AW1600 Owner’s Manual
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Contents

10. Creating an audio CD 101
Creating an audio CD...............................................101
Types of media that
you can use with the CD-RW drive...........................101
Methods of writing an audio CD ...............................102
Basic settings for the CD-RW drive.......................... 103
Writing audio data (Track At Once) ..........................104
Writing audio data (Disc At Once) ............................106
Finalizing CD-R/RW media.......................................108
Erasing CD-RW media .............................................109
Playing an audio CD.................................................110
11. Quick loop sampler 111
About the quick loop sampler ...................................111
Using sample libraries ..............................................113
Recording/playing a pad performance .....................114
Grid Recording (Step Recording) the Pads..............116
Importing from an audio CD/WAV file to a pad ........117
Importing from an audio track/stereo track to a pad.119
Importing From a Computer To the Pads.................120
Editing the sample name..........................................121
Trimming the playback region ..................................122
Switching the playback mode for each pad..............123
Using the Slice function............................................124
Deleting an unwanted sample ..................................126
12. Track editing 127
What you can do using editing commands...............127
Basic procedure for track editing ......................... 128
List of editing commands..........................................130
ERASE................................................................. 130
DELETE ............................................................... 131
INSERT................................................................ 131
COPY................................................................... 132
MOVE ..................................................................133
EXCHANGE......................................................... 134
TIME COMP/EXP
(Time Compression/Expansion) ......................134
PITCH CHANGE.................................................. 135
EXPORT ..............................................................135
MERGE................................................................ 135
Exporting WAV files and
importing audio CD or WAV files.............................. 136
Importing and Exporting Audio Data
From and To a Computer ................................ 136
Exporting WAV files ............................................. 136
Transferring WAV Files To and
From a Computer ............................................137
Importing WAV Files ............................................ 139
Importing from the CD-RW drive.......................... 140
13. Song management 143
About songs .............................................................143
Editing the song name..............................................145
Editing various settings for the song ........................146
Copying or deleting a song.......................................147
Optimizing a song.....................................................148
Creating a tempo map ..............................................149
Importing data from an existing song........................151
Backing up songs and sample libraries ....................152
Restoring songs or sample libraries .........................154
Exchanging Song Data
With Other AW-series Audio Workstations ...............155
14. MIDI and utility functions 157
What you can do using MIDI.....................................157
Basic MIDI Settings ..................................................158
Setting MIDI messages.............................................158
Using the MIDI Remote function...............................163
About the MIDI Remote function ..........................163
Using the MIDI Remote function presets..............163
Using the user-defined Remote function ..............165
Using the test tone oscillator.....................................167
Digital input settings and
Initializing the internal hard disk................................168
Overall settings for the AW1600 ...............................169
15. Using the AW1600 with external devices 171
Using the AW1600 with a “workstation synth” ..........171
Synchronizing the AW1600
with the workstation’s sequencer.....................171
Recording/playing AW1600 mix
operations on the workstation’s sequencer .....172
Switching AW1600 scenes from
the workstation’s sequencer ............................173
Remotely controlling a tone generator module .........174
Using external effects ...............................................175
Connecting a digital recorder such as MD or DAT ...177
Mixing down to a digital recorder..........................177
Recording audio data from a digital recorder .......178

Appendix 179

Input library list..........................................................179
Mastering library list..................................................180
EQ library list ............................................................181
Dynamics Parameters ..............................................182
Dynamics library list..................................................185
Effects library list.......................................................186
Effects Parameters ...................................................188
Sample library list .....................................................200
Troubleshooting ........................................................202
Display message list .................................................206
About the CD-ROM included with the AW1600 ........209
MIDI data format .......................................................215
MIDI Implementation Chart.......................................219
Specifications............................................................220
Dimensions ...............................................................222
Index .........................................................................223
Block diagram ...........................................................227