AW1600 Owner’s Manual
Connecting a digital recorder such as MD or DAT
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Using the AW1600 with external devices
To play back your digital recorder and listen to the
recorded result, connect the DIGITAL STEREO OUT
jack of your digital recorder to the AW1600’s DIGI-
TAL STEREO IN jack, and perform the following
steps.
7If you want to hear the result that was
recorded on the digital recorder, lower the
[STEREO] fader to the – ∞ position, and
use the [UTILITY] key to access the D.IN -
HDD page of the UTILITY screen.
8Move the cursor to the DIGITAL REC ON/
OFF button, and press the [ENTER] key.
A message will ask you to confirm your observance of
copyright laws. If you accept the conditions described
in “Copyright Notice” (→ p. 6), move the cursor to the
OK button and press the [ENTER] key. The DIGITAL
REC ON/OFF button will be switched ON, and digital
audio data input will be enabled.
9Move the cursor to the DIGITAL PATCH IN
field, and turn the [DATA/JOG] dial to select
“STEREO BUS” as the destination for the
input signal from the DIGITAL STEREO IN
jack.
With this setting, the input signal from the DIGITAL
STEREO IN jack will be connected directly to the ste-
reo bus.
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Raise the [STEREO] fader to the 0 dB posi-
tion, and play back your digital recorder.
Here’s how the signal from a digital recorder connected to
the DIGITAL STEREO IN jack can be recorded on an
AW1600 track while still in the digital domain.
1Lower the [STEREO] fader to the – ∞ posi-
tion.
2As shown in the diagram below, connect
your digital recorder to the AW1600.
3Use the [UTILITY] key to access the D.IN •
HDD page of the UTILITY screen.
4Move the cursor to the DIGITAL REC ON/
OFF button, and press the [ENTER] key.
A message will ask you to confirm your observance of
copyright laws. If you accept the conditions described
in “Copyright Notice” (→ p. 6), move the cursor to the
OK button and press the [ENTER] key. The DIGITAL
REC ON/OFF button will be switched ON, and digital
audio data input will be enabled.
5Move the cursor to the DIGITAL PATCH IN
field, and turn the [DATA/JOG] dial to select
“1/2” (input channels 1/2) as the destination
for the input signal from the DIGITAL STE-
REO IN jack.
6Use the Quick Navigation section
[RECORD] key to access the DIRECT page
of the RECORD screen, and connect input
channels 1/2 directly to tracks 1/2.
7Raise the [STEREO] fader, play back your
digital recorder, and check the recording
level and monitor level.
8When you are finished setting the levels,
put the AW1600 in record mode, and play
back your digital recorder.
• Please note that the EQ and dynamics settings you made for
the stereo output channel during mixdown are still valid at this
point. If necessary, turn off EQ and dynamics.
NOTE

Recording audio data from

a digital recorder

AW1600
MONITOR
OUT
DIGITAL
STEREO IN
DIGITAL
STEREO OUT
Digital recorder
(MD or DAT)
• If necessary, use the INIT page of the MONITOR screen to
initialize the input channels.
NOTE
• If you want to lower the recording level, access the FADER
page of the VIEW screen and lower the on-screen faders for
input channels 1/2. (The [GAIN] knobs have no effect on input
signals from the DIGITAL STEREO INPUT jack.)
NOTE