Troubleshooting
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Appendix
AW2400 Owner’s Manual
■Noise is present in the recorded signal
• The oscillator may be functioning.
• Does the word clock setting match for the AW2400 and
the external device(s)?
• Go to the RECORD screen and check the recording-
source and recording-destination.
■Can’t select a record track
• The number of 24-bit song tracks that can be recorded or
played simultaneously is limited.
■Sound is distorted
• Is the [GAIN] knob set correctly?
• The connection cable from the external device may be
broken.
•The fader of the input channel or monitor channel may be
raised excessively.
•The stereo output channel fader may be raised excessively.
• The stereo output channel attenuator may be raised exces-
sively.
• The EQ or dynamics processor may have been set to pro-
duce an extreme gain boost.
• Did you record at an appropriate level?
→Go to the METER screen and check the level (meter move-
ment).
•Is the word clock setting correct for both the AW2400 and
the external device(s)?
• An effect such as Distortion or Amp Simulate may be in
use.
■The volume of a particular channel
increases or decreases
• Are the dynamics processor settings appropriate?
• Is the Automix function engaged?
■Can’t store a scene
• The store-destination scene or song may be protected.
•A scene cannot be stored in scene number 00.
■Can’t reproduce a scene
• One or more channels may be set to Recall Safe.
■Can’t save to a library
• It is not possible to save to the factory-preset libraries.
• Is the song you are trying to save protected?
■Meters move even though the faders are
lowered
•The meter display may be set to PRE FADER or PRE EQ.
■Moving a fader does not change the level
•Have you selected the correct mixing layer via the Layer
section keys?
• The fader may be set to PRE FADE or PRE EQ.
■Pairing was specified, but the signal is mon-
aural
• Is the odd-numbered channel panned far left and the even-
numbered channel panned far right?
■Pairing was specified, but the signal phase
does not match
•Even when channels are paired, the phase setting is not
linked.
■Signal is delayed
• An effect such as delay may be inserted.
■Can’t use the internal effects
•Effect BYPASS may be turned ON.
•The effect may have been inserted into a different channel.
• Are the level of effect return channel faders raised?
• HQ. Pitch can be used only with EFFECT 1 or 2.
• These do not affect the stereo track, sound clip, or audio
CD playback.
■Playback pitch is wrong
•VARI PITCH may be adjusted.
•Is the synchronized external device operating on the same
sampling frequency (44.1 kHz or 48 kHz)?
• Is the master device operating in a stable way?
•You may have executed the EDIT screen PITCH com-
mand.
• Is an effect such as HQ.Pitch or Dual Pitch selected for a
monitor channel?
■A small amount of noise is produced when a
song is played back on a different AW2400
unit
•A small amount of noise may be heard at the beginnings
and ends of audio regions when a song created on an
AW2400 unit with Version 1.1 firmware is played back on
an AW2400 with Version 1.0 firmware. Please update all
AW2400 units you are using to the latest firmware ver-
sion. Information on the latest firmware version as well as
update procedure can be found at the internet address
below.
http://www.yamahasynth.com/
■The sound and displays of some effects are
different when a song is played back on a
different AW2400 unit
• When songs that include scenes or effect library using a
Gate effect are loaded into an AW2400 with Version 1.0
firmware, Gate effects may be replaced by a Reverb Hall
effect and some displays may not appear as expected.
Please update all AW2400 units you are using to the latest
firmware version. Information on the latest firmware ver-
sion as well as update procedure can be found at the inter-
net address below.
http://www.yamahasynth.com/
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