User Manual

Congratulations on your choice of the Yamaha MT2X Multitrack Cassette
Recorder. The Yamaha MT2X Multitrack Cassette Recorder is a complete
multitrack recording package which elegantly integrates a high-performance
six-channel mixer and dual-speed 4-track cassette recorder. It is fully com-
patible with advanced MIDI tape synchronization applications, and accepts
an optional plug-in YMC2 MIDI Converter that makes MIDI timing signals
from any appropriate MIDI device usable for synchronization With a full
complement of carefully planned features and functions, the MT2X is a
musical instrument in its own right. It can vastly expand your creative
scope.
To take full advantage of the outstanding features and performance
capabilities of the MT2X, we urge to read this owner’s manual thoroughly.
CONTENTS
BEFORE OPERATION ................................................................. 2
PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING PRECAUTIONS ...................... 2
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRACKS AND CHANNELS ............ 3
WHAT IS A MULTITRACK CASSETTE RECORDER? .................. 3
THE CONTROLS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS
.................................... 4
MIXER SECTION ................................................................... 4
RECORDER SECTION ............................................................
8
METER AND MONITOR SECTION ...........................................
10
CONNECTOR SECTION
..........................................................
12
CONNECTION EXAMPLE
............................................................
14
ABOUT CASSETTE TAPES
.........................................................
15
MULTITRACK RECORDING TECHNIQUES ....................................
16
ONE EXAMPLE OF A MULTITRACK RECORDING PROCESS ....... 16
BEFORE RECORDING .............................................................
16
MULTITRACK RECORDING ....................................................
17
USING CHANNELS 5 AND 6 ..................................................
33
SYNC-RECORDING .................................................................... 34
FOR MAXIMUM
PERFORMANCE OF YOUR MT2X ........................ 35
BLOCK DIAGRAM
.....................................................................
36
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS .......................................................
37
INTRODUCTION TO THE ACCESSORIES
......................................
38
SERVICE ..................................................................................
39
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