Yamaha AW 1600 Importing from an audio CD/WAV le to a pad

Importing from an audio CD/WAV file to a pad

Quick loop sampler

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AW1600 Owner’s Manual

Here’s how you can import CD audio data (CD-DA) or a WAV ﬁle from a CD-ROM/CD-R into a

sample bank for pads 1–4.

1Switch the internal settings of the AW1600

to enable digital recording.

For details on digital recording settings, refer to page

168.

2Insert a CD into the CD-RW drive.

You can load audio data (CD-DA) or WAV ﬁles from

the following types of media.

●Audio data (CD-DA)

•Audio CD

• CD-Extra (only the ﬁrst session of CD-DA)

• Mixed Mode CD (only CD-DA data of the second

and later tracks)

●WAV ﬁles

• ISO9660 Level 1 format CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW*

• Mixed Mode CD

* The directory name and ﬁle name cannot use characters

other than uppercase alphanumeric characters and the “_”

(underscore) character.

3In the Quick Loop Sampler section, repeat-

edly press the [SAMPLE EDIT] key or hold

down the [SAMPLE EDIT] key and use the

CURSOR [ ]/[ ] keys to access the CD

IMPORT page of the SAMPLE screen.

4Make sure that the cursor is located at the

READ CD INFO button, and press the

[ENTER] key.

The display will indicate “READ CD INFO...”, and

the AW1600 will begin reading the CD that is inserted

in the CD-RW drive.

Depending on the source from which data is read, the

screen will change as follows.

●When importing from an audio CD/CD-Extra

1From CD TRACK

Speciﬁes the number (01–99) of the audio track that

will be imported from the source CD.

BFrom Start

Speciﬁes the starting location of the data that will be

imported, in units of minutes/seconds/frames (1/75th

of a second).

CFrom End

Speciﬁes the ending location of the data that will be

imported, in units of minutes/seconds/frames (1/75th

of a second).

DLISTEN button

If you move the cursor to this button and press the

[ENTER] key, the speciﬁed region of the currently

selected CD track will be played back repeatedly.

ETo PAD

Selects the pad number (1–4) to which the audio mate-

rial will be imported.

FTo BANK

Selects the sample bank (A–D) to which the audio

material will be imported.

GTo NAME

Indicates the name of the sample that is currently

assigned to the import-destination sample bank. If

nothing is assigned, this will indicate [-NO REC-].

This ﬁeld is only for display, and cannot be edited.

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• The “frames” here are the smallest unit of time used by a CD

track. Do not confuse them with the frames used in MTC or

SMPTE.

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