Yamaha aw1600 Recorder section Quick Loop Sampler section, CD-RW drive, Connecting to a Computer

AW1600 Owner’s Manual

Features of the AW1600

Introducing the AW1600

●8-track Simultaneous Recording & 16-track

Simultaneous Playback (16-bit songs)

You can record multiple tracks of instruments one by one,

or set up multiple mics to record a drum set or a live per-

formance by an entire band. A stereo track for direct mix-

down of all 16 tracks is also provided, letting you manage

the multi-track audio and the two-track mix as a single

package of data.

For the multi-tracks as well as the stereo track, you can

use eight virtual tracks for each track. When recording

parts or during mixdown, you can switch virtual tracks to

record multiple takes, and select the best take later.

The “bit depth” (number of quantization bits) of the audio

data recorded on each track can be set to 16 or 24 bits for

each individual song. 16-bit songs allow simultaneous

recording of up to 8 tracks, and simultaneous playback of

up to 16 tracks. A maximum of eight 24-bit song tracks

can be recorded or played simultaneously (→ p. 143).

●Versatile editing functionality

Audio data recorded on a track can be copied, moved, or

edited using a variety of commands. You can make

detailed edits, or even make radical changes to the struc-

ture of the song by using the same riff repeatedly or

increasing the number of choruses.

“Time Compression” lets you compress or expand the

time axis of the audio data in a range of 50%–200%.

“Pitch Change” lets you modify the pitch in a range of one

octave upward or downward. You can use the Undo func-

tion to reverse the results of as many as the last ﬁfteen

editing operations.

●A variety of Locate methods, and auto

punch-in/out

Seven locate points (start/end, relative zero, A/B, in/out)

and 99 markers can be assigned at any desired point in the

song, for quick access via Locate operations. Auto punch-

in/out and A-B repeat playback functions are also pro-

vided. The AW1600 also has a metronome that follows the

tempo map.

●Sound Clip function

The Sound Clip function lets you record and play back an

input signal without affecting the recorder tracks. You can

use this as a sketch for your ideas for a song or arrange-

ment.

●Vocal Editing with Pitch Fix

A Pitch Fix function is provided to allow precise adjust-

ment of the pitch of a vocal track as well as the generation

of chorus parts from a main vocal line. This feature can

also be used to change the character of a vocal sound.

The AW1600 has a built-in pad-type sampler. You can

assign sixteen stereo waveforms to the four pads with

sample banks. Audio tracks from the hard disk, or WAV

ﬁles from a CD-ROM disc or computer can be loaded.

The timing at which each pad is pressed can be recorded

on a dedicated pad track, and edited later. Drum phrases

from the sample library can be assigned to pads, and you

can then record pad operations to use this function as a

simple rhythm machine.

The maximum polyphony is four stereo notes, and the

maximum playback time is a total of approximately 47

seconds (approximately 29 seconds in 24-bit songs) of ste-

reo for the entire Quick Loop Sampler.

A dedicated CD-RW drive is installed in the AW1600. You

can produce an audio CD from the stereo tracks of the

songs recorded on the hard disk. Markers assigned within

a song can also be used as the track numbers of the CD.

You can even use advanced techniques such as assigning

more than one track number within a single song.

The CD-RW drive can also be used to backup/restore

songs, to play back audio CDs, and to load WAV data

from a CD-ROM.

The AW1600 can be directly connected to a computer via

the built-in USB interface. This allows WAV-format audio

ﬁles to be copied between the AW1600 and computer for

convenient management and processing in computerbased

applications, and “backup” song ﬁles can be stored on the

computer’s memory media.

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