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— Operation Guide

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Recording on the
AW4416

This chapter explains basic operation for performing multitrack recording
and mixdown on the AW4416, using the example of recording instruments
such as rhythm machine (drums), bass, guitar, and keyboard on their own
tracks.

Preparations for recording

Connections and start-up

Here’s how to connect your instruments and monitor system, and start up the
AW4416.

1. Connect your instruments, mics, and monitor system to the AW4416 as

shown in the following diagram.

Connect mics, synthesizers or rhythm machines, direct boxes, or guitar/bass
preamps to the INPUT 1/2 (XLR) jacks or INPUT 1–8 (phone) jacks, according to
the type of their output connector.

When directly connecting instruments with a high output impedance, such as
passive type electric guitars or electric basses, connect them to the INPUT 8 (HI-
Z) jack.

Headphones

MONITOR OUT

INPUT 1

2

3–8

INPUT 8

(HI-Z)

PHONES

Rhythm machine

Synthesizer

Mics for

recording drums

Electric guitar/
Electric bass

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VOL

VOL

Monitor
system

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Summary of Contents for AW4416

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Page 2: ...PROFESSIONAL AUDIO WORKSTATION E Operation Guide ...

Page 3: ...a Park CA 90620 The above statements apply ONLY to those products distributed by Yamaha Corporation of America or its subsidiaries WARNING THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED IMPORTANT THE WIRES IN THIS MAINS LEAD ARE COLOURED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING CODE GREEN AND YELLOW EARTH BLUE NEUTRAL BROWN LIVE As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond with the c...

Page 4: ...e Afdeiing Kanaalweg 18 G 3526 KL UTRECHT Tel 030 2828425 Gooi de batterij niet weg maar lever hem in als KCA This apparatus contains a lithium battery for memory back up For the removal of the battery at the moment of the disposal at the end of the service life please consult your retailer or Yamaha Service Center as follows Yamaha Music Nederland Service Center Address Kanaalweg 18 G 3526 KL UTR...

Page 5: ... electrical shock hazard Should this unit be dropped or the cabinet be damaged turn the power switch off remove the power plug from the AC outlet and contact your dealer If you continue using the unit without heeding this instruction fire or electrical shock may result If the power cord is damaged i e cut or a bare wire is exposed ask your dealer for a replacement Using the unit with a damaged pow...

Page 6: ... about replacing the internal data backup bat tery The unit will still operate correctly but data other than the presets will be lost We recommend that you save the data on CD RW drive or external SCSI device before replacing the battery The performance of components with moving contacts such switches rotary controls faders and connectors deteriorates over time The rate of deteriora tion depends o...

Page 7: ...n working on this equipment to avoid cutting your hands on metal fittings or the like on the main unit I O card hard disk or CD RW drive Always touch a well grounded metal surface or the like to fully discharge any static electric charge on your body and clothing before starting to work on this equipment Take extreme care to avoid touching any terminals or board surface parts In order to protect t...

Page 8: ...e Recording Act and the Digital Millen nium Copyright Act in USA contain certain restrictions and requirements that may apply to your use of works protected by copyright and related information and data that may accompany such works Violation of such laws may result in civil remedies and in some cases criminal liability Because violations of copyright laws may be serious offenses you should consul...

Page 9: ...on 3 Installing a CD RW drive 5 About the CD RW drives 5 The SCSI ID of the CD RW drive 5 Installation procedure 6 Removing the transport protection pad 9 How to remove the transport protection pad 9 Manual eject emergency disc removal 10 Attaching an external SCSI device 10 About external SCSI devices 10 Connection procedure 11 About terminators 12 About SCSI errors 12 Installing I O cards 13 Abo...

Page 10: ...cillator 27 Stereo output channel 27 Buses 1 8 28 AUX buses 1 8 28 Output patch 29 Internal effects 1 2 29 Monitor output headphone output 30 Chapter 2 Parts and their functions 31 Top panel 31 Analog input output section 31 WORK NAVIGATE section 32 UNIT section 32 MIXER section 33 FADER MODE section 34 MIXING LAYER section 35 SEL keys ON keys faders 37 Display section 38 Level meter counter secti...

Page 11: ...ing the mouse 59 Inputting text 60 Using the controls of the tab page 60 Using the mouse 62 Selecting channels 63 Chapter 4 Connections and setup 67 Connections 67 Word clock settings 68 Chapter 5 Recording on the AW4416 73 Preparations for recording 73 Connections and start up 73 Creating a new song 75 Recording the first tracks 78 Set the input level 78 Assign the signals to buses 81 Set the tra...

Page 12: ...ic point 114 Locating to the zero location of the counter 115 Setting the zero relative time location 115 Locating to the start end points 117 A B repeat 118 Setting the A B points 118 Performing A B repeat playback 118 In out points 120 Setting the In point Out point 120 Markers 121 Setting a marker 121 Locating to a marker 121 Adjusting the location of a locate point 123 Deleting a locate point ...

Page 13: ...c function 143 Chapter 9 Track and virtual track operations 147 The track structure of the AW4416 147 Switching virtual tracks 149 Pairing tracks 151 Editing tracks and virtual tracks 152 Tracks parts and regions 152 Naming a virtual track or region 153 Naming a virtual track 153 Naming a region 155 Track editing procedure 156 Virtual track editing procedure 159 Editing command list 161 TRACK menu...

Page 14: ... 185 About the sampling pads 185 Assigning the pad outputs to channels 186 Assigning a region to a sampling pad 187 Trimming a sample 190 Naming a pad 193 Erasing a pad sample and name 194 Recording your performance on the sampling pads 196 Copying a pad performance 198 Erasing a pad performance 201 Chapter 13 Scene memory 203 About scene memory 203 Parameters included in a scene 203 About scene n...

Page 15: ...6 and a MIDI sequencer 238 Using MIDI Clock to synchronize the AW4416 and a MIDI sequencer 240 Using MMC to control the AW4416 243 Chapter 16 Backing up and restoring songs 245 Selecting the backup format 245 Backing up a song 246 Restoring a song 248 Disk utilities 250 Formatting the internal hard disk external SCSI device 250 Formatting the internal hard disk 251 Formatting an external hard disk...

Page 16: ...l of the AW4416 Trademarks ADAT MultiChannel Optical Digital Interface is a trademark and ADAT and Alesis are registered trademarks of Alesis Corporation Apple and Macintosh are regis tered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc Tascam Digital Interface is a trademark and Tascam and Teac are registered trademarks of Teac Corporation MS DOS is a registered trademark and Windows is a trademark of Microsof...

Page 17: ...rticular limitation Capacity no particular limitation however the AW4416 can use a maximum capacity of 64 GB Models known to work consult your local Yamaha distributor or refer to the website at the following URL http www aw4416 com By models known to work we mean commercially available models that Yamaha has obtained installed in the AW4416 and successfully tested by means of various operational ...

Page 18: ... may be present in your body or clothing If you fail to do so static electricity may damage the hard disk Never attempt to disassemble a hard disk or apply excessive force to it The AW4416 is shipped with four screws for attaching a 2 5 inch hard disk and four screws for attaching a CD RW drive making a total of eight included screws of the same type 1 You will need the following items The AW4416 ...

Page 19: ...ay damage the hard disk or you may injure yourself 6 Aligning the ADP25H with the hard disk attached with the rails inside the 2 5 HARD DISK DRIVE slot push it in until it clicks into place 7 Use the screws that you removed in step 3 to fasten the ADP25H into the 2 5 HARD DISK DRIVE slot If you fail to tighten the screws all the way the hard disk may vibrate and fail to operate correctly Do not tu...

Page 20: ...at Yamaha has obtained installed in the AW4416 and successfully tested by means of various operational tests However we cannot take into account slight differences in performance that may occur due to the manufacturing tol erances of each manufacturer Please be aware that Yamaha Corporation will accept no responsibility for any damages neither direct nor indirect resulting from the use of any of t...

Page 21: ...drive Red and white cable for CD RW drive four conductor Philips screwdriver Work surface In order to install the CD RW drive you will need to turn the AW4416 on its back Make sure that you have a sufficiently broad work surface The AW4416 is shipped with four screws for attaching the 2 5 inch hard disk and four screws for attaching the CD RW drive making a total of eight screws of the same type 2...

Page 22: ... it little by little stopping when the connector end of the CD RW drive enters the opening in the bottom of the AW4416 6 Connect the red and white four conductor cable included with the AW4416 to the internal connector of the AW4416 as shown in the dia gram Then connect the cable to the connector of the CD RW drive Bottom panel CD R RW drive cover panel ...

Page 23: ...n the screw holes in the bottom of the CD RW drive with the screw holes of the AW4416 and use a screwdriver to fasten the drive with the four included screws 9 Re attach the CD RW drive cover and the bottom panel that you removed in step 3 At this time remove the inner cover from the CD RW drive cover CD R RW drive cover panel Inner cover Bottom panel ...

Page 24: ...416 2 Turn on the power of the AW4416 Set the SCSI ID number as necessary P 259 3 Press the CD PLAY key and then press the SHIFT F2 keys to open the disc tray 4 Remove the transport protection pad Before transporting the unit reverse this procedure to insert the pad g p O A p p b h Pad for transportation Remove it before use Protection pour le transport A enlever avant usage Transportpolster Vor d...

Page 25: ...types of storage device can be used Type of drive MO drives 128 MB 230 MB 540MB 640 MB 1 3 GB hard disk drives CD RW drives Interface SCSI 2 Models known to work consult your local Yamaha distributor or refer to the website at the following URL http www aw4416 com By models known to work we mean commercially available models that Yamaha has obtained connected to the AW4416 and successfully tested ...

Page 26: ...set to 3 by default For this reason if you install a CD RW drive you will find it convenient to set its ID to 3 For details on setting the SCSI ID refer to the manual for your CD RW drive If you install a CD RW drive manufactured by Yamaha the SCSI ID will be set to 3 at the factory and we recommend that you leave it at this setting 2 Attach a terminator to the last SCSI device in the chain A term...

Page 27: ...r data in a stable manner only if all connected SCSI devices are operating correctly If the SCSI bus of the AW4416 is connected to a device whose operation is unstable or which produces noise errors may occur in other devices or the AW4416 may fail to start up correctly If such problems occur check the following points Check the SCSI ID Make sure that the SCSI ID of each SCSI device including the ...

Page 28: ...es eight channels of Alesis ADAT format digital sig nals MY8 TD This card transmits and receives eight channels of TASCAM format digital signals MY8 AE This card transmits and receives eight channels of AES EBU format digital signals MY8 AD This is an A D card with eight channels of analog input jacks balanced TRS phone jacks MY4 AD This is an A D card with four channels of analog input jacks bala...

Page 29: ...e power cable from the AC outlet 2 From the OPTION I O slot located on the rear panel of the AW4416 remove the two screws that hold the cover in place Please keep the cover and screws you removed in a safe place 3 Slide the I O card along the rails inside the slot until it clicks into place 4 Tighten the two screws included with the I O card to fasten the card securely Please note that if the scre...

Page 30: ...onitor system connected to the output jacks of the AW4416 If the SCSI device is turned on after the AW4416 is turned on it will not function correctly After the opening screen appears in the display of the AW4416 a TRACK screen like the following will appear When the AW4416 is first turned on after a new internal hard disk has been installed the display will ask Format OK Y Enter N Any If you now ...

Page 31: ...4 key The UTILITY screen Prefer 3 page will appear Use the CURSOR key to move the cursor to the square frame of the Y year field in the CLOCK area and use the DATA JOG dial to input the year In the same way input M month D date h hour m minute and s second W is the day of the week and will be set automatically The time you specified will blink Move the cursor to the SET button to confirm the setti...

Page 32: ...te size quantization bits protect shown here in the song list is the data for when the song was last saved When you perform the following Save procedure and press the ENTER key it will be overwritten by the new data Move the cursor to the EXECUTE button and press the ENTER key A message will ask you whether you wish to save the current song 4 Use the CURSOR keys in the center right of the top pane...

Page 33: ...ng transport may not be covered under warranty Even if the AW4416 is packed as described at the above any damage or mal functions that occur due to dropping the unit etc may not be covered under warranty Please handle the AW4416 with care Vibration during use The internal hard disk or CD RW drive of the AW4416 are very sensitive to vibra tion Do not allow them to be subject to vibration or shock d...

Page 34: ... digital stereo input 16 maximum digital analog inputs via the OPTION I O slot in addition to 16 recorder monitor channels and 2 return channels Output buses total 20 with 8 group buses 8 AUX buses stereo bus and SOLO bus stereo With a bus configuration that rivals large consoles the AW4416 can handle a wide variety of applications Four band EQ and dynamics processing on each channel Every input a...

Page 35: ...led from disk at any time Songs can also be backed up on an external hard disk MO disk or CD R RW disc 16 8 virtual tracks stereo track A single song consists of 16 tracks 8 virtual tracks stereo track total of 130 tracks The quantization 16 bit 24 bit and sampling frequency 44 1 kHz 48 kHz can be selected for each song 16 tracks can be recorded simultaneously or 16 tracks played back while record...

Page 36: ...ng backups easy Playback of audio CD s and loading from CD ROM is also sup ported allowing these to be used as sources for the sampling pads 3 A CD RW drive is optional Other features Simple panel layout and efficient operation The AW4416 features a large backlit LCD and a three color FL display providing a graphic user interface that can be used intuitively and efficiently A serial mouse 9 pin D ...

Page 37: ...ect returns 1 2 Monitor channels 1 16 Buses 1 8 STEREO bus AUX buses 1 8 SOLO bus Channel insert I O Stereo bus insert I O Output patch Input patch Mixer section AW4416 Sampling pads section Recorder section 8 8 16 16 8 4 8 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 8 8 Trigger CD Writing Data Backup Restore INPUT jacks 1 8 OMNI OUT jacks 1 4 MONITOR OUT jacks PHONES jack STEREO OUT jacks DIGITAL STEREO OUT jack Effect 1 ...

Page 38: ... O slots 1 2 Up to 8 channels of signal can be input simultaneously from a single I O card SAMPLING PAD Output signals of pads 1 8 in the sampling pad section EFFECT 1 2 Return signals from internal effects 1 2 DIGITAL STEREO IN Input signals from the DIGITAL STEREO IN jack METRONOME The playback of the internal metronome The following input signals can be assigned to each channel Input channel 1 ...

Page 39: ...ignal to be output directly to an output jack or to the recorder section MIC LINE INPUT OPTION IN INPUT PATCH METRONOME EFFECT 1 EFFECT 2 SAMPLING PAD DIGITAL STEREO IN 48V INPUT 1 2 INPUT 3 8 Hi z 8 ch ONLY INSERT I O SLOT1 SLOT2 AD RETURN 1 2 INPUT 1 24 AD PEAK PEAK 8 8 8 2 2 2 De Emp De Emp De Emp INPUT 1 24 Mono in X 24 INPUT PATCH INSERT METER METER METER METER PREFADER LISTEN AFTER PAN DIREC...

Page 40: ... two adjacent odd numbered even numbered signals to be assigned Also if DIGITAL STEREO IN is selected the signals of both L R will be assigned The reason that return channel 1 2 has no send level to AUX 7 8 is to pre vent the feedback loop that would occur if the signal returned from internal effect 1 2 were sent back to the same internal effect Be aware that the AUX 7 8 send level is not availabl...

Page 41: ...1 16 As an exception the stereo track will be patched to monitor channels 1 2 when the stereo track of that song is being played back and the remainder of the moni tor channels 3 16 will be muted The structure of these channels is the same as that of the input channels with the exception that the direct output is fixed at a point immediately before the attenu ator RECORDER INPUT 1 16 INPUT PATCH B...

Page 42: ...lator can be output from one of the following buses buses 1 8 AUX buses 1 8 or the stereo bus Oscillator settings are made in the UTILITY screen Oscillator page Stereo output channel This is the stereo output channel that processes the signals sent from each chan nel to the stereo bus It provides the same four band EQ and dynamics processor as do the input channels The output signal of the stereo ...

Page 43: ... master level is adjusted in the HOME screen Bus page HOME key F3 key Tip When the AW4416 is in its default state the output of AUX buses 7 8 is sent to the output patch section and simultaneously assigned to the inputs of internal effects 1 2 as well STEREO CD RW DRIVE OUTPUT PATCH LEVEL BAL ON INSERT METER METER METER METER METER METER METER ATT 4BAND EQ ATT 4BAND EQ DY NAMICS DY NAMICS STEREO L...

Page 44: ...1 16 INSERT SEND An insertion output for inserting an external effect into each channel RECORDER DIRECT OUT 1 16 The direct output of tracks 1 16 of the recorder section Internal effects 1 2 When the AW4416 is in its default state the output of AUX bus 7 8 is sent to the output patch section and simultaneously assigned to the inputs of internal effects 1 2 as well The outputs of effects 1 2 are re...

Page 45: ...her signals will be muted C When the TRACK CUE key is on The direct output signal of the track selected by the REC TRACK SELECT key will be output from the MONITOR OUT jacks PHONES jack D When the internal metronome function is on The metronome signal will be mixed with the output signals of 1 3 Tip The same signal is always sent from the MONITOR OUT jacks and the PHONES jack However the level adj...

Page 46: ... jacks 1 8 The supported input level range is 46 dB 4 dB B PEAK indicators These LEDs will light red when the input signal of INPUT jacks 1 8 reaches a level 3 dB below the clipping point C PHONES control This control adjusts the output level of the signal that is sent from the rear panel PHONES jack PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK PEAK MONITOR OUT PHONES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 MIC LINE MIC LINE MIC L...

Page 47: ...usly C MASTERING key This key accesses the MASTERING screen where the audio data of the stereo tracks can be recorded as CD DA CD audio on a CD R RW disc inserted in the CD R CD RW drive optional D CD PLAY key This key accesses the CD PLAY screen where you can play a music CD or the audio tracks of a CD ROM CD R inserted in the CD R CD RW drive optional UNIT section 1 SETUP key This key accesses t...

Page 48: ...EW screen where you can view all the mix parameters of the currently selected channel B PAN key This key accesses the PAN screen where you can set the pan and routing of each channel C EQ equalizer key This key accesses the EQ ATT GRP screen where you can make equalizer attenu ator settings for the currently selected channel and make fader group and mute group settings D DYN key This key accesses ...

Page 49: ... MIXING LAYER section The AUX 1 AUX 6 pages will appear in the display allowing you to switch the pre or post setting for the signals sent from each channel to AUX 1 6 C AUX 7 AUX 8 keys When these keys are on faders 1 16 will adjust the send levels of the signals sent to internal effects 1 2 from the channels selected in the MIXING LAYER section The AUX7 EFF1 screen or AUX8 EFF2 screen will appea...

Page 50: ... RTN MONI 1 16 1 2 3 1 2 RTN 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 13 14 15 16 STEREO 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 13 14 15 16 5 10 20 30 70 50 40 15 ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL 0 0 5 40 60 10 20 6 0 5 40 60 10 20 6 0 5 40 60 10 20 6 0 5 40 60 10 20 6 0 5 40 60 10 20 6 0 5 40 60 10 20 6 0 5 40 60 ...

Page 51: ... 40 60 10 20 6 0 5 40 60 10 20 6 0 5 40 60 10 20 6 0 5 40 60 10 20 6 Input channels 17 24 No function Stereo output channel Effect return channels 1 2 17 24 RTN The faders will not be operable will cause malfunctions Attempting to move them by force 1 2 RTN 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 13 14 15 16 STEREO 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 13 14 15 16 5 10 20 30 70 50 40 15 ON SEL ON ...

Page 52: ...O ON key and STEREO fader always control the stereo output channel They are not affected by the MIXING LAYER sec tion D SOLO key This key turns the Solo function on off PROFESSIONAL AUDIO WORKSTATION 1 2 RTN 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 13 14 15 16 STEREO 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 13 14 15 16 5 10 20 30 70 50 40 15 ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON S...

Page 53: ...lly operating the EQ of the channel currently selected by the SEL key From above they adjust the Q steepness F center fre quency and G gain parameters Use the 4 EQ HIGH EQ LOW keys to select the band that will be controlled D EQ HIGH EQ HI MID EQ LO MID EQ LOW keys These keys select the band that will be controlled by the 3 controls E F1 F5 function 1 5 keys These keys are used to access pages or ...

Page 54: ...s that the internal hard disk is being accessed This indicator will light red while the hard disk is being read or written Note Turning off the power while the access indicator is lit may not only result in loss of the data on disk but may also destroy the disk itself You must perform the shut down process P 17 before turning the power off B ABS REL switch This switches the counter display between...

Page 55: ...en the TRACK CUE key is on these keys select the track to be monitored G ALL SAFE key This key cancels all record ready settings of the REC TRACK SELECT keys RECORDER section 1 TRACK key This key accesses the TRACK screen where you can view the recorded status of each track and make virtual track assignments B EDIT key This key accesses the EDIT page where you can edit tracks and virtual tracks C ...

Page 56: ...oper ations SCENE MEMORY section In this section you can directly store or recall scene memories 1 STORE key This key stores the state of the mixer section and input output patching into the scene number shown in the display or the level meter counter B keys These keys select the scene number for storing or recalling C RECALL key This key recalls the scene whose number is shown in the display or i...

Page 57: ...n the direction in which you turn the dial playback of a fixed region will occur repeatedly in the forward or reverse direction allowing you to search for a desired location When the NUM LOCATE key is on The dial will advance the time counter in the display C SHUTTLE dial The function of this dial will depend on the on off status of the JOG ON key When the JOG ON key is on The current nudge playba...

Page 58: ...this key the current location will be memorized as a mark point D AUTO PUNCH key This key turns the auto punch in out function on off E LAST REC IN OUT last record in out keys These keys move to the point at which recording was last begun the IN point or ended the OUT point F SET key This key is used in conjunction with the LAST REC IN OUT keys and the A B keys to set the last record in out points...

Page 59: ...solute time if the counter indicates ABS or the zero location of relative time if the counter indicates REL L key Pressing this key will move to the end point of the song M CANCEL key This key is used to discard a numerical value that you input or to cancel opera tion of a function Transport section In this section you can operate the transport of the recorder 1 REW rewind key This key rewinds the...

Page 60: ...E REC key If the recorder is stopped pressing this key holding down the PLAY key will begin recording Pressing this key during playback will begin recording from that point punch in SAMPLING PAD section In this section you can operate the built in sampler 1 A B bank indicators These will light to indicate the currently selected bank A or B of sampling pads B BANK pad This pad selects the pad bank ...

Page 61: ...e as follows C INPUT 1 2 phone jacks These are balanced TRS phone type input jacks Nominal input level is 46 dB 4 dB Pin connections are as follows BAL BAL 4 3 2 1 MONITOR OUT BAL 4dB UNBAL 0dB UNBAL 10dBV STEREO OUT OMNI OUT 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 BAL BAL INSERT I O BAL BAL HI Z INSERT I O OUT IN HOT COLD INSERT BAL PHONE XLR 3 COLD 1 GND 2 HOT PHANTOM 48V ON OFF R L L R 1 7 6 8 J 9 K 5 4 3 2 Male XLR c...

Page 62: ...e For the procedure of installing the hard disk refer to page 2 For a list of manufacturers and models of hard disk that are known to work when installed in the AW4416 please refer to the website http www aw4416 com H OMNI OUT 1 4 jacks These are unbalanced phone jacks that output the analog signal assigned to OMNI OUT 1 4 in the SETUP screen Patch OUT page P 136 Nominal output level is 0 dB I MON...

Page 63: ...onsumer format The channel to which this signal will be input is assigned in the SETUP screen Patch IN page P 133 N DIGITAL STEREO OUT jack This is a coaxial jack that digitally outputs the stereo signal assigned to D ST OUT in the SETUP screen Patch OUT page P 136 It is compatible with the IEC958 consumer format O WORD CLOCK IN jack P WORD CLOCK OUT jack These are BNC type jacks for input output ...

Page 64: ... to send and receive MIDI messages to and from exter nal MIDI devices The MIDI IN connector receives messages The MIDI OUT THRU jack can function either as a MIDI OUT or MIDI THRU connector depending on the setting of the MIDI screen MIDI Setup page MIDI OUT SELECT parameter The MTC OUT connector is an output connector dedicated to MTC MIDI Time Code messages V MIDI OUT THRU connector W MIDI IN co...

Page 65: ...Chapter2 Parts and their functions 50 Operation Guide Front panel 1 CD RW drive cover This covers the CD RW drive option installation bay Note For details on installing a CD RW drive refer to page 5 1 ...

Page 66: ...e name of the page selected within the screen or the channel that is selected for operation C Song name This is the name of the currently selected song D Current location This shows the current time location of the song and the remaining available recording time The units of the current location can be selected from the follow ing Refer to Reference Guide SONG screen Setting page Time display SECO...

Page 67: ...d on the key that was pressed last The fol lowing user interface components are used in the main screen Cursor The blinking rectangular frame in the display is called the cursor When the cursor surrounds an on screen item that item is selected for opera tion Pointer If a serial mouse is connected to the MOUSE con nector on the rear panel a black arrow will appear in the display This arrow is calle...

Page 68: ...ently on are displayed as white text on a black background and buttons that are currently off are displayed as black text on a white background Buttons Knobs faders numerical boxes Knobs faders numerical boxes in the display are used to modify the value of the corresponding parameter The value of a knob or fader is displayed below or at the right Tab If a screen includes multiple pages the name of...

Page 69: ...lay MEASURE Measures beats ticks 1 960th of a quarter note D Word clock This shows the source INT internal clock or EXT external clock of the clock according to which the AW4416 is operating and the frequency 44 1 k or 48 k This will indicate LOCK if the AW4416 is locked to the clock source and VARI if the vari pitch function Refer to Reference Guide SET UP screen D in Setup page is enabled E MTC ...

Page 70: ... show the output level the signal after passing through EQ and dynamics processing of the stereo output channel I REC READY indicator This indicator will light red for tracks that are in record ready mode J INPUT MONITOR indicator This indicator will light white for tracks whose input is being monitored K Level display The range of the display can be switched between two ranges 0 to 60 dB nor mal ...

Page 71: ...TION sections of the top panel and the EDIT key of the sample pad section each correspond to their own screens which you can access by pressing the appropriate key Tip If a screen contains multiple pages the most recently operated page will appear 2 To switch pages within a screen press the function key F1 F5 keys that corresponds to the tab for the desired page Each tab corresponds to the followi...

Page 72: ...right mouse button The corresponding page will appear Click a tab Turning a button on off Here s how a button displayed in the screen can be turned on off Using the controls of the top panel 1 Use the CURSOR keys to move the cursor to the desired button Move the cursor 2 Press the ENTER key The button will be turned on or off Switch on off Using the mouse 1 Move the pointer to the desired button M...

Page 73: ...e desired fader knob numerical box and click the left or right mouse button The cursor will change to a shape Click the fader knob numerical box Tip The amount by which the value changes will differ depending on whether you clicked the left or right mouse button If you wish to change the value in large steps click the right button If you wish to change the value in fine steps click the left mouse ...

Page 74: ...he bottom of the display Additional function buttons 2 Continue to hold down the SHIFT key and press the function key F1 F5 that corresponds to the desired button The function assigned to the corresponding button will be executed Using the mouse 1 In a screen where the symbol is displayed click the symbol Buttons for the additional functions will appear in the tab area at the bottom of the display...

Page 75: ... of the tab page 1 Perform the scene or library Save operation or create a new song If you perform the scene or library Save operation a TITLE EDIT popup window will appear allowing you to assign a name to the scene or library If you create a new song a NAME EDIT popup window will appear allowing you to assign a name to the song Then a COMMENT EDIT popup window will appear allowing you to add a co...

Page 76: ...ette to the button for the desired character and press the ENTER key The corresponding character symbol numeral will be input into the text input box and the highlighted area will move to the right Tip If you wish to correct a character that was input by mistake you can use the DATA JOG dial to move the highlighted area to left or right 3 Input the remaining characters in the same way While inputt...

Page 77: ...lette click the mouse on the button for the character that you wish to input The corresponding character symbol numeral will be input into the text input box and the highlighted area will move to the right Click a character button Tip If you wish to correct a character that you input by mistake click the incorrect char acter to move the highlighted area to that location 3 Input the remaining chara...

Page 78: ... MIXING LAYER INPUT INPUT RECORDER 17 24 RTN MONI 1 16 MIXING LAYER INPUT INPUT RECORDER 17 24 RTN MONI 1 16 PROFESSIONAL AUDIO WORKSTATION 1 2 RTN 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 13 14 15 16 STEREO 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1 2 13 14 15 16 5 10 20 30 70 50 40 15 ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL ON SEL S...

Page 79: ...ay you can control the parameters of the channel selected by its SEL key 4 To operate the faders use the HOME key or AUX 1 AUX 8 keys of the FADER MODE section to select the fader mode the parameters that will be controlled by the faders The table on the following page shows the parameters controlled by each fader will change PROFESSIONAL AUDIO WORKSTATION LO LO MID HI MID HI EQ F PAN G Q LOW LO M...

Page 80: ...tereo output channel AUX1 Send level from input channels 17 24 to AUX 1 Send level from effect return 1 to AUX 1 Send level from effect return 2 to AUX 1 AUX2 Send level from input channels 17 24 to AUX 2 Send level from effect return 1 to AUX 2 Send level from effect return 2 to AUX 2 AUX3 Send level from input channels 17 24 to AUX 3 Send level from effect return 1 to AUX 3 Send level from effec...

Page 81: ... Send level from monitor channels 1 16 to AUX 1 AUX2 Send level from monitor channels 1 16 to AUX 2 AUX3 Send level from monitor channels 1 16 to AUX 3 AUX4 Send level from monitor channels 1 16 to AUX 4 AUX5 Send level from monitor channels 1 16 to AUX 5 AUX6 Send level from monitor channels 1 16 to AUX 6 AUX7 Send level from monitor channels 1 16 to effect 1 AUX8 Send level from monitor channels...

Page 82: ...00 00 Rhythm machine Effect processor Signal processor Synthesizer Electric guitar Electric bass DAT recorder Digital MTR I O card OPTION SLOT 2 88 PROFESSIONAL AUDIO WORKSTATION AW4416 VOL VOL GC2020C COMP LIMITER COMP GAIN REDUCTION 0 4 8 16 24 EXP GATE THRESHOLD RATIO ATTACK RELEASE INPUT OUTPUT CHANNEL A CHANNEL B SIGNAL PEAK GAIN REDUCTION 0 4 8 16 24 EXP GATE THRESHOLD RATIO ATTACK RELEASE I...

Page 83: ...d to the SCSI connector of the AW4416 you must turn on the power in the order of external SCSI device AW4416 If the power of the external SCSI device is off when you turn on the AW4416 it may not start up correctly If the D in Setup tab is not assigned to the F4 key when you press the SETUP key press the SHIFT key F1 key to switch the tab and then press the F4 key 2 2 Press the SETUP key F4 key Th...

Page 84: ...e it is not possible for the AW4416 to simultaneously be set as the word clock slave 3 Select the desired clock source in the WORD CLOCK SOURCE area by using the CURSOR keys to move the cursor to the corresponding button The clock source you should select will depend on the system in which you are using the AW4416 Here we will explain some typical situations Using the AW4416 as the word clock mast...

Page 85: ...lock master and causes the AW4416 to synchronize to the word clock supplied from the word clock output jack of the digital MTR to the WORD CLOCK IN jack of the AW4416 For this method turn on the WCLK IN button Set the digital MTR so that it will operate according to its own internal clock If you are using two digital MTR units connect the Sync Out jack of the first to the Sync In jack of the secon...

Page 86: ...er only when it is playing back 4 After selecting the desired button press the ENTER key The AW4416 will switch to the specified clock source A slight interval of time is required for the AW4416 to select clock sources and the sound may be muted during this time After switching the clock source verify that the button you selected in step 3 is not marked with an X symbol or symbol If an X symbol or...

Page 87: ...Chapter4 Connections and setup 72 Operation Guide ...

Page 88: ...ments mics and monitor system to the AW4416 as shown in the following diagram Connect mics synthesizers or rhythm machines direct boxes or guitar bass preamps to the INPUT 1 2 XLR jacks or INPUT 1 8 phone jacks according to the type of their output connector When directly connecting instruments with a high output impedance such as passive type electric guitars or electric basses connect them to th...

Page 89: ...of the AW4416 is turned on the song you were last operating will be loaded automatically If the internal hard disk of the AW4416 has not been formatted a message of Format OK Y Enter N Any will appear instead of the above screen when the power is turned on If a SCSI device is connected to the AW4416 and you turn on the power of the AW4416 when the SCSI device is turned off it may not start up corr...

Page 90: ...d disk is formatted and will automatically be loaded the next time you turn on the power of the AW4416 If you wish to use this song the following procedure is not necessary 1 Press the SONG key F1 key The SONG screen Song List page will appear In this page you can create a new song and save load existing songs 2 Use the CURSOR keys to move the cursor to the NEW SONG button in the lower right of th...

Page 91: ...ncy or quantization after creat ing a song The number of tracks that can be simultaneously played or recorded will depend on the specified quantization If you intend to use a CD RW drive to create an audio CD of your song when it is completed you must select 44 1 kHz as the sampling frequency A song with a sampling frequency of 48 kHz cannot be recorded on an audio CD 4 After you have selected the...

Page 92: ...ils on inputting characters refer to page 60 When you have finished inputting the song name move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key The COMMENT EDIT popup window will appear allowing you to assign a com ment to the song 7 As desired input a comment in the same way as the song name Then move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key The new song will be created If you sel...

Page 93: ...06 Set the input level 1 While producing sound on your instrument adjust GAIN controls 1 2 so that the PEAK indicators of INPUT jacks 1 2 light briefly when the loudest sounds are played Tip The GAIN control adjusts the sensitivity of the analog input In order to record the sound cleanly and with the widest possible range you should adjust the GAIN as high as possible without allowing clipping to ...

Page 94: ...playing your instrument watch the level meters displayed in the screen and adjust the input level of inputs 1 2 When the AW4416 is in the initial state the input jacks are patched to input channels as follows As you can see from this diagram the rhythm machine or drum mics connected to INPUT jacks 1 2 are patched to input channels 1 2 Now raise the faders of input channels 1 2 and check that the s...

Page 95: ... SEL keys a CHANNEL PAIRING popup window will appear allowing you to specify how pairing will occur 7 Move the cursor to either the INPUT 1 2 INPUT 2 1 or RESET BOTH button and press the ENTER key One of the following can be selected as the pairing method INPUT x y x odd number y even number The parameters except for attenuation and pan of the odd numbered channel will be copied to the even number...

Page 96: ...f and turn the bus assign 1 2 but tons on With these settings the signal of input channel 1 will not be sent to the stereo bus but will be sent instead to buses 1 2 The ST button and bus assign 1 2 but tons of input channel 2 which is paired with input channel 1 will follow these settings Tip To switch an on screen button on off move the cursor to the button and press the ENTER key 3 Move the curs...

Page 97: ...nd 2 will blink red This indicates that tracks 1 2 are in record ready mode 2 While producing sound on your instrument watch level meters 1 2 in the level meters counter section The level of the signals being input to tracks 1 2 which are in record ready mode will be shown in level meters 1 2 If the red segment at the 0 dB position lights for level meters 1 2 lower faders 1 2 input channel 1 2 inp...

Page 98: ... you can make bus assignments and pan settings for monitor channels 1 16 2 Press the MONI key Monitor channels 1 16 will be selected as the mixing layer 3 Hold down SEL key 1 and press SEL key 2 Just as we did for input channels 1 2 we will also pair monitor channels 1 2 When you simultaneously hold down the monitor channel 1 2 SEL keys the CHANNEL PAIRING popup window will appear 4 Move the curso...

Page 99: ...will be sent via tracks 1 2 monitor channels 1 2 to the stereo bus If the red 0 dB segment lights lower fad ers 1 2 input level of monitor channels 1 2 9 Raise the MONITOR OUT control PHONES control You can monitor the input signal via your monitor system or headphones Note that the signals being controlled here are not the signals recorded on the recorder rather they are the signals passing throu...

Page 100: ...tion REC key and press the PLAY key The REC key and PLAY key will light and the red REC READY indicators of the REC TRACK SELECT keys 1 2 and the level meter counter will change from blinking to lit When you attempt to record the signal being input from the DIGITAL STEREO IN jack the display may sometimes indicate DIGITAL ST IN PROHIBIT and you will be unable to perform step 2 In this case go to U...

Page 101: ...g List page is dis played 3 Start the rhythm machine drum performance 4 When the performance is finished press the STOP key 5 To listen to the recorded content press the Locate section RTZ key and then press the Transport section PLAY key 6 When you are satisfied with the recorded content press the STOP key to stop the transport Then press REC TRACK SELECT keys 1 2 to defeat record ready mode for ...

Page 102: ...ultaneously with the conventional INPUT 8 phone jack 2 Press the HOME key F1 key The HOME screen 1 24 Rtn page will appear 3 Press the MIXING LAYER section 1 16 key to select input channels 1 16 as the mixing layer 4 Make sure that ON key 8 is turned on and raise fader 8 to the 0 dB position To avoid confusion turn off the ON keys for all input channels that you are not using 5 While producing sou...

Page 103: ...ew page to perform the same operations 2 In the MIXING LAYER section press the 1 16 key SEL key 8 On the AW4416 you select the channel to be controlled by selecting a mixing layer in the MIXING LAYER section and then pressing a SEL key to select a channel When you are using the CH View page the currently selected channel will be shown in the upper left of the display The corresponding SEL key will...

Page 104: ...ake sure that ON key 8 is lit and while producing sound on your instrument watch level meter 3 in the level meters counter section Level meter 3 will show the level of the input signal of track 3 If the red 0 dB seg ment lights lower fader 8 input level of input channel 8 9 REC TRACK SELECT ST 1 2 10 3 11 4 12 5 13 6 14 7 15 8 16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 13 14 15 16 10 11 12 dB 0 2 6 20 30 42 60 10 14 18...

Page 105: ...UTE screen PAN Moni page will appear allowing you to make pan and bus assignment settings for monitor channels 1 16 2 For monitor channel 3 turn the ST button on and the bus assign 1 8 buttons off At this time verify that the ST button is on and the bus assign 1 8 button is off for monitor channels 1 2 as well 3 Move the cursor to the PAN knob of monitor channel 3 and pan the bass where you can mo...

Page 106: ...ntrols at the right of the display can be used as dedicated controls for the channel that is currently selected by the SEL key As with EQ you can also use the PAN control located at the right of the display to adjust the panning of the cur rently selected channel 3 Use the EQ Q F G controls to adjust the band that you selected in step 2 The function of each control is described below Q Adjust the ...

Page 107: ...n EQ ATT page Using the dynamics processor 1 In the MIXING LAYER section press the 1 16 key SEL key 8 SEL key 8 will light and input channel 8 will be selected for control 2 Press the DYN key F2 The DYN DLY screen Library page will appear In this page you can load or save dynamics programs from or to the dynamics library From the library list in the center of the screen you can select the dynam ic...

Page 108: ...name suggests the ON OFF button turns the dynamics processor on off 9 While playing the bass move the cursor to the PARAMETER area in the lower right of the screen and adjust the parameters of the dynamics processor Five types of dynamics processor are provided CMP compressor EXP expander GAT gate CPS compander S and CPH compander H Each type has different parameters For details on the parameters ...

Page 109: ...are finished playing press the STOP key 5 To listen to the recorded performance press the Locate section RTZ key and then press the Transport section PLAY key 6 If you are satisfied with the recorded performance press REC TRACK SELECT key 3 to defeat record ready mode for track 3 If you wish to continue overdubbing more instrumental tracks simply use the same procedure Go ahead and record the rema...

Page 110: ...tracks 1 16 In this case turn on the ON keys of the input channels that you wish to use so that they are lit 2 Press the MONI key Monitor channels 1 16 will be selected as the mixing layer 3 Press the PAN key F3 key The PAN ROUTE screen Pan MONI page will appear allowing you to make pan settings and bus assignments for monitor channels 1 16 4 For monitor channels 1 16 turn the ST button on and the...

Page 111: ...y to load the desired dynamics program For the procedure of loading a dynamics program refer to page 92 To edit the dynamics processor parameters press the MIXER section DYN key F1 key to access the DYN DLY screen Dyn Edit page Using the Solo function The AW4416 provides a flexible Solo function By pressing the top panel SOLO during recording or playback and using one of the ON keys to select a de...

Page 112: ...he stereo bus and output from the MONITOR OUT jacks and PHONES jack When the Solo function is turned on only the soloed channels will be sent to the stereo bus and the remaining chan nels will be muted It will not be possible to monitor channels whose ON key is turned off nor channels that are not assigned to the stereo bus If MIXDOWN SOLO mode is selected the Solo Setup page LISTEN settings and L...

Page 113: ...G LAYER section MONI key and press the ON key for the monitor channel corresponding to the track you wish to monitor If you selected LAST SOLO in step 3 only the channel whose ON key was last pressed will be monitored If you selected MIX SOLO all channels selected by their ON key will be monitored At this time all ON keys 1 16 other than the selected key s will go dark 7 To defeat the Solo functio...

Page 114: ...e patched to the inputs of internal effects 1 2 and the outputs of internal effects 1 2 are patched to return channels 1 2 2 Move the cursor to the library list and rotate the DATA JOG dial to dis play 002 Reverb Room at the cursor location In this example we will select a reverb room program Tip If desired you can recall the effect program directly without having to reply to the recall confirmati...

Page 115: ... will be sent to the stereo bus and mixed with the signals of the monitor channels 7 Press the MONO key AUX 7 key Monitor channels 1 16 will be selected as the mixing layer In this state faders 1 16 will adjust the send level of the signals sent from monitor channels 1 16 to AUX 7 effect 1 8 Play back the song from the beginning and use faders 1 16 to adjust the send level of each monitor channel ...

Page 116: ...el fader groups use the EQ ATT GRP screen FaderGrp page EQ key F3 key Refer to Reference Guide EQ ATT GRP screen FaderGrp page Faders in the same group must not be moved manually at the same time Doing so will strain the motors and cause malfunctions Mute groups This function groups ON key operations for multiple channels On and off sta tuses can be mixed By operating a single ON key you can switc...

Page 117: ...corder section of the AW4416 provides a stereo track that is independent of audio tracks 1 16 and which is used mainly as a master track for creating a two track mix Here we will explain the procedure of mixing the signals of tracks 1 16 and the return signals from the internal effects into a stereo track to create a finished song 1 Press the REC TRACK SELECT ST key The stereo track will be in rec...

Page 118: ...allowing you to play back or erase the stereo track When the AW4416 is in the initial state the M mute button in the upper left of the screen will be turned on muting the stereo track 6 Move the cursor to the M mute button and press the ENTER key Muting of the stereo track will be defeated allowing the stereo track to play back At this time the stereo track will automatically be assigned to monito...

Page 119: ...ted as the signal for monitor ing When you use the TRACK CUE key the signal will be output directly to the MONITOR OUT jacks and therefore the fader cannot be used to adjust the level To avoid sudden loud sounds lower the MONITOR OUT control beforehand 9 Press the Locate section RTZ key and then press the Transport section PLAY key The signal of the stereo track will be sent directly to the MONITO...

Page 120: ...t is not possible to store a scene into number 00 2 Press the SCENE MEMORY section STORE key The TITLE EDIT popup window will appear allowing you to assign a name to the scene memory Tip If STORE CONFIRMATION is turned OFF in the UTILITY screen Prefer 1 page UTILITY key F2 key the scene will be stored directly to the specified scene number without displaying this confirmation popup window This is ...

Page 121: ...e most recently stored recalled scene will be saved together with the song Be aware that the current mix parameters are not saved When an existing song is loaded the scene number that was most recently stored recalled for that song will be displayed in the upper right of the level meter counter If you wish to reproduce both the song and the mix parameters you must press the SCENE MEMORY section RE...

Page 122: ...own the AW4416 the current song will be saved automatically However we recommend that you save the song manually when you are finished recording P 176 If you fail to do this the song will revert to the last saved state if the power of the AW4416 is turned off accidentally 3 Move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key The song will be saved ...

Page 123: ...Chapter5 Recording on the AW4416 108 Operation Guide ...

Page 124: ... function according to the status of the transport Recording will occur only if any of the REC TRACK SELECT keys are blinking Key has no function Status Transport keys Stopped Playing Rewinding Fast forwarding Recording A B repeating Stop Stop Stop Stop Stop Play Play Play Play punch out Rewind 8X Rewind 8X Switch rewind speeds 8X 16X Rewind 8X Defeat repeat and rewind 8X Fast for ward 8X Fast for...

Page 125: ...egion before and after the current location and lets you move the current location forward or backward in small steps so that you can search for a desired point This lets you accurately specify a point in the song such as when setting the auto punch in out points or setting the range for a track editing operation Using the Nudge function 1 Use normal transport operations or the shuttle function to...

Page 126: ...able to set the location precisely Before using the Nudge function you should switch the counter display to either the Time display or the Time Code display Refer to Reference Guide SONG screen Setting page Tip Normally turning the Nudge function on will repeatedly play a 100 msec region starting at the current location However you can change the play mode of the Nudge function so that the repeate...

Page 127: ... time 25 800 msec 3 To change the play mode of the nudge function move the cursor to the PLAY MODE field of the NUDGE area and press the ENTER key to switch between the following two play modes AFTER Repeatedly play back a range starting at the current location and extending the length of the nudge time setting BEFORE Repeatedly play back a range corresponding to the length of the nudge time setti...

Page 128: ...TILITY key F3 key 2 Move the cursor to the ROLLBACK TIME field and use the DATA JOG dial to set the rollback time The rollback time can be adjusted in millisecond steps over a range of 0 5 sec onds default setting is 5 seconds 3 When the song is stopped or playing press the ROLL BACK key If the ROLL BACK key is pressed while stopped the current location will simply move back by the length of the r...

Page 129: ...dial use the CURSOR keys to move the cursor to the digit that you wish to change and rotate the DATA JOG dial to specify the value 3 To specify the locate point using the numeric keys keys 0 9 of the locate section move the cursor to the lowest digit of the value you wish to input and use the numeric keys to directly input the value If the time display SECOND is selected as the counter display typ...

Page 130: ...he RTZ key will locate to the point that the user specified as zero rela tive time For details on setting the zero relative time refer to the section below If Measure display MEASURE is selected for the counter you cannot switch between absolute time and relative time pressing the RTZ key will always locate to the start point of the song Setting the zero relative time location You can use the foll...

Page 131: ... location will be displayed as follows in the TRACK screen TR View page that appears when you press the TRACK key F1 key Tip The zero relative time location is saved on the hard disk as part of the currently selected song LAST REC MARK SEARCH LAST REC 5 4 IN OUT NO A B REPEAT RTZ 2 3 1 0 ROLL BACK CANCEL SET MARK NUM LOCATE 8 9 7 6 AUTO PUNCH Zero relative time location ...

Page 132: ...nt If you extend the length of the song the end point will move accordingly You can locate to the start point by pressing the key of the Locate section or to the end point by pressing the key The start point and end point will be displayed as follows in the TRACK screen TR View page that appears when you press the TRACK key F1 key Tip The locations of the start point and end point can be adjusted ...

Page 133: ...k 4 Hold down the SET key and press the B key The B key will light indicating that point B has been set Tip You can also use the A B keys to locate directly to points A B Performing A B repeat playback 5 To perform repeat playback press the Locate section REPEAT key when the transport is stopped The transport will automatically locate to point A Tip If you press the REPEAT key during playback repe...

Page 134: ...defeat A B repeat normal playback will resume from that point The A B points that you specify will be displayed as follows in the TRACK screen TR View page that appears when you press the TRACK key F1 key Tip If you set point B earlier than point A and press the REPEAT key playback will repeat from B A The A B points you set can be deleted P 126 or moved P 123 as desired The A B point settings are...

Page 135: ...e song to the location where you wish to set the Out point 4 Hold down the SET key and press the OUT key The In point and Out point that you specify will be displayed as follows in the TRACK screen TR View page that appears when you press the TRACK key F1 key Tip The In Out points are also used as the auto punch in out points used by auto punch in out P 130 The In Out point settings are saved on t...

Page 136: ...layed briefly at the bottom of the display indicating that marker has been inserted at that point Each time you press the MARK key a new marker will be inserted Locating to a marker 3 To locate to the marker immediately before the current location press the Locate section key To locate to the marker immediately follow ing the current location press the key The key will light if a marker exists bef...

Page 137: ...K key F1 key Please note that the numbers 1 99 do not indicate the order in which you speci fied the markers they indicate the order from the beginning of the song For example if you insert a new marker between two existing markers the subse quent markers will be renumbered Tip Marker settings are saved on the hard disk as part of the currently selected song The markers you set can be deleted P 12...

Page 138: ...ding events in the automix the song will no longer be synchronized with the automix 2 Use the CURSOR keys to move the cursor and use the DATA JOG dial to adjust the location of each locate point When you change the Start point the absolute time zero of the song will change For example if you change the Start point to 00 00 05 00 00 the location five seconds after the beginning of the song will be ...

Page 139: ...e time code top to the Start point Refer to Reference Guide SONG screen Setting page Absolute time ABS zero Song 00 00 00 000 00 00 05 000 00 00 10 000 Start point 00 00 00 00 00 Start point 00 00 05 00 00 Absolute time ABS zero Song 0 00 05 05 000 00 00 00 000 00 00 05 000 Absolute time ABS zero 00 00 00 000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 000 00 00 05 05 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 Time 0 00 05 05 000 Start po...

Page 140: ...ess the ENTER key The selected locate point will be deleted When you delete the In Out point or the A B point the corresponding key IN OUT key or A B key will go dark Tip If using the mouse you can delete a locate point by clicking it in the locate point display and then clicking the DELETE button in the lower right of the dis play The DELETE button is used only when operating the mouse When using...

Page 141: ... Hold down the CANCEL key and press the key for the locate point that you wish to delete A B key or IN OUT key The locate point will be deleted and the corresponding key will go dark Deleting a marker Use the keys to locate to the marker that you wish to delete Then hold down the CANCEL key and press the MARK key A message of MARK ERASE will briefly appear at the bottom of the display indicating t...

Page 142: ...ld foot switch Yamaha FC 5 If a foot switch is used the entire procedure of playback punch in punch out stop can be per formed using your foot which is convenient when you are playing an instrument while operating the AW4416 Auto punch in out P 130 In this method punch in out will occur automatically at the points that you spec ify ahead of time the auto punch in out points This method allows the ...

Page 143: ...input monitor setting to auto input monitor as explained below 1 Press the TRACK key F1 key 2 In the INPUT MONITOR area move the cursor to the AUTO button and press the ENTER key The AUTO button will be turned on and Auto Input Monitor will be selected as the input monitor setting Connect a foot switch If you will be using a separately sold foot switch Yamaha FC 5 to perform man ual punch in out c...

Page 144: ...here you wish to punch in hold down the REC key and press the PLAY key or press the foot switch The REC key will light and recording will begin on the track you selected in step 2 5 At the location where you wish to punch out press the PLAY key or press the foot switch The REC key will go dark and you will return to normal playback mode 6 To stop the song press the STOP key or press the foot switc...

Page 145: ... the OUT key The OUT key will light indicating that the Out point has been set Be aware that auto punch in out will not occur if the Out point is earlier than the In point Tip The auto punch in out points in out points can be precisely adjusted in millisec onds or in sub frame units For details refer to page 123 Set the pre roll post roll times When executing auto punch in out you can specify inte...

Page 146: ...e pre roll point While the AUTO PUNCH key is lit transport locate operations other than the STOP PLAY REC keys cannot be used 3 To begin rehearsing the auto punch in out press the PLAY key 1 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 begin blinking and the monitor signal of the track you selected in step 1 will ...

Page 147: ...ey will light and recording will begin on the track you selected in step 1 punch in C When you reach the auto punch out point the REC key will blink recording will end and playback will resume punch out D When you reach the post roll point the transport will locate to the pre roll point and stop 6 If you wish to listen to the recorded result press the AUTO PUNCH key to make it go dark and then pre...

Page 148: ...t channels 1 24 and return channels 1 2 1 Press the SETUP key F1 Patch IN key The display will show the SETUP screen Patch IN page where you can patch sig nals to the input channels and recorder inputs In this page the MIXER CHAN NEL INPUT ASSIGN column shows the patched status of input channels 1 24 and return channels 1 2 Tip If the Patch IN tab is not assigned to the F1 key press the SHIFT key ...

Page 149: ...to page 138 Display Type of signal AD 1 AD 8 INPUT jacks 1 8 SL1 1 SL1 8 INPUT 1 8 of an I O card slot 1 SL2 1 SL2 8 INPUT 1 8 of an I O card slot 2 DIN L DIN R L R channels of the DIGITAL STEREO IN jack SMP 1 SMP 8 Sampling pads 1 8 MET Internal metronome Display Type of signal EFF 1 L R Return from internal effect 1 1 1 Selectable only for return 1 EFF 2 L R Return from internal effect 2 2 2 Sel...

Page 150: ... column will indicate the patched status of recorder inputs 1 16 Tip If the Patch IN tab is not assigned to the F1 key press the SHIFT key F1 key to switch the tabs and then press the F1 key 2 Move the cursor to the recorder input whose patching you wish to change and use the DATA JOG dial to select the signal that you wish to assign The following types of signal can be assigned to each input Reco...

Page 151: ...splay will show the SETUP screen Patch OUT page The various fields of the display will show the patched status of each output jack Tip If the Patch OUT tab is not assigned to the F2 key press the SHIFT key F1 key to switch the tabs and then press the F2 key 1 OMNI OUT jack 1 4 B DIGITAL STEREO OUT jack C STEREO OUT jack D OUTPUT 1 8 of an I O card slot 1 E OUTPUT 1 8 of an I O card slot 2 AUX buse...

Page 152: ...ut points of each channel The gray display indicates that this insert point is invalid For details on insert I O patching refer to page 140 Display Type of signal AUX 1 AUX 8 AUX buses 1 8 RDR 1 RDR16 Recorder direct out 1 16 ST L ST R L R channels of the stereo output channel BUS 1 BUS 8 Buses 1 8 DIR 1 DIR16 Input channel direct out 1 16 Display Type of signal ST L R Stereo output channel BUS 1 ...

Page 153: ... library Tip If the Patch Lib tab is not assigned to the F3 key press the SHIFT key F1 key to switch the tabs and then press the F3 key Patch library numbers in which no data has been stored will be displayed with a title of No Data 2 Use the DATA JOG dial to select the patch library number 01 20 in which you will store the settings Tip Patch library number 00 contains a preset patch program recal...

Page 154: ... program Here s how to recall a patch program that you saved in the patch library 1 Press the SETUP key F3 Patch Lib key to access the SETUP screen Patch Lib page 2 Use the DATA JOG dial to select the patch program that you wish to recall 3 Move the cursor to the RECALL button and press the ENTER key A popup window will ask you to confirm the Recall operation Tip You can also recall the patch prog...

Page 155: ...ose insert I O point you wish to patch to input output jacks 2 Press the VIEW key F1 key The display will show the VIEW screen CH View page In the example shown here monitor channel 1 is selected 3 Move the cursor to the ASSIGN button of the EFFECT INSERT field and press the ENTER key The EFF INSERT SETTING popup window will appear The SEND and RTN fields of the popup window will respectively show...

Page 156: ...an I O card slot 2 D STO L 1 1 Selectable only for odd numbered channels L channel of the DIGITAL STEREO OUT jack D STO R 2 2 Selectable only for even numbered channels R channel of the DIGITAL STEREO OUT jack STOUT L 1 L channel of the STEREO OUT jack STOUT R 2 R channel of the STEREO OUT jack Display Jack OMNI 1 2 OMNI 3 4 OMNI OUT jacks 1 2 3 4 SL1 1 2 SL1 7 8 OUTPUT 1 2 7 8 of an I O card slot...

Page 157: ... to share the same output jack 8 Press the SETUP key F2 Patch OUT key The display will show the SETUP screen Patch OUT page Notice that OMNI OUT ASSIGN field 4 shows I M 1 This means that OMNI OUT jack 4 is being used as an insert send jack for monitor channel 1 In this case changing the patching of OMNI OUT jack 4 in the Patch OUT page will defeat the insert I O patching as well If you wish to sa...

Page 158: ...rds installed in slots 1 and 2 can be recorded simultaneously on tracks 1 16 Tip When you execute Quick Rec patching settings and mix parameters will be reset If you will need to reproduce the current patching or mix settings we recommend that you store the current scene into a scene memory before you execute Quick Rec P 211 1 Press the QUICK REC key The display will show the QUICK REC screen 1 In...

Page 159: ...cel without executing Quick Rec move the cursor to the CANCEL button and press the ENTER key At this time you can also turn off the blinking REC TRACK SELECT buttons to limit the number of recording tracks or re adjust the mix parameters and input patch settings of each channel 5 Press the TRACK key F1 key The display will show the TRACK screen TR View page As you can see from the display shown be...

Page 160: ...channels 1 16 to adjust the record ing level of tracks 1 16 The faders of input channels 1 16 will be reset to nominal level 0 dB when Quick Rec is executed Adjust the recording level if necessary If you wish to use the faders to adjust the recording level the POST FADER but ton must be turned on in the DIRECT OUT EXTRACT POSITION field of the UTILITY screen Prefer 1 page 8 When you finish recordi...

Page 161: ...Chapter8 Patching 146 Operation Guide ...

Page 162: ...played back simultaneously is limited by the number of tracks that are being recorded simultaneously Be aware that tracks will automatically be muted depending on the number of simultaneously recorded tracks The tables below show the numbers of tracks that can be recorded simultaneously and played back simultaneously and the number of tracks that will be muted in each case For example if you simul...

Page 163: ...virtual tracks 1 8 The shaded areas indicate the virtual tracks that are currently selected for recording and playback For example if you are recording a solo part on a certain track you can switch virtual tracks to record multiple takes and select the best take later Tip In the initial state of the AW4416 virtual track 1 is selected for all tracks Stereo track This is a stereo track that is indep...

Page 164: ...ed for each track By default virtual tracks that have already been recorded will be named V Tr x y x will be a track number 1 16 and y will be a virtual track number 1 8 This name can be changed later as desired P 153 Virtual tracks that have not yet been recorded will be displayed as NO REC C Virtual track The highlighted number is the virtual track number currently selected for track 1 16 In the...

Page 165: ...ove the cursor to the virtual track number that you wish to assign to track 1 and press the ENTER key The virtual track number you select will be highlighted Now you can record and play back the newly selected virtual track without affecting the previous virtual track ...

Page 166: ...nvenience Even if tracks are paired this will not affect the pairing settings of the monitor channels If necessary you can make separate settings to pair the monitor chan nels of these tracks as well 1 Press the TRACK key F2 key The TRACK screen V Track page will appear The heart symbols in the left of the display indicate the current pairing status Paired tracks are connected by a heart symbol 2 ...

Page 167: ...ed in three editing units Track The entire currently selected track 1 16 or virtual track 1 8 will be affected by the editing operation When editing in units of a track tracks that contain no audio data cannot be selected Part Within the currently selected track 1 16 or virtual track 1 8 the currently selected range is called the part Unlike the case when editing tracks portions that contain no au...

Page 168: ...ck number y virtual track number If multiple regions exist in the same track i e if you recorded the track in more than one stage all the default region names will be the same These track names and region names can be modified using the following proce dure Naming a virtual track 1 In the RECORDER section press the EDIT key F1 key The EDIT screen TR Edit page will appear 2 Move the cursor to the T...

Page 169: ...ME menu and press the ENTER key Buttons to specify NAME menu options will appear 4 Move the cursor to the TRACK button and press the ENTER key The cursor will move to the area at the bottom of the screen 5 Use the DATA JOG dial to select the track that you wish to name and press the ENTER key ...

Page 170: ...p You can assign a track name of up to 16 characters In the TRACK screen etc the first eight characters of the name will be displayed Naming a region 1 In the RECORDER section press the EDIT key F1 key The EDIT screen TR Edit page will appear 2 Move the cursor to the REGION menu and press the ENTER key The REGION menu will show the available editing commands 3 Move the cursor to the NAME menu and ...

Page 171: ...n to the screen of step 1 Tip You can assign a region name of up to 16 characters Track editing procedure Here s the basic procedure for editing tracks parts or regions for audio tracks 1 16 1 In the RECORDER section press the EDIT key F1 key The EDIT screen TR Edit page will appear This screen shows the following information 1 Track number This is the track number 1 16 B Pair This shows the pairi...

Page 172: ... unit track part region that you wish to edit move the cursor to the TRACK PART or REGION menu and press the ENTER key The selected menu of editing commands will appear The following screen shows the commands that appear when the TRACK menu is selected 3 Move the cursor to the desired editing command and press the ENTER key Buttons to set the parameters for the selected editing command will appear...

Page 173: ...sor will move to the setting area in the lower part of the display The screen shown below is an example of when the COPY command is selected 6 Use the DATA JOG dial to modify the parameter value and press the ENTER key The cursor will return to the button selected in step 4 Tip If you decide to cancel without executing the editing command move the cursor from here to a button at a higher level and...

Page 174: ...NAME command and the REGION menu NAME command are exceptions to this Virtual track editing procedure Here s the basic procedure for editing entire tracks parts or regions for virtual tracks 1 8 of the desired track 1 In the RECORDER section press the EDIT key F2 key The EDIT screen V TR Edit page will appear where you can edit virtual tracks This screen shows the following information 1 Track numb...

Page 175: ...ER key The selected menu of editing commands will appear Tip Page 161 provides brief explanations of the editing commands of each menu For details of each command refer to the Reference Guide 4 Move the cursor to the desired editing command and press the ENTER key Buttons to set the parameters for the selected editing command will appear 5 To change the parameter settings move the cursor to the co...

Page 176: ...acks or entire virtual tracks NAME Track Name Assign a name to an already recorded virtual track ERASE Erase the audio data of the selected track COPY Copy the audio data of the selected track to another track The Fr Track From Track parameter specifies the copy source track and the To Track parameter specifies the copy destination track EXCHG Exchange Exchange the audio data of two selected track...

Page 177: ...er the copied data will be inserted or overwritten MOVE Move the audio data of the selected part to the specified location of the specified track At this time the audio data of the move source will be erased If audio data exists at the destination you can specify whether the moved data will be inserted or overwritten INSERT Insert silence into the selected part Audio data following that part will ...

Page 178: ... At this time the move source region will be erased If audio data exists at the move des tination you can specify whether the moved data will be inserted or overwritten DIVIDE Divide the selected region into two at the location you specify TRIM IN Trim the starting location of the selected region toward the end in sample units TRIM OUT Trim the ending location of the selected region toward the beg...

Page 179: ...Chapter9 Track and virtual track operations 164 Operation Guide ...

Page 180: ...ut channels 1 24 and monitor channels 1 16 to AUX buses 7 8 are input to effects 1 2 respectively For each channel you can adjust the AUX 7 8 send levels and switch between pre or post fader The output signals from effects 1 2 are sent to return channels 1 2 By routing the return channels to buses 1 8 or the stereo bus they can be mixed with the origi nal sound of each channel Inserting an effect ...

Page 181: ... effects 1 2 will be used via AUX or inserted into a specific channel By default EFF1 effect 1 is assigned to AUX 7 and EFF2 effect 2 is assigned to AUX 8 as shown above Tip If EFF1 is set to INSERT move the cursor to the INSERT field and use the DATA JOG dial to change it to AUX 7 Then move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key 3 Make sure that the MIXER CHANNEL INPUT ASSIGN paramet...

Page 182: ...ommon to both effects 1 and 2 However effect program no 19 HQ Pitch can be used only by effect 2 Effect library 001 041 contain read only effect programs using the corre sponding effect type It is not possible to change the effect type of the currently used effect program For this reason you must load a program that uses the desired effect type from the library even if you wish to create an effect...

Page 183: ... Press the F1 key The Eff Edit page will appear in the display 6 Make sure that the MIX BAL knob located in the lower right of the dis play is set to 100 The Eff Edit page allows you to edit the effect parameters Regardless of the effect type that is selected the MIX BAL a parameter that adjusts the balance between the dry and effect sounds knob will be located in the lower right of the Eff Edit p...

Page 184: ... where you can make pre post fader settings for monitor channels 1 16 Tip When the AW4416 is in the initial state this will be set to post fader 2 To switch a specific channel between pre fader PRE and post fader POST move the cursor to the button for that channel and press the ENTER key Tip To switch all monitor channels between pre fader post fader move the cursor to the PRE POST button in the G...

Page 185: ...en of return channel 1 will appear in the display 3 Make sure that the ST button of the PAN ROUT area is on In this state the return signal from effect 1 will be sent to the stereo bus and mixed with the signals of the monitor channels Tip If the ST button is off move the cursor to the button and press the ENTER key Adjusting the send level 1 Press the AUX 7 key MONI key SEL keys 1 16 ON keys 1 16...

Page 186: ...e SETUP key F1 Patch IN key The SETUP screen Patch IN page will appear in the display If the Patch IN tab is not assigned to the F1 key press the SHIFT key F1 key to switch the tab and then press the F1 key 2 Move the cursor to the EFF2 parameter of the EFFECT PATCH area and rotate the DATA JOG dial A popup window will appear asking you to confirm that you wish to disconnect effect 2 from AUX bus ...

Page 187: ...ected 2 Press the VIEW key F1 key The VIEW screen CH View page will appear in the display 3 Move the cursor to the ASSIGN button in the EFFECT INSERT area and press the ENTER key The EFF INSERT SETTING popup window will appear In this popup window you can use the following four buttons to select the type of effect that will be inserted OFF Effect insertion will be cancelled INT EFF1 Insert interna...

Page 188: ... dial you can switch between EFF 2L and EFF 2R If an effect is inserted into a stereo channel return channels 1 2 stereo output channel the L R outputs of the effect will be returned to the L R of that chan nel 5 When you have finished making settings in the EFF INSERT SETTING popup window move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key The EFFECT INSERT field of the CH View page will be ...

Page 189: ... display and use the DATA JOG dial to select the effect program that you wish to recall 3 Move the cursor to the RECALL button and press the ENTER key The selected program will be recalled to effect 2 4 Press the F1 key The Eff Edit page will appear 5 As necessary move the cursor to the MIX BAL knob and rotate the DATA JOG dial to adjust the balance between the wet processed and dry unprocessed so...

Page 190: ... Automix memory Patch library EQ library Dynamics library Channel library Data and settings for the Sampling Pad function Song name and comment Counter display method SECOND TIME CODE MEASURE Song Protect setting Time Code Top setting Region Fade Time setting Undo data Tip Multiple songs can be saved on the internal hard disk However only the sin gle song currently being controlled on the AW4416 t...

Page 191: ...play A list of information on the songs currently saved on the internal hard disk will appear in the upper part of the display The current song will be highlighted in the list 1 Song name B Date and time when the song was saved C Song size D Song quantization sampling frequency E Song protect 2 To save the current song move the cursor to the SAVE button in the lower right of the screen and press t...

Page 192: ...t the song that you wish to load Then move the cursor to the LOAD button and press the ENTER key A popup window will appear asking you whether you wish to save the current song first 3 If you wish to save the current song before loading another song move the cursor to the YES button If you wish to load the song without saving the current song move the cursor to the NO button Then press the ENTER k...

Page 193: ...e NAME EDIT window will appear allowing you to assign a name to the song 3 Use the character palette to modify the name Then move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key For details on inputting char acters refer to page 60 You will return to the SONG screen Setting page 4 To edit the comment move the cursor to the COMMENT EDIT button in the upper left of the screen and press the ENTER...

Page 194: ... in the list The song currently selected for editing will be indicated by an E symbol at the left of the list Songs you delete will be lost forever Use this procedure with caution When you delete copy or optimize a song the current song will be saved auto matically 1 The song currently selected for editing B Song name C Date and time when the song was saved D Song size E Song quantization sampling...

Page 195: ...You can select multiple songs for deletion It is not possible to delete the current song If you execute Song Delete with an E symbol displayed for the current song an error message will appear Load a different song to change the current song Then execute the operation 3 Move the cursor to the DELETE button and press the ENTER key A popup window will appear asking you to confirm the Delete operatio...

Page 196: ...songs including the current song for copying 3 Move the cursor to the COPY button and press the ENTER key A popup window will ask you to confirm the Copy operation Tip If you decide to cancel the Copy operation move the cursor to the CANCEL button and press the ENTER key After the Copy operation is executed the hard disk will contain two songs with identical song name date and size To avoid confus...

Page 197: ...d editing 1 Press the SONG key F3 key The SONG screen Song Edit page will appear in the display The upper part of the display will show a list of the songs currently saved on the hard disk 2 Move the cursor to the list in the upper part of the display use the DATA JOG dial to select the song that you wish to optimize and press the ENTER key An E symbol will appear in the left edge of the list and ...

Page 198: ... data of the import destination song the current song will be erased and replaced by the imported mixer data Library mixer data includes all libraries channel EQ dynamics and effect 1 If necessary load the import destination song as the current song 2 Press the SONG key F3 key The SONG screen Song Edit page will appear in the display The upper part of the display will show a list of the songs curr...

Page 199: ...n and press the ENTER key The MIXER DATA IMPORT popup window will appear 6 Turn on the button s for the type s of mixer data that you wish to import You may select more than one SCENE MEM button Scene memories AUTOMIX button Automix TEMPO MAP button Tempo map LIBRARY button Libraries channel EQ dynamics effect 7 To execute the Import move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key Tip If ...

Page 200: ...rded in a single opera tion that was recorded earlier on a track import CD DA data from an audio CD or import a WAV file from a CD ROM or MO disk Tip The eight sampling pads can be used as sixteen pads by switching between two banks A and B Sampling pad settings and the samples in RAM are saved as part of the song The samples that can be assigned to the pads must be the same audio format as that s...

Page 201: ...In the MIXER CHANNEL INPUT ASSIGN area move the cursor to the input channel to which you will assign the pad output 3 Rotate the DATA JOG dial to make a selection in the range of SMP 1 SMP 8 The output of the selected pad will be assigned to the input channel Tip Pad assignments are common to banks A and B If SMP 1 is selected for a channel the output of pad 1 for both banks A and B will be assign...

Page 202: ...port a WAV file from a SCSI device As an example here s how to assign a region that was previously recorded on a track 1 In the SAMPLING PAD section press the EDIT pad F1 key The SAMP PAD screen From Rgn page will appear allowing you to assign a desired region to a pad This page shows three buttons and the regions recorded on each track The three buttons have the following functions 1 PAD SEL butt...

Page 203: ...ou perform this step when no region exists i e when nothing has been recorded on any track an message of ERROR SELECTED SONG HAS NO REGION will appear and it will not be possible to make settings 6 Use the CURSOR keys to move the cursor to select the region The currently selected region will be highlighted and its size will be displayed at the bottom of the screen Tip The sample size that can be a...

Page 204: ...MPLETE Tip When you assign a region to a pad a name of Smpltr will automatically be assigned to that pad If you wish to change this name refer to page 193 Tip For the procedure of importing CD DA data or a WAV file to a pad refer to the Ref erence Guide If you attempt to assign a sample that would exceed the memory capacity an error message of Memory Full will be displayed and the assignment will ...

Page 205: ...e the TRIM OUT command to adjust the playback end location Trimming a sample will not increase the sample size that can be assigned to the sampling pads 1 In the SAMPLING PAD section press the EDIT pad F4 The PAD Edit page will appear 2 Move the cursor to the TRIM IN menu if you wish to edit the playback start location or the TRIM OUT menu if you wish to edit the playback end location and press th...

Page 206: ... 5 Press the ENTER key The cursor will return to the PAD button 6 Move the cursor to the TRIM IN button if editing the playback start location or the TRIM OUT button if editing the playback end location and press the ENTER key The cursor will move to the trim value field 1 TRIM IN TRIM OUT Here you can specify the amount of trimming in units of a sample B Bank pad number This displays the bank and...

Page 207: ...dow will appear asking you to confirm the trimming operation 10 To execute the trimming operation move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key The beginning or end of the sample will be deleted as you specified Strike the pad to hear the results Once you execute the trimming operation it cannot be reversed by pressing the UNDO key If you wish to make fine adjustments again you must re ...

Page 208: ...enu and press the ENTER key The display will show the PAD button used to select a pad and the NAME button used to assign a name 3 Move the cursor to the PAD button and press the ENTER key The cursor will move to the PAD No area at the lower right 4 Use the CURSOR keys and the DATA JOG dial to select the bank and number of the pad that you wish to name 5 Press the ENTER key The cursor will return t...

Page 209: ...press the ENTER key Tip For details on inputting characters refer to page 60 Erasing a pad sample and name Here s how to erase the sample and name assigned to a pad returning that pad to the initial state 1 In the SAMPLING PAD section press the EDIT pad F4 key The SAMP PAD screen PAD Edit page will appear 2 Move the cursor to the ERASE button and press the ENTER key The display will show the PAD b...

Page 210: ...ect the bank and pad number of the pad that you wish to erase 5 Press the ENTER key Press the ENTER key The pad will be selected and the cursor will return to the PAD button 6 Move the cursor to the EXECUTE button and press the ENTER key A popup window will appear asking you to confirm that you wish to erase the pad settings 7 To execute the Erase command move the cursor to the OK button and press...

Page 211: ...e will appear allowing you to record your pad performance This screen shows the following information 1 PAD The bank and number of the pads that will be recorded played B NAME pad name This is the name assigned to each pad Pads to which no sample has been assigned will be displayed as NO ASN C R button This is the recording switch for each pad When you move the cursor and press the ENTER key to ch...

Page 212: ...st of commands G Parameter value area In this area you can set the parameters required to execute the command 2 Use the CURSOR keys and the ENTER key to switch the R column of the pad s you wish to record from O to 3 Start the recorder and strike the pads while listening to the playback of the audio tracks Trigger events will be recorded on the corresponding pad track 4 When you are finished perfo...

Page 213: ...ur new performance will be recorded Tip If you switch the M column of a pad from O to that pad track will be muted even if you play back the recorder Copying a pad performance Here s how to copy a recorded pad performance to another location 1 In the SAMPLING PAD section press the EDIT pad F5 key The Trig List page will appear 2 Move the cursor to the COPY menu and press the ENTER key The paramete...

Page 214: ...ill be copied TIMES copy times Specify the number of times that the data will be copied The pattern selected as the copy source will be copied repeatedly INTERVAL When copying multiple times this parameter specifies the interval between copy destination patterns INSERT Specify whether the pattern will be inserted Insert or overwritten OverWrite at the copy destination EXECUTE This button executes ...

Page 215: ...ey The cursor will move to the parameter setting and the value of the selected parameter will be displayed 4 Use the DATA JOG dial to set the parameter and press the ENTER key The setting will change and the cursor will return to the parameter location of step 3 5 Repeat steps 3 4 to set the remaining parameters 6 Move the cursor to the EXECUTE button and press the ENTER key A popup window will ap...

Page 216: ...ist page will appear 2 Move the cursor to the ERASE menu and press the ENTER key The parameters for the Erase command will appear Each parameter has the fol lowing function PAD Select the pad track that will be erased START END Specify the beginning START and end END of the area that will be erased from the pad track selected by PAD EXECUTE This button executes the Erase command ERASE button ...

Page 217: ...will move to the parameter setting and the value of the selected parameter will be displayed 4 Use the DATA JOG dial to set the parameter and press the ENTER key The setting will change and the cursor will return to the parameter location of step 3 5 Repeat steps 3 4 to set the remaining parameters 6 Move the cursor to the EXECUTE button and press the ENTER key A popup window will appear asking yo...

Page 218: ...About scene numbers There are 97 scene numbers numbered 00 96 Of these scenes can be stored in scene numbers 01 96 Scene number 00 contains a scene that returns the param eters to the initial state of the AW4416 and is for recall only Mix parameters Fader locations for all channels and buses input channels 1 24 recorder monitor channels 1 16 AUX send levels 1 8 effect returns 1 2 stereo ON key set...

Page 219: ...symbol will appear indi cating that the scene is read only Storing a scene Here s how to assign a name to the current scene and store it in a scene memory 1 Press the SCENE key F1 key The Scene Mem page of the SCENE screen will appear A list of the scenes scene numbers and scene names stored in scene memory will be shown in the center of the display The last recalled scene will be highlighted in t...

Page 220: ... dial to specify the name of the scene For details on inputting characters refer to page 60 5 To store the scene move the cursor to the OK button in the screen and press the ENTER key The scene will be stored and the AW4416 will be in the same state as when the store destination scene number of step 2 is recalled To cancel without storing the scene move the cursor to the CANCEL button and press th...

Page 221: ...he ENTER key When you execute the recall the data of the current scene will be discarded If you will need to reproduce the current scene you must save it before recalling another scene Tip You can use the keys of the SCENE MEMORY section to recall a scene even when you are in a screen other than the SCENE screen Scene Mem page For details refer to page 212 You can use program changes to recall AW4...

Page 222: ...e whose protect setting is on or scene number 00 3 Use the CURSOR keys to move the cursor to the TITLE EDIT button in the upper left of the display and press the ENTER key The TITLE EDIT popup window will appear allowing you to edit the scene name 4 Use the CURSOR keys and the ENTER key to input the new scene name 5 To finalize the edited scene name move the cursor to the OK button and press the E...

Page 223: ...scene number that has not been stored or scene num ber 00 3 Use the CURSOR keys to move the cursor to the PRO TECTION field and press the ENTER key The button display will change from OFF to ON indicating that the selected scene is protected Scenes that are protected will be indicated by a lock icon displayed in the PRT column of the list 4 To turn protect off use the DATA JOG dial to select a pro...

Page 224: ...uttons Turn protect on off for scene numbers 51 96 Changing the order of scenes Any scene saved in scene numbers 01 96 can be moved to a different scene number 1 Press the SCENE key F4 key In this example scene names A B C and D have been saved in scene numbers 01 04 2 Press the CURSOR key to move the cursor to the list at left SOURCE and use the DATA JOG dial to select the move source scene In th...

Page 225: ...tion In this example we will select a location between scene numbers 01 and 02 4 To move the scene press the CURSOR key to move the cursor to the EXECUTE button and press the ENTER key Scene D will move to scene number 02 and the scene numbers of scenes B and C will be incremented In this example scene numbers 01 04 will be rear ranged in the order of scenes A D B and C ...

Page 226: ...he STORE key The TITLE EDIT popup window will appear in the display allowing you to specify the scene name 3 As desired use the CURSOR keys and the ENTER key to specify the scene name 4 To execute the Store operation move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key Tip If desired you can cause the Store operation to be executed immediately when you press the STORE key instead of accessing ...

Page 227: ...Press the RECALL key A popup window will appear in the display asking you to confirm the recall 3 To execute the recall move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key Tip If desired you can cause the Recall operation to be executed immediately when you press the RECALL key instead of accessing the popup window For details on this setting refer to the Reference Guide UTILITY screen Prefer...

Page 228: ...n operations EQ operations and scene mem ory recall operations etc in separate passes or use punch in out to re record spe cific items The timing and values of individual pieces of recorded data referred to as events can be edited off line i e with automix stopped Up to sixteen different automixes can be stored in internal memory for a song and you can recall and use any one of these automixes as ...

Page 229: ...will be the starting point for recording the automix Alternatively if you wish to use a previously recorded scene as the starting point for the automix recall that scene 2 Press the AUTOMIX key F2 key The following display will appear 3 Move the cursor to the NEW MIX button in the upper right of the screen and press the ENTER key A message of Will Make New Automix ARE YOU SURE will appear 4 Move t...

Page 230: ...ME column This event recalls a scene at abso lute time location 00 00 00 000 of the song When you create a new automix data recalling the current scene the last recalled or stored scene will be written into this location This scene number or time can be modified later if desired Note If an event recalling the scene memory is not displayed when you press the F4 but ton make sure that the SCENE LIB ...

Page 231: ...hlighted and its title will change to ENABLE Now automix is on i e can be recorded or played Whenever automix is on the icon will always be displayed at the left of the on screen counter 5 Move the cursor to the OVERWRITE field Turn the FADER button on and turn off the remaining buttons CH ON PAN EQ The FADER CH ON PAN EQ buttons in the OVERWRITE field are used to select the events that will be re...

Page 232: ...corded At this time the SEL keys will blink 8 Press the PLAY key on the top panel to begin song playback When you press the PLAY key the REC button in the screen will turn on high lighted and automix recording will begin While automix is being recorded the symbol at the left of the on screen counter will be highlighted 9 While listening to the song operate the faders of each channel 10 When you ha...

Page 233: ... recording will stop but the song will continue playing Even after updating the automix content you still move the cursor to the UNDO button in the right side of the screen and press the ENTER key to return the automix to its state before recording Undo The front panel UNDO key cannot be used to undo automix Playing back automix Here s how to play back the recorded automix 1 Press the AUTOMIX key ...

Page 234: ...erwriting events New data can be overwritten added or rewritten onto a previously recorded automix either on a different channel or different mix element on the same chan nel For example after recording fader operations for monitor channel 1 you can then record fader operations for monitor channel 2 or record pan operations on the same channel The following explanation shows pan or EQ operations c...

Page 235: ...e top panel PLAY key to begin song playback Simultaneously with the start of song playback the previously recorded automix will also play back 9 While listening to the song operate the PAN control When recording pan or EQ operations in the automix it is convenient to use the PAN EQ controls at the right of the display Note When you operate the PAN control and EQ controls the pan and EQ settings of...

Page 236: ... than the location where you wish to punch in If you will be punching in out repeatedly on the automix it is convenient to set a locate point at a location earlier than the intended punch in For details on locate points refer to page 109 3 Press the AUTOMIX key F1 key Make sure that the AUTOMIX button is displayed as ENABLE 4 Move the cursor to the OVERWRITE field Turn the PAN button on and the re...

Page 237: ...ing channel will go dark and recording will end punch out Automix will still be in a recordable state but recording will not actually occur since no recording channel is selected Note If you did not operate the PAN control in step 8 the currently recorded pan oper ation events between the punch in and punch out locations will be erased This method can be used to erase specific events from the corr...

Page 238: ...XING LAYER section 2 Locate the song to a point slightly earlier that where you wish to punch in 3 Press the AUTOMIX key F1 key Make sure that the button in the AUTOMIX field is displayed as ENABLE 4 Move the cursor to the OVERWRITE field Turn the FADER button on and the other buttons CH ON PAN EQ off 5 Press the F3 key A page will appear in which the current locations for the faders of each chann...

Page 239: ... at the instant you press the SEL key When you operate the fader the previously recorded position of the fader and the position currently being recorded will both be displayed in the bar graph The upward or downward arrow shown beside the bar graph indicates the direction in which you can move the fader to return to the previously recorded position 10 When you are finished operating the fader pres...

Page 240: ...ne memory or library recall operations Event times are always displayed as absolute song time For this reason we rec ommend that you display the absolute song time in the counter when editing events off line P 39 As an example we will explain how to edit a scene recall or library recall event 1 Press the AUTOMIX key F4 key The EventList page will appear displaying a list of the events recorded in ...

Page 241: ...is area will depend on which of the buttons above has been pressed When the SCENE LIB button is on the following events can be selected SCENE Scene memories The value at the right is the number of the scene that will be recalled EQ Lib EQ libraries The value at the right is the number of the EQ library that will be recalled DY Lib Dynamics libraries The value at the right is the number of the dyna...

Page 242: ...f the channel selected by the SEL key 6 To add a new event move the cursor to the DUPLICATE button in the upper right of the screen and press the ENTER key The event currently selected for editing will be duplicated Modify its timing event type and value as desired 7 To delete an unwanted event move the cursor to the DELETE button in the upper right of the screen and press the ENTER key The event ...

Page 243: ...e the cursor to the list in the center of the screen and rotate the DATA JOG dial to select the store destination automix number You can select automix numbers 01 16 Vacant automix numbers will be dis played in the list as No Data 3 Move the cursor to the STORE button located at the left of the list and press the ENTER key A screen will appear where you can input the automix name Assign a name of ...

Page 244: ...tomix into the same automix number The internal automix memory is shared between the current automix and a max imum of sixteen stored automixes This means that if the current automix occu pies a large amount of automix memory it may be impossible to store the automix even if there are vacant automix numbers in the list If this occurs clear previously saved automix data that you no longer need Refe...

Page 245: ...ATA JOG dial to select the automix number that you wish to recall 3 Move the cursor to the RECALL button located at the left of the list and press the ENTER key A message will ask you to confirm that you wish to recall the automix number selected in step 2 4 Move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key The recall will be executed and the current automix will be replaced by the automix ...

Page 246: ...ansmitted to an external device when you select scenes on the AW4416 Synchronize with an external device via MTC MIDI Clock Synchronization messages such as MTC MIDI Time Code or MIDI Clock can be transmitted from the AW4416 to an external device such as a MIDI sequencer so that it will operate in synchronization with the AW4416 song MTC can also be received by the AW4416 Remote control via MMC MM...

Page 247: ...onnector without change MTC OUT connector This is a dedicated output connector for MTC TO HOST connector A separately sold cable can be used to connect this to the serial port of your com puter allowing MIDI messages to be exchanged directly between the AW4416 and your computer In order to use this connector you will need to set the MIDI port setting to TO HOST PC1 TO HOST PC 2 or TO HOST MAC depe...

Page 248: ...TION PROFESSIONAL AUDIO WORKSTATION RS 232C DB 9 TO HOST connector TO HOST connector Connection cable YAMAHA CCJ PC2 MODEM port IBM PC series AW4416 Apple Macintosh series Connection to an IBM PC series computer Connection cable YAMAHA CCJ MAC AW4416 Connection to an Apple Macintosh series computer PORT SELECT Setting TO HOST PC2 PORT SELECT Setting TO HOST MAC mini DIN 8 pin 8 CTS 7 RTS 2 RxD 5 G...

Page 249: ...you to make MIDI related settings for the AW4416 2 Move the cursor to the PORT SELECT knob and use the DATA JOG dial to select the setting appropriate for your computer The following types of computer require the following PORT SELECT parameter settings IBM PC series TO HOST PC 2 38 4 kbps Apple Macintosh series models with modem printer port TO HOST MAC Depending on your system you may need separ...

Page 250: ...416 will transmit and receive and specify whether program changes and control changes will be transmitted and received 3 Move the cursor to the RX receive button in the PROGRAM CHANGE area and press the ENTER key The button will change from OFF to ON With this setting program changes can be received 4 Move the cursor to the Rx CH knob in the MIDI CHANNEL area and rotate the DATA JOG dial to select...

Page 251: ...e right of the screen and press the ENTER key the scene number assignments will be initialized scene numbers 01 96 will be assigned to program numbers 1 96 and scene number 00 will be assigned to program change 100 All other program change numbers will be NO ASSIGN 6 Move the cursor to the PGM CHG column and use the DATA JOG dial to select a program change number 1 128 7 Move the cursor to the rig...

Page 252: ...will cause only the lowest of the assigned pro gram change numbers to be transmitted When you recall a scene number to which no program change is assigned no program change will be transmitted 8 Transmit a program change message from the external device The AW4416 will recall the scene corresponding to the program change that was received Tip When you use the AW4416 s keys to recall a scene you ca...

Page 253: ...he MIDI key and then press the F2 key The following screen will appear in the display 3 Move the cursor to the MASTER button in the MTC SYNC area and press the ENTER key With this setting the AW4416 will function as the MTC master the device that transmits MTC 4 Move the cursor to the MTC button in the SYNC OUT area and press the ENTER key With this setting MTC will be transmitted from the MTC OUT...

Page 254: ...me rate setting of the sequencer matches the setting that you selected in step 6 With these settings the MIDI sequencer will be the MTC slave the device that receives MTC 9 Record or play back the AW4416 song When the AW4416 begins running MTC will be transmitted from the MTC OUT connector to the external MIDI sequencer causing it to begin synchronized oper ation from the same location It is possi...

Page 255: ...the AW4416 s MIDI OUT connector to the MIDI IN connector of your MIDI sequencer 2 Press the MIDI key and then press the F1 key The MIDI Setup screen will appear in the display 3 Move the cursor to the OUT button of the MIDI OUT SEL area and press the ENTER key The MIDI OUT SEL buttons select whether the MIDI OUT THRU connector will function as a MIDI OUT connector when the OUT button is on or as a...

Page 256: ...rter note units With this setting you will be able to specify locate positions in measure beat units 7 Press the SONG key and then press the F4 key The left side of the screen will show the beat map in which you can input time signature data for the song and the right side of the screen will show the tempo map in which you can input tempo data With the default settings for a song a time signature ...

Page 257: ...0 1 units over a range of 20 0 300 0 11 If you wish to change tempo in the middle of the song switch the EDIT SELECT buttons at the bottom of the screen to TEMPO Then move the cursor to the NEW button and press the ENTER key New tempo data will be added allowing you to specify the new location mea sure beat and tempo For details refer to the Song screen Tempo Map page in the Reference Guide 12 Mak...

Page 258: ...rnal MIDI sequencer while MTC is being used to synchronize the AW4416 and MIDI sequencer 1 Connect the AW4416 s MIDI IN connector to the MIDI OUT connector of the MIDI sequencer and connect the AW4416 s MTC OUT connector to the MIDI IN connector of the MIDI sequencer In this case the MIDI sequencer will be the MMC master the device transmitting MTC and MTC slave and the AW4416 will be the MMC slav...

Page 259: ... device ID 1 6 On your MIDI sequencer set the device ID of the MMC device to be controlled to the same setting as in step 5 Note If necessary you can specify the AW4416 recording track after step 6 and control recording operations in step 7 For details on selecting the recording track and on controlling record operations refer to the manual for your MIDI sequencer 7 Start playback on your MIDI seq...

Page 260: ...up destination you must first select the backup format 1 Press the UTILITY key F4 key The UTILITY screen Prefer 3 page will appear in the display 2 Move the cursor to the button in the REMOVABLE BACKUP area and select either TYPE1 or TYPE2 as the backup format Each time you press the ENTER key the button display will alternate between TYPE1 and TYPE2 The difference between these formats is describ...

Page 261: ...dy contains data backed up in the same format How ever it is not possible to backup data that extends across multiple volumes Before you can use this format to backup on newly purchased media you must first manually format the media Backing up a song If TYPE1 is selected as the backup format the media will automatically be formatted before the backup is performed If TYPE2 is selected as the backup...

Page 262: ... that you wish to backup 4 Move the cursor to the button in the BACKUP SONG area and press the ENTER key The button display will change from DISABLE to ENABLE and the song will be selected for backup The O symbol at the left edge of the list will change to for songs that are selected for backup Tip You can repeat steps 3 and 4 to select multiple songs for backup If you wish to backup all songs mov...

Page 263: ...ess the ENTER key In the case of removable media such as MO make sure that write protect is defeated If the backup extends across multiple volumes of media be sure to note the order of volumes on the label of the media Once backup has begun the operation cannot be cancelled Restoring a song Here s how data for the selected song s or all songs previously backed up to a SCSI device e g internal CD R...

Page 264: ...e The O symbol at the left edge of the list will change to for songs that are selected for restore You can select multiple songs for restoring If you wish to restore all songs move the cursor to the ALL ENABLE button in the center of the display and press the ENTER key Conversely if you wish to exclude all songs from the restore operation move the cursor to the ALL DISABLE button and press the ENT...

Page 265: ...o identically named songs If the internal hard disk does not have sufficient free space to load the backup data the restore operation will not be executed Disk utilities This section explains the disk utility functions such as formatting the internal hard disk or external SCSI device and erasing CD RW media Formatting the internal hard disk external SCSI device Here s how to format the internal ha...

Page 266: ...mat operation 4 Move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key A popup window will appear once again asking you to confirm that you really want to format the internal hard disk Tip If you decide to cancel the format operation move the cursor to the CANCEL button and press the ENTER key 5 Once again move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key Formatting will begin When format...

Page 267: ...ear asking you to confirm the Format operation 5 Move the cursor to the TYPE area and rotate the DATA JOG dial to select one of the following two types of file system that will be created during the formatting operation ORIGINAL This is the native file system of the AW4416 Select this file system if you have selected TYPE2 as the backup format FAT 16 This is the file system used on PC type compute...

Page 268: ... PC type computers e g Windows 95 or Windows 98 machines Select this file system if you wish to exchange files with a PC 4 Move the cursor to either the QUICK or the NORMAL button and press the ENTER key The formatting method will depend on the button you select QUICK quick format Use this when you wish to quickly erase data from a previously formatted MO disk NORMAL normal format Use this when fo...

Page 269: ...e erased in one of the following two ways SIMPLE Only the table of contents TOC of the data written on the CD RW will be erased This method has the advantage of being fast PERFECT All data written on the CD RW media will be erased This will take significantly longer than SIMPLE but can be selected when you want to be sure that the data is completely erased Move the cursor to one of these methods a...

Page 270: ...e way as an audio CD Some CD players and CD ROM drives which do not support CD R RW may be unable to play back audio data that was written on CD R RW media Stereo tracks that can be mastered To master a song you will select the desired stereo track from the stereo track included in each song on the internal hard disk and write it to a track on the CD R RW media However only stereo tracks more than...

Page 271: ... R CD RW media to which audio data has been written by the AW4416 s mastering function can be played back on a CD RW drive or on some CD players However caution is nec essary since many CD players do not support CD RW at the present time The following table shows compatibility between CD R CD RW media on which audio data has been recorded and CD RW drives and CD players playable O playable on most...

Page 272: ... on a CD RW drive or on a conventional CD player you must perform the Finalize operation to write track location data etc on the disc after all tracks have been written No further recording is possible on CD R media that has been finalized Disc At Once This method writes the data for all tracks in one operation and can be used for either CD R or CD RW media Unlike the Track At Once method the oper...

Page 273: ...his test before mastering but you may perform the test if desired or execute only the test by itself Here s how to make these settings 1 Press the UTILITY key F4 key The UTILITY screen Prefer 3 page will appear 2 To perform the writing test turn the TEST button on and the WRITE but ton on in the MASTERING MODE area 3 To execute only the writing test turn the TEST button on and the WRITE button off...

Page 274: ... hold down SHIFT and press the F1 key CD LOAD The tray will close 4 Use the DATA JOG dial to select the SCSI ID number of the AW4416 s internal CD RW drive and press the ENTER key In the MASTERING screen you can access all stereo tracks 44 1 kHz sam pling frequency saved on the internal hard disk Thus it is not necessary that the stereo track be part of the current song However the mastering funct...

Page 275: ...can be used The following screen is an example of when you have inserted CD R media in the tray moved the cursor to TRACK AT ONCE and pressed the ENTER key 6 Move the cursor to the NEW button at the bottom of the display and press the ENTER key The list in the right of the display will show information the name of the song containing the stereo track the size of the stereo track and the copy prote...

Page 276: ...n and press the ENTER key The COPYRIGHT button specifies whether copy prohibit data will be written into the subcode channel of the CD When the button is displayed as PROHIBIT a symbol will be displayed in the COPY column of the corresponding track and digital copying will be prohibited for that track If you switch the COPYRIGHT button to PERMIT digital copying will be allowed for that track 9 Rep...

Page 277: ...ide to cancel the disc writing operation move the cursor to CANCEL and press the ENTER key After all data has been written the media will be ejected automatically Tip If Writing Test is turned on the writing test will be executed before the actual writing begins If a problem occurs during the test a message will appear If you write using Disc At Once the media can be played in a CD player as soon ...

Page 278: ...al CD player In order to use a CD player to play CD R media on which you have written data use the following procedure to execute the Finalize operation 1 Press the MASTERING key 2 Place the CD R media that you wish to finalize on the CD RW drive tray 3 Move the cursor to the TRACK AT ONCE button and press the ENTER key The FINALIZE button will appear at the left of the TRACK AT ONCE button The li...

Page 279: ... Play function By using the AW4416 s CD Play function CD R RW media that contains audio data can be played back from the internal CD RW drive or from an external CD RW drive connected to the SCSI connector 1 Press the CD PLAY key The CD PLAY screen will appear in the display 2 Use the DATA JOG dial to select the SCSI ID of the CD RW drive and press the ENTER key 3 Hold down the SHIFT key and press...

Page 280: ...u are using the CD Play function 6 Use the Locate section keys to select the track that you wish to play 7 To begin playback press the Transport section PLAY key The audio output of the CD RW drive will be sent directly to the stereo bus Use the STEREO fader to adjust the volume 8 To stop playback press the STOP key Tip While playback is stopped you can press and hold the REW FF keys to rewind or ...

Page 281: ...YAMAHA CORPORATION V618350 R0 1 IP 284 Pro Audio Digital Musical Instrument Division P O Box 3 Hamamatsu 430 8651 Japan 00 08 7000 AP Printed in Japan ...

Page 282: ...PROFESSIONAL AUDIO WORKSTATION E Reference Guide ...

Page 283: ...6 7 QUICK REC screen 8 Quick Rec page 8 Simultaneously recording 16 inputs 16 tracks 8 MASTERING screen 10 Write CD page 10 Using a CD RW drive to create an audio CD 10 CD PLAY screen 12 CD Play page 12 Use the CD RW drive to play an audio CD 12 SET UP screen 14 Patch IN page 14 Patching a signal to a channel track 14 Patch OUT page 16 Patch signals to output jacks 16 Patch Lib page 18 Store or re...

Page 284: ... 35 Make overall settings for the AW4416 2 35 Prefer 3 page 37 Make overall settings for the AW4416 3 37 MIDI screen 39 MIDI Setup page 39 Make basic MIDI settings 39 MIDI Sync page 41 Make settings related to MIDI synchronization 41 PGM Asgn page 43 Assign a scene number to each program change number 43 VIEW screen 44 CH View page 44 View all parameters of a channel 44 Library page 47 Store or re...

Page 285: ...2 Dly ø1 16 Dly ø17 24 Dly øMONI pages 65 Set delay and phase 65 AUX1 AUX6 screens 67 Pre Pst IN Pre Pst MONI pages 67 Make on off and pre post settings for the AUX sends 67 AUX7 EFF1 and AUX8 EFF2 screens 69 Eff Edit page 69 Edit internal effects 1 2 69 Library page 71 Store or recall an effect program 71 Pre Pst IN Pre Pst MONI pages 73 Make on off and pre post settings for the effect sends 73 H...

Page 286: ...e 94 Switching virtual tracks 94 Stereo page 95 Playing or erasing the stereo track 95 Mark Adj page 97 Adjust or erase locate points or markers 97 EDIT screen 99 TR Edit page 99 Edit tracks 99 V TR Edit page 107 Edit virtual tracks 107 CD Import page 109 Import CD DA to an audio track 109 WavImport page 111 Import a WAV file to an audio track 111 TR Import page 113 Import a track from an existing...

Page 287: ... RCL Safe page 127 Make fader recall safe settings 127 Sort page 128 Sort scenes 128 Appendix 1 Preset EQ Program Parameters 2 Preset Effects Programs 6 Effects Parameters 8 Dynamics Processors 24 Preset Dynamics Programs 24 Preset Dynamics Program Parameters 29 Troubleshooting 35 Display message list 39 Messages 39 Popup messages 41 Specifications 43 General Specifications 43 Mixer section 44 Rec...

Page 288: ...R key to switch this button on off regardless of the cursor loca tion the EQ type to H SHELF shelving and turning it all the way in the counter clockwise direction will switch the EQ type to LPF low pass filter Range 10 0 10 HPF L SHELF LOW band only LPF H SHELF HIGH band only 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 EQ ATT GRP screen Additional functions in the EQ Att page In the EQ Att page you can press the S...

Page 289: ...g BIT FS Quantization bit number sampling frequency of the song PRT Song protect on off P 2 Tip If song protect is on the PRT column will show B SELECTED SONG NAME This shows the name of the song selected by the cursor This field is for display only and cannot be edited C COMMENT This shows the comment of the song selected by the cursor This field is for display only and can not be edited D LOAD b...

Page 290: ...conds TIME CODE button The counter will be displayed as time code hours minutes seconds frames sub frames MEASURE button The counter will be displayed as measures measures beats ticks Tip The display method you select here will also affect how the track editing range is specified EDIT screen TR Edit page and how locate points are displayed TRACK screen Mark Adj page etc F PROTECT This specifies th...

Page 291: ...art point and end point refer to the explanation in TRACK screen Mark Adj page I RGN FADE TIME region fade time This parameter automatically fades in fades out the starting and ending point of regions You can select from 3 5 10 20 or 45 msec as the time over which the fade in out will take place region fade time The default setting is 5 msec Tip If the level changes abruptly at the start end point...

Page 292: ...ing on the operation you may be able to select more than one song for edit ing B DELETE button This button deletes the song marked by the E symbol from the internal hard disk The current song cannot be deleted A deleted song is gone forever Use this operation with caution C COPY button This button copies the song marked by the E symbol onto the internal hard disk D OPTIMIZE button This button opti...

Page 293: ...rsor to this area and rotate the DATA JOG dial to specify the time signature 2 1 8 8 for that measure The numerator and denominator of the time signature can be set independently Tip When the AW4416 is in the default state time signature data of 4 4 is already input at measure 1 It is not possible to move the time signature data of measure 1 It is not possible to place two time signatures at the s...

Page 294: ...t step number that is currently input Tip For details on inputting the tempo map refer to Operation Guide Chapter 15 MIDI A maximum of 26 time signature data tempo data items can be input in the METER area TEMPO area E INS button When you move the cursor to this button and press the ENTER key new time signature tempo data will be inserted after the currently selected time signature tempo data F DE...

Page 295: ...wn here in the song list is the data for when the song was last saved When you perform the Save pro cedure and press the ENTER key it will be overwritten by the new data B EXECUTE button In this page the cursor is fixed at the EXECUTE button so you can shut down simply by press ing the ENTER key For details on the order in which the AW4416 and peripheral devices should be shut down refer to Operat...

Page 296: ...jacks 1 8 SLOT1 1 8 INPUT 1 8 of an I O card slot 1 SLOT2 1 8 INPUT 1 8 of an I O card slot 2 Tip It is possible to select the same source for 1 and 2 In this case the same signal will be sent to tracks 1 8 and tracks 9 16 C EXECUTE button When you move the cursor to this button and press the ENTER key the settings of the AW4416 will change as follows Mix parameters such as fader pan and EQ for ea...

Page 297: ...tings for tracks 1 16 press the ALL SAFE key For details on operation of the Quick Rec function refer to Operation Guide Chapter 8 Patching Input channels 1 8 Input channels 9 16 Mixer section Input patch 8 8 Input jacks 1 8 I O card SLOT1 1 8 I O card SLOT2 1 8 Recorder input patch Recorder section Tracks 1 8 Tracks 9 16 1 Input select 1 8 2 Input select 9 16 Input jacks 1 8 I O card SLOT1 1 8 I ...

Page 298: ... writ ten using Track At Once to be playable on a CD player Tip If you used Disc At Once to write the data finalize will be performed automatically For this reason the FINALIZE button will be dis played only if the TRACK AT ONCE button 3 is turned on C TRACK AT ONCE button D DISC AT ONCE button Use these buttons to select the way in which data will be written to the CD R RW media either Track At O...

Page 299: ... audio track currently selected in the track list Move the cursor to this button and press the ENTER key to switch between the following two button dis plays PROHIBIT Digital copying of the corresponding track will be prohibited PERMIT Digital copying of the corresponding track will be permitted Tip If the button is displayed as PROHIBIT an symbol will be displayed in the COPY column of the track ...

Page 300: ...dio signal is routed through the stereo output channel and output from the STEREO OUT jacks Use the STEREO fader to adjust the volume During this time the signals of other channels will not be sent to the stereo output channel For details on the CD Play function refer to Operation Guide Chapter 17 Mastering C Counter This displays the track number TRACK cur rently selected in the track list 4 and ...

Page 301: ...dditional functions in the CD Play page In the CD Play page you can press the SHIFT key to assign the following functions to the F1 F2 keys F1 CD LOAD key Close the tray of the CD RW drive F2 CD UNLOAD key Eject the tray of the CD RW drive F1 F2 ...

Page 302: ...input channels 1 24 and return channels 1 2 The fol lowing signals can be assigned to each channel Input channels 1 24 Return channels 1 2 B EFFECT PATCH Select whether effects 1 2 will be used via AUX send return AUX7 AUX8 or inserted into a specified channel INSERT For details on oper ation refer to Operation Guide Chapter 10 Internal effects 2 1 3 Display Signal type AD 1 AD 8 INPUT jacks 1 8 S...

Page 303: ... inputs 1 16 Tip For detai ls on operations in the Patch IN page refer to Operation Guide Chapter 8 Patching Additional functions in the Patch IN page In the Patch IN page you can press the SHIFT key to assign the following function to the F1 key F1 CHANGE TAB key Switch between the following two tab displays Display Signal type BUS 1 BUS 8 Bus 1 8 DIR 1 DIR16 Input channel direct out 1 16 F1 ...

Page 304: ... M button SETU button Patch OUT tab Screen functions A OMNI OUT ASSIGN Select the signals that will be output from the OMNI OUT 1 4 jacks The following signals can be assigned B D ST OUT ASSIGN digital stereo out assign C ST OUT ASSIGN stereo out assign These respectively select the pair of signals that will be output from the DIGITAL STEREO OUT jack and the STEREO OUT jack The following signals c...

Page 305: ...ation in the Patch OUT page refer to Operation Guide Chapter 8 Patching Additional functions in the Patch OUT page In the Patch OUT page you can press the SHIFT key to assign the following function to the F1 key F1 CHANGE TAB key Switch between the two tab displays Display Signal type BUS 1 BUS 8 Buses 1 8 DIR 1 DIR16 Input channel direct out 1 16 AUX 1 AUX 8 AUX buses 1 8 RDR 1 RDR16 Recorder dir...

Page 306: ...be displayed as white characters on black background D TRACK 1 8 9 16 This area displays symbols to indicate the track inputs to which buses 1 8 and the direct output of the input channel currently selected by the SEL key are patched E Input meter This shows the input level of the odd numbered even numbered channels adjacent to the channel selected in 1 or the output level of the stereo output cha...

Page 307: ...y selected patching settings from the list This is the same function as the 7 RECALL button F4 STORE key Store the current patching settings This is the same function as the 8 STORE button To store the patching settings into a library Procedure 1 Access the SET UP screen Patch Lib page 2 Use the DATA JOG dial to select the library number 1 20 into which you wish to store the settings 3 Move the cu...

Page 308: ...ect one of the following clock source to which the AW4416 will synchronize SLOT 1 1 2 7 8 SLOT 2 1 2 7 8 The input signal from a digital I O card installed in OPTION I O slots 1 2 will be the clock source One pair of digital I O card input chan nels 1 2 7 8 can be selected INT The internal clock of the AW4416 will be used as the clock source D ST IN The word clock data included in the input sig na...

Page 309: ...dial to make fine adjustments to the sam pling frequency over a range of 5 97 6 00 E STEREO BUS CASCADE This selects whether the digital device con nected to the DIGITAL STEREO IN jack will be cascaded with the stereo bus of the AW4416 When you move the cursor to the DISABLE button and press the ENTER key the button display will change to ENABLE and the input signal from the DIGITAL STEREO IN jack...

Page 310: ...P key press the SHIFT key F1 CHANGE TAB key to switch the tabs Mouse operation M button SETU button Monitor tab Screen functions A CHANNEL STATUS MONITOR This area monitors the state of the digital input signals from the DIGITAL STEREO IN jack DIG ITAL ST IN or from a digital I O card installed in an OPTION I O slot OPTION INPUTS The following items are displayed Fs This shows the sampling frequen...

Page 311: ... the OPTION INPUTS area Additional functions in the Moni tor page In the Monitor page you can press the SHIFT key to assign the following function to the F1 key F1 CHANGE TAB key Switch between the two types of tab display Display Meaning GEN General use LASER OPTICAL Optical laser device such as a CD player D D Conv D D converter or signal pro cessor D Broadcast Digital broadcast Instrument Instr...

Page 312: ... I O slots OPTION OUT SLOT Tip Dithering is a process by which a small amount of noise is added to the signal in order to make the sound smoother prevent ing the obtrusive sound that can occur if bits are discarded when digital audio data is transmitted from a high resolution system to a lower resolution system for example when copying from a 24 bit system to a 16 bit sys tem For digital I O cards...

Page 313: ... tab Screen functions A REC TRACK In pairs of adjacent odd numbered even numbered tracks tracks 1 2 3 4 this indi cates the tracks for which you can specify dith ering and word length The settings for the stereo track are common to tracks 1 2 B ON OFF dithering on off Turn dithering on off for the data that is recorded on adjacent odd numbered even numbered tracks C WORD LENGTH BIT Select the word...

Page 314: ... or channels whose ON key is off MIXDOWN SOLO If this button is on the solo signal will be output via the stereo bus to the MONITOR OUT jacks PHONES jack When the Solo function is turned on only the channel s being soloed will be sent to the stereo bus and the remaining chan nels will be muted It is not possible to monitor channels that are not assigned to the stereo bus nor channels whose ON key ...

Page 315: ...t is sent to the SOLO bus when RECORDING SOLO mode is selected for 1 E SOLO SAFE CHANNEL This area selects the channels that will be excluded from the Solo function when MIX DOWN SOLO is selected for 1 Channels that are turned on in this area will not be affected when you press the SOLO key Additional functions in the Solo Setup page In the Solo Setup page you can press the SHIFT key to assign the...

Page 316: ... was last saved SIZE Data size of the song BIT FS Quantization word length sampling frequency of the song PRT Song protect on off setting B BACKUP SONG button This button selects whether the song currently selected in the song list 1 will be included in the backup ENABLE or excluded from the backup DISABLE Move the cursor to this but ton and press the ENTER key to switch between ENABLE and DISABLE...

Page 317: ...its of individual songs on one volume of media The selection of either TYPE 1 or TYPE 2 is made in the UTILITY screen Prefer 3 page P 37 For details on the song backup procedure refer to Operation Guide Chapter 16 Back ing up and restoring songs Additional functions in the Backup page In the Backup page you can press the SHIFT key to assign the following functions to the F1 F2 keys F1 CD LOAD key ...

Page 318: ...ed in the restore ENABLE or excluded from the restore DISABLE Move the cursor to this but ton and press the ENTER key to switch between ENABLE and DISABLE C ALL ENABLE button If you move the cursor to this button and press the ENTER key all songs will be selected for restore D ALL DISABLE button If you move the cursor to this button and press the ENTER key all songs will be excluded from the resto...

Page 319: ...type of drive that you select here If the internal hard disk or an external SCSI device MO or external hard disk is selected B EXECUTE button Execute formatting of the selected drive media Tip If a removable media drive e g MO is selected FORMAT column will appear before the Format operation is executed allowing you to select the file system that will be used for formatting and the format ting met...

Page 320: ...ported by your CD RW drive E CD RW MEDIA ERASE Use the following two buttons to specify how the CD RW media will be erased SIMPLE Only the TOC Table Of Con tents of the CD RW media will be erased PERFECT All data on the CD RW media will be erased Tip For details on erasing CD RW media refer to Operation Guide Chapter 16 Backing up and restoring songs When you execute the Erase operation all data o...

Page 321: ...ator on off Default OFF Sine waves and white noise have a higher sound pressure level than they appear to your ears Use caution since they may damage your speakers if played back at a high vol ume C LEVEL knob This knob adjusts the output level 96 dB 0 dB of the oscillator D WAVEFORM Use the following four buttons to select the waveform of the test tone oscillator SINE 100 Hz button 100 Hz sine wa...

Page 322: ...n settings will appear in the upper right of the display when you operate the EQ PAN controls C STORE CONFIRMATION D RECALL CONFIRMATION If the 3 or 4 buttons are ON a popup window will ask you to confirm the operation when stor ing or recalling a scene or library Default on E DIRECT OUT EXTRACT POSITION Use the following three buttons to select the position from which the signal will be taken for...

Page 323: ...econds of the ROLL BACK key For details on rollback refer to Operation Guide Chapter 6 Transport locate operations Default 5 seconds C PREROLL POSTROLL TIME Specify the pre roll time 0 5 seconds and post roll time 0 5 seconds used when you per form auto punch in out For details on pre roll time and post roll time refer to Operation Guide Chapter 7 Punch in out Default 5 seconds D FL METER FINE Sel...

Page 324: ... via a CD RW drive or the DIGITAL STEREO IN jack will be allowed ENABLE or not DISABLE When you move the cursor to the DISABLE button and press the ENTER key the following two page warning will be displayed If you select the YES button in the second page the button display will change to ENABLE H DIGITAL OUT COPYRIGHT This setting specifies whether SCMS Serial Copy Management System copy protect d...

Page 325: ...4 to specify the movement speed of the mouse pointer Higher value will produce faster movement C INT SCSI TERMINATOR internal SCSI terminator This switches the internal SCSI bus terminator on off For details on the terminator setting refer to Operation Guide Before you begin Default on D BATTERY This displays the state of the battery that oper ates the AW4416 s internal clock If the battery capaci...

Page 326: ...this button is on a test will be performed before writing data to the CD R RW media to see whether writing errors will occur Default off WRITE button This turns data writing on off If the TEST button on and the WRITE button off only the writ ing test will be executed Default on G CD BACKUP MODE Use the following three buttons to select the writing mode when backing up songs to CD R RW media TEST W...

Page 327: ...hat program num ber C PROGRAM CHANGE OMNI If this button is on program changes of all MIDI channels will be received regardless of the Rx receive channel setting D PROGRAM CHANGE ECHO If this button is on received program changes will be re transmitted without change thru ed from the MIDI OUT connector or TO HOST connector E CONTROL CHANGE ECHO If this button is on received control changes will be...

Page 328: ...sable with Macintosh computers that have a modem printer port On the software that you use set the clock to 1 MHz Setting Computer platform Port type Transmission speed MIDI MIDI compatible MIDI IN OUT THRU connectors 31 25 kbps TO HOST PC2 IBM PC compatible TO HOST connector 38 4 kbps TO HOST MAC Apple Macintosh series 1 TO HOST connector 31 25 kbps ...

Page 329: ...page P 39 B MTC SYNC Specify whether the AW4416 will be the MTC master MASTER or slave SLAVE when MTC is used to synchronize an AW4416 song with the operation of an external MIDI device If master is selected MTC messages will be transmitted from the MTC OUT connector in synchronization with the progress of the song If slave is selected the AW4416 song will follow the MTC messages received at the M...

Page 330: ...time code MTC received from the external device You can specify a range of 24 00 00 00 00 24 00 00 00 00 Tip The offset value you specify here does not affect the MTC that is transmitted from the MTC OUT connector of the AW4416 If you want the MTC transmitted from the MTC OUT connector to be shifted relative to the absolute time of the AW4416 you must adjust the Time Code Top SONG screen Set ting ...

Page 331: ...OG dial to select the program number B SCENE MEM No scene memory num ber This is the scene number assigned to each pro gram number Move the cursor to this area and rotate the DATA JOG dial to select the scene number C SCENE MEM TITLE scene memory title The scene name of each scene is displayed D INITIALIZE If you move the cursor to this button and press the ENTER key the scene number assignments w...

Page 332: ... the attenuation value B PHASE Switch between normal N and reverse R phase C EQ equalizer Turn the EQ on off This area also displays a graph showing the approximate response of the current EQ settings D DYNAMICS Turn the dynamics processor on off This area also displays a graph showing the approximate response of the current dynam ics processor settings E DELAY Turn the delay on off The delay time...

Page 333: ...air ing can also be set defeated in this page L ASSIGN button Use this button to insert an exter nal effect or internal effect into the channel Move the cursor to this button and press the ENTER key to access a screen like the following OFF button When this button is on an effect will not be inserted INT EFF 1 button When this button is on internal effect 1 will be inserted into the corresponding ...

Page 334: ...nnot be changed For the procedure of inserting an external effect into a channel refer to Operation Guide Chapter 8 Patching For the procedure of inserting an internal effect into a channel refer to Operation Guide Chapter 10 Internal effects M Fader This shows the current fader location both graphically and numerically The setting can also be edited in this page You can also move the cursor to th...

Page 335: ...ing text refer to page 60 of the Operation Guide Library numbers 0 and 1 are recall only pre set programs and their names cannot be edited Also numbers in which channel set tings have not been stored will be displayed as No Data and their title cannot be edited E RECALL button Recall the currently selected settings from the list If you select a number in which nothing has been stored and attempt t...

Page 336: ... on inputting characters refer to Operation Guide page 60 5 Move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key The settings will be stored When you execute the Store operation the channel settings that had previously been stored in that number will be lost To recall channel settings from the library 1 Select the channel into which you wish to recall the settings and access the VIEW screen Li...

Page 337: ...s return channels and monitor channels and set the bal ance of the stereo output channel Key operation EQ key F1 key Pan 1 16 F2 key Pan 17 24 F3 key Pan MONI Repeatedly press the PAN key until one of the screens shown at the right appear Mouse operation M button EQ button Pan 1 16 tab Pan 17 24 tab Pan MONI tab Pan 1 16 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 Pan 17 24 ...

Page 338: ...tton The pan of paired channels will be linked while preserving the existing spatial relationship INVERTED GANG button The pan of paired channels will be linked inversely On the AW4416 the pan of a channel can be adjusted in the following two ways 1 Use the SEL keys to select the desired channel and rotate the PAN control If AUTO PAN DISPLAY is turned ON in the UTILITY screen Prefer 1 page UTIL IT...

Page 339: ...els This is the same function as the INVERTED GANG but ton F4 ALL ROUT OFF key Turn off bus assign 1 8 buttons for all channels in the page F5 COPY PAN TO ALL key Copy the pan setting of the currently selected channel to all channels including the channels of other pages Copying pan settings to all chan nels Procedure 1 In the PAN screen move the cursor to the PAN knob of the copy source channel 2...

Page 340: ... symbol will be connected for chan nels buses that are paired and the button will be displayed as STEREO The heart symbol will be divided for channels buses that are not paired and the button will be displayed as MONO x2 Tip All parameters other than attenuation and pan will be linked for channels that are paired However pan will be linked if the pan mode is set to GANG or INVERTED GANG It will no...

Page 341: ... y x odd number y even num ber The parameters of the odd numbered channel bus except for attenuator and pan will be cop ied to the even numbered channel INPUT y x x odd number y even num ber The parameters of the even numbered channel bus except for attenuator and pan will be cop ied to the odd numbered channel RESET BOTH The parameters of both odd and even num bered channels buses will be reset t...

Page 342: ...nob all the way in the clockwise direction will switch the EQ type to L SHELF shelving and turning it all the way in the counter clockwise direction will switch the EQ type to HPF high pass filter For the HIGH band EQ turning the Q knob all the way in the clockwise direction will switch the EQ type to H SHELF shelving and turning it all the way in the counter clockwise direction will switch the EQ...

Page 343: ...ereo output channel is excepted Copying the attenuation setting to all channels Procedure 1 Access the EQ Att page for the copy source channel and move the cursor to the ATT knob 2 Press the SHIFT key F5 key A CONFIRMATION popup window will appear asking you to confirm the copy If the cursor is at a location other than the ATT knob a message of Can t Copy This Parameter will appear and the copy wi...

Page 344: ... For details on inputting characters refer to Opera tion Guide P 60 Library numbers 1 40 are recall only preset memories and their names cannot be changed Numbers in which no EQ program has been stored are displayed as No Data and their title cannot be changed E RECALL button Recall the currently selected EQ program from the list If you attempt to recall a number in which no data has been stored a...

Page 345: ...ary title as desired For details on inputting characters refer to Opera tion Guide P 60 5 Move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key The EQ settings will be stored Tip It is possible to store the EQ settings immedi ately without displaying the TITLE EDIT popup window To do so access the UTILITY screen Prefer 1 page UTILITY key F2 key and turn STORE CONFIRMATION off When you store the...

Page 346: ...the SEL key to select a channel that channel will be assigned to the corresponding fader group When you press the SEL key once again the channel will be removed from the fader group A channel cannot belong to more than one fader group If a channel that is already assigned to a fader group is assigned to another group only the newly assigned group will be valid B ENABLE button Turn fader groups A D...

Page 347: ...up When you press the SEL key once again the channel will be removed from the mute group Tip A mute group may contain both channels that are On and channels that are Off If a mute group contains channels that are On and channels that are Off operating the ON key of one of the channels will turn off the channels that are on and turn on the channels that are off A channel cannot belong to more than ...

Page 348: ... PRE EQ The pre EQ signal of the next channel to the left LEFT POST EQ or LEFT PRE EQ cannot be selected for input channel 1 monitor chan nel 1 or the stereo output channel Return channels 1 2 do not have dynamics processors Tip If either one of two paired channels exceeds the threshold level both channels will oper ate simultaneously B Channel If LEFT is selected as the KEYIN SOURCE 1 the key in ...

Page 349: ...his shows the output level of the dynamics processor in dB units H CURVE This graph shows the approximate response of the current dynamics processor settings I TYPE This shows the type of the currently selected dynamics processor The following types of dynamics processor are available COMP compressor EXPAND expander GATE COMPANDER HARD SOFT DUCKING The type cannot be changed in this page If you wi...

Page 350: ...tput level of the dynamics processor in dB units E TITLE EDIT button Use this when you wish to edit the name library title of the dynamics program saved in the library Move the cursor to the TITLE EDIT button and press the ENTER key to access the TITLE EDIT popup window where you can input the name You can input a library name of up to 16 characters Library numbers 1 40 are recall only preset prog...

Page 351: ...operations will apply to the pro gram enclosed by a dotted line in the library list In this page you can always use the DATA JOG dial to select the program regardless of where the cursor is located L CURVE TYPE Of the dynamics programs stored in the library the response and type of the currently selected dynamics program are shown in this area Additional functions in the Library page In the Librar...

Page 352: ...ing characters refer to Operation Guide P 60 The Store operation will be executed Recalling dynamics settings from the library Procedure 1 Select the recall destination channel and access the DYN DLY screen Library page 2 Use the DATA JOG dial to select the library number that you wish to recall 3 Move the cursor to the RECALL button and press the ENTER key A confirmation message will appear Tip I...

Page 353: ...ly øMONI tab Screen functions A Channel This displays the channels for which you can make delay and phase set tings B DELAY Set the delay time for the signal of each channel The upper row shows the delay in ms millisecond units and the lower row shows the delay in sample units Adjusting either one will cause the other value to change in tandem C ON OFF Switch the delay on off D ø phase Switch the ...

Page 354: ...py the delay time or phase setting selected by the cursor to all other channels Copying delay time or phase set tings to other channels 1 Access the DYN DLY screen Dly ø1 16 Dly ø17 24 Dly øMONI page 2 Move the cursor to the delay time param eter or the ø button of the copy source channel 3 Press the SHIFT key F5 key The following confirmation screen will appear 4 Move the cursor to the OK button ...

Page 355: ...st MONI tab Screen functions A Channels This area shows the channels whose AUX send pre post settings are being switched B ON OFF buttons These buttons are on off switches for the signal that is sent from each channel to the corresponding AUX bus C PRE POST buttons These buttons switch the signal sent from each channel to the cor responding AUX bus between pre fader and post fader locations D Send...

Page 356: ...can press the SHIFT key to assign the following func tions to the F1 F2 keys F1 GLOBAL PRE key Switch all channels in that page to pre fader This is the same function as the PRE button in the GBL area 5 F2 GLOBAL POST key Switch all channels in that page to post fader This is the same function as the POST button in the GBL area 5 F1 F2 ...

Page 357: ...rn or insertion is made in the SET UP screen Patch IN page B BYPASS ON OFF button This button switches effect bypass on off This ON OFF button can be switched by pressing the ENTER key regardless of where the cursor is located C CURRENT EFFECT NAME This shows the name of the currently used effect program D EFFECT TYPE This shows the name of the currently used effect type A graphic indicating the e...

Page 358: ...t sound If the effect is patched via AUX send return set this to 100 If the effect is inserted in a specific channel adjust this to the desired value Tip This knob will be located in the same place regardless of the effect type Additional functions in the Eff Edit page In the Eff Edit page you can press the SHIFT key to assign the following function to the F1 key F1 BYPASS ON OFF key Switch effect...

Page 359: ...e displayed as No Data and their name cannot be edited either E RECALL button Recall the currently selected effect program from the list If you select and attempt to recall a number in which nothing has been stored a message of ERROR NO DATA TO RECALL will appear and the recall will not take place F STORE button Store the current effect settings Library numbers 1 41 are recall only pre sets and ca...

Page 360: ...n and press the ENTER key The TITLE EDIT popup window will appear allowing you to assign a name to the effect pro gram 4 Input the library title as desired For details on inputting characters refer to Opera tion Guide P 60 A maximum of 16 characters can be input 5 Move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key The Store operation will be executed Tip It is possible to store the settings ...

Page 361: ...F 2 button Pre Pst IN tab Pre Pst MONI tab Screen functions A Channels This area shows the channels whose effect send pre post set tings are being switched B ON OFF buttons These buttons are on off switches for the signal that is sent from each channel to effect 1 2 C PRE POST buttons These buttons select either pre fader or post fader signals to be sent from each channel to the effect send D Send...

Page 362: ...d to the same effect creating a loop Additional functions in the Pre Pst IN Pre Pst MONI pages In the Pre Pst IN Pre Pst MONI pages you can press the SHIFT key to assign the following func tions to the F1 F2 keys F1 GLOBAL PRE key Switch all channels in that page to pre fader This is the same function as the PRE button in the GBL area 5 F2 GLOBAL POST key Switch all channels in that page to post f...

Page 363: ...its below each level meter B STEREO OUT LEVEL This shows the position of the STEREO fader in dB units C PRE EQ button D POST EQ button E POST FADER button Select one of these three buttons to select the location in the signal path pre EQ post EQ post fader whose level will be shown by the level meters Additional functions in the 1 24 Rtn page In the 1 24 Rtn page you can press the SHIFT key to ass...

Page 364: ... each chan nel is shown in dB units below each level meter B STEREO OUT LEVEL This shows the position of the STEREO fader in dB units C PRE EQ button D POST EQ button E POST FADER button Select one of these three buttons to select the location in the signal path pre EQ post EQ post fader whose level will be shown by the level meters Additional functions in the Moni tor page In the Monitor page you...

Page 365: ...buses 1 8 The fader location of each bus is shown in dB units below each fader Tip To adjust the value of a fader move the cur sor to the desired fader and rotate the DATA JOG dial C STEREO OUT LEVEL The location of the STEREO fader is shown in dB units D PRE FADER pre EQ button E POST FADER post EQ button Select one of these two buttons to select the location in the signal path pre fader post fad...

Page 366: ...signed to OMNI OUT jacks 1 4 can be selected in the SETUP screen Patch OUT page B STEREO OUT level meter This meters shows the output level of stereo out put C STEREO OUT LEVEL This shows the position of the STEREO fader in dB units D PRE FADER pre EQ button E POST FADER post EQ button Select one of these two buttons to select the location in the signal path pre fader post fader whose level will b...

Page 367: ...rted in slots 1 2 The type of signal assigned to each OUTPUT is indicated below each level meter Tip This page is for display only the assignments cannot be changed here The signals assigned to each OUTPUT of an option I O card can be selected in the SETUP screen Patch OUT page B STEREO OUT LEVEL The position of the STEREO fader is shown in dB units Additional functions in the Option page In the O...

Page 368: ...move the cursor to this button and press the ENTER key the region you selected in 2 will be assigned to the pad you selected in 1 D T track This column shows the track number 1 16 E N name This column shows the virtual track name Tracks in which nothing has been recorded are displayed as NO REC F V virtual track This column shows the virtual track number 1 8 selected for each track G Track view Th...

Page 369: ...st For details on the trigger list refer to the explanation for the SAMP PAD screen Trig List page P 88 When you press the SHIFT key F1 REMAIN key once again the usual counter display will reappear F2 X ZOOM IN key Each time you press the SHIFT key F2 X ZOOM IN key the track view 7 will zoom in horizontally three stages F3 X ZOOM OUT key Each time you press the SHIFT key F3 X ZOOM OUT key the trac...

Page 370: ...l to select a track The value at the right shows the total time of that track D EXTRACT POINT Select the area of the track specified in 3 that will be assigned to the pad in units of min utes seconds frames 1 75 seconds Move the cursor to this area and use the DATA JOG dial to specify the START start point and END end point Tip Later you can trim the sample assigned to the pad to make even finer a...

Page 371: ...bank will be selected e g A 1 A 2 B 1 B 2 and automati cally specified as a pair and the L R channels of the CD DA data will be assigned to these 5 Move the cursor to the TRACK TOTAL area and use the DATA JOG dial to select the track from which you wish to import 6 Move the cursor to the EXTRACT POINT area and use the DATA JOG dial to spec ify START start point and END end point to select the area...

Page 372: ... list of the WAV files on the internal CD RW drive or external SCSI device This list contains the following information FILE The file name directory name is displayed icons indicate WAV files and files indicate directories TOTAL The playback time of the WAV file is displayed in hours minutes seconds milliseconds TYPE The stereo monaural status of the WAV file and its quantization word length is di...

Page 373: ...f the list is selected for the operation Tip indicates the current directory and indicates the directory above To return to the next highest directory move the cursor to and press the ENTER key 5 Move the cursor to the ASSIGN TO area and use the DATA JOG dial to select the bank and pad number to which the WAV file will be assigned Tip If you select a stereo WAV file in step 4 a pair of adjacent od...

Page 374: ... Select the bank pad number of the pad that you wish to name NAME Access the NAME EDIT screen where you can input a name You can input a maximum of 8 characters Tip Immediately after a sample has been assigned to a pad a default name of Smpltr will be assigned automatically Undo is not possible after the pad name has been edited B ERASE This menu allows you to erase the sample and name assigned to...

Page 375: ...rease the available memory area E Pairing Here you can set or cancel pairing of adjacent odd numbered even numbered pads Move the cursor to the heart symbol and press the ENTER key to connect the heart symbol pair ing the two channels In this state pressing either of the pads will sound both pads simulta neously F PAD This column shows the bank and pad number A1 A8 B1 B8 G NAME pad name This colum...

Page 376: ...inning FR START and end FR END of the pad track selected in FR PAD that will be the copy source The specified portion of the performance will be the copy source pat tern TO PAD Specify the pad track to which you wish to copy TO START Specify the location in the pad track selected for TO PAD at which the data will be copied TIMES Specify the number of times the data will be copied If you specify a ...

Page 377: ...nge to and that pad track will no longer be played back If bank A B is selected by the BANK pad pads 1 8 of bank B A will be forcibly muted To cancel muting press the BANK switch to change banks G Pad track view The timing at which trigger events are played can be recorded separately for each pad on these tracks The bar graphs indicate the time from when a pad was pressed until it was released H P...

Page 378: ...chan nels 1 16 C NAME This column shows the name of the virtual track currently selected for each track 1 16 When you record something on a track a default name of V Tr x y x track number 1 16 y virtual track number 1 8 will be assigned automatically Tracks on which nothing has been recorded will be displayed as NO REC Tip Up to 16 characters can be specified as the name of a virtual track but onl...

Page 379: ...ls displayed at the bottom of the frame indicate locate points or markers that have been set in those locations The following types of symbols are displayed S Start point E End point I In point O Out point A A point B B point 1 99 Markers 1 99 H ALL MUTE OFF button This button defeats muting for all tracks Tracks that have been forcibly muted due to limitations on the number of simultaneously play...

Page 380: ...ress the SHIFT key to assign the following additional functions to the F1 F4 keys F1 REMAIN key The remaining recordable time will be dis played in the level meter counter and in the dis play counter area When you press the SHIFT key F1 REMAIN key once again the nor mal counter display will reappear Tip The remaining recordable time will differ depending on the number of tracks that are currently ...

Page 381: ... the DATA JOG dial toward the right will move the pointer forward and rotating it toward the left will move the pointer backward The keys of the locate transport section can not be used while the waveform is displayed The audio of the corresponding track cannot be monitored while the DATA JOG dial is being used to move the pointer This function can be used only while the song is stopped 4 If you w...

Page 382: ... track numbers 1 16 C NAME This column shows the name of the virtual track that is currently selected for each track 1 16 D VIRTUAL TRACK Move the cursor to this column and press the ENTER key to select the virtual track number used by each track 1 16 The currently selected virtual track number will be highlighted Of the virtual track numbers that are not currently selected tracks that have been r...

Page 383: ...ing on the AW4416 B Track view Continuous audio data in the stereo track is dis played as a bar graph The symbols displayed below the track view indicate locate points and markers at those locations The following types of symbols are displayed S Start point E End point I In point O Out point A A point B B point 1 99 Markers 1 99 C Current position The vertical line in the frame indicates the appro...

Page 384: ... for recording When you press the SHIFT key F1 REMAIN key once again the usual counter display will reappear Tip The remaining time available for recording will depend on the number of tracks that are currently in record ready mode F2 X ZOOM IN key Each time you press the SHIFT key F2 X ZOOM IN key the track view 2 will zoom in horizontally in three levels F3 X ZOOM OUT key Each time you press the...

Page 385: ...e If measure display is selected in the SONG screen Setting page only beats will be dis played for a location earlier than the start point IN OUT in point out point These locate points can be used as the punch in out points The in out points are automati cally set at the beginning and end of the area that was last recorded and can also be set indi vidually by using the SET key IN key or SET key OU...

Page 386: ... refer to Opera tion Guide Chapter 6 Transport locate oper ations Be aware that locate points or markers you delete cannot be recovered Additional functions in the Mark Adj page In the Mark Adj page you can press the SHIFT key to assign the following additional function to the F1 key F1 REMAIN key The level meter counter and the counter area of the display will show the remaining time avail able f...

Page 387: ...udio data that was recorded in a single operation When you move the cursor to the desired menu and press the ENTER key a list of buttons will appear allowing you to select an editing com mand center column in the illustration at right When you then move the cursor to the desired command and press the ENTER key a list of buttons for setting the parameters of that com mand will appear right column i...

Page 388: ...n set The symbols displayed at the bottom of the track view area indicate locate points and markers While editing the track and area selected for editing will be displayed as follows When selecting the edit source and edit destina tion tracks as when copying or moving audio data the display will be as follows I Parameter settings In this area you can set the necessary parame ters for executing the...

Page 389: ... be copied YES or whether only the currently selected virtual track will be copied NO EXECUTE Execute the command Tip If you selected one track of a pair of tracks as the copy destination the same content will be copied to both of the paired tracks EXCHG exchange Exchange the audio data of two tracks FR TRACK from track TO TRACK Select the two tracks that will be exchanged For TO TRACK it is also ...

Page 390: ...ll tracks as the subject of the operation To do so rotate the DATA JOG dial all the way clockwise when setting the TRACK parameter to make the selection read AL C ALL CUR RENT With this setting the START END por tion of the virtual tracks currently selected for tracks 1 16 will be selected for the operation ALL V TR all virtual tracks Select whether data will be erased from all vir tual tracks inc...

Page 391: ... specified track At this time the move source audio data will be erased FR TRACK from track Select the move source track FR START from start Specify the starting location of the move source part FR END from end Specify the ending location of the move source part ALL V TR all virtual tracks Select whether all virtual tracks included in the corresponding track s will be moved YES or whether only the...

Page 392: ...l be inserted END Specify the ending location of the part into which silence will be inserted ALL V TR all virtual tracks Select whether silence will be inserted into all virtual tracks included in the selected track s YES or only into the currently selected virtual track NO EXECUTE Execute the command T COMP time compression expansion Compress or expand the length of the selected part in a range ...

Page 393: ...d their parameters are listed below NAME Modify the name of a region REGION Select the region whose name you wish to mod ify NAME Access the NAME EDIT popup window and input the new name Move the cursor to the OK button of the NAME EDIT popup window and press the ENTER key to finalize the new name ERASE Erase the selected region If all regions are erased from a track the track name will return to ...

Page 394: ... units of a sample EXECUTE Execute the command T COMP time compression expansion Compress or expand the length of the selected region in a range of 50 200 without affect ing the pitch REGION Select the region that you wish to compress or expand RATIO Specify the compression expansion ratio in units of 0 01 range 50 200 EXECUTE Execute the command PITCH pitch change Modify the pitch of the selected...

Page 395: ...E V virtual track number This column shows the virtual track numbers 1 8 The virtual track currently used by the track 3 is indicated by a C Current symbol at the left of this column F NAME This column shows the names of virtual tracks 1 8 Virtual tracks that have already been recorded are assigned a default name of V Tr x y x track number 1 16 y virtual track num ber 1 8 Virtual tracks on which n...

Page 396: ... the V TR Edit page In the V TR Edit page you can press the SHIFT key to assign the following additional functions to the F1 F3 keys F1 REMAIN key F2 X ZOOM IN key F3 X ZOOM OUT key These are the same as the additional functions of the TR Edit page F1 F2 F3 ...

Page 397: ...at which the imported CD DA data will be placed Tip The units used to specify this point will change depending on the counter display method time units measures selected in the SONG screen Setting page If measure dis play is selected measures will be the smallest settable unit D TYPE Select whether the imported CD DA data will be inserted into the track Insert or overwritten OverWrite If Insert is...

Page 398: ...e and the disc will be inserted 3 Move the cursor to the DRIVE area use the DATA JOG dial to select the SCSI ID of the CD RW drive and press the ENTER key The AW4416 will detect the inserted CD and a screen like the following will appear 4 Move the cursor to PASTE TO and use the DATA JOG dial to specify the track num ber and virtual track number of the track in which the CD DA data will be placed ...

Page 399: ...G screen Setting page If measure dis play is selected measures will be the smallest settable unit D TYPE Select whether the imported WAV file will be inserted into the track Insert or overwritten OverWrite If Insert is selected any subse quent audio data in the import destination track will be moved toward the end of the song by the length of the inserted WAV file E File list This shows a list of ...

Page 400: ...dicates the current directory and indicates the directory above To return to the next highest directory move the cursor to and press the ENTER key 5 Move the cursor to the PASTE TO area and use the DATA JOG dial to select the track number 1 16 and virtual track number 1 8 of the track in which the WAV file will be placed Tip If you select a stereo WAV file in step 4 iden tically numbered virtual t...

Page 401: ...ll be displayed with the most recently saved content B SOURCE TRACK From the song selected in the song list 1 select the track number 1 16 and virtual track num ber 1 8 of the track that you wish to import The name of the selected track is displayed at the right This parameter will be valid only after you have used the LOAD button 4 to load the track information for the selected song The track nam...

Page 402: ...nfirmation popup window will appear 7 Move the cursor to the OK button and press the ENTER key The track selected in the SOURCE TRACK field will be selected as the import source and the display will change as follows When you use the TRACK CLIP button to reg ister the import source track it will no longer be possible to change the track in the SOURCE TRACK field If you wish to change the import so...

Page 403: ...he fader and other parameter values will change when automix recording ends END If this button is on all subsequent recorded events of the same parameter will be erased when you finish editing fader or other parame ter data RET If this button is on the fader will return to the previously recorded value when you finish edit ing fader data The time over which it returns to the original value can be ...

Page 404: ...al mode in which previously recorded fader events are erased and the new events recorded RELATIVE In this mode the previously recorded fader operation events are combined with the new events and recorded This is convenient when you wish to add relative changes to the previ ously recorded fader movements When END on Previously recorded fader movement Fader movement after editing Edited fader moveme...

Page 405: ...ory you can try using this button However the data prior to the most recent operation will be lost J AUTOMIX TRANSPORT These buttons control automix recording and playback By moving the cursor and pressing the ENTER key you can perform the corre sponding operation These buttons have the fol lowing functions ABORT This button stops automix recording and dis cards the changes If you turn on this but...

Page 406: ...matically When automix is playing this button can be used in conjunction with the PLAY button to punch in AUTO REC button If you turn this button on lit and play back the recorder automix recording will begin How ever this differs from the REC button in that this button will not turn off automatically when recording ends If you wish to turn it back off move the cursor to this button and press the ...

Page 407: ...ll appear and recall will not be possible C STORE button This button stores the current automix data into memory You can select an automix number 1 16 as the store destination When you execute the Store operation the automix data that had previously been stored in that number will be erased D Selected memory Store recall operations will apply to the automix data enclosed by the dotted line in the ...

Page 408: ...the Memory page you can press the SHIFT key to assign the following functions to the F1 F3 keys F1 TITLE EDIT key Use this to edit the name memory title of auto mix data saved in memory This is the same function as the 1 TITLE EDIT button F2 RECALL key Recall the automix that is currently selected by the cursor in the list This is the same function as the 2 RECALL button F3 STORE key Store the cur...

Page 409: ...r to return it to the previous position B FADER EDIT OUT These are the same functions as the END RET buttons of the Main page Refer to the explana tion on page 115 If the RET button is on the knob located at the right sets the time over which the faders will return to their original val ues after fader editing is ended C FADER EDIT MODE D AUTOMIX TRANSPORT These are the same functions as in the Ma...

Page 410: ...s the ENTER key to select the type of events Each button corresponds to the following events SCENE LIB scene library button Scene memory and library recall events will be displayed The following types of events will be displayed SCENE Scene memory recall events The numeric value indicates the scene number EQ Lib EQ library recall events The numeric value indicates the EQ library number DY Lib Dyna...

Page 411: ... will be re ordered automatically This means that the displayed order of the events may change E EVENT This area shows the type of each event Move the cursor here and rotate the DATA JOG dial to edit the event F CHANNEL This area shows the channel of the event Move the cursor here and rotate the DATA JOG dial to change the channel G SELECTED CH ONLY selected channel only button If you press a SEL ...

Page 412: ...ibrary name of up to 16 characters For details on inputting characters refer to page 60 of the Operation Guide It is not possible to change the name of scene number 0 or of a scene in which PROTEC TION is turned on Also numbers in which no scene has been stored will be displayed as No Data and their title cannot be edited B RECALL button Recall the currently selected scene from the scene list This...

Page 413: ...r all scene num bers 1 50 51 96 Additional functions in the Scene Mem page In the Scene Mem page you can press the SHIFT key to assign the following functions to the F1 F3 keys F1 TITLE EDIT key Use this to edit the name of a scene saved in the library This is the same function as the 1 TITLE EDIT button F2 RECALL key Use this to recall the scene currently selected by the cursor from the list This...

Page 414: ...t channel Fade time will have no effect unless it is spec ified for the scene being recalled even if it is specified for the current scene The fade time is specified independently for each scene Be sure to save the scene after editing the fade time Additional functions in the Fade Time page In the Fade Time page you can press the SHIFT key to assign the following additional function to the F5 key ...

Page 415: ...ng channels can be set to Recall Safe sta tus Input channels 1 24 Monitor channels 1 16 Effect return channels 1 2 Stereo output channel Tip When a scene is recalled Fader Recall Safe is valid only if that scene was saved with the ENABLE parameter 2 set to ENABLE Recall Safe settings are not linked for paired channels This means that if one channel of a pair is set to Recall Safe the faders of the...

Page 416: ...select the scene whose sorting order you wish to change The currently selected scene will be highlighted B DESTINATION Specify the scene number to which the scene selected in the SOURCE list will be moved Move the cursor to this area and rotate the DATA JOG dial to select the point where the scene will be inserted The location currently selected for insertion is displayed as INSER TION POINT C EXE...

Page 417: ...sors 24 Preset Dynamics Programs 24 Preset Dynamics Program Parameters 29 Troubleshooting 35 Display message list 39 Messages 39 Popup messages 41 Specifications 43 General Specifications 43 Mixer section 44 Recorder section 46 Controls 47 Control I O 48 Dimensions 49 MIDI data format 50 MIDI Implementation Chart 54 Block diagram Appendix ...

Page 418: ...KING Emphasizes the attack of tom toms and creates a long leathery decay Q 1 4 10 1 2 0 28 F 210Hz 667Hz 4 49kHz 6 35kHz G 2 0dB 7 5dB 2 0dB 1 0dB 006 Cymbal L SHELF PEAKING PEAKING H SHELF Emphasizes the attack of crash cymbals extending the sparkling decay Q 8 0 9 F 105Hz 420Hz 1 05kHz 13 4kHz G 2 0dB 0 0dB 0 0dB 3 0dB 007 High Hat L SHELF PEAKING PEAKING H SHELF Use on a tight high hat emphasiz...

Page 419: ...2 0dB 5 5dB 0 5dB 2 5dB 016 E G Crunch 1 PEAKING PEAKING PEAKING PEAKING Adjusts the tonal quality of a slightly distorted guitar sound Q 8 4 5 0 63 9 F 140Hz 1 00kHz 1 88kHz 5 65kHz G 4 5dB 0 0dB 4 0dB 2 0dB 017 E G Crunch 2 PEAKING PEAKING PEAKING H SHELF This is a variation on program 016 Q 8 0 4 0 16 F 125Hz 445Hz 3 36kHz 19 0kHz G 2 5dB 1 5dB 2 5dB 0 0dB 018 E G Distortion 1 L SHELF PEAKING P...

Page 420: ... 1 PEAKING PEAKING PEAKING PEAKING Use as a template for female vocal Adjust the HIGH or H MID setting according to the voice quality Q 0 18 0 45 0 56 0 14 F 118Hz 397Hz 2 67kHz 5 99kHz G 1 0dB 1 0dB 1 5dB 2 0dB 028 Female Vocal 2 L SHELF PEAKING PEAKING H SHELF This is a variation on program 027 Q 0 16 0 2 F 111Hz 334Hz 2 00kHz 6 72kHz G 7 0dB 1 5dB 1 5dB 2 5dB 029 Chorus Harmony PEAKING PEAKING ...

Page 421: ...B 0 0dB 036 Piano 3 PEAKING PEAKING PEAKING H SHELF This is a variation on program 013 Q 8 10 9 F 99Hz 472Hz 2 37kHz 10 0kHz G 4 5dB 13 0dB 4 5dB 2 5dB 037 Piano Low PEAKING PEAKING PEAKING H SHELF Use for the low range of the piano sound when it is recorded in stereo Use with program 038 Q 10 6 3 2 2 F 187Hz 397Hz 6 72kHz 12 6kHz G 5 5dB 1 5dB 6 0dB 0 0dB 038 Piano High PEAKING PEAKING PEAKING PE...

Page 422: ... t need to use complex parameter settings 09 Stereo Delay STEREO DELAY Stereo delay with independent left and right 10 Mod delay MOD DELAY Mono delay with modulation 11 Delay LCR DELAY LCR Three tap delay L C R 12 Echo ECHO Stereo delay with additional parameters for more detailed control The signal can be fed back from left to right and right to left Title Type Description 13 Chorus CHORUS Three ...

Page 423: ... to MIDI Title Type Description 29 Rev Chorus REV CHORUS Reverb and chorus in parallel 30 Rev Chorus REV CHORUS Reverb and chorus in series 31 Rev Flange REV FLANGE Reverb and flanger in parallel 32 Rev Flange REV FLANGE Reverb and flanger in series 33 Rev Sympho REV SYMPHO Reverb and symphonic in parallel 34 Rev Sympho REV SYMPHO Reverb and symphonic in series 35 Rev Pan REV PAN Reverb and auto p...

Page 424: ... LVL OFF 60 to 0 dB Level at which gate kicks in ATTACK 0 120 ms Gate opening speed HOLD 1 1 0 02 ms 2 13 s fs 44 1 kHz 0 02 ms 1 96 s fs 48 kHz Gate open time DECAY 2 2 6 0 ms 46 0 s fs 44 1 kHz 5 0 ms 42 3 s fs 48 kHz Gate closing speed MIX BAL 0 100 Mix balance of the effects and dry sounds Parameter Range Description TYPE S Hall L Hall Random Reverse Plate Spring Type of early reflection simul...

Page 425: ...he effects and dry sounds Parameter Range Description DELAY 0 0 2730 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 HPF Thru 21 Hz 8 0 kHz High pass filter cutoff frequency LPF 50 Hz 16 0 kHz Thru Low pass filter cutoff frequency MIX BAL 0 100 Mix balance of the effects and ...

Page 426: ...se feedback minus values for reverse phase feedback HI RATIO 0 1 1 0 High frequency feedback ratio HPF Thru 21 Hz 8 0 kHz High pass filter cutoff frequency LPF 50 Hz 16 0 kHz Thru Low pass filter cutoff frequency MIX BAL 0 100 Mix balance of the effects and dry sounds Parameter Range Description DELAY L 0 0 1350 0 ms Left channel delay time FB DLY L 0 0 1350 0 ms Left channel feedback delay time F...

Page 427: ...quency HSH G 12 to 12 dB High shelving filter gain MIX BAL 0 100 Mix balance of the effects and dry sounds Parameter Range Description FREQ 0 05 40 00 Hz Modulation speed DEPTH 0 100 Modulation depth MOD DLY 0 0 500 0 ms Modulation delay time FB GAIN 99 to 99 Feedback gain plus values for normal phase feedback minus values for reverse phase feedback WAVE Sine Tri Modulation waveform LSH F 21 2 8 0...

Page 428: ...alues for normal phase feedback minus values for reverse phase feedback OFFSET 0 100 Lowest phase shifted frequency offset STAGE 2 4 8 10 12 14 16 Number of phase shift stages LSH F 21 2 8 00 k Hz Low shelving filter frequency LSH G 12 to 12 dB Low shelving filter gain HSH F 50 0 16 0 k Hz High shelving filter frequency HSH G 12 to 12 dB High shelving filter gain MIX BAL 0 100 Mix balance of the e...

Page 429: ...or normal phase feedback minus values for reverse phase feedback MODE 1 10 Pitch shift precision MIX BAL 0 100 Mix balance of the effects and dry sounds Parameter Range Description PITCH 1 24 to 24 semitones Channel 1 pitch shift FINE 1 50 to 50 cents Channel 1 pitch shift fine PAN 1 L16 1 C R1 16 Channel 1 panpot DELAY 1 0 0 1000 0 ms Channel 1 delay time FB G 1 99 to 99 Channel 1 feedback gain p...

Page 430: ... 3000 0 Hz Oscillator frequency FM FREQ 0 05 40 00 Hz Oscillator frequency modulation speed FM DEPTH 0 100 Oscillator frequency modulation depth MIX BAL 0 100 Mix balance of the effects and dry sounds Parameter Range Description FREQ 0 05 40 00 Hz Modulation speed DEPTH 0 100 Modulation depth TYPE LPF HPF BPF Filter type low pass high pass band pass OFFSET 0 100 Filter frequency offset RESO 0 20 F...

Page 431: ...DLE 0 100 Middle tone control TREBLE 0 100 High tone control EQ F 99 8 0 kHz Parametric equalizer frequency EQ G 12 to 12 dB Parametric equalizer gain EQ Q 10 0 0 10 Parametric equalizer bandwidth MIX BAL 0 100 Mix balance of the effects and dry sounds Parameter Range Description SOURCE INPUT MIDI Control source input signal or MIDI note on velocity SENSE 0 100 Sensitivity TYPE LPF HPF BPF Filter ...

Page 432: ...n EQ Q 10 0 10 Parametric equalizer band width HSH F 50 0 16 0 k Hz High shelving filter frequency HSH G 12 to 12 dB High shelving filter gain MIX BAL 0 100 Mix balance of the effects and dry sounds Parameter Range Description SOURCE INPUT MIDI Control source input signal or MIDI note on velocity SENSE 0 100 Sensitivity FB GAIN 99 to 99 Feedback gain plus values for normal phase feedback minus val...

Page 433: ...lay time WAVE Sine Tri Modulation waveform REV CHO 0 100 Reverb and chorus balance 0 chorus 100 reverb MIX BAL 0 100 Mix balance of the effects and dry sounds Parameter Range Description REV TIME 0 3 99 9 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 Reverb diffusion left right reverb spreed DENSITY 0 100 Reverb de...

Page 434: ...e feedback WAVE Sine Tri Modulation waveform REV FLG 0 100 Reverb and flange balance 0 flange 100 reverb MIX BAL 0 100 Mix balance of the effects and dry sounds Parameter Range Description REV TIME 0 3 99 9 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 Reverb diffusion left right reverb spreed DENSITY 0 100 Reverb ...

Page 435: ...ay time WAVE Sine Tri Modulation waveform REV SYM 0 100 Reverb and symphonic balance 0 symphonic 100 reverb MIX BAL 0 100 Mix balance of the effects and dry sounds Parameter Range Description REV TIME 0 3 99 9 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 Reverb diffusion left right reverb spreed DENSITY 0 100 Reve...

Page 436: ... of the effects and dry sounds 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 TYPE S Hall L Hall Random Revers Plate Spring Type ...

Page 437: ...PF Thru 21 Hz 8 0 kHz High pass filter cutoff frequency LPF 50 Hz 16 0 kHz Thru Low pass filter cutoff frequency DLY ER 0 100 Delay and early reflected delay balance 0 early reflected delay 100 delay MIX BAL 0 100 Mix balance of the effects and dry sounds 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 Fe...

Page 438: ...erb spreed DENSITY 0 100 Reverb density HPF Thru 21 Hz 8 0 kHz High pass filter cutoff frequency LPF 50 Hz 16 0 kHz Thru Low pass filter cutoff frequency DLY REV 0 100 Delay and delayed reverb balance 0 delayed reverb 100 delay MIX BAL 0 100 Mix balance of the effects and dry sounds Parameter Range Description DST TYPE DST1 DST2 OVD1 OVD2 CRUNCH Distortion type DST distortion OVD overdrive DRIVE 0...

Page 439: ...s band pass TYPE 3 HPF LPF BPF Filter 3 type low pass high pass band pass FREQ 1 28 Hz 16 0 kHz Filter 1 frequency FREQ 2 28 Hz 16 0 kHz Filter 2 frequency FREQ 3 28 Hz 16 0 kHz Filter 3 frequency LEVEL 1 0 100 Filter 1 level LEVEL 2 0 100 Filter 2 level LEVEL 3 0 100 Filter 3 level RESO 1 0 20 Filter 1 resonance RESO 2 0 20 Filter 2 resonance RESO 3 0 20 Filter 3 resonance MIX BAL 0 100 Mix balan...

Page 440: ...ynamics programs No Program Name No Program Name 001 A Dr BD CMP 021 BrassSection CMP 002 A Dr BD EXP 022 Syn Pad CMP 003 A Dr BD GAT 023 SamplingPerc CPS 004 A Dr BD CPH 024 Sampling BD CMP 005 A Dr SN CMP 025 Sampling SN CMP 006 A Dr SN EXP 026 Hip Comp CPS 007 A Dr SN GAT 027 Solo Vocal1 CMP 008 A Dr SN CPS 028 Solo Vocal2 CMP 009 A Dr Tom EXP 029 Chorus CMP 010 A Dr OverTop CPS 030 Compander H...

Page 441: ...d Out Gain sets the compressor s output signal level Compression tends to reduce the average signal level Out Gain can be used to counter this level reduction and set an appropriate level for the next stage in the audio path Knee sets the transition of the signal at the threshold With a hard knee the transition between uncompressed and compressed signal is immediate With the softest knee knee5 the...

Page 442: ... a slow attack time the initial transient of a sound passes through unaffected Out Gain sets the expander s output signal level Knee sets the transition of the signal at the threshold With a hard knee the transition between unexpanded and expanded signal is immediate With the softest knee knee5 the transition starts before the signal reaches the threshold and gradually ends above the threshold Rel...

Page 443: ...Attack controls how soon the signal is companded once the compander has been triggered With a fast attack time the signal is companded almost immediately With a slow attack time the initial transient of a sound passes through unaffected Out Gain sets the compander s output signal level Width is used to determine the distance in decibels between the expander and the compressor With a width of 90 dB...

Page 444: ...0 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 attack time makes some signals sound backwards For ducking this controls how soon the signal is ducked once the duck has been triggered...

Page 445: ...2 Release ms 70 003 A Dr BD GAT Gate Threshold dB 11 Gate for the same purpose as program 001 Range dB 53 Attack ms 0 Hold ms 1 93 Decay ms 400 004 A Dr BD CPH CompanderH Threshold dB 11 Hard compander for the same purpose as program 001 Ratio 1 3 5 Attack ms 1 Outgain dB 1 5 Width dB 7 Release ms 192 005 A Dr SN CMP Compressor Threshold dB 17 Compressor that gives the best results with an acousti...

Page 446: ...ferentiate the bass and snare drums clearly Ratio 1 2 Attack ms 38 Outgain dB 3 5 Width dB 54 Release ms 842 011 E B finger CMP Compressor Threshold dB 12 Compressor to equalize the attack and volume level of a finger picked electric bass guitar Ratio 1 2 Attack ms 15 Outgain dB 4 5 Knee 2 Release ms 470 012 E B slap CMP Compressor Threshold dB 12 Compressor to equalize the attack and volume level...

Page 447: ... 1 5 Knee 2 Release ms 238 018 Strings1 CMP Compressor Threshold dB 11 Compressor for string instruments This program was intended for violins Ratio 1 2 Attack ms 33 Outgain dB 1 5 Knee 2 Release ms 749 019 Strings2 CMP Compressor Threshold dB 12 A variation on program 018 intended for violas or cellos Ratio 1 1 5 Attack ms 93 Outgain dB 1 5 Knee 4 Release ms 1 35 S 020 Strings3 CMP Compressor Thr...

Page 448: ...bass drum sounds Ratio 1 2 Attack ms 2 Outgain dB 3 5 Knee 4 Release ms 35 025 Sampling SN CMP Compressor Threshold dB 18 A variation on program 023 intended for sampled snare drum sounds Ratio 1 4 Attack ms 8 Outgain dB 8 0 Knee hard Release ms 354 026 Hip Comp CPS CompanderS Threshold dB 23 A variation on program 023 intended for sampled sounds for loops Ratio 1 20 Attack ms 15 Outgain dB 0 0 Wi...

Page 449: ...s the musicians are using Ratio 1 2 Attack ms 1 Outgain dB 2 0 Knee 2 Release ms 284 033 Announcer CPH CompanderH Threshold dB 14 Hard compander reduces the level during the interval between the words making the voice sound even Ratio 1 2 5 Attack ms 1 Outgain dB 2 5 Width dB 18 Release ms 180 034 Easy Gate GAT Gate Threshold dB 26 A template for the gate program Range dB 56 Attack ms 0 Hold ms 2 ...

Page 450: ...reo out during mixdown It is also interesting on stereo input signals Ratio 1 2 5 Attack ms 60 Outgain dB 0 0 Knee 2 Release ms 1 12 S 039 Total Comp2 CMP Compressor Threshold dB 18 A variation of program 038 It has a harder compression ratio Ratio 1 3 5 Attack ms 94 Outgain dB 2 5 Knee hard Release ms 447 040 Total Comp3 CMP Compressor Threshold dB 16 A variation of program 038 It has an extreme ...

Page 451: ...T INSERT return Is the attenuator raised in the EQ screen or VIEW screen Recorded sound is not output Has audio data been recorded on the recorder Muting may be enabled in the TRACK screen TR View page The input monitor mode may be set to INPUT Is the virtual track set to the track that was recorded A region shorter than the specified region fade time cannot be played Can t hear the signal from th...

Page 452: ...n t store a scene Is the scene memory protected A scene cannot be stored in scene number 00 Can t reproduce a scene One or more channels may be set to Recall Safe Can t recall a scene during recording The AW4416 may be set to record the digital input signal Make sure that CD DAT DIGITAL REC is set to ENABLE Can t change input patches during recording The AW4416 may be set to record the digital inp...

Page 453: ...synchronized signal being input Is the dither setting appropriate The oscillator may be functioning If the speed of your internal hard disk is slow problems may occur during recording and play back Please use only the recommended internal hard disks Sound recorded via the digital input sounds grainy Is the dither setting appropriate Pairing was specified but the signal is monaural Is the odd numbe...

Page 454: ...ce may have been turned on after the AW4416 Is the SCSI cable connected correctly The pins of the SCSI cable may have been bent Is the ID of the SCSI device set correctly Is termination specified correctly for the SCSI device Can t save files on a SCSI device Is there sufficient free space on the save destina tion media Has the save destination media been formatted appropriately Can t load files f...

Page 455: ...416 is set to be the MTC slave the external word clock cannot be selected as the word clock source CANNOT SELECT WC EXTERNAL Since the external word clock is selected as the word clock source the AW4416 cannot be set as the MTC slave CANNOT SET MARK It is not possible to specify a mark at an already specified position CANNOT UNDO Undo cancellation of an operation is not possible CANNOT USE BOTH SL...

Page 456: ...s than one second SELECTED AREA HAS NO DATA The selected area contains no trigger data SELECTED AREA HAS NO REGION The selected area contains no region SELECTED CH IS NONE The selected channel cannot be selected since it does not exist SELECTED CH ONLY MODE The channel cannot be changed since the display mode is set to SELECTED CH ONLY SELECTED PAD NOT ASSIGNED No sample is assigned to the selecte...

Page 457: ...ile Since the disk is full a CD image file cannot be created Can t Delete Current Song The currently loaded song cannot be deleted Can t Delete Protected Song A protected song cannot be deleted Can t Edit Multiple Songs This editing operation cannot be executed on multiple songs simultaneously Can t Optimize Protected Song Optimize cannot be executed on a protected song Can t REDO Redo is not poss...

Page 458: ...ected drive contains no WAV files Not WAV File The file is not a WAV file Partition Not Found The specified partition was not found Recall Channel Data Conflict The specified channel library cannot be loaded into this channel SCSI Error An error has occurred in the SCSI connection Selected Drive is not CD Drive The drive of the selected SCSI ID is not a CD drive Selected Drive is not Connected The...

Page 459: ...nels stereo 1 PHONES 2 channels stereo 1 DIGITAL STEREO OUT 2 channels stereo 1 mini YGDAI card option max 16 channels Mixing layer section 44 channels Input channel 24 channels Internal effect return 4 channels stereo 2 Playback 16 channels 16 track direct out playback or stereo 2 channels stereo track playback Internal effects section Multi effects 2 Bus section 20 channels Bus 8 channels Aux 8 ...

Page 460: ...t output MIC LINE input Channel 1 2 balanced XLR type TRS phone jack 48 V DC phantom powering PEAK LED 3 dB clipping level Input impedance 3 kΩ Nominal input level 46 dB to 4 dB Minimum input level 52 dB Maximum input level 22 dB Insert I O Channel 1 2 unbalanced TRS phone jack Input impedance 10 kΩ Nominal input level 0 dB Output impedance 600Ω Nominal output level 0 dB MIC LINE input channel 3 8...

Page 461: ...8 40Ω Maximum output level 100 mW 100 mW 40 Ω load DIGITAL STEREO I O Coaxial phono Option card slot Slot 2 Digital I O MY 8 AT Adat MY 8 TD Tascam MY 8 AE AES EBU Analog input MY 8 AD TRS phone jack 8 MY 4 AD XLR type 4 Analog output MY 4 DA XLR type 4 Digital mixer Input channel channel 1 24 playback 1 16 Attenuator Phase normal reverse EQ 4 band PEQ Dynamics Delay On Off Fader 60 mm motorized P...

Page 462: ...cording tracks Tracks 130 tracks 16 tracks 8 virtual tracks plus ste reo track Format File system AW4416 original format Internal hard disk drive 2 5 IDE Max hard disk capacity 64 GB 8 GB partition Max songs per hard disk Approx 30 000 songs Edit Song edit Name comment delete copy optimize pro tect fade in out Track edit Name erase copy exchange slip time com pression expansion pitch change import...

Page 463: ...ITY MIDI MIXER buttons VIEW PAN EQ DYN FADER MODE buttons AUX1 AUX2 AUX3 AUX4 AUX5 AUX6 AUX7 AUX8 HOME MIXING LAYER buttons 1 16 17 24 RTN MONI ON buttons SEL buttons Faders 1 8 channel 1 8 channel 17 24 9 14 channel 9 14 15 channel 15 return1 16 channel 16 return 2 17 stereo master SOLO buttons Function buttons SHIFT 2 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5 EQ buttons HIGH HI MID LO MID LOW Encoders PAN Q F G Sampler se...

Page 464: ...NDO button REDO button CUR SOR button DATA ENTRY but ton JOG SHUTTLE ENTER button Display 320 240 dots graphical LCD with contrast control 3 color FL display Control I O WORD CLOCK IN BNC WORD CLOCK OUT BNC MIDI IN 5 pin DIN MIDI OUT THRU 5 pin DIN MTC OUT 5 pin DIN TO HOST 8 pin mini DIN SCSI 50 pin half pitch D Sub MOUSE 9 pin D Sub Foot switch Phone jack ...

Page 465: ...ecifications and external appearance subject to change without notice For European Model Purchaser User Information specified in EN55103 1 and EN55103 2 Inrush Current 30A Conformed Environment E1 E2 E3 and E4 558 450 459 7 9 7 147 7 132 1 7 6 Unit mm ...

Page 466: ...ontinue commands will be transmitted by the corresponding operations and MIDI Clock and Song Posi tion Pointer messages will be transmitted according to the MIDI Tempo Map 1 6 MTC master If you select MTC transmission from the MIDI SETUP menu MTC will be transmitted during playback and recording 1 7 MTC slave synchronization If you select SLAVE operation from the MIDI SETUP menu the AW4416 s inter...

Page 467: ...ee below for details If velocity is 0x00 same as note off STATUS 1001nnnn 9n Note On Message DATA 0nnnnnnn nn Note No 0vvvvvvv vv Velocity 1 127 On 0 off Notes used to control effects 1 Dynamic Flange Dynamic Phase Dynamic Filter If the SOURCE parameter is set to MIDI velocity will con trol the width of frequency modulation for both note on and note off 4 3 CONTROL CHANGE Bn Reception Echoed if Co...

Page 468: ...System Exclu sive Device ID 0ddddddd dd Destination 00 7E 7F all call Command 00000110 06 Machine Control Command mcc sub id 00000001 01 Stop MCS EOX 11110111 F7 End Of Exclusive 4 13 2 MMC PLAY Reception If the AW4416 is operating as the MMC SLAVE it will begin playback when this message is received if the device num ber matches or is 7F STATUS 11110000 F0 System Exclusive Message ID No 01111111 ...

Page 469: ... information field STATUS 11110000 F0 System Exclusive Message ID No 01111111 7F Real Time System Exclu sive Device ID 0ddddddd dd Destination 00 7E 7F all call Command 00000110 06 Machine Control Command mcc sub id 01000000 40 Write 0ccccccc cc Byte Count 0nnnnnnn nn Writeable Information Field name 0ddddddd dd Format defined by the Information Filed name 0nnnnnnn nn More nn dd pairs as required ...

Page 470: ...X X X After Touch Key s Ch s X X X X Pitch Bend X X Control Change X X Prog Change True 0 127 0 127 0 96 System Exclusive X O 1 System Common Song Pos Song Sel Tune O X X X X X 2 System Real Time Clock Commands O O X X 2 2 Aux Messages Local ON OFF All Notes OFF Active Sense Reset X X X X X X O O Notes MTC quarter frame message is transmitted When MTC Sync mode MTC quarter frame message is recogni...

Page 471: ...ITOR SLOT1 OUT SLOT2 OUT 2 2 8 8 16 46 16 L R LEVEL LEVEL LEVEL BAL ON INSERT METER METER METER METER METER METER METER METER METER METER METER X 2 X 4 0dB L R 4dB 8 8 DA RECORDER TRACK CUE Logic MIXER SOLO Logic ATT BUS1 BUS2 BUS3 BUS4 BUS5 BUS6 BUS7 BUS8 4BAND EQ ATT 4BAND EQ DY NAMICS DY NAMICS STEREO L STEREO R SOLO L SOLO R AUX 1 AUX 6 AUX 7 EFF1 AUX 8 EFF2 SOLO PREFADER LISTEN AFTER PAN SOLO...

Page 472: ...YAMAHA CORPORATION V566460 R0 1 IP 194 Pro Audio Digital Musical Instrument Division P O Box 3 Hamamatsu 430 8651 Japan 00 08 7000 AP Printed in Japan ...

Page 473: ...PROFESSIONAL AUDIO WORKSTATION E Tutorial ...

Page 474: ...nsoles operating the AW4416 will not be a challenge But if you ve never had the pleasure the power and depth of the AW4416 translation lots of features and flexibility might be a little daunting at first This tutorial is designed to help you make friends with the AW4416 as quickly and as painlessly as possible Since the actual recording process is pretty much the same no matter what equipment you ...

Page 475: ...ectronic Drums Track 13 Add the Bass Track 13 Add the Guitar Tracks 13 Add the Organ Piano Tracks 13 Add the String Tracks 13 Add the Lead Vocal 14 Add the Chorus 14 Listen 14 Save the Song 14 Phase 3 Assemble the Mix Part by Part 15 Tracks 1 2 Drums 15 Track 3 Claves Electronic Drums 16 Track 4 Bass 16 Track 5 Rhythm Guitar 17 Track 6 Lead Guitar 17 Track 7 Organ 17 Track 8 Piano 18 Tracks 9 10 S...

Page 476: ...Vocal 22 Save the Song 23 Phase 5 Finalize the Mix Set Up Automation 24 The Automix 25 Phase 6 Use the Virtual Tracks to Create an Alternate Mix 27 Mastering 28 Step 1 Set Up the Master EQ and Dynamics 28 Step 2 Record the Song to the Stereo Track 29 Step 3 Write the Song to a CD R Disk 30 Practice Practice 30 Glossary 31 ...

Page 477: ...Tutorial AW4416 Professional Audio Workstation 4 Tutorial ...

Page 478: ...o be recorded could simply be drums and or percussion alone drums and bass or drums plus bass and a rhythm keyboard or guitar part Separation Remember that the more instruments you record via microphones at the same time the more you need to think about separation or isolation depending on whom you talk to Once again there are no hard and fast rules if you ll be recording an entire rhythm section ...

Page 479: ... and or acoustic instruments in the home stu dio Quite a number of high quality large diaphragm condenser microphones have become available at very reasonable prices in the last few years Get one But if at all possible try out a few before making a final commitment Although most microphones in this category have uniformly excellent frequency response and high sensitivity they do have distinctive s...

Page 480: ...of the instru ment s sound would otherwise take up a large portion of the recording system s available dynamic range By reducing transient peaks you can effectively record the main body of the signal at a higher level and thus in the case of digital media increase the resolution of the reproduced sound while reducing potential problems with system noise Bass guitar electric guitar vocals and drums...

Page 481: ...t SCSI drive number is SCSI 3 If you install a CD RW drive manufactured by Yamaha the SCSI ID will be set to 3 at the factory and we recommend that you leave it at this setting 4 Open the CD tray by pressing the F2 function key CD UNLOAD while holding the SHIFT key Place the demo CD ROM on the tray label side up and press the F1 function key CD LOAD while holding the SHIFT key to close the tray an...

Page 482: ...he Will Save Current song ARE YOU SURE confirmation prompt appears move the cursor to YES or NO and press ENTER to begin the load operation 4 When the progress window disappears the demo song has been loaded and is ready for playback If you want to hear the pre mixed version of So Fine before mixing it yourself Actually all you have to do is hit the PLAY button The So Fine demo will be loaded with...

Page 483: ...e lyrics are critical for example you won t want the vocal track buried in the back ground or rendered unintelligible by an excessive wash of reverb How do you want to place the instruments in the stereo soundstage Are you trying to create a realistic live performance image or just shooting for an overall effect What kind of space do you want to place the music in Open and dry Large and reverberan...

Page 484: ...ine tracks V Trk at the left side of the chart refers to the recorder s virtual tracks there are actually 8 virtual tracks for each recorder track Note that although we ll be using only the main tracks virtual track 1 for most of this tutorial an alternate string take is provided on the second virtual tracks for recorder tracks 9 and 10 and a male lead vocal track is provided on the second virtual...

Page 485: ...r in the same display Now to pan the stereo drum tracks left and right to create a stereo image There is a tendency to pan stereo drum tracks or any type of stereo track for that matter hard left and right but depending on how the drums have been recorded or the type of drum module you re using this isn t always a good idea If the hi hat is way over in one channel and the low floor tom hard over i...

Page 486: ...ud in relation to the drum tracks with their faders at nominal so move fader 4 down to reduce the bass track level by about 5 dB 5 0 on the fader display Add the Guitar Tracks Turn ON channel 5 and 6 The guitar tracks are REALLY hot in relation to the drums and bass so use faders 5 and 6 to reduce them to reasonable levels track 5 rhythm guitar to about 10 5 dB and track 6 lead guitar also to abou...

Page 487: ...adjust the chorus levels while listening to a section of the song during which the chorus parts appear with the lead vocal Turn channels 11 12 and 13 ON then set their fader levels to about 10 0 Pan the same tracks to L14 R14 and CENTER respectively Listen Although you ve been listening to the song during the entire rough mix process now it s time to listen to the entire song in context rather tha...

Page 488: ...ase the gain of the 10 kHz shelving EQ to 4 0 dB No need to change the EQ type of frequency INSTANT GRATIFICATION Once again we ve provided a scene you can simply recall to automatically make all the settings included in Phase 3 below Press the SCENE key and the F1 function key if necessary to select the Scene Mem page use the data dial to select the scene number 03 PHASE 3 MIX move the cursor to ...

Page 489: ...e bass track is a bit flabby and lacks punch We ll use EQ to tighten the sound up a little and compression to give the track a little more uniformity and power 1 Press the track 4 SEL key to select the bass track 2 Press the MIXER EQ key 3 Make sure that the EQ for the selected track is ON 4 Use the cursor keys and data dial or the virtual EQ controls to make the fol lowing EQ settings for the bas...

Page 490: ...erms of tone the lead guitar part sounds fine the way it is But perhaps we should apply a little compression to even it out a bit Here are the figures do the dialing yourself Lead Guitar Compression Track 7 Organ The ultra lows of the organ sound are muddying the sound a little We can take care of that by using a high pass filter to remove some of the offending frequen cies The LOW band of the AW4...

Page 491: ...s filtering to remove rumble from the studio and other low frequency noise that can lead to unclear overall sound Some midrange has been removed to prevent the chorus from get ting in the way of the lead vocal and a touch of high end presence has been added to help the voices cut through Compression also helps to achieve a tighter chorus blend by smoothing out dynamic variations Female Chorus 1 EQ...

Page 492: ...r a subtle boost in punch and power Lead Vocal EQ Lead Vocal Compression Save the Song Once again now s a good time to save your work Press the WORK NAVIGATE SONG key to go to the SONG display if necessary also press the F1 function key to select the Song List page Move the cursor to SAVE on the display and press ENTER When the confirmation window appears move the cursor to OK and press ENTER agai...

Page 493: ...or 2 We ll only use the AUX 7 sends for this example 2 Press the F2 function key to select the Effect Library page The default Reverb Hall effect is a little too big and spacious for our needs The Reverb Room effect on the other hand has just about the right combina tion of warmth and intimacy 3 Use the data dial to select Reverb Room from the effect library list then move the cursor to RECALL on ...

Page 494: ...usually a good idea to avoid adding reverb to bass because the resultant boomy wash of sound can severely compromise the clarity of the mix And that s precisely what we ll do with the So Fine bass track no reverb Tracks 5 6 Rhythm Lead Guitar Electric guitar is one of those instruments that almost demands added reverb unless the guitarist applied reverb himself while recording the tracks In the st...

Page 495: ...trings Since the strings themselves are sort of used as a wash or pad type of sound some reverb is essential to fill out the image In short the right amount of reverb can give strings especially the synth strings that most of us will be using a more lush rich sound String reverb level at 5 5 Tracks 11 12 13 Chorus Here we ll use just enough reverb to fill out and unify the sound of the backing voc...

Page 496: ...ntally unplugged or there s a power failure or your pet cat decides to do a mix of his own you ll have to go back and start again Ouch Press the WORK NAVIGATE SONG key to go to the SONG display if necessary also press the F1 function key to select the Song List page Move the cursor to SAVE on the display and press ENTER When the confirmation window appears move the cursor to OK and press ENTER aga...

Page 497: ...t you record fader channel ON Off pan and EQ automation changes one at a time so you can put together the perfect automix with relative ease For the So Fine automix we ve used a combination of fader channel ON OFF and pan automation Please refer to the AW4416 operation guide for details on how to record and edit automation In this section we ll simply describe the changes we made and why we though...

Page 498: ... of unwanted noise can also be removed auto matically by gating a type of dynamics processing in which signals below a specified level are cut off the AW4416 dynamics processors can do this But since the noise is effectively masked by the other tracks during denser parts of the song we ll simply use channel ON OFF automation for the So Fine demo You ll also notice that we reduced the level of the ...

Page 499: ...oom for the denser arrangement of the bridge section 00 02 36 The level of the lead vocal track is briefly lowered just a bit to soften the impact of the very high notes 00 02 47 Another brief dip in the lead vocal level to even out the dynamics 00 02 57 Track 13 is boosted in preparation for the male rap part on the outro Track 3 contains the electronic drum part used on the outro so this track i...

Page 500: ... as follows 1 Press the RECORDER TRACK key 2 Press the F2 function key to go to the V Track page 3 Move the cursor to virtual track buttons 9 2 10 2 and 14 2 and press ENTER each time so that the alternate tracks are highlighted 4 Now that you have selected the alternative tracks you can go back to the VIEW display or any other display you want to work on Play the mix as is with the alternative st...

Page 501: ...equired To enable the pre programmed mastered automix 1 Press the AUTOMATION AUTOMIX key and if necessary press the F4 key to select the Event List page 2 Move the cursor to the SCENE LIB button on the display and press ENTER to highlight it THE IMPORTANCE OF ACCURATE MONITORING One of the most critical factors in successful mastering and mixing for that matter is to have a good monitoring setup T...

Page 502: ...er EQ The trend these days in popular music is to squeeze as much level onto the final mas ter as possible without making the music sound unnatural sometimes on the other hand unnatural is a desirable goal Some compression can also give the mix more punch and presence The master compression settings for So Fine are not particularly extreme but if you feel the urge to experiment with other settings...

Page 503: ...gh practice You have the tools the AW4416 is about the coolest little mixing and mastering toolkit you can lay your hands on now it s up to you to learn how to use them like a pro Don t be afraid to go back and change things Even if you ve gone right through the process and mastered a CD if it doesn t sound right when you play it back on CD player by all means go back and make the necessary change...

Page 504: ...igid diaphragm connected to a coil which moves in a magnetic field to transform acoustic sound into electric energy Dynamic microphones are generally rugged and provide consistent performance under a wide range of conditions but they rarely provide the high sensitivity and flat broad frequency response of their condenser counterparts Still dynamics are the microphones of choice for high SPL Sound ...

Page 505: ...ed in studio recording or live sound but this type of microphone can be useful when you want to capture the main source as well as it s environment room ambience for example in one go Overheads Microphones that are placed overhead sometimes as a stereo pair to pick up the overall sound of an instrument or group of instruments Overheads are often used in addition to close miking when recording drum...

Page 506: ... keyboards Karl Christmas Backing vocals Billie Godfrey Bass Finn Day Lewis Drums Andrew Small Recorded at Protocol Studios and Darren s Studios London Mixed at Transmedia Services Ltd Bedford UK Special thanks to Dreamhire John Henry s Hire HHB Communications and Digital Village for their support Additional mixing and production by Kent Ibbott ...

Page 507: ...YAMAHA CORPORATION V678610 R0 1 IP 36 Pro Audio Digital Musical Instrument Division P O Box 3 Hamamatsu 430 8651 Japan 00 08 7000 AP Printed in Japan ...

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