User Guide

Table of contents
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Table of contents
Table of contents
—Operation section—
Before you begin.....................1
Checking the included items ...................1
Installing an internal hard disk ................2
About the internal hard disk..........................2
Installation ....................................................2
Installing a CD-RW drive.........................4
About the CD-RW drives ..............................4
CD-RW drive settings ...................................4
Installation procedure ...................................5
Removing the transport protection pad...7
Manual eject (emergency disc removal) .......7
Attaching an external SCSI device...........8
About external SCSI devices .........................8
Connection procedure..................................8
Installing I/O card .................................10
About I/O cards ..........................................10
Installation procedure .................................10
Please observe the following points.......11
Turning the power on .................................11
Setting the internal clock ............................11
Turning the power off .................................12
Chapter1 Parts and their functions
13
Top panel...............................................13
Analog input/output section........................13
WORK NAVIGATE section.........................14
UNIT section ..............................................14
MIXER section.............................................14
FADER MODE section................................15
MIXING LAYER section ..............................15
Fader section ..............................................16
Display section ...........................................17
REC TRACK SELECT section .......................18
RECORDER section ....................................18
AUTOMATION section..............................19
SCENE MEMORY section ...........................19
CURSOR/JOG&SHUTTLE section...............19
LOCATE section..........................................20
Transport section ........................................21
Rear panel..............................................22
Front panel ............................................24
Chapter2
Welcome to the world
of the AW2816..........25
Features of the AW2816........................25
Mixer section..............................................25
Recorder section.........................................25
CD-RW drive (option).................................26
Other features.............................................26
Signal flow within the AW2816.............27
Input patch .................................................27
Input channels 1–8 .....................................28
Return channels 1/2....................................29
Recorder input patch ..................................29
Monitor channels 1–16...............................30
Digital cascade connection.........................30
Oscillator....................................................30
Stereo output channel.................................31
Buses 1–8 ...................................................31
AUX buses 1–6 ...........................................31
Output patch ..............................................32
Internal effects 1/2 ......................................32
Monitor output/headphone output..............32
The track structure of the AW2816.......33
Audio tracks................................................33
Virtual tracks...............................................33
The stereo track ..........................................33
About the display...................................34
Cursor.........................................................34
Buttons........................................................35
Knobs/faders/numerical boxes ....................35
Tabs............................................................35
Basic operation of the AW2816 ............36
Accessing screens and pages ......................36
Switching a button on/off............................36
Editing the value of a fader/knob/numerical
box............................................................36
Using the additional function buttons.........37
Inputting text...............................................37
Selecting a channel.....................................38
Chapter3
Let’s record on the
AW2816 .................... 41
Connections and setup ..........................41
Making connections ...................................41
Creating a new song ...................................42
Word clock settings ....................................44
Recording the first track ........................46
Setting the input level .................................46
Pairing two channels...................................47
Patching input signals to recorder inputs ....48
Adjusting the monitor level.........................50
Recording ...................................................51
Recording additional tracks
(Overdubbing)......................................52
Setting the input level .................................52
Patching the input signal to the recorder input
.........................52
Adjusting the monitor level.........................54
Applying the equalizer to the input signal...54
Applying the dynamics processor to the input
signal.........................................................55
Recording ...................................................57
Mixing to the stereo track (Mixdown) ...58
Adjusting the mix balance ..........................58
Using the internal effects.............................59
Recording on the stereo track .....................60
Saving your song....................................62
Advanced techniques on the AW2816 ..63
Manually re-recording only a specific area
(Manual Punch-in/out)...............................63
Automatically re-recording only a specific area
(Auto Punch-in/out) ...................................64
Switching virtual tracks...............................66
Operating multiple faders together
(Fader Groups)...........................................67
Operating multiple [ON] keys together
(Mute Groups) ...........................................68
Using the Solo function ..............................69
Chapter4 Input/output patching
71
Assigning signals to input channels/return
channels (Input Patch)..........................71
Assigning signals to the recorder inputs
(Recorder Input Patch).........................73
Assigning signals to output jacks/output
channels (Output Patch) ......................74
Using the patch library ..........................76
Storing the patching settings to the library ..76
Recalling patching settings from the library 77
Inserting an external effect into a channel
.......................78
Quickly assigning input signals to tracks
(Quick Rec) ..........................................80
Chapter5 Using the internal
effects....................... 83
About the internal effects ......................83
Using AUX send/return to apply an effect 84
Check the patching.....................................84
Recalling an effect program from the library 84
Switching between pre-fader/post-fader......86
Adjusting the return level............................87
Adjusting the send level..............................87
Inserting an effect into a specific channel
...................... 88
Change the patching.................................. 88
Inserting the effect into a channel .............. 88
Recalling an effect program ....................... 89
Applying effects while you record ........ 90
Change the patching.................................. 90
Insert the effect into a channel................... 90
Start recording............................................ 91
Adjusting the effect parameters............ 92
Saving an effect program ...................... 93
Chapter6
Transport/Locate
operations.................95
Transport key functions ........................ 95
Fast forward-play/Fast reverse-play
(the Shuttle function)........................... 95
Searching for a point while you listen
(the Nudge function) ........................... 96
Searching for a point while viewing the
waveform............................................. 97
Rewinding for a specific distance
(Rollback) ............................................ 98
Repeatedly playing a specified region
(A-B Repeat) ........................................ 99
Locating to a specified point............... 100
Locating to the zero location of the counter
.................... 101
Setting the relative time zero location...... 101
Using various locate points to locate.. 102
Using markers to locate...................... 103
Editing the location of a locate point or
marker ............................................... 104
The relation between the Start point and time
code ....................................................... 105
Deleting a locate point/marker........... 106
Deleting from within the screen............... 106
Deleting by using key operations............. 106
Chapter7
Editing tracks and
virtual tracks...........107
Editing tracks and virtual tracks.......... 107
Tracks, parts, and regions ................... 108
Naming a track or region.................... 109
Editing a virtual track name ..................... 109
Editing a region name .............................. 110
Editing the audio data of tracks 1–16 . 111
Editing entire Tracks................................. 111
Editing by Part.......................................... 113
Editing by Region..................................... 114
Editing the audio data of virtual tracks
1–8..................................................... 116
Editing commands............................... 118
Commands and parameters of the TRACK
menu...................................................... 118
Commands and parameters of the PART
menu...................................................... 121
Commands and parameters of the REGION
menu...................................................... 125
Chapter8
Scene memory
operations...............127
About scene memories........................ 127
Parameters included in a scene................ 127
About scene numbers .............................. 127
Storing a scene.................................... 128
Storing a scene by operations in the screen 128
Storing a scene by key operations............ 128
Recalling a scene................................. 129
Recalling a scene by operations in the screen
...................... 129
Recalling a scene by key operations ........ 129