Yamaha aw1600 Recording/playing a pad performance

AW1600 Owner’s Manual

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Quick loop sampler

6To switch the sample bank for each pad,

repeatedly press the [SAMPLE EDIT] key to

access the SETUP page of the SAMPLE

screen.

1One shot/loop mode

An icon indicates whether the sample assigned to the

pad is set to One Shot mode ( ) or Loop mode ( ).

BPad number

This indicates the pad number 1–4.

CBank

This selects the sample bank (A–D) used by each pad.

The name of the sample assigned to that bank is dis-

played at the right.

7Move the cursor to the bank area for the

desired pad, and turn the [DATA/JOG] dial.

The sample bank will change, and the sample name

will change accordingly.

8As desired, use the knobs and keys of the

Selected Channel section to process the

sound of pads 1–4.

EQ, dynamics, and effect send 1/2 levels can be

adjusted for the pad channels in the same way as for

the track channels or input channels. Press a pad 1–4

to select the pad channel that you want to control, and

use the knobs and keys of the Selected Channel sec-

tion.

Here’s how you can record your pad performance (pad events) onto the pad tracks.

1In the Quick Navigation section, repeatedly

press the [RECORD] key or hold down the

[RECORD] key and use the CURSOR [ ]/

[] keys to access the PAD page of the

RECORD screen.

In the PAD page you can record pad events on the pad

tracks.

• If a sample is assigned to a pad, that pad will light while the

sample plays when you press it. However if no sample is

assigned, nothing will play and the pad will not light. You can

either assign a sample to the pad, or switch the sample bank.

•If the pad lights when you strike a pad but you hear no sound,

access the METER page of the VIEW screen, and check

whether the meter of the corresponding pad channel (P1–P4)

is moving (

→

p. 93).

•If the meter moves when you strike a pad, make sure that the

[STEREO] fader has not been lowered, and that your monitor

system is connected correctly and that its volume is set

appropriately.

• If you hear no sound even after raising the [STEREO] fader,

access the INIT page of the MONITOR screen and press that

pad. This will initialize the pad channel so that it will produce

sound. (

→

p. 94)

NOTE

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• If no sample is assigned to the selected bank, the sample

name area will indicate [-NO REC-].

HINT

• Sample banks recorded in and played back with a song are

speciﬁed via the Tempo Map. Check the Tempo Map setup (

→

p. 149) when recording phrases played on the pads to a song.

NOTE

• When you press a pad 1–4, the assigned sample will always

sound. If you want to select a pad for operations without mak-

ing it sound, hold down the [SELECT] key and press a pad 1–

• The playback sounds of pads 1–4 are sent via pad channels

1–4 to the stereo bus. By using the MIXDOWN page of the

RECORD screen, you can record your pad performance on

the stereo track (

→

p. 92). A recording on the stereo track can

also be moved to an audio track (

→

p. 132).

HINT

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