Yamaha A3000 Owner's Manual - Page 230

SETUP Function Knob 3 Knob 4 DIGITAL Record the digital signal supplied to the DIGITAL IN connector on the AIEB1 expansion board. OPTICAL Record the digital signal supplied to the OPTICAL IN connector on the AIEB1 expansion board. • You cannot apply recording effects to STOut, DIGITAL, or OPTICAL signals. If you select any of these inputs, the RecEfSW switch (in the EFFECT function's EfType page; 238) is forced to off. • If you select DIGITAL or OPTICAL, the SmpType setting is forced to Stereo. • If you select STOut, then MIDI control-change messages (as well as pitchbend and aftertouch messages) are all disabled during recording. In addition, maximum polyphony (the maximum number of monaural samples that can play at one time) is limited to 4 (so that you cannot record sound from more than 4 monaural or 2 stereo samples at any given moment). SmpType = Mono, Stereo This setting selects whether the new sample is stereo or monaural. Note that the Stereo setting is forced if Input is set to DIGITAL or OPTICAL. Mono Stereo Record as a monaural sample. • If Input = AD L, the A3000 records the INPUT-L signal with- out change. • If Input = AD L/R or STOut, the A3000 mixes the left and right signals to produce the monaural sample. Record as a stereo sample. • If Input = AD L, the A3000 records the INPUT-L signal into both waveforms (left and right waveforms) of the new sample. (The two waveforms are therefore identical.) • If Input = AD L/R or STOut, the A3000 records the L and R signals into the respective waveforms of the stereo sample. Freq (varies according to Input setting) This setting selects the sampling frequency the A3000 uses to record the input. Higher frequencies produce better sound - and in most cases you will want to use the highest frequency (44.1kHz) to secure the highest sound quality. But note that higher frequencies also consume more memory. Available settings depend on the input source, as follows. • If Input is set to AD L, AD L/R, or STOut, then you can select any of the following: 44.1k (44.1kHz), 22k or 22kLoFi (22.05kHz), 11k or 11kLoFi (11.025kHz), or 5k or 5kLoFi (5.5125kHz). [When converting to 22k, 11k, or 5k, the A3000 applies a filter to eliminate "return" noise produced by the conversion. The "LoFi" settings switch the filter off, resulting in a rougher sound.] • If Input is set to DIGITAL or OPTICAL, then you can set the frequency to ext, ext/2, ext/4, or ext/8 (external clock x 1, 1/2, 1/4, or 1/8, respectively). Please also note the following additional points. • If you select a frequency other than 44.1, the quality that you hear when monitoring the signal may not match the quality of the actual recording. 228 Chapter 6 RECORDING Mode