Yamaha owner manual Introducing the AW2400, Features of the AW2400, Mixer section

Chapter 2

Introducing the AW2400

This chapter describes the features of the AW2400, the name of each part and its function, and introduces terminology you need to know when using the AW2400.

Features of the AW2400

The AW2400 is an audio workstation that combines a digital mixer, multi-effect processor, hard disk recorder, and CD-RW drive.

The following diagram shows the signal flow within the AW2400.

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Introducing the AW2400

[MIC/LINE	⋅8
INPUT]
jacks 1–8
I/O slot	⋅16
I/O card
[DIGITAL	⋅2
STEREO IN]
connector

Mixer			⋅2
			Sound clip
Input channels 1–16	⋅2
	⋅4
Track channels 1–24
	⋅16
Effect return channels 1–4
	⋅2
	⋅2
Bus1 L/R, Bus2 L/R	⋅2
AUX buses 1–4		⋅2
Effect buses 1–4			Effect 1
Stereo buses L/R	⋅2	⋅2	Metronome
			Effect 2
Stereo output channel	⋅2	⋅2
			Effect 3
	⋅2	⋅2
			Effect 4
	⋅2
⋅	2	Internal Effects

Recorder input
patching	CD Play

⋅2 ⋅24 ⋅24

CD Write

Data Backup/Restore

WAV File Import

Recorder CD-R/RW drive

[OMNI OUT] jacks 1-4

I/O card

[DIGITAL STEREO OUT] connector [STEREO OUT] jacks [MONITOR OUT] jacks [PHONES] jack

Now let’s take a more detailed look at each section of the AW2400.

■Mixer section

●Plenty of input channels with professional features

The AW2400 digital mixer features 24-bit AD/DA conver- sion with 32-bit internal processing for uncompromised sound quality. 16 input channels, 24 track channels, and 4 stereo effect return channels provide plenty of input capacity for most mixing situations.

The 8 AD input ([MIC/LINE INPUT] jacks 1–8), chan- nels 1–16 on an optional I/O card installed in I/O slot, or the stereo [DIGITAL STEREO IN] connector can be selected for input.

The track channel 1–24 inputs are permanently assigned to tracks 1–24, and the effect return channel 1–4 inputs are permanently assigned to the outputs of internal effect pro- cessors 1–4.

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