Yamaha AW1600 Owner's Manual - Page 14

Features of the AW1600 ■ Recorder section ● 8-track Simultaneous Recording & 16-track Simultaneous Playback (16-bit songs) 2 You can record multiple tracks of instruments one by one, or set up multiple mics to record a drum set or a live per- formance by an entire band. A stereo track for direct mix- down of all 16 tracks is also provided, letting you manage Introducing the AW1600 the multi-track audio and the two-track mix as a single package of data. For the multi-tracks as well as the stereo track, you can use eight virtual tracks for each track. When recording parts or during mixdown, you can switch virtual tracks to record multiple takes, and select the best take later. The "bit depth" (number of quantization bits) of the audio data recorded on each track can be set to 16 or 24 bits for each individual song. 16-bit songs allow simultaneous recording of up to 8 tracks, and simultaneous playback of up to 16 tracks. A maximum of eight 24-bit song tracks can be recorded or played simultaneously (→ p. 143). ● Versatile editing functionality Audio data recorded on a track can be copied, moved, or edited using a variety of commands. You can make detailed edits, or even make radical changes to the structure of the song by using the same riff repeatedly or increasing the number of choruses. "Time Compression" lets you compress or expand the time axis of the audio data in a range of 50%-200%. "Pitch Change" lets you modify the pitch in a range of one octave upward or downward. You can use the Undo function to reverse the results of as many as the last fifteen editing operations. ● A variety of Locate methods, and auto punch-in/out Seven locate points (start/end, relative zero, A/B, in/out) and 99 markers can be assigned at any desired point in the song, for quick access via Locate operations. Auto punchin/out and A-B repeat playback functions are also provided. The AW1600 also has a metronome that follows the tempo map. ● Sound Clip function The Sound Clip function lets you record and play back an input signal without affecting the recorder tracks. You can use this as a sketch for your ideas for a song or arrangement. ● Vocal Editing with Pitch Fix A Pitch Fix function is provided to allow precise adjustment of the pitch of a vocal track as well as the generation of chorus parts from a main vocal line. This feature can also be used to change the character of a vocal sound. ■ Quick Loop Sampler section The AW1600 has a built-in pad-type sampler. You can assign sixteen stereo waveforms to the four pads with sample banks. Audio tracks from the hard disk, or WAV files from a CD-ROM disc or computer can be loaded. The timing at which each pad is pressed can be recorded on a dedicated pad track, and edited later. Drum phrases from the sample library can be assigned to pads, and you can then record pad operations to use this function as a simple rhythm machine. The maximum polyphony is four stereo notes, and the maximum playback time is a total of approximately 47 seconds (approximately 29 seconds in 24-bit songs) of stereo for the entire Quick Loop Sampler. ■ CD-RW drive A dedicated CD-RW drive is installed in the AW1600. You can produce an audio CD from the stereo tracks of the songs recorded on the hard disk. Markers assigned within a song can also be used as the track numbers of the CD. You can even use advanced techniques such as assigning more than one track number within a single song. The CD-RW drive can also be used to backup/restore songs, to play back audio CDs, and to load WAV data from a CD-ROM. ■ Connecting to a Computer The AW1600 can be directly connected to a computer via the built-in USB interface. This allows WAV-format audio files to be copied between the AW1600 and computer for convenient management and processing in computerbased applications, and "backup" song files can be stored on the computer's memory media. 14 AW1600 Owner's Manual