Yamaha AW 16G 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Track recording

5Press the [TRACK SEL] key of the track on

which you want to record.

The selected input channel and track will be con-

nected internally. At this time, only the selected

[INPUT SEL] key and [TRACK SEL] key will be

blinking red. The blinking [TRACK SEL] key indi-

cates that the corresponding track is in record-ready

mode.

In the screen, a line will be

drawn to indicate the connec-

tion.

Tip!

•You can also select a track by moving the cursor to the

symbol of the desired track and pressing the

[ENTER] key.

• The input channel and track will be internally con-

nected even if you ﬁrst press the [TRACK SEL] key and

then press the [INPUT SEL] key afterward.

•When an input channel is selected as a recording

source, its assignment to the stereo bus will automati-

cally be turned off, and it will be connected to allow

monitoring via the track channel.

•EQ and dynamics settings will be ﬂat for a track chan-

nel that is selected as the recording destination.

6If you want to record more than one instru-

ment or mic simultaneously, assign other

input channels to tracks in the same way.

Tip!

•To cancel a connection that you made, press the

[INPUT SEL] key to make it light red, and then press the

[TRACK SEL] key of the track that is selected as the

recording destination. To cancel all connections, move

the cursor to the SAFE button and press the [ENTER]

key.

•To change the recording destination, press the [INPUT

SEL] key to make it light red, and then press the [TRACK

SEL] key of a different track.

•If both the recording-source inputs and the recording-

destination tracks are paired, two adjacent odd-num-

bered/even-numbered channels will be simultaneously

assigned to two adjacent odd-numbered/even-num-

bered tracks.

7Press and hold the [INPUT SEL] key for the

recording-source input channel, to access the

INPUT SETTING popup window.

Tip!

You can also access the INPUT SETTING popup window

by moving the cursor to an input channel number in the

RECORD screen DIRECT page, and pressing the [ENTER]

key.

8Use the [GAIN] knob to adjust the input level

of the signal.

For details on adjusting the input level, refer to

“Recording to a sound clip” (→ p. 33).

If an input channel is connected to a recording-des-

tination, that recording-destination and the METER

button will be added to the display in the INPUT

SETTING popup window.

By moving the cursor to the METER button and

pressing the [ENTER] key, you can switch the loca-

tion at which the level is detected between “pre-

fader” (default setting; immediately after A/D) and

“post-fader” (after the signal has passed through EQ,

dynamics, and the level knob). Check that the

increase in level after passing through EQ and

dynamics does not cause the signal to clip.

9Raise the [STEREO] fader to the 0 dB position.

To monitor the signal that you are recording,

raise the fader of the track channel that you

selected as the recording destination.

Normally when recording, you do not monitor the

input channel signal before it is recorded, but rather

the signal after passing through the recorder, via the

track channel. This lets you monitor the signal that

is actually being recorded, and also lets you adjust

the volume and tone of the monitor signal without

affecting the signal that is being recorded.

If the track channel fader for the recording-destina-

tion track is set to the 0 dB position, the monitor

level during recording will be the same as the play-

back level after recording.