Yamaha AW16G Owner's Manual - Page 6

Contents Contents 1 Before you start 9 Introduction 9 Remember to back up your data 9 About the CD-RW drive 10 Installing the CD-RW drive 10 Removing the CD-RW drive 11 Using the CD-RW drive 11 Connecting the AC adaptor 12 Turning the power on/off 12 2 Introducing the AW16G 13 Features of the AW16G 13 AW16G terminology 15 Recorder section 15 Mixer section 15 Quick Loop Sampler section 16 Overall 16 Parts of the AW16G and what they do 17 Top panel 17 Rear panel 21 Front panel 22 Basic operation on the AW16G 23 Viewing the display 23 Accessing a screen/page/channel 23 Switching a button on/off 24 Editing a value in the display 24 Inputting text 24 Using the Selected Channel section 25 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 84 Recording on the stereo track 86 Bounce (ping-pong) recording procedure 87 Convenient functions during mixdown/bounce operations 89 6