stereo bus passes through the stereo output channel and is recorded on the stereo track At this time you can also add the sig nals from input channels Signal flow d...

Page 74: ...n the following ways The destination of the track channels is Bus 1 Bus 2 rather than the stereo bus The recording destination will be a vacant audio track or tracks You can t add the signals of input channels The diagram below shows the signal flow during bounc ing This diagram shows an example in which the track 1 8 signals are bounced to tracks 9 12 After bouncing you can switch the virtual tra...

Page 75: ...ffect Return channels 1 4 TRACK 1 24 Track channels 1 24 D Tracks This is the track channel number Move the cursor to the number and press the ENTER key to switch track muting on off E LIBRARY button Accesses the mastering library where you can recall EQ and dynamics settings specifically for the stereo output channel F DITHER ON OFF button This is an on off switch for dithering which is a pro ces...

Page 76: ... recalled Play back your song while you try various settings to find the best one To exit the MASTERING LIBRARY popup window move the cursor to the EXIT button and press the ENTER key 9 If necessary you can press the STEREO SEL key to select the stereo output chan nel and use the Selected Channel section to make fine adjustments to the EQ and dynamics processor settings Operations are the same as ...

Page 77: ... mode 14Press the RTZ key to rewind the song Then hold down the REC key and press the PLAY key The song will begin playing and the playback will be recorded on the stereo track 15When you reach the end of the song move the cursor to the SAFE button in the screen and press the ENTER key A popup window will ask you to confirm that you want to cancel record ready mode Move the cursor to the OK button...

Page 78: ...the PHONE jack At this time the record ready status of all tracks will be cancelled 3 Press the RTZ key to rewind the song and press the PLAY key The stereo track will be played back Use the STE REO fader to adjust the monitor level 4 When you are ready to return to normal recording playback of the audio tracks switch the ST TR MODE ON OFF button off Playing back the stereo track ST TR MODE ON OFF...

Page 79: ...the mute status of all tracks However depending on the bit depth of the song and on the number of tracks that are enabled for recording there may be cases in which some tracks cannot be unmuted If so tracks will be muted consecutively starting with the last numbered track G SAFE button When you move the cursor to this button and press the ENTER key all bounce source and bounce destina tion assignm...

Page 80: ...s and effect return channels to an appropriate level Adjust the pan EQ and dynamics of each channel as necessary 9 To check the level that is being output from Bus 1 Bus 2 to the bounce destination tracks press the METER key and then the F3 key The METER screen Master page will appear Here you can check the output levels for Bus 1 and Bus 2 If you are using an effect via an effect bus the bounce o...

Page 81: ... the connection from the bounce source track channels to the stereo bus will automatically be restored This will cause the bounce source and bounce destination signals to be duplicated 13When you ve finished the bounce opera tion press the Quick Navigation section RECORD key once again move the cursor to the SAFE button in the screen and press the ENTER key A popup message will ask you for confirm...

Page 82: ...and the SEL keys to select the channels that you want to assign to this fader group The assignment to the fader group will alternately be switched on or off each time you press the INPUT SEL key or SEL key 4 Repeat steps 2 3 to make assignments for other fader groups 5 To enable a fader group move the cursor to the A D buttons and press the ENTER key Buttons A D can be turned on off independently ...

Page 83: ...operate 3 Use the Layer section keys the INPUT SEL keys and the SEL keys to select the channels that you want to assign to this mute group The assignment to the mute group will alternately be switched on or off each time you press the INPUT SEL key or SEL key 4 Repeat steps 2 3 to make assignments for other mute groups 5 To enable a mute group move the cursor to the E H buttons and press the ENTER...

Page 84: ...cks and PHONES jack This will not affect the signals that are being output from the stereo bus or Bus 1 Bus 2 With this setting even channels that are not assigned to the stereo bus or Bus B bus 2 or channels whose ON key is off can be monitored from the MONITOR OUT jacks or PHONES jack This setting is convenient when you want to monitor only specific channels without affecting the recorded conten...

Page 85: ... Input channels 1 16 EFFECT RETURN Effect return channels 1 4 TRACK Track channels 1 24 The channels you select here will not be muted even if you turn on the Solo function If you select effect return channels 1 4 here you ll be able to monitor with effects even when the Solo function is on 6 To activate the Solo function press the Mixer section SOLO key The SOLO key and the ON key of the selectab...

Page 86: ...AW2400 Owner s Manual 86 Mixdown and bounce operations 8 ...

Page 87: ...Enter the locate point in measures beats You can use either of the following two methods to enter the locate point Use the DATA JOG dial or INC DEC keys Move the cursor to the measure or beat field and use the DATA JOG dial or INC DEC keys to set as required Key Recorder Status Playing Stopped Rewinding Fast Forwarding Recording PLAY key Play Play Play Stop record and play Punch Out STOP key Stop ...

Page 88: ...nning and end of the song When you create a new song the Start point will initially be set to absolute time 00 00 00 000 When you record the end of the song will automatically be set as the End point If you record past the previously set End point the End point will automati cally be adjusted to the new song end point If you select SECOND or TIME CODE as the counter dis play format the Start point...

Page 89: ...the song is stopped or playing The song will move to that location Registered locate points are displayed in the TRACK screen Track View page as shown below The characters numbers shown on the display corre spond to the locate types are as follows A E B C F D The In point and Out point will be updated automatically when you perform a record operation If you want to change the Start point or End po...

Page 90: ...t the beginning of the song If you register a new marker between two existing markers markers follow ing the insert will be automatically renumbered 3 Press the key to locate to the previous marker or press the key to locate to the next marker The song will move to that location Assigned markers will appear as numbers 1 99 in the TRACK screen Track View page Using markers Register a new marker Mar...

Page 91: ...g the EDIT key 2 The Locator Position field is used to edit the various locate points not including the Quick Locator points The positions for each locator are displayed in the Locator Position field 1 Locate points Shows the type of locate point and its abbreviation B Position Shows the position of each locate point in time code or the current counter display format C Measure beat Shows the posit...

Page 92: ...quick locator point number that you want to edit 6 Move the cursor to the value that you want to edit and use the DATA JOG dial or INC DEC keys to edit the value 1 Call the EDIT screen Mark Adj page by either pressing the Work Navigate section EDIT key as many times as necessary or by pressing the F3 key after pressing the EDIT key 2 If you want to adjust the position of a marker move the cursor t...

Page 93: ...Playback will begin from the A point When the B point is reached playback will automatically begin again from the A point 4 To stop playback press the STOP key Playback will stop but the A B Repeat function will remain active When the A B Repeat function is on pressing the PLAY key will immediately resume repeat playback regardless of the current position 5 Press the REPEAT key to cancel repeat pl...

Page 94: ...ent location will play repeatedly 3 To move the current location forward turn the DATA JOG dial to the right To move the current location backward turn the DATA JOG dial to the left If time display is selected as the counter display for mat you can move the current location forward or backward in millisecond units If time code display is selected you can move in sub frame units 4 To turn off the N...

Page 95: ...waveform display along the time axis The value of this field indicates the length of time displayed in the WAVE DISPLAY popup window If you select 1SEC the distance from the left to right edge of the screen will correspond to one second Selecting SAMPLE will produce the highest magnifi cation and each horizontal pixel will correspond to one sample D AMP By moving the cursor to this area and using ...

Page 96: ...o the left will move it back ward If necessary you can use the LISTEN button to play the waveform region shown in the WAVE DIS PLAY popup window and check the location by lis tening 7 When you have finished specifying the location move the cursor to the EXIT but ton and press the ENTER key You will return to the previous Track View page and the location that you specified in the popup window will ...

Page 97: ...reen Track page F2 key Input RTN Page Displays the input and fader levels for input channels 1 16 as well as effect return channels 1 4 Track Page Displays the input and fader levels for track channels 1 24 The following items are displayed 1 Input channel 1 16 input levels B Effect return channel 1 4 input levels C Track channel 1 24 input levels The level meters display the input levels for the ...

Page 98: ...e output and fader levels for a digital I O card installed in the card slot the OMNI OUT 1 4 outputs and the DIGITAL STEREO OUT outputs The following items are displayed 1 Output levels for the card installed in the slot B OMNI OUT 1 4 output levels C DIGITAL STEREO OUT output levels The level meters display the output levels for the corre sponding channels while the numbers below the level meters...

Page 99: ...is section explains how to patch the signals of input channels to tracks when you re using the Direct Recording method 1 Call the RECORD screen Direct page by either pressing the Quick Navigate section RECORD key as many times as necessary or by pressing the F1 key after pressing the RECORD key This page contains the following items 1 Input Select Here you can select the inputs input signals that ...

Page 100: ... clears the mute status of all tracks However depending on the bit depth of the song and on the number of tracks that are enabled for recording there may be cases in which some tracks cannot be unmuted If so tracks will be muted consecutively starting with the last numbered track I SAFE button When you move the cursor to this button and press the ENTER key all input channel and track channel assig...

Page 101: ...s Layer section TRACK 1 12 key lit flash You can also select the record destina tion track by pressing a track channel s SEL key The same internal connection will be established even if you perform steps 3 and 4 in the reverse order The fader will automatically be set to 0 dB for input channels that are internally connected to a track If an input channel is selected as a recording source its assig...

Page 102: ...e as in the RECORD screen Direct page F Bus 1 Bus 2 These four lines indicate the bus 1 L R and bus 2 L R signal routes This shows the recording source input channels whose signals are being sent to bus 1 bus 2 and the recording destination tracks to which the bus 1 bus 2 signal are being sent G MUTE CLEAR button This button clears the mute status of all tracks However depending on the bit depth o...

Page 103: ...g the INPUT SEL key or the input channel s SEL key The INPUT SEL keys always control input channels 1 8 regardless of the settings of the Layer section If an input channel is selected as a recording source its assignment to the stereo bus will automatically be turned off and it will be connected via bus 1 or bus 2 so that it can be monitored by the track channel HINT C No Connection B Connected to...

Page 104: ...attempt to change INS to a different item in the PATCH screen Output page a popup message Used As Effect Insert will appear and you won t be able to execute the change In order to change this you will first have to defeat the selection for the corresponding output channel in the CH VIEW screen View page C D ST OUT ASSIGN field Move the cursor to this field and use the DATA JOG dial or the INC DEC ...

Page 105: ...the Selected Channel section VIEW key as many times as necessary or press the F1 key after pressing the VIEW key Immediately after pressing the VIEW key the signal flow of the currently selected channel will appear on the display You can select any other channel to be displayed by using the Layer section keys to select a mixing layer and the INPUT SEL SEL and STEREO SEL keys to select individual c...

Page 106: ...he cursor to this button and press the ENTER key to turn the gate for that channel on or off Refer to Using the Gates on page 151 for details D ATT button EQ button ATT button Move the cursor to this knob and use the DATA JOG dial or INC DEC keys to adjust the attenuation as required range 96 12dB This capability can be used to atten uate the pre EQ signal level to pre vent clipping in the EQ stag...

Page 107: ... bus 1 bus 2 or stereo bus on or off J REC TR Displays the input channel to track assignment as speci fied in the RECORD screen Direct page K Level meter The level meters display input channel track channel and effect return channel input levels as well as stereo output channel bus master channel AUX send master channel effect send master channel output levels L AUX EFFECT Move the cursor to the a...

Page 108: ...he selected channel and adja cent odd even channel pairs When the stereo output chan nel is selected however this meter displays the L R output channel levels D Buttons These buttons execute the RENAME RECALL STORE and CLEAR functions E List A list of all the settings stored in the library The row high lighted by a dotted frame is the setting currently selected for operation An icon indicates read...

Page 109: ...VIEW key as many times as necessary or by pressing the F2 key after pressing the VIEW key 2 Use the DATA JOG dial or INC DEC keys to select the library number to which the settings are to be stored The setting highlighted by a dotted frame is currently selected for storage 3 Move the cursor to the STORE button and press the ENTER key The NAME EDIT popup window will appear 4 As required enter a nam...

Page 110: ...rary setting to be erased The setting highlighted by a dotted frame is currently selected to be erased 3 Move the cursor to the CLEAR button and press the ENTER key A popup window confirming the clear operation will appear 4 To actually erase the selected setting move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key Recalling Channel Library settings Pressing the F1 key while holding the Displa...

Page 111: ...key so that its indicator lights The AUX screen will appear 2 To adjust levels for the AUX1 bus press Selected Channel knob 1 The AUX1 screen will appear To adjust levels for the AUX2 AUX4 buses press the corresponding Selected Channel knob 2 4 in the same way If the AUX key is lit pressing one of the Selected Channel knobs will take you directly to the corresponding AUX screen 3 Press the Display...

Page 112: ...bs 1 4 can be used to directly adjust AUX send levels 1 Use the Layer section keys INPUT SEL keys and SEL keys to select the channel for which AUX send level is to be adjusted 2 Press the Selected Channel section AUX key so that its indicator lights The AUX screen will appear 3 Rotate Selected Channel knobs 1 4 This will adjust the AUX send level for the channel selected in step 1 A B A While the ...

Page 113: ...nel section AUX key so that its indicator lights then press Selected Channel knob 1 The AUX1 screen will appear 6 Press the Display section F2 key to dis play the Track page The send levels from the track channels to the AUX1 bus can be adjusted via this page 7 Set the knobs for each channel to an appro priate level and set the PRE POST buttons as required At this point the track channel signals a...

Page 114: ...cessor as well as the input levels of input channels 3 and 4 using the GAIN knobs If necessary return to step 7 and readjust the send lev els from the track channels to the AUX1 bus as required You can also adjust the AUX1 bus master level by selecting the appropriate layer and fader via the Layer section MASTER key and channel SEL key or by using the CH VIEW screen View page LVL knob 12Turn the R...

Page 115: ... then sent to the stereo bus or a recorder track Please note that an effect which has been inserted into one channel cannot be simultaneously inserted into another channel or used via the effect sends and returns Effects can be inserted on the following channels Input channels Track channels Stereo output channel Bus master channels AUX send master channels Effects can be inserted at any of the fo...

Page 116: ... selected for recall 5 Move the cursor to the RECALL button and press the ENTER key A popup window confirming the recall operation will appear 6 To actually recall the selected setting move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key The library setting will be recalled Recalling Effect Library settings The effect type for a recalled effect library preset cannot be changed For this reason ...

Page 117: ...ack page 1 TRACK field Allows adjustment of the effect send levels for track channels 1 24 You can also select the point from which the send signal is derived via the PRE POST button below each knob 5 Move the cursor to an effect send knob and use the DATA JOG dial or INC DEC keys to set the effect send level Applying Effects via Send and Return An effect that has been inserted into a channel cann...

Page 118: ...r pressing the Layer section MASTER key When the MASTER mixing layer is selected faders 9 12 control the master send levels for effects 1 4 respectively You can view and edit the various param eters for each master send channel by pressing SEL key 9 12 and then calling the CH VIEW screen View page 10To adjust the effect return levels press the Layer section IN 1 8 or IN 9 16 key and use faders 9 1...

Page 119: ...he signal will be sent received will appear The popup window includes the following items NONE No effect inserted EFF1 4 Effect 1 4 inserted SLOT1 16 Select one of these options to insert an external effect unit via an I O card If SLOT1 is selected for example Output channel 1 of the I O card is used to send the signal to the external effect processor and input channel 1 of the same card is used t...

Page 120: ...nts When an effect and compressor are both inserted at the same point you can move the cursor directly to the insert point and press the ENTER key to swap the positions of the effect and compressor 7 Call the EFFECT screen FX Edit page or FX Lib page to adjust the internal effect mix balance the balance between the effect and direct signals 8 Use the MIX BALANCE field knob to bal ance the effect a...

Page 121: ...ct sound only D USED AS Indicates how this effect is being used EFF1 EFF4 indicate that the effect is internally connected to the mixer section via send return If the effect is inserted into a specific channel the name of the chan nel into which the effect is inserted will be shown e g INPUT 1 E Level Meter Displays the effect input or output level Select input IN or output OUT via the button abov...

Page 122: ...the library data that is selected in the list F List This area lists the effect data stored in the library Library numbers 001 043 are read only and original settings can be saved to numbers 044 128 The line enclosed by the dotted frame indicates the data that is selected for operation An icon indicates a read only library setup Here s how you can change the names of the settings in the Effect lib...

Page 123: ...brary setting will be stored The procedure for erasing unwanted library settings is as follows 1 Call the FX Lib page Refer to Call the Effect Library Screen on page 122 for details 2 Move the cursor to the list and use the DATA JOG dial or INC DEC keys to select the library setting to be erased The setting highlighted by a dotted frame is currently selected to be erased 3 Move the cursor to the C...

Page 124: ...out function refer to Auto punch in out on page 70 2 Call the RECORD screen Bounce page by either pressing the Quick Navigate section RECORD key as many times as necessary or by pressing the F3 key after pressing the RECORD key 3 Move the cursor to the PITCH FIX button and press the ENTER key A popup window will appear which allows you to select the source edit track 4 Specify the source edit trac...

Page 125: ...e the accuracy of the pitch correction Generally this should be set to Normal but for low pitched vocals it might be preferable to use the Male set ting and for high pitched vocals try the Female setting KEEP FORMANT button When this button is engaged the basic character timbre of the voice will not change when the pitch is corrected DETECT knob Determines the pitch detection speed The shorter the...

Page 126: ...to specify the pitches for pitch correction in real time while recording This capability can be useful when creating a harmony vocal track based on the original vocal melody 11When the end of the song is reached rewind the song and press the PLAY key The recorded pitch corrected track will play back with the other recorded tracks the original uncorrected track will not play back If you re not sati...

Page 127: ...of these eight tracks is called a virtual track For the audio tracks and the stereo track only one virtual track can be recorded or played at any time The diagram below shows the concept of virtual tracks The horizontal rows indicate audio tracks 1 24 and the vertical columns correspond to virtual tracks 1 8 The shaded areas indicate the virtual track that is currently selected for recording or pl...

Page 128: ... can view all tracks to see whether they contain data and switch muting on off for each track To call this page press the Work Navigate section TRACK key as many times as necessary or press the F1 key after pressing the TRACK key This page contains the following items 1 TRACK Here you can select the track to be controlled in the screen Choose from 1 24 audio tracks 1 24 or ST ste reo track The num...

Page 129: ...ndicates the name of the virtual track selected by the cursor This will indicate NO REC for tracks on which nothing has been recorded C Tracks Indicates the track number 1 24 2 Use the cursor keys to select the virtual track number that you want to assign to the desired track 3 Press the ENTER key The symbol will be displayed at the position of the newly selected virtual track This virtual track w...

Page 130: ...edited name will be applied Independently from audio tracks 1 24 the AW2400 has a stereo track that records and plays a stereo audio signal The stereo track is used mainly as a dedicated mixdown track for recording the final mix The signal of the stereo output channel is always con nected to the stereo track you will always be able to record the signal of the stereo bus simply by putting the stere...

Page 131: ...ll be defeated for all audio tracks and only the stereo track will be recordable Use the Mixdown page to patch the channels that you want to record on the stereo track to the stereo bus For details on patching refer to page 75 2 Move the cursor to the REC button and press the ENTER key to turn the button on The panel STEREO SEL key will blink red This blinking indicates that the stereo track is in...

Page 132: ...e name of the virtual track currently selected for the stereo track 1 Call the TRACK screen View page by either pressing the Work Navigate section TRACK key as many times as necessary or by pressing the F1 key after pressing the TRACK key 2 Move the cursor to the TRACK field and use the DATA JOG dial or the INC DEC keys to make it read ST You can edit the name of the virtual track that is cur rent...

Page 133: ...l tracks Recorded tracks can be registered in up to four groups A D and playback of those tracks can then be started and stopped as a group In this case pressing the ON key for any track in the group will start playback of the entire group Press the ON key a second time to stop playback of the group The faders can be used to start playback instead of the ON keys the Fader Start function Playback o...

Page 134: ...ne of four groups A D so that playback of entire groups of tracks can be started and stopped by simply pressing one ON key or operating one fader 4 To engage the Fader Start function for a track move the cursor to the FADER START button and press the ENTER key When the Fader Start function is on playback of the corresponding track or group including the track will start when the track fader is rai...

Page 135: ...k space into the specified region COPY Copies the data from the specified region to the desired location of the desired track MOVE Moves the data from the specified region to the desired location of the desired track The move source data will be erased EXCHANGE Exchanges data between the specified tracks TIME COMP Time Compression Expansion Adjusts the length of the specified region of an audio tr...

Page 136: ...tar or vocal solo part to another track and use the PITCH CHANGE com mand to slightly detune one of these tracks creating a chorus effect without using the internal effect processor By applying the PITCH CHANGE command to a drum track to lower the pitch you can create a unique lo fi effect Here is the basic procedure for using a track editing command The procedure is essentially the same for all t...

Page 137: ...DEC keys When you have finished setting parameters execute the command 7 Move the cursor to the EXECUTE button and press the ENTER key A popup window will ask you to confirm the opera tion 8 Move the cursor to the OK button to exe cute the command or move the cursor to the CANCEL button to cancel without exe cuting Then press the ENTER key Select the track s to edit TR field V TR field For some co...

Page 138: ...ce into the specified region Data follow ing the location of the Start parameter will be moved backward to make room The parameters are the same as for the ERASE command However instead of D End use D Size to specify the region that will be inserted List of editing command Parameter Range Explanation A TR 1 24 A single audio track 1 2 23 24 A pair of adjacent odd numbered even numbered audio track...

Page 139: ...ack End 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 A B C D E F G H 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 A B 4 5 6 F G H If you set From TR to ALL INS the copy destination track will be moved backward by the size of the copied region Note that this may cause the bar lines specified by the tempo map to change their location relative to the audio data If you set From TR to other than ALL INS the copy destination track will be overwritten and the d...

Page 140: ...n be specified only in measure beat units By using the Grid function in conjunction with the Measure Lock function you can easily copy measure beat length segments of data whose divisions do not fall precisely on the measure or beat Moves the specified region of data to the specified loca tion of the specified track This is similar to COPY but differs in that the move source data will be deleted T...

Page 141: ...lphanumeric characters Exchange destination virtual track name display only EXCHANGE C A B D E F EXCHANGE From Track To Track From Track To Track 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D E F 1 2 3 4 5 6 A B C D E F Parameter list The track names will not be exchanged NOTE Parameter Range Explanation A From TR 1 24 A single audio track 1 2 23 24 A pair of adjacent odd numbered even numbered audio tracks ST The stereo t...

Page 142: ...d operation of the EXPORT command refer to Copying Exported WAV Files To the Computer p 233 Audio playback performance can be improved by using this command to merge a number of separate regions sec tions of audio data created in separate recording passes in a specified track into one continuous region The merge command creates a continuous region from the beginning of the track to the end of the ...

Page 143: ...O9660 Level 1 format CD ROM CD R CD RW Mixed Mode CD The directory name and file name cannot use charac ters other than uppercase alphanumeric characters and the _ underscore character 5 Call the EDIT screen Edit page by either pressing the Work Navigate section EDIT key as many times as necessary or by pressing the F1 key after pressing the EDIT key 6 Move the cursor to the editing command field ...

Page 144: ...CD Move the cursor to the list and use the DATA JOG dial or the INC DEC keys to specify the WAV file that you want to import B FILE This indicates the name of the WAV file or directory The displayed icons have the following meaning Indicates a WAV file Indicates a folder in the same level You can select this icon and press the ENTER key to move down one level You can select this icon and press the...

Page 145: ...TA JOG dial or the INC DEC keys to select IMPORT TRACK 3 Press the ENTER key to conform your choice of edit command The screen will change as follows 1 Song List This area lists the songs that are saved on the AW2400 s internal hard disk In this list select the song that contains the track you want to import B Song name C Song size D Song Bit Depth Sampling Frequency E Song Protect Status F SORT M...

Page 146: ...he track number and virtual track number of the song you selected in step 4 will be assigned as the import source 6 Move the cursor to To TR To V TR and use the DATA JOG dial or the INC DEC keys to select the track number and virtual track number of the desired import destination 7 When you ve finished making settings move the cursor to the EXECUTE button and press the ENTER key A popup window wil...

Page 147: ...lows PAN EQ Screen Input RTN Page 1 INPUT field Pan controls for input channels 1 16 B EFFECT RETURN field Pan controls for effect return channels 1 4 PAN EQ Screen Track Page 1 TRACK field Pan controls for track channels 1 24 B STEREO BAL field Balance control for the stereo output channel 3 Move the cursor to a knob and use the DATA JOG dial or the INC DEC keys to set the pan as required The pan...

Page 148: ...ia Selected Channel section knob 1 1 Use the Layer section INPUT SEL SEL and STEREO SEL keys to select the chan nel for which pan is to be controlled 2 Press the Selected Channel section PAN EQ key so that its indicator lights With the default settings the PAN EQ screen will appear automatically The display will not change if the UTILITY screen Preference page AUTO DIS PLAY button is set to OFF 3 ...

Page 149: ...6 to 12 0 dB This is used mainly to prevent the signal from clipping when you use the EQ to boost a specific frequency region C TYPE field Selects the EQ algorithm type When the TYPE I but ton is on the same EQ algorithm that was used in the 02R is selected The TYPE II button selects the latest EQ algorithm which provides minimum inter band interference TYPE II can only be selected for the track c...

Page 150: ...If LPF is selected you can use the HIGH band G knob to switch the low pass filter on off Using Selected Channel section knobs 2 4 to adjust EQ 1 Use the Layer section INPUT SEL SEL and STEREO SEL keys to select the chan nel for which EQ is to be controlled 2 Press the Selected Channel section LOW LO MID HI MID or HIGH key according to the band you want to control The selected key s indicator will ...

Page 151: ...g a channel in the channel box press the ENTER key to confirm the selection AUX button Selects the signal from the AUX send specified in the box below the button AUX1 AUX4 After select ing an AUX send in the box press the ENTER key to confirm the selection D Response curve This graph indicates the approximate response of the gate settings The horizontal axis of the graph is the input level and the...

Page 152: ...s Selected Channel knob 1 2 3 or 4 The DYNAMICS screen will appear 3 Press the Display section F3 key or press the DYN key as many times as necessary until the Comp Edit page appears The Comp Edit page includes the following items 1 COMPT ON OFF button Switches the compressor on off B STEREO LINK button Turning this button on links compressor operation for paired channels C POSITION field Specifie...

Page 153: ...ch compression is to be applied 2 Press the Selected Channel section DYN key so that it s indicator lights With the default settings the DYNAMICS screen will appear automatically The display will not change if the UTILITY screen Preference page AUTO DIS PLAY button is set to OFF 3 Rotate Selected Channel knobs 1 4 The parameters for the channels selected in step 1 will change accordingly The knobs...

Page 154: ...ays the signal level after the EQ stage C EQ Curve A graphic representation of the EQ curve of the cur rently selected EQ setting in the library list D List A list of all the settings stored in the library The row highlighted by a dotted frame is the setting currently selected for operation An icon indicates read only library settings E Buttons These buttons execute the RENAME RECALL STORE and CLE...

Page 155: ...rary numbers 001 128 numbers 001 036 are read only and 037 128 can be used to store your own settings Compressor library operations are performed via the DYNAMICS screen Comp Lib page 1 Use the Layer section INPUT SEL SEL and STEREO SEL keys to select the target channel 2 Press the Selected Channel section DYN key so that its indicator lights then press Selected Channel knob 1 2 3 or 4 The DYNAMIC...

Page 156: ...ining the library set tings to be recalled For details on accessing the various library pages refer to Accessing the EQ Dynamics Library screens on page 154 2 Rotate the DATA JOG dial to select the library setting to be recalled The setting highlighted by a dotted frame is currently selected for recall 3 Move the cursor to the RECALL button and press the ENTER key A popup window confirming the rec...

Page 157: ...ing the EQ Dynamics Library screens on page 154 2 Rotate the DATA JOG dial to select the library setting to be erased The setting highlighted by a dotted frame is currently selected to be erased 3 Move the cursor to the CLEAR button and press the ENTER key A popup window confirming the clear operation will appear The following illustration is an example of when the CLEAR button is pressed in the P...

Page 158: ...158 AW2400 Owner s Manual Pan EQ and Dynamics Processing 16 ...

Page 159: ... F1 key after pressing the SCENE key This page contains the following items 1 List This area lists the data stored in the scene memory The line enclosed by the dotted frame indicates the data that is selected for operation Read only data is indicated by a lock icon B RENAME button Accesses the NAME EDIT popup window where you can edit the name of the scene selected in the list C RECALL button Reca...

Page 160: ... Library page by either pressing the SCENE key as many times as necessary or by pressing the F1 key after pressing the SCENE key 2 Turn the DATA JOG dial to scroll the list so that the scene you want to recall is enclosed in the dotted frame 3 Move the cursor to the RECALL button and press the ENTER key A popup window will ask you to confirm the Recall operation 4 To execute the recall operation m...

Page 161: ... and press the ENTER key A popup window will appear asking you to confirm the Delete operation 4 To execute the Delete operation move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key The scene will be deleted Applying protection to a scene so that it can t be edited or erased 1 Call the SCENE screen Library page by either pressing the SCENE key as many times as necessary or by pressing the F1 k...

Page 162: ...utton on to prevent recall recall safe of the effect settings The button will appear inverted when on D CHANNEL field Selects the recall safe channels The mix parameters of selected channels will not be recalled The CHANNEL field buttons correspond to the fol lowing channels INPUT Input channels 1 16 EFFECT RETURN Effect Return channels 1 4 TRACK Track channels 1 24 BUS Bus master 1 2 AUX AUX send...

Page 163: ...ted here C EXECUTE button Executes the scene move operation 2 Move the cursor to the SOURCE list and use the DATA JOG dial to select the scene to be moved 3 Move the cursor to the DESTINATION list and use the DATA JOG dial to select the destination The destination will be indicated by the INSERT POINT indication in this list 4 Move the cursor to the EXECUTE button and press the ENTER key The selec...

Page 164: ...164 AW2400 Owner s Manual Scene Memory 17 ...

Page 165: ... containing the audio data The AW2400 allows the bit depth of individual songs to be set to either 16 or 24 bits 24 bit songs are capable of providing higher audio quality than 16 bit songs but the following limitations on the number of simultaneous record playback tracks apply For mixdown the number of simultaneous record tracks is two and the number of simultaneous playback tracks is 24 for 16 b...

Page 166: ...is stored in a folder bearing the song s name extension AWS Song Files The following song settings are stored in a file bearing the name of the song extension AWS Recorder section settings SONG screen TRACK screen Mixer section settings channels effects Library settings REMOTE screen settings Audio Folder The following song audio data is saved in WAV file for mat File names are automatically creat...

Page 167: ...s the following items 1 Song List The songs stored on the internal AW2400 hard disk are displayed here B LOAD button Loads a specified song C SAVE button Saves a song D NEW button Creates a new song E COPY button Copies a song F OPTIMIZE button Optimizes a song G MIXER IMP button Imports data from another song H DELETE button Deletes a song I SHUTDOWN button This function is used when turning the ...

Page 168: ... settings for the new song will appear The following settings can be made via this popup window Fs The sample rate of the new song can be set to either 44 1 kHz or 48 kHz Recbit The bit depth of the new song can be set to either 16 or 24 bits Sound Clip Time The record time of the Sound Clip 4 When each parameter has been set as required move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key Nex...

Page 169: ...s necessary or by pressing the F2 key after pressing the SONG key The SONG screen Setting page will appear 2 To edit the song name move the cursor to the RENAME button and press the ENTER key The NAME EDIT popup window will appear allow ing you to edit the song name 3 Enter the new name Then move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key The new name will be applied and the popup window ...

Page 170: ...sk 1 Call the Song List page by either pressing the Work Navigate section SONG key as many times as necessary or by pressing the F1 key after pressing the SONG key The SONG screen Song List page will appear 2 Move the cursor to the SAVE button and press the ENTER key A popup window will ask you to confirm that you want to save the current song 3 To save the song move the cursor to the OK button an...

Page 171: ...ng in the Song List will be high lighted inverted 2 Move the cursor to a location outside the SORT box and use the DATA JOG dial to select the song to be copied The line enclosed by the dotted frame indicates the selected song to be copied 3 Move the cursor to the COPY button and press the ENTER key A popup window will prompt you to enter new song name 4 Enter a new song title For details on input...

Page 172: ...key after pressing the SONG key The SONG screen Song List page will appear The currently selected song in the Song List will be high lighted inverted 2 Move the cursor to a location outside the SORT box and use the DATA JOG dial to select the song to be optimized The line enclosed by the dotted frame indicates the selected song to be optimized 3 Move the cursor to the OPTIMIZE button and press the...

Page 173: ...enclosed by the dotted frame is the song you have selected as the import source 3 Move the cursor to the MIXER IMP button and press the ENTER key A popup window will appear which allows you to select the data to be imported You can choose one or more of the following items SCENE button Scene memories TEMPO button Tempo map LIBRARY button EQ dynamics effects and channel libraries 4 Select the butto...

Page 174: ... as 0 TIME CODE Displays the current location in time code hours minutes sec onds frames with the Start point as 0 3 To change the time code frame rate move the cursor to the 24 25 30 or 30D button and press the ENTER key You can choose one of the following frame rates to specify the minimum unit of time code 24 24 frames second 25 25 frames second 30 30 frames second 30 non drop frame 30D 29 97 f...

Page 175: ...ed in the list C NEW button To create an event at the beginning of the measure fol lowing the last step move the cursor to this button and press the ENTER key D INSERT button To insert a blank event at the step preceding the tempo map event currently selected in the list move the cur sor to this button and press the ENTER key E DELETE button To delete the tempo map event currently selected in the ...

Page 176: ...s you expect 5 In the same way use the NEW or INSERT button to add new events and set their parameters Here s how to delete an unwanted event from the tempo map However you cannot delete the event that is located at the beginning of the song 1 Access the Tempo Map page and scroll the list to select the tempo map event that you want to delete 2 Move the cursor to the DELETE button and press the ENT...

Page 177: ...ll songs so that they won t be backed up Pressing the F2 key whiled holding the Display section SHIFT key has the same affect as the ALL CLEAR button E AW2400 button AW2816 button Selects the backup format If the songs are to be restored on a Yamaha AW series workstation other than the AW2400 AW4416 AW2816 AW1600 AW16G select the AW2816 button This mode only supports 44 1kHz 16 bit songs and only ...

Page 178: ... Make sure that the cursor is located at the READ CD INFO button and press the ENTER key Information will be read from the inserted CD R RW media When the information has been read a display like the following will appear If previously recorded CD RW media is inserted in the CD RW drive a popup window will ask you if it is OK to erase the media first Move the cursor to the OK button and press the ...

Page 179: ...key The symbol at the right will change to the symbol indicating that this song data has been selected for restoring If you turn on the ALL SET button all data shown in the list will be selected in one step 5 If you want to restore the system data move the cursor to the SYSTEM button and press the ENTER key The button will be turned on and the system data will be selected for restoring 6 To execut...

Page 180: ... select all of the other AW series songs that you want to restore 6 Move the cursor to the RESTORE button and press the ENTER key A popup window will ask you to confirm the opera tion 7 Move the cursor to the OK button if you want to execute the restore operation and press the ENTER key The restore operation will begin While the song data is being loaded a popup window will indicate the progress E...

Page 181: ...as the Library contents are saved independently with each AW2400 song Automix operation is carried out from the AUTOMIX screen Automix page To call this page press the SCENE AUTOMIX USB sec tion AUTOMIX key as many times as necessary or press the F1 key after pressing the AUTOMIX key This page contains the following items 1 MODE field Turns Automix on or off as well as switching between the record...

Page 182: ...mix at the beginning of the current song and save the mix as a scene The saved initial scene will serve as the starting point for the Automix recording To use a different scene as the starting point for the Automix recording recall the desired scene Refer to Scene Memory Operation on page 159 for details 2 Call the AUTOMIX screen Automix page by either pressing the AUTOMIX key as many times as nec...

Page 183: ...y 7 Press the top panel PLAY key to start song playback The AUTOMIX key will light red and Automix recording will begin But at this point no channel has been selected so no data recording will actually take place 8 Use the INPUT SEL SEL or STEREO SEL keys to select the channel for which Automix data is to be recorded The selected key will flash orange and the correspond ing channel s parameters ca...

Page 184: ...ed Automix data will appear 11To confirm and update the recorded data move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key The recorded Automix data will be updated You can abort this operation and revert to the previously recorded Automix data by moving the cursor to the CANCEL button rather than the OK button and press ing the ENTER key Effect parameter operations can not be recorded to Auto...

Page 185: ...ge by either pressing the AUTOMIX key as many times as necessary or by pressing the F1 key after pressing the AUTOMIX key 3 Make sure that the MODE field ENABLE DISABLE button is set to ENABLE 4 Move the cursor to the OVERWRITE field and engage the buttons corresponding to the parameters you want to record 5 Set the return time as required by moving the cursor to the RETURN TIME field and using th...

Page 186: ...nue recording if desired 12When all required mix operations have been recorded press the top panel STOP key to stop the song A popup window asking you to confirm whether you want to update the recorded Automix data will appear 13To confirm and update the recorded data move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key The recorded Automix data will be updated This section describes how you c...

Page 187: ...pecified region to the specified position in the specified destination channel MOVE Move all occurrences of the specified parameter s in the specified region to the specified position in the specified destination channel The original parameters will be erased The display will change according to the selected edit command as follows When the ERASE command is selected 1 The target channel can be sel...

Page 188: ...ontains the following items 1 SELECTED CH ONLY button When this button is engaged only events in the cur rently selected channel are shown in the list B PARAM Selects the type of parameters to be shown in the event list C Event list Individual events of the parameter type selected in the PARAM field are shown in the event list The event enclosed by a dotted frame is currently selected for editing ...

Page 189: ... cursor to the DUPLICATE button and press the ENTER key A copy of the currently selected event will be created at the same location You can then edit the time chan nel or value as required 8 To delete an unneeded event move the cur sor to the DELETE button and press the ENTER key The currently selected event will be deleted Display Parameter SCENE LIB Scene library recall FADER Fader operation ON ...

Page 190: ... Automix settings into the location selected in the list E CLEAR button Deletes the Automix data that is selected in the list F PROTECT Applies protection to the Automix data that is selected in the list G FREE Displays the amount of free Automix memory available in kilobytes KB as a percentage and as a graph Here s how you can change the names of the data in the Automix library 1 Call the AUTOMIX...

Page 191: ... A popup window confirming the recall operation will appear 4 To actually recall the selected data move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key The library data will be recalled Erasing unneeded Automix data from the library 1 Call the AUTOMIX screen Library page by either pressing the AUTOMIX key as many times as necessary or by pressing the F4 key after pressing the AUTOMIX key 2 Use...

Page 192: ...r by pressing the F4 key after pressing the AUTOMIX key 2 Use the DATA JOG dial or INC DEC keys to select the Automix data to be pro tected The data highlighted by a dotted frame is currently selected for operation 3 Move the cursor to the PROTECT button and press the ENTER key When protection is turned on the PROTECT button will appear inverted and a lock icon will appear to the right of the Auto...

Page 193: ...ange or control change can be transmitted to an exter nal device If you record these messages on a MIDI sequencer that is synchronized to the AW2400 the scene recall operations or mix parameter operations can be precisely reproduced at any time Example recording playing scene selections and mix parameter operations on a MIDI sequencer computer MIDI Remote MIDI Remote is a function that lets you us...

Page 194: ...ard out put port ON OFF button RX Turns program change recep tion on or off OMNI button RX Program change messages can be received on all MIDI channels regardless of the MIDI receive channel setting D CONTROL CHANGE field Specifies how MIDI control change messages will be transmitted and received If control change transmission and reception are enabled the corresponding control change message will...

Page 195: ...PARAMETER 1 7 TRACK CHANNEL 1 FADER 10 PAN 91 EFF1 SEND 93 EFF2 SEND 2 7 TRACK CHANNEL 2 FADER 10 PAN 91 EFF1 SEND 93 EFF2 SEND 3 7 TRACK CHANNEL 3 FADER 10 PAN 91 EFF1 SEND 93 EFF2 SEND 4 7 TRACK CHANNEL 4 FADER 10 PAN 91 EFF1 SEND 93 EFF2 SEND 5 7 TRACK CHANNEL 5 FADER 10 PAN 91 EFF1 SEND 93 EFF2 SEND 6 7 TRACK CHANNEL 6 FADER 10 PAN 91 EFF1 SEND 93 EFF2 SEND 7 7 TRACK CHANNEL 7 FADER 10 PAN 91 ...

Page 196: ... 15 56 ON CHANNEL INPUT 16 57 NO ASSIGN 58 NO ASSIGN 59 NO ASSIGN 60 NO ASSIGN 61 ON CHANNEL RETURN 1 62 ON CHANNEL RETURN 2 63 ON MASTER STEREO OUT 64 PAN CHANNEL INPUT 1 65 PAN CHANNEL INPUT 2 66 PAN CHANNEL INPUT 3 67 PAN CHANNEL INPUT 4 68 PAN CHANNEL INPUT 5 69 PAN CHANNEL INPUT 6 70 PAN CHANNEL INPUT 7 71 PAN CHANNEL INPUT 8 72 PAN CHANNEL INPUT 9 73 PAN CHANNEL INPUT 10 74 PAN CHANNEL INPUT...

Page 197: ...EL TRACK 17 58 ON CHANNEL TRACK 18 59 ON CHANNEL TRACK 19 60 ON CHANNEL TRACK 20 61 ON CHANNEL RETURN 1 62 ON CHANNEL RETURN 2 63 ON MASTER STEREO OUT 64 PAN CHANNEL TRACK 1 65 PAN CHANNEL TRACK 2 66 PAN CHANNEL TRACK 3 67 PAN CHANNEL TRACK 4 68 PAN CHANNEL TRACK 5 69 PAN CHANNEL TRACK 6 70 PAN CHANNEL TRACK 7 71 PAN CHANNEL TRACK 8 72 PAN CHANNEL TRACK 9 73 PAN CHANNEL TRACK 10 74 PAN CHANNEL TRA...

Page 198: ...d MIDI clock as well as messages used for remote control To call this page press the Work Navigate section MIDI key as many times as necessary or press the F2 key after pressing the MIDI key This page contains the following items 1 MMC field Specifies how MMC will be transmitted received B MMC OFF button Engage this button it will appear inverted to disable MMC transmission and reception C MMC MAS...

Page 199: ...tton Engage this button it will appear inverted to disable transmission of MIDI synchronization messages MTC button When this button is ON MTC will be transmitted while the recorder is run ning MIDI CLOCK Button When this button is ON the MIDI clock will be transmitted while the recorder is running Also appropriate START STOP CONTINUE and SONG POSI TION messages will be transmitted when the transp...

Page 200: ... slave Example settings for synchronization using MTC and MMC 5 Move the cursor to the DEVICE No field and set the value to match the device num ber of the external MIDI device When using MMC you must set the AW2400 and the external MIDI device to the same MMC device num ber For details on the device numbers that your MIDI device can use refer to its owner s manual 6 Use the Work Navigate section ...

Page 201: ... number D INITIALIZE button Returns the program change assignments to their ini tial state 2 Move the cursor to the program change number and use the DATA JOG dial to select the program change number for which you want to change the assignment 3 Move the cursor to the scene in the list and use the DATA JOG dial to select the scene that you want to assign to the correspond ing program change number...

Page 202: ...ers will cause a large number of control change messages to be transmit ted we will use MIDI Clock which uses less data as the synchronization signal rather than MTC 1 Connect the AW2400 and your sequencer as shown in the following diagram 2 Use the Work Navigate section MIDI key to access the MIDI screen Setting 2 page Turn on the MASTER button in the MTC field and turn on the MIDI CLOCK button i...

Page 203: ...is played back refer to SwitchingAW2400 scenes from an external MIDI device on page 201 for details 8 Play back the AW2400 song from the begin ning When the AW2400 begins playback it will transmit a Start message and MIDI Clock messages to the sequencer and the sequencer will begin running in synchronization with the AW2400 9 Operate the AW2400 s mix parameters fader pan etc as required The contro...

Page 204: ...d value is transmitted only when you press the ON key to turn it on indicator lit For example if you assign program change 1 that program change number will be transmitted each time you turn on the ON key The REMOTE screen 1 12 page and 13 16 page provide 14 different MIDI Remote presets ten factory presets and four user presets These presets have been created with specific devices and computer se...

Page 205: ...software Fader operations will control the volume of the sequencer software tracks You will need to install the appropriate setting file into your sequencer software and make the necessary settings For details refer to the About the CD ROM included with the AW2400 p 266 Volume Rec TR Use this preset to control the volume of an external tone generator or the record tracks of an external recorder ON...

Page 206: ...tton The transport keys will not oper ate the recorder but will only transmit the MIDI messages that have been preset for each key C ON field D FADER field This field is used when setting up a user defined preset The REMOTE screen 1 12 page and 13 16 page let you assign your own MIDI messages to each fader and ON key To call the REMOTE screen 1 12 page or 13 16 page press the Layer section REMOTE ...

Page 207: ...own in the following diagram 2 Use the Layer section REMOTE key to call the REMOTE screen 1 12 page or 13 16 page This enables the Remote function MIDI data transmitted SW 7F MIDI data transmitted SW 00 off on off If two or more MIDI messages are received while the LEARN but ton is on the last received MIDI message will be entered in the MIDI message field If a system exclusive message longer than...

Page 208: ...ol the on off status of parts 1 16 4 If necessary select the REMOTE screen 1 12 or 13 16 pages and set the MIDI channel assignments to the faders and ON keys as required The MIDI channel assignments on each page are described in Using the MIDI Remote function pre sets on page 204 5 Operate the AW2400 faders and ON keys The messages assigned to the faders and ON keys will be transmitted via the MID...

Page 209: ...utton 1 kHz sine wave 10kHz button 10 kHz sine wave PINK NOISE button Pink noise BURST NOISE button Burst noise 20 millisecond pink noise bursts as 4 sec ond intervals D BUS1 L R BUS2 L R buttons Sends the oscillator output to the Bus 1 L R or Bus 2 L R E AUX1 4 buttons Send the oscillator output to AUX buses 1 4 F EFFECT1 4 buttons Send the oscillator output to effect buses 1 4 G STEREO L R butto...

Page 210: ...in the CD RW drive When this parameter is ON the following message will be displayed If you agree to the conditions stipulated in the Copyright Notice p 7 select OK Recording and importing of digital audio data will be enabled when you select OK C NUDGE PLAY MODE Selects the playback method that will be used by the Nudge function a function that lets you use the JOG ON key and DATA JOG dial to sea...

Page 211: ... K SYNC CAUTION SLOT IN button Determines whether an error message will be displayed when a signal that is not synchronized with the word clock source appears at a digital input on an I O card installed in the I O slot L AUTO SAVE button Enables or disables the Auto Save function When the Auto Save function is enabled the current song state will be backed up to temporary memory when one of the fol...

Page 212: ... size to 32K Select the 64K cluster size for maximum speed if you will be using Win dows or Mac OS X 10 4 or higher When the AW2400 is shipped from the factory the cluster size is set to 64K B EXECUTE button Execute the disk initialization A popup window will show the progress of the initialization operation The popup window will close when initialization has been completed Initializing the intern...

Page 213: ...ately 74 minutes for 650 MB discs or approximately 80 minutes for 700 MB discs The AW2400 CD RW drive can use two types of media CD R which lets you record and append data and CD RW which can be erased and rewritten as required These types of media have the following characteristics CD R You can write data to a new CD R disc and append addi tional data later on You cannot erase data that has alrea...

Page 214: ...been written there does not necessarily have to be gaps between the tracks When using Disc At Once to write a CD you can use the start point end point and markers that were assigned within the AW2400 song to divide a single continuous song into multiple tracks This is convenient for example when you have recorded a live performance as a single song and want to assign track numbers while leaving pl...

Page 215: ...e speed You can select either x8 eight times audio playback speed or x4 four times audio playback speed Nor mally you should use x8 and reduce the speed to x4 only if errors occur during writing 3 Use the TEST and WRITE buttons of the AUDIO WRITE TYPE field to select the write operation s The combination of buttons will determine the opera tion s that will occur as follows Only the TEST button On ...

Page 216: ... button on to create an audio CD using the Disc At Once method D ADD button Adds a song at the end of the track list E INSERT button Inserts a new song in front of the song currently selected in the list F DELETE button Deletes the selected song from the list G WRITE button Executes the actual CD write operation H FINALIZE button only displayed for TRACK AT ONCE Finalizes the disc so that it can b...

Page 217: ...C DEC keys to select the song that will be written to track 1 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to select the songs that will be written to track 2 and following Writing Track At Once If data has already been written on the inserted CD RW disc a popup window will appear immediately after step 3 asking whether you want to erase the data If you want to erase the entire disc move the cursor to the OK button If ...

Page 218: ...NCE and press the ENTER key The CD RW disc inserted in the drive will automati cally be checked 5 Move the cursor to the ADD button and press the ENTER key The track list will show information track number song name size of the stereo track for the song that will be written to track 1 of the CD Pressing the F4 key while holding the Display section SHIFT key has the same effect as the WRITE button ...

Page 219: ... for the stereo track will not be displayed A current song that was not saved after the stereo track was recorded will also not be displayed Songs with a stereo track shorter than four seconds will not be displayed Songs with the sampling frequency of 48 kHz will not be dis played HINT Markers can be enabled disabled independently for each song When you use markers to divide a stereo track the loc...

Page 220: ...e tracks that have been writ ten to that CDR RW disc Already recorded tracks will be displayed as EXIST 4 Move the cursor to the FINALIZE button and press the ENTER key A popup window will ask you to confirm the finalize operation 5 To finalize the disc move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key If you decide not to finalize the disc move the cursor to the CANCEL button and press the...

Page 221: ...All data written to the CD RW disc will be erased com pletely This method erases all data from the media and thus will take longer than the SIMPLY option Move the cursor to the appropriate button and press the ENTER key A popup window will ask you to confirm the erasure If you turn on the SIMPLY button If you turn on the PERFECTLY button 3 To execute the erasure move the cursor to the OK button If...

Page 222: ...tion will be activated and the CD track data will be read 4 To play the CD tracks press the PLAY key To stop press the STOP key During playback the audio output of the CD RW drive will be sent directly to the stereo output channel Use the STEREO fader to adjust the volume When the CD Play function is on the transport section keys have the following functions 5 To exit the CD Play function move the...

Page 223: ...us Wordclock refers to the clock signal that provides the basic timing for all digital audio signals When transfer ring digital audio signals between the AW2400 and an external device such as a computer based DAW Digital Audio Workstation or HDR Hard Disk Recorder it is necessary to ensure that both devices are synchronized to the same wordclock signal If the wordclock used by the two devices is n...

Page 224: ...tion of the received wordclock signal and the synchronization status respectively CLOCK A symbol will appear when an appro priate wordclock signal is detected SYNC A symbol will appear when the AW2400 is properly synchronized to the incoming wordclock signal A symbol will appear when an appropriate word clock signal is not detected D SLOT When an I O card is installed in the rear panel slot a grap...

Page 225: ...e 1 2 15 16 button corresponding to the digital input at which the master signal is being received Using an MD or DAT Recorder as Wordclock Master Connect the digital audio output of the MD or DAT recorder to the AW2400 DIGITAL STEREO IN connector and turn the D ST IN button on so that the AW2400 can synchronize to the received digital signal 3 Move the cursor to the appropriate button and press t...

Page 226: ...ction move the cursor to the FIX button and press the ENTER key The Vari pitch function will be turned off and the sam pling frequency will be fixed at the value shown to the right of the FIX button Digital audio signals received at the AW2400 DIGITAL STEREO IN connector can be mixed directly into the AW2400 s stereo bus cascade connection The output from a digital mixer could be cascade connected...

Page 227: ...a tus page To call this page press the Work Navigate section DIO key as many times as necessary or press the F2 key after pressing the DIO key This is a display only page that does not include any editable settings This page contains the following items 1 Status Indicates the status of received digital signals The mean ings of the displays are as follows Fs Sampling Frequency Indicates the samplin...

Page 228: ...lay will depend on the plug in card installed Refer to the plug in card owner s manual for details As of July 2005 the available plug in card is Waves Y96K Check the following Yamaha website for the latest infor mation on plug in cards http www yamahaproaudio com Parameter values Description General Temporarily used Laser Optical Laser optical device D D Conv Digital Digital converter and signal p...

Page 229: ...he AW2400 from the computer For example you might transfer a recording made on the AW2400 to the computer and use a computer based wave form editing program to edit the waveform Once edited the WAV file can be transferred back to the AW2400 where it can be processed and mixed with other audio data It is also possible to directly access data on the inter nal AW2400 hard disk from the computer and d...

Page 230: ...older Organization on page 166 for details on how the folders are organized To directly access files on the AW2400 internal hard disk first follow the procedure outlined below to switch to the USB Storage Mode 1 Make sure that your computer meets the following requirements OS Windows XP Professional Home Edition SP1 or higher or Mac OSX 10 3 or higher USB Interface USB 2 0 2 Make sure the POWER sw...

Page 231: ...rrent song or NO if you don t want to save the current song and press the ENTER key The AW2400 USB Storage Mode will be engaged and the button will change to CANCEL Most of the AW2400 functions are temporarily disabled while this mode is engaged 7 Display the AW2400 internal hard disk on the computer screen In the case of Windows XP The two windows will appear In the case of Mac OS X The AW2400 1 ...

Page 232: ...AW2400 2 icons from the desktop to the trash 2 In the AW2400 screen move the cursor to the CANCEL button and press the ENTER key A popup window confirming whether the AW2400 has been safely removed from the computer will appear 3 To return to the normal mode move the cur sor to the OK button and press the ENTER key Verification and repair of the internal hard disk can be carried out from the compu...

Page 233: ...on 1 8 C From Start Specifies the start point of the data to be exported in counter format D From End Specifies the end point of the data to be exported in counter format E File Name Displays the name of the WAV file to be exported The default name is the name of the virtual track the odd numbered virtual track in track pairs to be exported F EXECUTE button Executes the export operation 4 Move the...

Page 234: ...rted to the Trans port folder to the computer WAV files in the Transport folder can also be directly accessed from computer applications 12When the files have been copied discon nect the AW2400 from the computer and exit the USB Storage Mode p 232 This procedure allows you to import WAV files transferred from a computer to the Transport folder to be imported into specified audio tracks 1 Switch to...

Page 235: ...press the ENTER key to move up one folder F To TR Selects the track number into which the WAV file will be imported If the import source is a stereo WAV file only tracks 1 2 23 24 can be selected G To V TR Selects the virtual track number 1 8 into which the WAV file will be imported H To Start Specifies the start location in counter display and measure beat format to which the WAV file will be imp...

Page 236: ...AW2400 Owner s Manual 236 USB 24 ...

Page 237: ...anging the origi nal nuances dynamics Ideal for songs in which the low and mid ranges are important and that emphasize the rhythm 05 LO FI Limiter that produces a lo fi character 06 DARK SOFT Soft limiter that produces the slightly flattened feel characteristic of the 60 s and 70 s Ideal for Beatles type rock of the 60 s and 70 s or more recently for a Vincent Gallo feel 07 DARK HARD Hard limiter ...

Page 238: ...KING PEAKING PEAKING H SHELF G 3 5 dB 8 5 dB 1 5 dB 3 0 dB F 224 Hz 600 Hz 3 15 kHz 5 30 kHz Q 5 6 10 0 7 15 E G Clean PEAKING PEAKING PEAKING H SHELF G 2 0 dB 5 5 dB 0 5 dB 2 5 dB F 265 Hz 400 Hz 1 32 kHz 4 50 kHz Q 0 18 10 6 3 16 E G Crunch 1 PEAKING PEAKING PEAKING PEAKING G 4 5 dB 0 0 dB 4 0 dB 2 0 dB F 140 Hz 1 00 kHz 1 90 kHz 5 60 kHz Q 8 4 5 0 63 9 17 E G Crunch 2 PEAKING PEAKING PEAKING H ...

Page 239: ...rum 3 L SHELF PEAKING PEAKING PEAKING G 0 0 dB 2 0 dB 3 5 dB 0 0 dB F 224 Hz 560 Hz 4 25 kHz 4 00 kHz Q 4 5 2 8 0 1 35 Tom tom 2 L SHELF PEAKING PEAKING H SHELF G 9 0 dB 1 5 dB 2 0 dB 0 0 dB F 90 Hz 212 Hz 5 30 kHz 17 0 kHz Q 4 5 1 2 36 Piano 3 PEAKING PEAKING PEAKING H SHELF G 4 5 dB 13 0 dB 4 5 dB 2 5 dB F 100 Hz 475 Hz 2 36 kHz 10 0 kHz Q 8 10 9 37 Piano Low PEAKING PEAKING PEAKING H SHELF G 5 ...

Page 240: ... 5 1 ratio a 10 dB change in input level above the threshold results in a 2 dB change in out put level Attack controls how soon the signal is compressed once the compressor has been triggered With a fast attack time the signal is compressed almost immediately With a slow attack time the initial transient of a sound passes through unaffected Out Gain sets the compressor s output signal level Compre...

Page 241: ...d CompanderS CPS parameters Threshold determines the level of input signal required to trigger the compander Signals above the threshold pass through unaffected Signals at and below the threshold level are attenuated by the amount specified using the Ratio parameter The trigger signal is deter mined using the KEYIN SOURCE parameter Ratio controls the amount of companding the change in output signa...

Page 242: ...d abruptly the sudden cutoff can sound odd For ducking a setting of 70 dB causes the signal to be virtually cutoff At a setting of 30 dB the signal is ducked by 30 dB At a setting of 0 dB the duck has no effect Attack determines how fast the gate opens when the signal exceeds the threshold level Slow attack times can be used to remove the initial transient edge of percussive sounds Too slow an att...

Page 243: ...eshold dB 8 Ratio 1 4 Attack ms 25 Out gain dB 0 0 Width dB 24 Release ms 180 5 A Dr BD COMP Threshold dB 24 Ratio 1 3 Attack ms 9 Out gain dB 5 5 Knee 2 Release ms 58 6 A Dr BD COMPAND H Threshold dB 11 Ratio 1 3 5 Attack ms 1 Out gain dB 1 5 Width dB 7 Release ms 192 7 A Dr SN COMP Threshold dB 17 Ratio 1 2 5 Attack ms 8 Out gain dB 3 5 Knee 2 Release ms 12 8 A Dr SN EXPAND Threshold dB 23 Ratio...

Page 244: ...pling BD COMP Threshold dB 14 Ratio 1 2 Attack ms 2 Out gain dB 3 5 Knee 4 Release ms 35 Title Type Parameter Value 26 Sampling SN COMP Threshold dB 18 Ratio 1 4 Attack ms 8 Out gain dB 8 0 Knee hard Release ms 354 27 Hip Comp COMPAND S Threshold dB 23 Ratio 1 20 Attack ms 15 Out gain dB 0 0 Width dB 15 Release ms 163 28 Solo Vocal1 COMP Threshold dB 20 Ratio 1 2 5 Attack ms 31 Out gain dB 2 0 Kne...

Page 245: ...en time DECAY 2 2 6 ms 46 0 s fs 44 1 kHz 5 ms 42 3 s fs 48 kHz Gate closing speed Parameter Range Description TYPE S Hall L Hall Random Revers Plate Spring Type of early reflection simulation ROOMSIZE 0 1 20 0 Reflection spacing LIVENESS 0 10 Early reflections decay characteristics 0 dead 10 live INI DLY 0 0 500 0 ms Initial delay before reverb begins DIFF 0 10 Reflection diffusion left right ref...

Page 246: ...atio HPF THRU 21 2 Hz 8 00 kHz High pass filter cutoff frequency LPF 50 0 Hz 16 0 kHz THRU Low pass filter cutoff frequency Parameter Range Description DELAY 0 0 2725 0 ms Delay time FB GAIN 99 to 99 Feedback gain plus values for normal phase feedback minus values for reverse phase feedback HI RATIO 0 1 1 0 High frequency feedback ratio FREQ 0 05 40 00 Hz Modulation speed DEPTH 0 100 Modulation de...

Page 247: ...toff frequency LPF 50 0 Hz 16 0 kHz THRU Low pass filter cutoff frequency Parameter Range Description FREQ 0 05 40 00 Hz Modulation speed AM DEPTH 0 100 Amplitude modulation depth PM DEPTH 0 100 Pitch modulation depth MOD DLY 0 0 500 0 ms Modulation delay time WAVE Sine Tri Modulation waveform LSH F 21 2 Hz 8 00 kHz Low shelving filter frequency LSH G 12 0 to 12 0 dB Low shelving filter gain EQ F ...

Page 248: ...99 to 99 Feedback gain plus values for normal phase feedback minus values for reverse phase feedback OFFSET 0 100 Lowest phase shifted frequency offset PHASE 0 00 354 38 degrees Left and right modulation phase balance STAGE 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Number of phase shift stages LSH F 21 2 Hz 8 00 kHz Low shelving filter frequency LSH G 12 0 to 12 0 dB Low shelving filter gain HSH F 50 0 Hz 16 0 kHz High...

Page 249: ...k MODE 1 10 Pitch shift precision Parameter Range Description PITCH 1 24 to 24 semitones Channel 1 pitch shift FINE 1 50 to 50 cents Channel 1 pitch shift fine LEVEL 1 100 to 100 Channel 1 level plus values for normal phase minus values for reverse phase PAN 1 L63 to R63 Channel 1 pan DELAY 1 0 0 1000 0 ms Channel 1 delay time FB G 1 99 to 99 Channel 1 feedback gain plus values for normal phase fe...

Page 250: ...type low pass high pass band pass OFFSET 0 100 Filter frequency offset RESO 0 20 Filter resonance LEVEL 0 100 Output level Parameter Range Description DST TYPE DST1 DST2 OVD1 OVD2 CRUNCH Distortion type DST distortion OVD overdrive DRIVE 0 100 Distortion drive MASTER 0 100 Master volume TONE 10 to 10 Tone N GATE 0 20 Noise reduction Parameter Range Description AMP TYPE 1 1 STK M1 STK M2 THRASH MID...

Page 251: ...FB GAIN 99 to 99 Feedback gain plus values for normal phase feedback minus values for reverse phase feedback LSH F 21 2 Hz 8 00 kHz Low shelving filter frequency LSH G 12 0 to 12 0 dB Low shelving filter gain EQ F 100 Hz 8 00 kHz EQ peaking type frequency EQ G 12 0 to 12 0 dB EQ peaking type gain EQ Q 10 0 0 10 EQ peaking type bandwidth HSH F 50 0 Hz 16 0 kHz High shelving filter frequency HSH G 1...

Page 252: ... reverb begins HI RATIO 0 1 1 0 High frequency reverb time ratio DIFF 0 10 Spread DENSITY 0 100 Reverb density HPF THRU 21 2 Hz 8 00 kHz High pass filter cutoff frequency LPF 50 0 Hz 16 0 kHz THRU Low pass filter cutoff frequency REV BAL 0 100 Reverb and chorused reverb balance 0 all chorused reverb 100 all reverb FREQ 0 05 40 00 Hz Modulation speed AM DEPTH 0 100 Amplitude modulation depth PM DEP...

Page 253: ...tion waveform Parameter Range Description REV TIME 0 3 99 0 s Reverb time INI DLY 0 0 500 0 ms Initial delay before reverb begins HI RATIO 0 1 1 0 High frequency reverb time ratio DIFF 0 10 Spread DENSITY 0 100 Reverb density HPF THRU 21 2 Hz 8 00 kHz High pass filter cutoff frequency LPF 50 0 Hz 16 0 kHz THRU Low pass filter cutoff frequency REV SYM 0 100 Reverb and symphonic balance 0 all reverb...

Page 254: ... Panning direction WAVE Sine Tri Square Modulation waveform Parameter Range Description DELAY L 0 0 1000 0 ms Left channel delay time DELAY R 0 0 1000 0 ms Right channel delay time FB DLY 0 0 1000 0 ms Feedback delay time FB GAIN 99 to 99 Feedback gain plus values for normal phase feedback minus values for reverse phase feedback HI RATIO 0 1 1 0 High frequency feedback ratio HPF THRU 21 2 Hz 8 00 ...

Page 255: ...L 0 0 1000 0 ms Left channel delay time DELAY R 0 0 1000 0 ms Right channel delay time FB DLY 0 0 1000 0 ms Feedback delay time FB GAIN 99 to 99 Feedback gain plus values for normal phase feedback minus values for reverse phase feedback DELAY HI 0 1 1 0 Delay high frequency feedback ratio HPF THRU 21 2 Hz 8 00 kHz High pass filter cutoff frequency LPF 50 0 Hz 16 0 kHz THRU Low pass filter cutoff f...

Page 256: ... phase feedback HI RATIO 0 1 1 0 High frequency feedback ratio FREQ 0 05 40 00 Hz Modulation speed DEPTH 0 100 Modulation depth DLY BAL 0 100 Distortion and delay balance 0 all distortion 100 all delayed distortion Parameter Range Description TYPE 1 HPF LPF BPF Filter 1 type high pass low pass band pass TYPE 2 HPF LPF BPF Filter 2 type high pass low pass band pass TYPE 3 HPF LPF BPF Filter 3 type ...

Page 257: ...ESENCE 10 to 10 For positive values the threshold of the high band is lowered and the threshold of the low band is increased For negative values the opposite will occur When set to 0 all three bands are affected the same CMP THRE 24 0 to 0 0 dB Compressor threshold CMP RAT 1 1 to 20 1 Compressor ratio CMP ATK 0 120 ms Compressor attack CMP REL 1 Compressor release time CMP KNEE 0 5 Compressor knee...

Page 258: ...y be broken Are cables connected to both the MIC LINE INPUT XLR connector and the TRS phone connector Is the GAIN knob set to an appropriate level Is the input channel fader raised Is it turned on The input channel may have been set to DIGITAL IN When recording is the recording destination track fader which adjusts the monitor level raised If you are recording the sound of that input channel will ...

Page 259: ...is mon aural Is the odd numbered channel panned far left and the even numbered channel panned far right Pairing was specified but the signal phase does not match Even when channels are paired the phase setting is not linked Signal is delayed An effect such as delay may be inserted Can t use the internal effects Effect BYPASS may be turned ON The effect may have been inserted into a different chann...

Page 260: ...oken Is the power turned on for the transmitting and receiving devices Do the channel settings match for the transmitted and receiving devices Have the appropriate settings been made in the MIDI screen Setting 1 2 pages Select the connector and port to be used MIDI connector USB connector port 1 3 or slot in the Setting 1 page Is a scene assigned to the program change number being transmitted If a...

Page 261: ... while playing an audio CD that you created Depending on the CD R media you use there may be dif ferences in the quality of the completed CD The computer doesn t recognize the AW2400 hard disk Is the USB cable properly connected Is your computer running the appropriate operating sys tem Windows XP Professional Home Edition SP1 or higher or Mac OS X 10 3 or higher Operation is not guaranteed with o...

Page 262: ... Can t record Automix operations Is ENABLE selected in the AUTOMIX page Is the REC or AUTO REC button on Is the type of data to be recorded fader EQ etc selected in the OVERWRITE field Is the INPUT SEL SEL or STEREO SEL key of the target channel flashing Playback sound is interrupted at the bound aries of the recorded data Use the EXPORT command to export the required section of audio data as a WA...

Page 263: ...ong order IN OUT POINTS TOO CLOSE The auto punch in out interval is too short It cannot be set less than approxi mately 100 msec LOCATE POINT ERASED The locate point has been erased LOCATE POINT SET The locate point has been set MARK POINT ERASED The marker has been erased MARK POINT SET The marker has been set MIDI IN DATA FRAMING ERROR Invalid MIDI data may have been received MIDI IN DATA OVERRU...

Page 264: ...lease insert media number 1 Change Media Different Archive ID The medium contains the wrong backup file Insert the correct medium Change Media Wrong Media Order Please exchange the media The order of media volumes is incorrect Compare Error The data was not written correctly Corrupt File The file is corrupt Data Mismatch Found A data mismatch has been found in the song End of Archive File Not Foun...

Page 265: ...lected library data cannot be poperly loaded into the specified channel Recognized AW2816 Formatted Media The media is written in AW2816 format Recognized AW4416 Formatted Media The media is written in AW4416 format Region Full The maximum allowable number of regions has been exceeded Selected Channel has no Comp There is no compressor on the selected channel Selected Channel has no EQ There is no...

Page 266: ...witch to Classic View in the upper left of the win dow All control panels and icons will be displayed 3 Go to System Hardware Driver signa tures Driver signature options select Ignore Install software without asking for confirmation and then click OK 4 Click OK to close the System Properties window and then click the Close button to close the Control Panel window 5 Insert the included CD ROM into ...

Page 267: ...Driver Installer window is displayed 5 Click Continue The Select a Destination is displayed 6 Select a destination for the driver installation then click Continue The message Installing this software requires 100MB of disk space may appear However the actual required free disk space is 2MB 7 A window opens displaying the message Click install to perform a basic installation of this software Click ...

Page 268: ...the cursor to the RESTORE button and press the ENTER key 6 A popup window will ask you for confirma tion so move the cursor to the OK button or CANCEL button and press the ENTER key While the Restore operation is being executed the state of progress will be shown in a popup window When this popup window closes the operation has been completed Windows Logic Platinum 5 5 1 1 Cubase SX 3 0 1 Nuendo 3...

Page 269: ... menu Preferences Key Commands 3 The Key Commands window will open In the menu bar select Options Import Key Commands 4 A dialog box will appear Select the Logic preference file Logic32 prf from the included CD ROM and click the Open button When you import the file the following settings will be made Please note that all the previously specified key com mands will be initialized If you do not want...

Page 270: ...ference file Logic Preferences from the included CD ROM and click the Open but ton When you import the file the following settings will be made Please note that all the previously specified key com mands will be initialized If you do not want to change your existing user key command settings you can manu ally make the MIDI channel and CC settings shown above If you changed the track structure from...

Page 271: ...gs 1 In the menu bar select Setup Peripherals 2 The Peripherals window will open Click the MIDI Controllers button In the MIDI Controllers window make the following settings In the Receive From field and the Send To field specify the MIDI device you are using This completes preparations for using the AW2400 s MIDI Remote function to control the Pro Tools software Type Receive From Send To ch s 1 C...

Page 272: ... be used to control an external MIDI device In PRESET mode operating the above controllers will transmit MIDI data according to the preset settings of the AW2400 In USER mode operating the above controllers will transmit the MIDI data that you specify 2 MIDI data flow diagram 3 AW2400 settings and operation 3 1 MIDI Setup Set basic MIDI operation 3 1 1 Tx PORT Specify the output port for MIDI comm...

Page 273: ... parameter is set to MIDI the note velocity both note on and note off is used to control the Modulation frequency width 5 3 CONTROL CHANGE Bn Reception If Control Change Rx is On control change messages will be recevied when MIDI Rx Ch matches However if MIDI Rx Ch is OMNI or Control Change Mode is 1 reception will occur regard less of MIDI channel Transmission If Control Change Tx is On control c...

Page 274: ... 300 ms will cause Running Status to be cleared and MIDI communications to be initialized 5 12 RESET FF Reception When a Reset message is received MIDI communications will be initialized by clearing Running Status etc 5 13 EXCLUSIVE MESSAGE F0 F7 5 13 1 MMC 5 13 1 1 MMC STOP Transmission When the STOP key is pressed this message is transmitted with a device number of 7F Reception If the AW2400 is ...

Page 275: ...nt or when repeating Reception This message is received if the AW2400 is operating as an MMC Slave and the device number matches The transport will locate to the time code position specified within the command data STATUS 11110000 F0 System Exclusive Message ID No 01111111 7F Real Time System Exclusive Device ID 0ddddddd dd Destination 00 7E 7F all call Command 00000110 06 Machine Control Command ...

Page 276: ...e Cntrl 33 34 o o Assignable Cntrl 41 56 o o Assignable Cntrl Control 63 79 o o Assignable Cntrl 91 93 o o Assignable Cntrl Change 102 117 o o Assignable Cntrl Prog o 0 127 o 0 127 Assignable Change True System Exclusive o o 1 Song Pos o x 2 Common Song Sel x x Tune x x System Clock o x 2 Real Time Commands o x 2 All Sound Off x x Aux Reset All Cntrls x x Local ON OFF x x Mes All Notes OFF x x sag...

Page 277: ... CH DIGITAL STEREO OUT 2 CH coaxial stereo x 1 Mini YGDAI SLOT 16 CH Audio Insert I O Section INSERT I O 2 CH Mixer Input Section Total 48 CH MIC LINE INPUT 16 CH Internal Effect Return 8 CH stereo x 4 Track 24 CH Internal Effect Section 4 Built in Multi Effect Processors Master Section Total 16 Bus BUS 4 CH stereo x 2 AUX 4 CH STEREO 2 CH stereo x 1 SOLO 2 CH stereo x 1 EFFECT 4 CH Built in Hard ...

Page 278: ...D24 MY8 AD96 MY8 DA96 MY16 mLAN Y96K 0 dBu 0 775 Vrms Digital Mixing Functions Input Channels INPUT 1 16 Phase Normal Reverse Gate Compressor Attenuation Equalizer 4 Band PEQ Pan Bus Assign STEREO SOLO BUS 1 2 AUX 1 4 EFF 1 4 Track Channels TRACK 1 24 Attenuation Phase Normal Reverse Equalizer 4 Band PEQ Compressor Pan Bus Assign STEREO BUS 1 2 AUX 1 4 EFF 1 4 Internal Effect Return Channels EFFEC...

Page 279: ...nge or modify products or specifications at any time without prior notice Since specifications equipment or options may not be the same in every locale please check with yourYamaha dealer For European models Purchaser User Information specified in EN55103 1 and EN55103 2 Inrush Current 35A Conforms to Environments E1 E2 E3 and E4 Dimensions 533 497 503 153 145 13 Unit mm ...

Page 280: ...T DIGITAL REC button 210 CD ST TR PLAY MODE MUTE MIX button 211 CD RW drive 12 29 Access indicator 29 Basic settings 215 Eject hole 29 Eject switch 29 Handling 12 Handling CD R RW media 6 Removing in an emergency 12 Writing methods 214 CH VIEW screen Library page 108 View page 105 Channel Library 108 Cluster size 212 COMP Compressor 153 240 Compander 153 241 COMPARE button 215 Compressor 61 152 Co...

Page 281: ...2 INPUT CH MUTE MIX button 222 INPUT SEL keys 21 INSERT EFF 107 119 INSERT I O jacks 28 Inserting effect 115 119 Internal Effects 115 Internal hard disk 212 J JOG ON key 25 94 K KEYIN SOURCE 151 L LAST SOLO 84 LATCH button 206 Layer section 26 33 LEARN button 207 Level meters 97 Library Automix Library 190 Channel Library 108 Effect Library 116 122 EQ Library 154 Gate Library 154 Mastering Library...

Page 282: ...ck 28 PHONES knob 24 Ping pong recording 74 79 PINK NOISE button 209 Pitch Fix 124 PLAY key 27 Plug in card 228 Postroll time 70 211 POWER switch 28 38 Preroll time 70 210 Program change 194 201 Punch in out 69 Q Quick Locator points 88 R RATE 125 Rear panel 28 REC key 27 RECALL CONFIRMATION button 211 Recall Safe 162 RECORD key 21 RECORD screen Bounce page 79 Direct page 51 99 Mixdown page 75 Mix...

Page 283: ...26 Track At Once 214 217 Track editing 135 Basic procedure 136 Editing command 138 TRACK key 21 Track recording 47 Direct recording 49 51 99 Metronome 62 Mixed recording 50 54 102 TRACK screen Stereo TR page 131 Trigger page 134 View page 128 Virtual TR page 63 129 Transport section 27 87 Trigger track 133 Troubleshooting 258 Turning the power on off 38 U UNDERRUN PROTECT button 215 UNDO LIST popu...

Page 284: ...R Gain Reduction Out Meter METER Same as STEREO L Same as BUS1 L Same as BUS1 L except PAIRING BUS1 L 2 BUS1 R 2 AUX1 4 EFFECT 1 4 RECORDER INPUT 1 24 METER Gain Reduction Out Meter ATT INSERT ATT 4BAND EQ 4BAND EQ COMP COMP COMP MONITOR OUT LEVEL PHONES LEVEL DA DA DA DA DA DA 24 4 16 SOLO TRIM STEREO L STEREO R STEREO L STEREO OUTPUT PATCH OUTPUT PATCH AUX1 4 TRACK CH DIRECT OUT 1 24 24 2 4 16 S...

Page 285: ...285 AW2400 Owner s Manual MEMO ...

Page 286: ...286 AW2400 Owner s Manual MEMO ...

Page 287: ...61 4000 ITALY Yamaha Musica Italia S P A Combo Division Viale Italia 88 20020 Lainate Milano Italy Tel 02 935 771 SPAIN PORTUGAL Yamaha Hazen Música S A Ctra de la Coruna km 17 200 28230 Las Rozas Madrid Spain Tel 91 639 8888 SWEDEN Yamaha Scandinavia AB J A Wettergrens Gata 1 Box 30053 S 400 43 Göteborg Sweden Tel 031 89 34 00 DENMARK YS Copenhagen Liaison Office Generatorvej 6A DK 2730 Herlev De...

Page 288: ...Yamaha Corporation 2005 Yamaha Corporation WE25170 507POCP15 2 02B0 Printed in Japan This document is printed on chlorine free ECF paper with soy ink Yamaha Web Site English only http www yamahasynth com Yamaha Manual Library http www yamaha co jp manual ...

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