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iii 2 About this owners manualSTEP4 Playback STEP3 Recording STEP2 Creating and selecting songs STEP1 Connections, Power-on, Demo Table of ContentsChapter 2 Operation Chapter 1 Introduction iv STEP5 Moving and storing time locations STEP12 Using external drives STEP10 Tempo settings STEP9 Song editing STEP8 Track editing STEP7 Mixdown STEP6 Adjusting and storing mixer settings STEP11 Synchronization and control with a MIDI sequencer STEP13 Saving to and loading from DAT 3 Chapter 3 Reference Functions added to the D8 Chapter 4 Appendices 4 Chapter 2 Operation This chapter explains the operation of each of the D8s functions, in logical order. Connections, Power-on, Demo 1. Connections to your audio system etc. 2. Power on/off 5 STEP17 STEP203:NoDATA 03:NEWSONG EditSong RenamI03 KORG1 I03:KORG1 Recording03:KORG1 Starting and stopping recording 1. Recording (analog record- ing) Connecting the input device and adjusting Listening to the recorded performance (Play- 8 STEP319 STEP420 3. Applying an effect to the playback soundSelecting the tracks for playback Specifying the location at which you wish to insert the effect Sending the playback sound to the effect 4. Applying an external effect to the playback soundSending the playback sound to the external effect Adjusting the input level and input balance from the external effect Snd1 :080 Aux1 :100 AuxRet:080 AuxBal:CNT 5. Program playback of songs 6. Switching scenes dur- ing playback Moving and storing time locations1. Moving the current timeUsing the location counter to move Using the [STOP], [REW] and [FF] keys to move P01:I01 21 STEP501:KORG1 22 2. Finding a precise time locationThe Scrub function Play From/Play To/Slow Play functions 3. Locate points (LOC1, LOC2, LOC3)Storing a Locate point Moving to a Locate point Store StoreIn 23 4. Mark pointsStoring a Mark point DelM004 ? Moving to a Mark point Deleting a Mark point Mark MarkM001 01:SngNam Mark Adjusting and storing mixer settings1. Pairing settingsEQ Pairing on/off Enabling parameters for pairing 2. Adjusting the volume of each channel 24 STEP6HEQ1-2:+00 ChPairSw :o 25 3. Adjusting the stereo location4. Using the EQ to adjust the toneAdjusting the High EQ Adjusting the Low EQ LEQ1 :+00 5. Adjusting the Effect Send, AUX Send and Track Status 26 6. SceneStoring a scene DelS01 ? StoreS01 Switching scenes during a song Recalling a scene Deleting a scene Store S01:Fader Mixdown1. Recording a master tape (Mixdown)Listening to the completed song Connect an external recording device and record 2. Applying an effect dur- ing mixdownSpecifying the location at which the effect will be inserted Selecting an effect program Editing the effect 27 STEP7Track editing1. Storing IN, OUT and TO times 2. Copying track data (Track Copy) 28 STEP832 STEP9EditSong Del:I04ok? Tempo settings1. Tempo map settingsCreating a tempo map Deleting a tempo map 2. Recording MIDI Clock data from a sequencerRecording tempo data on the D8 33 STEP101:116|3/4 1:116|3/4 34 3. Recording tap tempo4. Selecting the tempo sourceTempoRec MIDIclk ? TempoRec MeasTap ? Press Play/Fsw TmpSrc:Trk Synchronization and control with a MIDI sequencer1. Using MIDI Clock to synchronize a MIDI sequencer to the D8 2. Using MTC to synchro- nize a MIDI sequencer to the D8 35 STEP11Gen:Clock 3. Using MMC to control the D8 from a MIDI sequencer Using external drives1. Connecting an external drive 36 STEP1240 STEP13A01:SngNa Backup H:DAT100 I**DATok 41 2. Loading a backed-up song from a DAT recorder (Restore)Loading a backed-up song from a DAT recorder (Restore) PlayDAT H:DAT100 B02:NoDA 42 Chapter 3 Reference43 1. SONG/TRACK A02 ok Cpy:I01 Select a song edit operation P2-1 ..........(16 characters displayed) Song name display P1-3 .......................................[01...50] Song number select P1-2 .......................................[I, A...G] Drive number select P1-1 Song name display P1-2 ...................................(01...50) Song number display P1-1 Song number/name display.......(7 characters displayed: 16 characters during recording or playback) 2. EDIT SONG/TRACK Drive/song select Edit song.......[Cpy, Renam, Del, Mov, Recov] I01:SngNa EditSong 44 B06-40ok Cpy:I1-35 Renam:A01[ (blank), A...Z, a...z, 0...9, @, !, ", #, $, %, ', (, ), Specify the song name (only for Recover Song). P2-6 [(01...50)] P2-5 ................................................[(I, A...G)] Source drive number display (only for Copy Song) ] ..................................................................[01...50, 1- Source song number select (only for Copy Song) P2-3 P2-2 ............................................................................(I, A...G) , +, ,, -, ., /, :, ;, <, =, >, ?, [, \, ], ^, _, {, |, }] SngName Del:I01ok MovI01ok 45 Edit TrackSwpTr 1 Tr 2 ? ErsTr 1? CpyTr 1 Destination track select P3-3 (Copy Track only)]: Source track select (Copy Track and Swap Track) [CpyTr, Ins, Ers, Del, SwpTr] ................................ Select the type of track editing P3-1 [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 1-4, 5-8, 1-8, CLP .......[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 1-4, 5-8, 1-8, CLP (Copy Track only)]: EditTrack Tr 1x99 InsTr 1? DelTr 1? 46 3. SYSTEMChannel level meter display selection FswPol *:-P1-1 Channel level meter display selection..[Pre, Post] Effect level meter display selectionP2-1 Effect level meter display selection............[In, Out] Input monitor selectionP3-1 Input monitor selection .....................[Auto, Source] Foot switch operating mode selectionP4-1 Foot switch operating mode selection .................. [PncI/O, PlyStp, Mark] Foot switch polarity setting ChMtr:Pre EfMtr:In Fsw:PncI/O P5 47 4. EDIT SYSTEMDeleting a mark InAssign In1/2Ch P1-1 Select the mark to be deleted...........[All, 001...100] MIDI/SYNC settingsP2-1 Synchronization signal selection....................... [Gen, RcvMMC, DevID] P2-2 Sync Generate settings ............[Clock, MTC30, Off] P2-3 MMC reception on/off....................................... [o, -] P2-4 Device ID setting ............................................[01...32] Channel pair enable setting INPUT 1/2 assignP4-1 INPUT 1/2 assign.........................................[Ch, Mst] Mark DelAll ? MIDI/Sync Gen:Clock RcvMMC:o DevID: 01 ChPairSw EQ :o 48 Drive information/song backup/ restore/ initialize/formatP5-1 Disk utility menu..........[DriveInfo, Backup, Restore, Initial, Format] x02Disks I01:SngNa A:RM 100 Drive informationP5-2 Destination drive select.................................[I, A...G] P5-3 Destination drive display......................... [HD...RM] P5-4 Drive format display.............................. [Play, Bkup] Song backupP5-5 Source disk number display...................... [I, A...G] P5-6 Source song number select.................. [01...50, ] P5-7 Source song name display............ (song name/All) P5-8 Destination drive/DAT select.................... [A...G, H] P5 DiskUtil FMT:Play A:RM 100 DriveInfo Backup 49 Song restoreP5-12 Source drive/DAT select............................. [A...G, H] Initial A:RM 100 P5-15 Source song number select...................[01...50, All] P5-18 Destination song number select................. [01...50] A:RM 100 A01:SngN B02:NoDAP5-19 Destination song name display ........................ (four characters displayed) P5-20 Destination drive type display..................(HD, RM) P5-21 Destination drive capacity display.. (disk capacity) Initialize/formatP5-22 Destination drive select................................ [I, A...G] P5-23 Destination drive type display..................(HD, RM) 50 5. DISPLAY MODECounter display selectionP1 Location counter display selection....................... [MBT, MSM, MSF, FreeTime] 6. REC MODE 7. PLAY MODEPlayback method select............................................. [Off, AutoPlayOn, AutoRepeatOn]AutoPlayOn or AutoRepeatOn 51 8. EDIT PLAY MODEPre roll time setting P01:I-- PstRol:00Mwhen Auto Punch In/Out is performed. Post roll time settingRepeat On when Auto Punch In/Out is performed. Program playP3-1 Program playback order select................. [01...50] P3-2 Playback drive select.................................... [I, A...G] P3-3 Playback song number select.................... [01...50] 9. TRIGGERTrigger recording on/off PreRol:02M 52 10. EDIT TRIGGERThreshold level adjustment 2:1204/4 :Metro4 P1-1 Threshold level adjustment .................... [001...100] Pre trigger time settingP2-1 Pre trigger time setting ...................[000...700 m (s)] 11. TEMPOTempo map settingsP1-1 Tempo map number select...............................[0...9] P1-2 Tempo setting.......................................[40...240, (Trk)] P1-3 Time signature setting1...8/8, 10/8, 12/8, 16/8, 1...8/16, 10/16, 12/16, 16/16] ThrLev:050 PrTrg:000mP1-5 Metronome type select..................................... [refer to Metronome type list] Metronome volume settingP2-1 Metronome volume setting......................[001...100] TempoRec MIDIclk ? 53 12. EDIT TEMPOTempo source settingP1-1 Tempo source select................................... [Map, Trk] Tempo recordingP2-1 Tempo recording source select.........[MIDIclk, MeasTap] 13. METRONOMEMetronome on/off....................................................[On, Off] TmpSrc:Map 54 14. EDIT METRONOMEMetronome volume setting MetMod:P+RP1-1 Metronome volume setting......................[001...100] Metronome mode settingP2-1 Metronome mode setting.................[P+R, Rec, Off] 15. IN/LOC1, OUT/LOC2, TO/LOC3IN/LOC1.................................................................. OUT/LOC2............................................................... TO/LOC3.................................................................. MetVol:050 55 16. SCENEScene Read on/off................................................... [On, Off] DelS-- 17. EDIT SCENEScene parameter listP1-1 Scene number select....................[S01...20, CUR, 1]When Scene Read is On When Scene Read is Off P1-2 Scene display parameter select......................... [Fader, Pan, Snd, Aux, HiEQ, LoEQ] P1-3 Scene start location display.............................. Deleting a scene S01:FaderP2-1 Select the scene number for deletion.......[S01...20, All] P2-2 Scene start location display ............................. 56 18. STOREStoring IN/LOC 1, OUT/LOC 2, TO/LOC 3 or a Scene Mark StoreStoring a location to IN/LOC 1, OUT/LOC 2, TO/LOC 3 Storing a scene Storing a MarkP2-1 Mark number ......................................... [M001...100] 19. SCRUBScrub on/off.............................................................. [On, Off] 20. UNDOUndo/Redo..................................[U (Undo), R (Redo), (Off) ] 57 21. TRACK STATUS22. EQHigh EQ gain adjustmentP1-1 Channel number display........................................... P1-2 HEQ (Fc=10 kHz) gain setting.........[-15...+00...+15] Low EQ gain adjustmentP2-1 Channel number display.................................. P2-2 LEQ (Fc=100 Hz) gain setting..........[-15...+00...+15] 23. EFFECT SENDEffect send level (Snd) adjustment HEQ1 :+00 LEQ1 :+00P1-1 Channel number display.................................. P1-2 Effect send level settings .................. [000...100, Wet]When [EFFECT ASSIGN] is INPUT 1/2 When [EFFECT ASSIGN] is MASTER (Send Type) When [EFFECT ASSIGN] is MASTER (Global Type) External output (Aux) level settingP2-1 Channel number display ................................. P2-2 External output (Aux) send level setting[000...100, Off] 58 24. PAN/BALANCE25. FADER[CHANNEL] (1...7/8) faders (playback/input recording level adjustment) [MASTER] fader (master/master recording level adjustment) 59 26. PAIR On/OffP1-1 Pairing on/off .............................................. [On, Off] Snd1-2:000 27. REC SELECT 60 28. EFFECTEffect select EG4:CLEAN(Example) The screen display shown above Functional categories Display Instrument categories Display P1-2 Effect name display................( ROOM... CnCNL) <Mono-in/mono-out> 2 channels <Stereo-in/stereo-out> 61 Monitor delay settingsMoniDly:o T :200msP2-1 Monitor delay on/off.........................[o (On), - (Off)] P2-2 Monitor delay parameter select ............................. P2-3 Monitor delay parameter settings..................... 62 29. EDIT EFFECTEditing and saving an effect WriteU01?P1-1 Effect select.................(refer to Effect program list) P1-2 Effect on/off..........................................................[o, -] P1-3 Effect parameter select..................................... P1-4 Effect parameter value P1-5 Effect program on/off........................................ [o, -] P1-7 Select the user effect number for the save desti- nation 4BEQ :o LoG:-15dB All Eff:o RenRoom 63 30. EFFECT ASSIGN31. EDIT EFFECT ASSIGNEffect return level settingP1-1 Effect return level setting..........................[000...100] Effect return balance settingP2-1 Effect return balance setting.........[L50...CNT...R50] External input (AUX IN) level settingP3-1 External input (AUX IN) level setting ........[000...100] External input (AUX IN) balance settingP4-1 External input (AUX IN) balance setting ........... [L50...CNT...R50] EffRet:000 EffBal:CNT AuxRet:000 64 Chapter 4 Appendices 1. TroubleshootingCannot record! Channel faders and EQ do not function! No sound! Time available for recording does not match the remaining time! There is excessive noise or distortion in the input sound or recorded sound! 65 The sound drops out!MIDI sequencer does not synchronize to the D8! Switches do not function! Cursor does not appear! Effect does not function! External disk drive is not acknowledged! Cannot remove an external removable disk! 66 2. Various messages67 3. MIDI Implementation ChartMIDI Implementation ChartModel D8 : [ Digital Recording Studio ] 70 5. Effect Program List71 6. Effect Parameter List4BEQ (4 Band Equalizer) S.4BEQ (Stereo 4Band Equalizer) AMP SIM (Amp Simulator) CAB RES (Cabinet Resonator) CH/FL (Chorus/Flanger) S.CH/FL (Stereo Chorus/Flanger) CnCNL (Center Canceller) COMP (Compressor/Limiter) S.COMP (Stereo Compressor/Limiter) DECIMA (Stereo Decimator) DEESSER (De-Esser) DISTORT (Distortion) S.DIST (Stereo Distortion) DLY (Mono Delay) 72 DualDLY (Dual Delay)S.DLY (Stereo Delay) TmpoDLY (Tempo Delay) X.DLY (Cross Delay) DOPPLER (Doppler) ENSEMBL (Ensemble) ER (Early Reections) EXCITER (Exciter) S.XCITE (Stereo Exciter) FILTER (Filter) GATE (Gate) NR (Noise Reduction) S.NR (Stereo NR) PAN (Pan) PHASER (Phaser) S.PHASE (Stereo Phaser) 73 PHONO (Turntable SIM)PITCH (Pitch Shifter) D.PITCH (Dual Pitch Shifter) HALL (Hall Reverb) ROOM (Room Reverb) PLATE (Plate Reverb) RingMOD (Ring Modulator) ROTARY (Rotary Speaker SIM) TREMOLO (Tremolo) S.TREM (Stereo Tremolo) WAH+OD (Wah+Overdrive) MoniDly (Monitor Delay) 74 7. Metronome Type List8. Demo Song List 75 9. D8 SpecicationsSpecicationsSpecications and appearance are subject to change without notice for product improvement. < Recorder section > < Mixer section > < Multi-effect section > < General > Main formats Analog/digital input/output formats< LINE, MIC/GUITAR INPUT1 > < LINE, MIC INPUT2 > < AUX INPUTS L/R > < MASTER OUTPUTS L/R > < AUX OUTPUT > < PHONES OUTPUT > < DIGITAL INPUT/OUTPUT > < SCSI > < MIDI IN/OUT > < FOOT SW > < AC 9V IN > Accessories Options 76 Functions added to the D8Bouncing tracks 18Playback track and recording track settings Adjusting the playback level and recording level Applying EQ and effects as you record Starting and stopping recording Playing back the recorded content (Playback)
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