Yamaha AW4416 manual Virtual tracks, Stereo track, Trackand virtual track operations

Chapter9—Track and virtual track operations

To defeat muting of tracks 1–16, you must first reduce the number of record- ready tracks to eight tracks or fewer, and then use the TRACK screen TR View page ([TRACK] key → [F1] key) to manually un-mute each track. (For details refer to Reference Guide “TRACK screen.”)

By pressing the [ALL SAFE] button in the level meter/counter section, you can cancel record-ready/mute status for all tracks at once. It is convenient to use this method as a shortcut when you wish to quickly cancel the mute settings and re- do the settings.

❍Virtual tracks

These are “virtual” tracks from which you can select. On the AW4416, recording and playback will occur on the virtual track 1–8 that you select for each audio track 1–16.

The following diagram shows the concept of virtual tracks. The horizontal rows represent audio tracks 1–16, and the vertical columns represent virtual tracks 1–

8.The shaded areas indicate the virtual tracks that are currently selected for recording and playback.

Virtual tracks

Audio tracks

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For example if you are recording a solo part on a certain track, you can switch virtual tracks to record multiple takes, and select the best take later.

Tip!

In the initial state of the AW4416, virtual track 1 is selected for all tracks.

❍Stereo track

This is a stereo track that is independent of the audio tracks, and is used mainly as a master track to create a two-track mix. The AW4416 provides one stereo track for each song.

The input of the stereo track is internally connected to the stereo bus, so that you can record the signal of the stereo bus at any time simply by putting the stereo track in record mode. At this time, recording on the normal audio tracks 1–16 will not be possible. These tracks will only play back.

When you play back the stereo track, the output of the stereo track is automati- cally assigned to monitor channels 1/2. At this time, all of the normal audio tracks will be muted.

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