Yamaha aw1600 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Recording/playing a sound clip

Recording to a sound clip

AW1600 Owner’s Manual

1To hear the content that you recorded in the

sound clip, press the PLAY [ ] key.

The region from where you began recording to where

you stopped recording will play repeatedly. To stop,

press the STOP [■] key. If you record again, the previ-

ous data will be overwritten.

In the CLIP screen, the keys of the Transport section

will have the following functions.

2If you want to change the playback region

of the sound clip, stop at the location that

you want to specify as the Start point, move

the cursor to the START button, and press

the [ENTER] key.

The current location will be registered as the Start

point.

3In the same way, stop at the location that

you want to specify as the End point, move

the cursor to the END button, and press the

[ENTER] key.

4Stop playback, move the cursor to the CLIP

button, and press the [ENTER] key.

The CLIP button will turn on, and the speciﬁed Start

point and End point will be enabled.

5To exit the CLIP screen, press the [SOUND

CLIP] key.

A popup window will ask you for conﬁrmation. Move

the cursor to the OK button to exit the CLIP screen or

to the CANCEL button to cancel, and press the

[ENTER] key.

When you exit the CLIP screen, you will return to the

TRACK screen VIEW page. However you can press

the [SOUND CLIP] key at any time to play back the

previously recorded content or record a new perfor-

mance.

Key Function

RTZ [ ] key

Returns to the location at which you

began recording. If the CLIP button is on,

this returns to the Start point.

REW [ ] key

Rewinds the current location toward the

beginning. You will stop when you reach

the location at which you began recording

or the Start point.

FF [ ] key

Fast-forwards the current location. You will

stop when you reach the location at which

you stopped recording or the End point.

STOP [■] key Stops playback, recording, rewind, or fast-

forward.

PLAY [ ] key Starts playback. Pressing this key during

playback does nothing.

REC [●] key

If you hold down this key while stopped

and press the PLAY [ ] key, recording

will begin. Pressing this key during play-

back does nothing.

■Playing a sound clip

•You will not hear the metronome and pads 1–4 while a sound

clip is playing. However, you can still monitor the signals of

input channels 1–8.

HINT

•The START button, END button, and CLIP button are disabled

while the sound clip is playing.

NOTE

•The region of data between the speciﬁed Start point and End

point can be copied to an audio track of the Recorder section

by using the EDIT screen COPY command (

→

p. 132).

HINT

• When you record a sound clip, the previous recording will be

lost. Please be aware that the Undo function cannot be used

to recover a deleted sound clip. Even if you save the song

immediately prior to recording a new sound clip, the previous

sound clip will not be restored if you recall the song data.

NOTE

•A popup window will also ask you to conﬁrm that you want to

exit the CLIP screen if you press a key in the Work Navigate

section or Quick Navigate section while playback is stopped

in the CLIP screen.

• The recorded contents of the sound clip are stored for each

song.

HINT