Yamaha AW1600 Musical Instrument User Manual


 
Recording on the stereo track
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Mixdown and bounce operations
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AW1600 Owner’s Manual
Here’s how to record the final mix on the stereo track.
1
In the Quick Navigate section, repeatedly
press the [RECORD] key or hold down the
[RECORD] key and use the CURSOR [ ]/
[] keys to access the MIXDOWN page of
the RECORD screen.
2
Move the cursor to the REC button of the
MIXDOWN page, and press the [ENTER] key
to turn the button on.
The panel [STEREO] key will blink red. This blinking
indicates that the stereo track is in record-ready mode.
3
Press the RTZ [ ] key to rewind the song.
Then hold down the REC [] key and press
the PLAY [ ] key.
The song will begin playing, and the playback will be
recorded on the stereo track.
4
When you reach the end of the song, move
the cursor to the SAFE button in the screen
and press the [ENTER] key.
A popup window will ask you to confirm that you
want to cancel record-ready mode. Move the cursor to
the OK button and press the [ENTER] key.
5
To play back the stereo track, repeatedly
press the Quick Navigate section [MONI-
TOR] key or hold down the [MONITOR] key
and use the CURSOR [ ]/[ ] keys to
access the ST.TRACK page of the MONI-
TOR screen.
1 ST.TRACK ON/OFF button
Switches stereo track playback on/off.
B Virtual track
Selects the virtual track that is assigned to the stereo
track. The currently selected virtual track is indicated
by a “.” Of the other virtual tracks, those that have
already been recorded are indicated by “ ,” and the
unrecorded tracks are indicated by “–”.
C Track view
In this area, markers and the presence or absence of
track data are displayed graphically.
D PRE/POST buttons
These buttons select whether the level meter in the
ST.TRACK page will indicate the pre-fader level
(PRE) or the post-fader level (POST). This setting is
shared with the BUS page of the VIEW screen.
E Level meter
This indicates the output level of the stereo track.
6
Switch the ST.TRACK ON/OFF button ON.
When this button is on, the stereo track output will be
sent to a point directly before the [STEREO] fader,
and can be monitored from the STEREO/AUX OUT
jacks or the MONITOR OUT jacks. At this time, the
record-ready status of all tracks will be cancelled.
7
Press the RTZ [ ] key to rewind the song,
and press the PLAY [ ] key.
The stereo track will be played back. Use the [STE-
REO] fader to adjust the monitor level.
When playback ends and you want to move to a differ-
ent screen, switch the ST.TRACK ON/OFF button
OFF.
8
Save the song.
If the song is not saved after it has been recorded as a
stereo track, it cannot be selected for burning to a CD.
Recording on the stereo track
The data that is recorded here on the stereo track will be the
data that is used to create an audio CD. If you want to pre-
cisely specify the beginning or end of the song, it is conve-
nient to use Auto Punch-in/out (
p. 59).
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•Even while the stereo track is playing, you can still monitor the
signals from the input channels.
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EQ and dynamics processing are applied to the playback of
the stereo track.
NOTE
If desired, you can use the [UNDO/REDO] button to cancel
the recording that was made on the stereo track (
p. 61), or
use the ST.TRACK page to switch virtual tracks and record
another take (
p. 62).
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