User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1 – Introduction
- 2 - Quick Guide
- Playback and mixing
- Recording and mastering
- Creating a new song
- Connecting and setting the input sources
- Setting the guitar as the recording source for TRACK 1
- Adjusting and monitoring the input level
- Recording a guitar to TRACK 1
- Playing back the recording
- Recording a guitar to TRACK 2
- Recording a vocal to TRACK 3
- Mixing the tracks
- Mastering a recording
- Shutting down
- 3 – Names and Functions of Parts
- 4 – Preparation
- 5 - Song Management
- 6 - Basic Recording
- 7 - Recorder Functions
- 8 - Track Editing
- 9 - Using Built-In Effects
- 10 - Mixing Down and Mastering Tracks
- 11 - Various Other Functions
- 12 - SD Card Management
- 13 - Exchanging Data with a Computer
- 14 – Troubleshooting
- 15 – Messages
- 16 – Specifications
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4 – Preparation
Start-up & Shutdown
CAUTION
•
Turn down the volume of the sound monitoring system
connected to the unit before starting up or shutting down
the unit.
•
Do not use headphones when starting up or shutting down
the unit. Otherwise, a large noise would cause damage to
headphones or your ears.
Starting up the unit
Press and hold the STANDBY/ON button on the rear panel for a
few seconds.
When the unit starts, the startup screen appears briefly followed
by the Home screen.
Start-up screen
Home screen
When the unit starts up, it defaults to
Multi Track
mode
of the Recorder mode, regardless of the mode used last before
shutting down.
Shutting down
Make the following preparations before shutting down the unit.
• Stop the recorder. (The unit cannot be shut down during a
recording and other procedures.)
• Return to the Home screen.
• If the unit is connected to a computer, disconnect the USB
cable after performing the necessary procedure on the
computer to disconnect the unit.
After making these preparations, press and hold the STANDBY/
ON button on the rear panel until the following screen appears.
The power is turned off (standby) after the unit completes its
shutdown process, including saving various information from
your session.
CAUTION
When the power is on, do not cut the power to the unit by,
for example disconnecting the power cord. All settings made
since the last time you saved will not be saved. If you cut the
power while an SD card is being accessed, all recorded songs
and data may be damaged and cannot be recovered.
NOTE
When the power is turned off (standby), the currently
loaded song is saved. When the power is turned on again,
the last song used is reloaded in the same state it was when
the power was turned off (standby). You can even undo and
redo previous operations.
Setting the date and time
Using its internal clock, this unit remembers the date and time
when a song or file is recorded.
1. When the recorder is stopped, press the MENU button to
open the
MENU
screen.
2. Use the JOG/DATA dial or the CURSOR (5/b/g/t)
buttons to select (green highlight)
PREFERENCE
, and
then press the F4 (t) button.
The
PREFERENCE
screen appears.
3. Use the CURSOR (5/b) buttons to select (blue highlight)
Date/Time
, and then press the F4 (t) button.
The
DATE/TIME
screen appears.
4. Use the CURSOR (g/t) buttons to move the cursor (blue
highlight) to the desire item, and then use the JOG/DATA
dial to change the value.
5. After making the settings, press the F2 (
YES
) button to
return to the Home screen.
NOTE
•
The time indication stops while time being set.
•
You can automatically add the date you have set to
file names by specifying
Song Name Type
on the
PREFERENCE
menu.