Parts of the AW2400 and what they do, Top panel

Parts of the AW2400 and what they do

Introducing the AW2400

Parts of the AW2400 and what they do

This section explains the names and functions of the various items on the AW2400’s top panel, rear panel, and front panel.

Top panel

Scene/Automix/USB section (P. 24)

Data entry/control

section (P. 25)

Work Navigate

Analog Input section (P. 21)

Selected Channel

section (P. 21)

section (P. 24)

Monitor section (P. 24)

Quick Navigate section

Mixer section (P. 23)

Layer section (P. 26)

Transport section

(P. 21)

(P. 27)

Display section (P. 22)

Locate/Number section (P. 25)

Locate section (P. 27)

AW2400 Owner’s Manual

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Yamaha owner manual Parts of the AW2400 and what they do, Top panel

Contents

Page FCC Information U.S.A Important Notice for the United Kingdom Important Safety Instructions Precautions Connections Label shown below is located on the rear of this product Laser properties of the Drive Internal Hard Disk Precautions Contents AUX Midi Remember to back up your data Before you startIntroduction Using the CD-RW drive About the built-inCD-RW drive Using the CD-RW driveAbout the built-in CD-RW drive Handling Installing an optional card Installing an optional cardInstalling an optional card Available optional cards Before you start Features of the AW2400 Plenty of input channels with professional featuresIntroducing the AW2400 Mixer section Recorder section Connecting to a Computer AW2400 terminologyRecorder section CD-RW drive Mixer section Locate points/markersChannels Mixing Layers Overall Parts of the AW2400 and what they do Parts of the AW2400 and what they doTop panel Quick Navigate section Analog Input sectionWork Navigate section Display section SEL keys Stereo SEL key On keys Stereo on keyFaders Stereo fader Scene/Automix/USB section Selected Channel sectionMonitor section Data entry/control section Locate/Number section Layer section Remote key Locate section Transport section Rear panel Front panel Slot Basic operation of the AW2400 Accessing a screen/page Switching a button on/offPress the key or knob for the desired screen F1-F4 keys correspond to the tabs as follows Using the Locate Keys To Enter Characters & Numbers Entering text Switching Mixing Layers Using the Selected Channel section Selected Key Lit Knob DYN Dynamics Screen Introducing the AW2400 Connection and Setup Connection Turning the power on/off Turning the power onTurning the power off shut down Turning the power on/off Adjusting the input level Adjusting the input levelMIC/LINE Input XLR jacks MIC/LINE Input TRS phone jacks Input channel input levels are displayed at the top Listening to the demo song Loading the demo songPress the Work Navigate section Song key Song list Playing the demo song Demo song will begin playingTo stop the song, press the Stop key Playing the demo song Signal ﬂow when using a sound clip Recording to a sound clipRecording a sound clip Mixer section Tempo Time signatureMetronome button Metronome knob Playing a sound clip Press the Play key to hear the recorded sound clipSpecifying the End point Playing a sound clip Recording to a sound clip Move the cursor to the NEW button and press the Enter key Track recordingCreating a new song Cursor to the OK button, and press Select the buttons of the items you want toCarry over from the current song, move Direct recording and Mixed recording Direct recordingDirect recording and Mixed recording MIC/LINE Input jacks Stereo Output Bus Mixed recordingChannel Assigning input signals to tracks Direct recording Display will appear as shown here Raise the Stereo fader to the 0 dB posi- tion To Adjust Volume/BalanceTo Adjust Pan Monitor signal ﬂow during recording This completes the patch setup for direct recording Assigning input signals to tracks Mixed recording Press the SEL keys for the record-desti- nation tracks Set the input channel 1-8 faders as required Direct recording and Mixed recording Recording on a track Recording on a trackTo stop recording, press the Stop key Saving the current song If you want to redo the recording, press the UNDO/REDO keyMove the cursor to the Save button and press the Enter key Recording on a track Saving the current song Pairing channels Pairing Monitor screen used for channel pairingPopup window will appear, asking you to conﬁrm Popup window contains the same items as Applying EQ To an Input Signal EQ settings are available via thisApplying EQ To an Input Signal Repeat steps 5 and 6 to set all bands as required Applying Compression to an Input Signal Compressor settings are available via thisApplying Compression to an Input Signal Dynamics screen will appear Using the Metronome Activating the metronome and setting the tempo and vol- umeHandy Recording Functions Popup window conﬁrming the recall operation will appear Switching virtual tracks Tempo map eventsTempo can be set from 30 to 250 BPM Time signature can be set from 1/4 to 8/4 Using the Undo List Press and hold the UNDO/REDO keyUndo List popup window will appear Undo list Signal ﬂow when overdubbing OverdubbingAbout overdubbing Input jacks Track Assigning the input signal to a track Assigning the input signal to a track Setting the mix balance and pan Setting the mix balance and panAdjust the pan in the same way for the other track channels Overdubbing OverdubbingRecording will begin Punch-in/out Punch-in/outManual punch-in/out To rehearse the auto punch-in/out, press the Play key Following diagram shows the auto punch-in/out procedure Overdubbing Signal ﬂow during mixdown About mixdown and bouncing About mixdown and bouncing Signal ﬂow during bouncingBouncing differs from mixdown in the following ways Mixdown procedure Digital Mastering Library popup window will appear Hint Meter screen Master page will appear Save the song Playing back the stereo track Switch the ST TR Mode ON/OFF button onPlaying back the stereo track Bounce ping-pong recording procedure Play TrackReturn Record Track Bus 1 and Bus 2 output levels Bounce ping-pong recording procedure Convenient functions for mixdown/bounce Fader Group assignments Mute Group assignments Repeat steps 2-3 to make assignments for other mute groupsButtons E-H can be turned on/off independently Operate a channel that is assigned to a mute group Using the Solo function To defeat the Solo function, press the Solo key once again Mixdown and bounce operations Transport/Locate Operation Transport Section KeysMove To a Speciﬁed Location Enter the locate point in measures/beats Using the locator Displayed Character Locate Type Number Using the locatorLocate points correspond to the following keys Using markers Using markersYou can assign markers while the song is playing or stopped Press the Mark key Adjusting the position of a locate point or marker Markers Adjusting the position of a markerList Erasing a marker Erasing a locate point or markerErasing a locate point Current location Song track Nudge time Finding a location while viewing the waveform TrackScale AMP Finding a location while viewing the waveform Meters Level Meter Types Level Meter Types Meter screen Output page F4 keyPeak Hold button Patching and signal ﬂow Input signal patchingPatching for Direct Recording Or by pressing the F1 key after pressing 11 the Record key Input signal patching RemainDirect OUT Multi Connection ON/OFF button Indication in the screen will be as follows 101 Patching for Mixed Recording This area indicates the connection status of tracks 1This indicates the remaining recordable time 102 103 Proceed with recordingFor details on recording, refer to Track recording → p Output signal patching Omni OUT Assign ﬁeldOption I/O Slot OUT Assign ﬁeld ST OUT Assign ﬁeld Channel Operation Input channelsTrack channels Effect return channels 105 Channel Pair Indicator Phase button, Gate buttonInitialize button ATT button, EQ button Comp Insert EFFBUS1, BUS2, ST REC TR Channel Library Operation Calling the Channel Library screenEQ/COMP Source Channel 109 Storing Channel Library settingsMove the cursor to the Store button and press the Enter key Popup window conﬁrming the clear operation will appear Erasing Channel Library settingsMove the cursor to the Clear button and press the Enter key AUX Send Level Adjustment Adjusting AUX send levels via AUX screenAbout the AUX buses 111 Adjusting AUX send levels via Selected Channel section 112 Using external effects with the AUX buses This assigns the AUX1 bus signal to Omni OUT jackAUX1 screen will appear Press the Display section F2 key to dis- play the Track Signal Flow When Using an External Effect Processor EQ key so that its indicator lights, thenPress the Selected Channel section PAN Fully left and right, respectively Effects About the Internal EffectsEffect Sends and Returns Channel Insertion Recalling Effect Library settings Library setting will be recalledEffect screen will appear Press the Display section F4 key to call the FX Lib. Applying Effects via Send and Return Effect screen FX Input Input ﬁeldEffect screen FX Track Track ﬁeld 117 118 Select PRE for pre-fader or Post for post-fader sendEffect screen FX Edit page will appear Signal ﬂow for the selected channel will be dis- played Inserting an Effect Into a ChannelPopup window includes the following items 119 Signal ﬂow is as follows Internal effect inserted pre-EQ input channelExternal effect inserted pre-EQ Input channel 120 Editing Effects NameType Used AS Effect Library Operations Call the Effect Library ScreenChanging Effect Library Names 122 Storing Effect Library settings Erasing Effect Library settingsTo actually erase the selected setting move Cursor to the OK button and press Enter key 123 Correcting a Vocal Track Pitch Fix Correcting a Vocal Track Pitch Fix124 This will select the Pitch FIX display Pitch FIX ﬁeldControl ﬁeld Parameters ﬁeld Master Tuning ﬁeld FIX Note ﬁeldMove the cursor to the Exit button and press Enter 126 127 Track operations and editingAbout the AW2400’s tracks Viewing all audio tracks Audio track operationsAbout audio tracks Switching the virtual track of an audio track Muting a speciﬁc audio trackVirtual track name Indicates the track number Stereo track operations Editing virtual track names for an audio trackAbout the stereo track Edited name will be applied 131 Recording on the stereo trackPlaying back the stereo track 132 Switching the virtual track of the stereo trackEditing the name of a virtual track for the stereo track Trigger Track Function About Trigger Track133 Trigger Track Function Normal button Trigger buttonGroup Fader Start button Editing tracks 136 Basic procedure for track editingSelect the editing command Execute the command Select the tracks to editSpecify the editing region Select the virtual track that you want to edit List of editing command Parameters are the same as for the Erase commandList of editing command Parameter list From Track 139Start End From Track To Start List of editing command When measure lock = on 140Measure Lock Start End From Track To Start From Track To Start Time Compression/Expansion If you set Ratio = 50%If you set Ratio = 200% 141 Pitch Pitch Change 142 Press the Enter key to conﬁrm the edit command Importing audio data/WAV ﬁlesInsert a CD into the CD-RW drive You can import data from the following types of media 144 FileTotal 145 Importing audio data from another songSort To TR/To V.TR 146 147 Pan ControlPan Control via the PAN/EQ Screen 148 Adjusting pan via Selected Channel section knobPan Control via Selected Channel section 149 Band EQEQ Control via the PAN/EQ Screen EQ Control via the Selected Channel section Using the Gates Dynamics ProcessingParameter 151 Using the Compressors Compressor Control via Dynamics screenCompt ON/OFF button Position ﬁeld Compressor Control via Selected Channel section 153Selected Channel Knobs Parameters Threshold Ratio Gain Recalling EQ Library settings Recalling Gate Library settingsEQ/Dynamics Processor Library Operation 154 155 Recalling EQ/Dynamics Library settings Access the page containing the library to be editedChanging EQ/Dynamics Library Names 156 Storing EQ/Dynamics Library settings Erasing EQ/Dynamics Library settingsCursor to the OK button and press 157 158 Scene Memory About Scene MemoryScene Memory Operation Protect button Renaming a scene Recalling scene dataTo the OK button and press the Enter Key. For details on entering a name Storing scene data Deleting scene dataScene will be stored Here’s how you can delete unwanted scene data Using the Recall Safe function 162 Moving scenes Source listDestination list 163 164 Song management About songsSong Organization Song Bit Depth Song Folder Organization 166About songs AW2400-1 Drive AW2400-2 Drive Managing Your Songs 167 Creating a new song Changes the order of songs displayed in the Song ListCurrently-selected song 168 169 Song screen Setting page will appearEditing the song name 170 Loading and Sorting SongsSaving the current song Deleting a song Copying a songMove the cursor to the Copy button and press the Enter key 171 Song Protection Optimizing a songPopup window will ask you to conﬁrm the optimize operation 172 Importing data from an existing song 173 Editing various settings for the song Editing various settings for the song174 ABS absolute time Creating a tempo map Editing a tempo map eventStep Measure Event Range Content Adding a tempo map eventDeleting a tempo map event Selected event will be deleted Backing up songs 177 Backing up songs Restoring songs Restoring songs178 Restore button System button179 Restoring songs Mark will appear for songs selected to be restored Compatible with the other AW-seriesInformation will be read from the inserted CD-R/RW media 180 ENABLE/DISABLE button AutomixAbout Automix Automix Operation Command ﬁeld Creating a New Automix RecordingOverwrite ﬁeld Free Move the cursor to the Mode ﬁeld and press the REC button Recording the Automix DataPress the top-panel Play key to start song playback 183 CH ON/FADER AUX/EFFECT Send onAUX/EFFECT Send PAN Automix Playback Punch In and Out of AutomixTo stop Automix playback press the top- panel Stop key Return Time Operation Command Editing Automix data In a Speciﬁed Region Move the cursor to the Mode ﬁeld and turn the REC button onRecorded Automix data will be updated Operate the fader as required Command When the Erase command is selectedWhen the Copy or Move command is selected Channel/Region 188 Editing Individual Automix EventsParam Time 189 Automix Library Operation About the Automix LibraryChanging Automix Names Protect Storing Automix settings Recalling Automix settingsErasing Automix settings 191 Protecting Automix Data 192 What you can do using Midi 193 Basic Midi Settings Port ﬁeldProgram Change ﬁeld Control Change ﬁeld 195 Control Change Mode boxWhen Control Change Mode = 196 CC# Parameter 197 Midi Synchronization Message Setup 198 Offset 199 Connecting to External Equipment Connecting to External EquipmentThis sets the AW2400 to function as MTC master Turn on the Slave button in the MMC ﬁeld Assign scenes to program changes Play back the external Midi deviceProgram change number Scene Changes Midi Clock Control ChangesWith a built-in sequencer Computer-based Sequencer application 203 Select a Control Change ModePlay back the AW2400 song from the begin- ning Using the Midi Remote function Using the Midi Remote function presetsAbout the Midi Remote function Messages that can Mode box Volume/Rec TRVolume Cubase Logic Sonar Protools 206 Using User-deﬁned Remote functionUSER1 USER2 USER3 USER4 This enables the Remote function Remotely controlling Tone generator moduleLearn button Midi message Operate the AW2400 faders and on keys 208 Using the test tone oscillator Utility functionsWaveform 209 Nudge Play Mode AW2400 PreferencesNudge Time Preroll Time 211 Postroll TimeDirect OUT Extract Position Initializing the internal hard disk Cluster ﬁeldSet the disk cluster size to either 32K or 64K 212 Creating an audio CD Creating an audio CDCD-R CD-RW Writing an audio CD Track At OnceDisc At Once 214 Basic settings for the CD-RW drive Writing audio data If you turn on Track AT Once buttonIf you turn on the Disc AT Once button 216 Writing Track At Once Inserted CD-RW will be automatically checkedMove the cursor to the ADD button and press the Enter key 217 Writing Disc At Once Move the cursor to the Write button and press the Enter keyTo ﬁnalize the disc, move the cursor to OK button and press the Enter key 219 Finalizing CD-R/RW media Popup window will ask you to conﬁrm the ﬁnalize operation220 Finalizing CD-R/RW media Erasing CD-RW media Buttons select the following erasure methods221 Erasing CD-RW media CD Play Mode button Switches the CD Play function on/offPlaying an audio CD Input CH MUTE/MIX button 223 Wordclock and Cascade SettingsSelect the Wordclock Source INT button ST in button2-15/16 buttons IN, OUT Using an HDR or DAW As Wordclock Master Using an MD or DAT Recorder as Wordclock MasterSelect a wordclock source via the Wordclock Source ﬁeld AW2400 As Wordclock Master Cascade-connecting External Devices 226 Check the Status Of the Digital Input Signal 227 Plug-in Card Settings Digital Stereo in connector statusDigital I/O card status 228 Midi Message Transfer Normal Mode WAV File Transfer USB Storage ModeUSB Storage mode What You Can Do With USB 230 WAV File Transfer USB Storage ModeMode Turn on the AW2400 Two windows will appearCase of Mac OS 231 Exiting the USB Storage Mode Case of Mac OSX Copying Exported WAV Files To the Computer From TRFrom V.TR File Name For details on how to enter a name, refer to Importing Copied WAV Files From the ComputerTransport folder is located in the AW2400-2 drive 234 This ﬁeld is for display only, and cannot be changed 235 236 Name Description Appendix237 238 EQ Parameter listTitle Parameter Parameter # Title 239 LOW MID 240 Dynamics ParametersCompressor CMP parameters Parameter Value CompanderH CPH CompanderS CPS parameters 241Expander EXP parameters 242 Gate GAT and Ducking DUK parameters Title Type Parameter Value 243Gate Parameter list Compressor Parameter list 244 Compressor Parameter list Reverb HALL, Reverb ROOM, Reverb STAGE, Reverb Plate Early REFOne input, two output early reﬂections Gate REVERB, Reverse Gate Mono Delay Stereo DelayMOD. Delay Delay LCR Echo ChorusFlange 247 Phaser SymphonicAuto PAN 248 Tremolo HQ. PitchDual Pitch Rotary Ring MOD MOD. FilterDistortion AMP Simulate DYNA. Phaser DYNA. FilterDYNA. Flange 251 REV+CHORUS REV-CHORUSREV+FLANGE 252 REV-FLANGE One input, two output reverb and ﬂanger effects in seriesREV+SYMPHO REV-SYMPHO 254 DELAY+ERREV-PAN DELAY-ER DELAY+REVDELAY-REV 255 DIST-DELAY Multi FilterTwo input, two output 3-band multi-ﬁlter 24 dB/octave 256 257 GateBand Dyna 258 259 260 261 262 Display message list Messages263 Popup messages 264 265 Special Notices Contents of the CD-ROMInstalling USB Midi driver Start your computer, then log in as Adminis- trator Restart the computerClick Continue Click the Close button Installing a remote ﬁle Move the cursor to the list and press268 Windows Commands 269 Installing the Sonar template ﬁle 270 271 Type Receive From Send To #ch’s 272 Program Change ModeControl Change Mode MTC Sync Mode Remote PortMTC Sync Average MTC Sync Offset Midi Time Code Quarter Frame F1 Song Position Pointer F2Timing Clock F8 Continue FB MMC Fast Forward MMC Record StrobeMMC Record Exit MMC Locate Target Midi Implementation Chart 276 277 278 Input/OutputDigital Mixing Functions Dimensions 279 280 Index 281 Gate 282 Recall Confirmation 283 Block diagram Input 285 286 North America