Yamaha AW2816 Owner's Manual - Page 34

Chapter 2 Welcome to the world of the AW2816 This chapter explains the features and signal flow of the AW2816, and covers basic operation. 2 Features of the AW2816 Welcome to the world of the AW2816 The AW2816 is an audio workstation that combines a digital mixer, hard disk recorder, and multi-effect unit. It allows you to carry out the entire music production process - multi-track recording, mixing, audio editing, effect processing, and CD production (*1) - without needing any other equipment. This section explains the features of each section of the AW2816. *1:A separately sold internal or external CD-RW drive is required. Mixer section • Maximum 28 channel input/18 bus configuration A total of 28 input channels are provided: 8 input channels to which analog inputs, digital stereo inputs, or OPTION I/O slot inputs can be freely assigned, 16 recorder monitor channels, and 2 return channels (stereo). There are a total of 18 output buses: 8 group buses, 6 AUX buses, stereo bus and the SOLO bus (stereo). • 4-band EQ and dynamics processors on all channels Each channel including the stereo output has 4band full-parametric EQ and a dynamics processor (except for the two return channels). • Two high-quality multi-effect units are built-in The two multi-effect units provide spatial effects, modulation effects, guitar effects, and more. The effect units can be used via AUX bus send/return, or can be inserted into any desired channel. • Scene/library functionality Mix parameters and effect settings can be saved as a "scene," and recalled by operating the keys of the top panel or by transmitting program change messages from an external MIDI device. Up to 96 scenes can be used for each song. The AW2816 also provides various libraries in which EQ, dynamics processor, channel, and patching settings can be stored independently. • Full-automated mixing The AW2816 features nine 60 mm motor-drive faders. Fully automated mixing allows time-axis recording of not only scene memory and library recall operations, but also fader movements, pan operations, and EQ operations. Recorder section • Efficient data management The audio data, scene memories, libraries, and automix data used by a single composition is saved together on the internal hard disk as a "song." The desired song can be recalled at any time. Songs can also be backed up on external media such an MO disk or CD-R/RW disc. • Support for large hard disks up to 64 GB Separately sold hard disks for internal installation (2.5 inch IDE type) up to 64 GB (maximum 6.4 GB per song) are supported. An internal hard disk can store up to 30,000 songs. • 16 x 8 virtual tracks + stereo track The track structure of a song consists of 16 tracks x 8 virtual tracks + stereo track (total 130 tracks). For each song, you can select the quantization word length (16 bits/24 bits) and sampling frequency (44.1 kHz/48 kHz). Simultaneous playback of 16 tracks or simultaneous recording of 8 tracks is supported (for a 16 bit song), making the AW2816 ideal for live recording or pingpong recording. The 16 tracks can be mixed down directly to a stereo track within the AW2816. This allows unified management of the multi-track material and the two-track stereo mix. • Versatile editing functions Editing can be performed at any level: song, track, part, or region. Editing functions include "Time Compression" that compresses or expands the time in a range of 50%-200%, and a "Pitch Change" command that shifts the pitch up or down in a range of one octave. Undo/Redo functions are also provided, and you can retrace your editing as far as 15 previous operations. Operation section 25