Yamaha AW2400 owner manual Audio track operations, About audio tracks, Viewing all audio tracks

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Track operations and editing

Audio track operations

Audio track operations

About audio tracks

Audio tracks are physical recording areas used to record and play back audio data.

The AW2400 lets you use 24 audio tracks. In a 16-bit song you can play back up to 24 tracks simultaneously, and in a 24-bit song you can play back up to 12 tracks simulta- neously. However, the number of tracks that can actually be played back simultaneously is limited by the number of tracks that are currently in record-ready mode. Please note that putting more tracks in record-ready mode will forc- ibly mute a corresponding number of playback tracks. The following table shows the number of tracks that can be simultaneously recorded/played for a 16-bit or 24-bit song.

Song Bit Depth	Max. Simultaneous	Max. Simultaneous
	Record Tracks	Play Tracks
	16	8
16 bits	:	:
	1	23
	0*	24*
	8	4
24 bits	:	:
	1	11
	0*	12*

*For mixdown the number of simultaneous record tracks is two, and the number of simultaneous playback tracks is 24 for 16-bit songs, or 12 for 24-bit songs.

For example in a 16-bit song, each track you place in record-ready mode will decrease the number of simulta- neously-playable tracks by one. (Muting will begin with higher-numbered tracks.) If you’ve placed the maximum

15 of sixteen tracks in record-ready mode, a maximum of eight tracks can be played back simultaneously. If you want to return a muted track to playable condition, you must first reduce the number of tracks that are in record- ready mode, and then defeat muting on the track you want to play back.

Viewing all audio tracks

In the TRACK screen View page you can view all tracks to see whether they contain data, and switch muting on/off for each track.

To call this page press the Work Navigate section [TRACK] key as many times as necessary, or press the [F1] key after pressing the [TRACK] key.

This page contains the following items.

A G H

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1TRACK

Here you can select the track to be controlled in the screen. Choose from 1–24 (audio tracks 1–24) or ST (ste- reo track). The number and name of the virtual track selected for the current track are shown below this field.

BMUTE button

You can move the cursor to this button and press the [ENTER] key to switch muting on/off for the currently selected track.

CRENAME button

You can move the cursor to this button and press the [ENTER] key to access the NAME EDIT popup window, where you can edit the name of the currently selected track.

DWAVE button

If you move the cursor to this button and press the [ENTER] key, the waveform of the currently selected track will be displayed. For details, refer to “Finding a location while viewing the waveform” (→ p. 95).

EREMAIN

This indicates the remaining recordable time.

FMetronome button/knob

Here you can switch the metronome on/off and adjust the volume. The volume can be adjusted in a range of -96 to +12 dB. For details, refer to “Using the Metronome” (→ p. 62).

GMUTE indicator

If a track is muted, its MUTE indicator changes to “●”.

HTrack View

This area shows whether tracks 1–24 contain data, and indicates the marker locations.

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