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AW1600 Owner's Manual Contents 1. Before you start 9 Introduction 9 Remember to back up your data 9 About the built-in CD-RW drive 10 Using the CD-RW drive 10 Connecting the AC adaptor 11 Turning the power on/off 11 2. Introducing the AW1600 13 Features of the AW1600 13 AW1600 terminology 15 Recorder section 15 Mixer section 15 Quick Loop Sampler section 16 Overall 16 Parts of the AW1600 and what they do 17 Top panel 17 Rear panel 21 Front panel 23 Basic operation on the AW1600 24 Viewing the display 24 Accessing a screen/page/channel 24 Switching a button on/off 25 Editing a value in the display 25 Inputting text 25 Using the Selected Channel section 26 3. Listening to the demo song 27 Connect external devices and turn on the power 27 Loading the demo song 28 Playing the demo song 29 Mixing the demo song 30 4. Recording to a sound clip 33 Connecting your instrument or mic 33 Adjusting the input level 34 Recording/playing a sound clip 35 5. Track recording 39 Creating a new song 39 Direct recording and Bus recording 40 Assigning input signals to tracks (Direct recording) 42 Assigning input signals to tracks (Bus recording) 45 Enabling the metronome 47 Recording on a track 48 Pairing input channels/track channels 49 Using the input library 50 Using the EQ library 52 Using the dynamics library 53 6. Overdubbing 55 About overdubbing 55 Assigning the input signal to a track 56 Instantly recalling an EQ library 56 Instantly recalling a dynamics library 57 Setting the mix balance and pan 57 Overdubbing 58 Punch-in/out 59 Manual punch-in/out 59 Auto punch-in/out 59 Using the Undo List 61 Switching virtual tracks 62 Saving the current song 63 Loading an existing song 64 7. Various types of playback 65 Using the locator 65 Using markers 67 Adjusting the position of a locate point or marker 68 Erasing a locate point or marker 69 Repeatedly playing a specific region (the A-B Repeat function) 70 Finding a location while you listen to the sound (the Nudge function) 71 Finding a location while you view the waveform 72 8. Using libraries and scene memories 73 About the libraries 73 About scene memories 73 Basic operation for libraries and scene memories 74 Storing library or scene data 74 Recalling library or scene data 75 Deleting library or scene data 75 Naming library or scene data 76 Details on libraries and scene memory 77 Input library 77 EQ library 77 Dynamics library 78 Effect library 78 Mastering library 78 Sample library 78 Channel library 79 Scene memories 79 Using the Recall Safe function 80 9. Mixdown and bounce operations 81 About mixdown and bouncing 81 Preparing for mixdown 83 Using the internal effects via send/return 85 Recording on the stereo track 87 Bounce (ping-pong) recording procedure 88 Correcting a Vocal Track (Pitch Fix) 89 Convenient functions during mixdown/bounce operations 92 Adding input signals or pad performances during mixdown 92 Using meters to check the level of each channel 93 Viewing all parameters for a certain channel 93 Initializing a channel 94 Editing the EQ parameters 95 Editing the dynamics parameters 96 Editing the parameters of an internal effect 97 Inserting an effect into a track channel 99 10. Creating an audio CD 101 Creating an audio CD 101 Types of media that you can use with the CD-RW drive 101 Methods of writing an audio CD 102 Basic settings for the CD-RW drive 103 Writing audio data (Track At Once) 104 Writing audio data (Disc At Once) 106 Finalizing CD-R/RW media 108 Erasing CD-RW media 109 Playing an audio CD 110 11. Quick loop sampler 111 About the quick loop sampler 111 Using sample libraries 113 Recording/playing a pad performance 114 Grid Recording (Step Recording) the Pads 116 Importing from an audio CD/WAV file to a pad 117 Importing from an audio track/stereo track to a pad 119 Importing From a Computer To the Pads 120 Editing the sample name 121 Trimming the playback region 122 Switching the playback mode for each pad 123 Using the Slice function 124 Deleting an unwanted sample 126 12. Track editing 127 What you can do using editing commands 127 Basic procedure for track editing 128 List of editing commands 130 ERASE 130 DELETE 131 INSERT 131 COPY 132 MOVE 133 EXCHANGE 134 TIME COMP/EXP (Time Compression/Expansion) 134 PITCH CHANGE 135 EXPORT 135 Exporting WAV files and importing audio CD or WAV files 136 Importing and Exporting Audio Data From and To a Computer 136 Exporting WAV files 136 Transferring WAV Files To and From a Computer 137 Importing WAV Files 139 Importing from the CD-RW drive 140 13. Song management 143 About songs 143 Editing the song name 145 Editing various settings for the song 146 Copying or deleting a song 147 Optimizing a song 148 Creating a tempo map 149 Importing data from an existing song 151 Backing up songs and sample libraries 152 Restoring songs or sample libraries 154 Exchanging Song Data With Other AW-series Audio Workstations 155 14. MIDI and utility functions 157 What you can do using MIDI 157 Basic MIDI Settings 158 Setting MIDI messages 158 Using the MIDI Remote function 163 About the MIDI Remote function 163 Using the MIDI Remote function presets 163 Using the user-defined Remote function 165 Using the test tone oscillator 167 Digital input settings and Initializing the internal hard disk 168 Overall settings for the AW1600 169 15. Using the AW1600 with external devices 171 Using the AW1600 with a "workstation synth" 171 Synchronizing the AW1600 with the workstation's sequencer 171 Recording/playing AW1600 mix operations on the workstation's sequencer 172 Switching AW1600 scenes from the workstation's sequencer 173 Remotely controlling a tone generator module 174 Using external effects 175 Connecting a digital recorder such as MD or DAT 177 Mixing down to a digital recorder 177 Recording audio data from a digital recorder 178 Appendix 179 Input library list 179 Mastering library list 180 EQ library list 181 Dynamics Parameters 182 Dynamics library list 185 Effects library list 186 Effects Parameters 188 Sample library list 200 Troubleshooting 202 Display message list 206 About the CD-ROM included with the AW1600 209 MIDI data format 215 MIDI Implementation Chart 219 Specifications 220 Dimensions 222 Index 223 Block diagram 227 This is the end of the file.