Yamaha AW4416 User Manual
PROFESSIONAL AUDIO WORKSTATION
Operation Guide
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FCC INFORMATION (U.S.A.)
1. IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT! This product, when installed as indicated in the instructions contained in this manual, meets FCC
requirements. Modifications not expressly approved by Yamaha may void your authority, granted by the FCC, to use the product.
2. IMPORTANT: When connecting this product to accessories and/or another product use only high quality shielded cables. Cable/s supplied with this product MUST
be used. Follow all installation instructions. Failure to follow instructions could void your FCC authorization to use this product in the USA.
3. NOTE: This product has been tested and found to comply with the requirements listed in FCC Regulations, Part 15 for Class “B” digital devices. Compliance with
these requirements provides a reasonable level of assurance that your use of this product in a residential environment will not result in harmful interference with
other electronic devices. This equipment generates/uses radio frequencies and, if not installed and used according to the instructions found in the users manual, may
cause interference harmful to the operation of other electronic devices. Compliance with FCC regulations does not guarantee that interference will not occur in all
installations. If this product is found to be the source of interference, which can be determined by turning the unit “OFF” and “ON”, please try to eliminate the
problem by using one of the following measures: Relocate either this product or the device that is being affected by the interference. Utilize power outlets that are on
different branch (circuit breaker or fuse) circuits or install AC line filter/s. In the case of radio or TV interference, relocate/reorient the antenna. If the antenna lead-in
is 300 ohm ribbon lead, change the lead-in to coaxial type cable. If these corrective measures do not produce satisfactory results, please contact the local retailer
authorized to distribute this type of product. If you can not locate the appropriate retailer, please contact Yamaha Corporation of America, Electronic Service
Division, 6600 Orangethorpe Ave, Buena Park, CA 90620
The above statements apply ONLY to those products distributed by Yamaha Corporation of America or its subsidiaries.
ADVARSEL!
Lithiumbatteri—Eksplosionsfare ved fejlagtig
håndtering. Udskiftning må kun ske med batteri
af samme fabrikat og type. Levér det brugte
batteri tilbage til leverandoren.
VARNING
Explosionsfara vid felaktigt batteribyte. Använd
samma batterityp eller en ekvivalent typ som
rekommenderas av apparattillverkaren.
Kassera använt batteri enligt fabrikantens
instruktion.
VAROITUS
Paristo voi räjähtää, jos se on virheellisesti
asennettu. Vaihda paristo ainoastaan
laitevalmistajan suosittelemaan tyyppiin. Hävitä
käytetty paristo valmistajan ohjeiden
mukaisesti.
CAUTION
RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK
DO NOT OPEN
WARNING: THIS APPARATUS MUST BE EARTHED
IMPORTANT
THE WIRES IN THIS MAINS LEAD ARE COLOURED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING CODE:
GREEN-AND-YELLOW : EARTH
BLUE : NEUTRAL
BROWN : LIVE
As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may
not correspond with the coloured markings identifying the terminals in
your plug, proceed as follows:
The wire which is coloured GREEN and YELLOW must be
connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked by the letter E
or by the safety earth symbol or coloured GREEN and YELLOW.
The wire which is coloured BLUE must be connected to the terminal
which is marked with the letter N or coloured BLACK.
The wire which is coloured BROWN must be connected to the
terminal which is marked with the letter L or coloured RED.
* This applies only to products distributed by YAMAHA KEMBLE
MUSIC (U.K.) LTD.
• Explanation of Graphical Symbols
The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to
the presence of important operating and
maintenance (servicing) instructions in the
literature accompanying the product.
CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF
ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE
COVER (OR BACK). NO USER-SERVICEABLE
PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO
QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL.
The above warning is located on the
rear of the unit
The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol
within an equilateral triangle is intended to
alert the user to the presence of uninsulated
“dangerous voltage” within the product’s
enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to
persons.
NEDERLAND THE NETHERLANDS
● Dit apparaat bevat een lithium batterij voor geheugen
back-up.
● Raadpleeg uw leverancier over de verwijdering van de
batterij op het moment dat u het apparaat ann het einde
van de levensduur afdankt of de volgende Yamaha Service
Afdeiing:
Yamaha Music Nederland Service Afdeiing
Kanaalweg 18-G, 3526 KL UTRECHT
Tel. 030-2828425
● Gooi de batterij niet weg, maar lever hem in als KCA.
● This apparatus contains a lithium battery for memory
back-up.
● For the removal of the battery at the moment of the
disposal at the end of the service life please consult your
retailer or Yamaha Service Center as follows:
Yamaha Music Nederland Service Center
Address: Kanaalweg 18-G, 3526 KL
UTRECHT
Tel: 030-2828425
● Do not throw away the battery. Instead, hand it in as small
chemical waste.
Important
Important
Read the following before operating the AW4416
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Warnings
• Do not allow water to enter this unit or allow the unit to become wet. Fire or
electrical shock may result.
• Connect this unit’s power cord only to an AC outlet of the type stated in this
Owner’s Manual or as marked on the unit. Failure to do so is a fire and electrical shock hazard.
• Do not scratch, bend, twist, pull, or heat the power cord. A damaged power
cord is a fire and electrical shock hazard.
• Do not place heavy objects, including this unit, on top of the power cord. A
damaged power cord is a fire and electrical shock hazard. In particular, be
careful not to place heavy objects on a power cord covered by a carpet.
• If you notice any abnormality, such as smoke, odor, or noise, or if a foreign
object or liquid gets inside the unit, turn it off immediately. Remove the
power cord from the AC outlet. Consult your dealer for repair. Using the unit
in this condition is a fire and electrical shock hazard.
• Should this unit be dropped or the cabinet be damaged, turn the power
switch off, remove the power plug from the AC outlet, and contact your
dealer. If you continue using the unit without heeding this instruction, fire or
electrical shock may result.
• If the power cord is damaged (i.e., cut or a bare wire is exposed), ask your
dealer for a replacement. Using the unit with a damaged power cord is a fire
and electrical shock hazard.
• Do not modify the unit. Doing so is a fire and electrical shock hazard.
❒
Cautions
• When rack-mounting the unit, allow enough free space around the unit for
normal ventilation. This should be: 10 cm at the sides, 20 cm behind, and 30
cm above.
For normal ventilation during use, remove the rear of the rack or open a ventilation hole.
If the airflow is not adequate, the unit will heat up inside and may cause a
fire.
• This unit has ventilation holes at the bottom to prevent the internal temperature rising too high. Do not block them. Blocked ventilation holes are a fire
hazard.
• Hold the power cord plug when disconnecting it from an AC outlet. Never
pull the cord. A damaged power cord is a potential fire and electrical shock
hazard.
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Important
• Do not touch the power plug with wet hands. Doing so is a potential electrical shock hazard.
• Use only the included power supply cable for this unit. Using other types may
be a fire hazard.
• Always touch a well-grounded metal surface or the like to fully discharge any
static electric charge on your body and clothing before handling an I/O card
or hard disk.
Neglecting this precaution can cause damage to the unit from static electricity.
• Be careful not to touch the leads (metal feet) on the rear side when handling
an I/O card or hard disk. Touching the leads can cause contact defects.
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Operating Notes
• Using a mobile telephone near this unit may induce noise. If noise occurs,
use the telephone away from the unit.
• XLR-type connectors are wired as follows: pin 1: ground, pin 2: hot (+), and
pin 3: cold (–).
• Insert TRS phone jacks are wired as follows: sleeve: ground, tip: send, and
ring: return.
• If the message “LOW BATTERY” appears when you turn on this unit, contact
your dealer as soon as possible about replacing the internal data backup battery. The unit will still operate correctly, but data other than the presets will be
lost.
We recommend that you save the data on CD-RW drive or external SCSI
device before replacing the battery.
• The performance of components with moving contacts, such switches, rotary
controls, faders, and connectors, deteriorates over time. The rate of deterioration depends on the operating environment and is unavoidable. Consult your
dealer about replacing defective components.
Handling the CD-R/RW media
Please observe the following points when handling the disk.
Failure to do so may cause problems such as the recorded data being lost, the
drive to malfunction, or the printed label to become blurred.
• Do not place the disk in locations of direct sunlight, high temperature, or high
humidity.
• Do not touch either surface of the disk.
• Hold the disk at the edges. Gently wipe dust or dirt off of the recording surface of the disk.
• Do not wipe the disk with chemicals or detergents.
• Do not bend or drop the disk.
• Use an air duster or cleaner to remove dust. Vigorously rubbing the surface of
the disk with a dry cloth may scratch the disk.
• Do not write on the disk or affix labels to it.
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Important
Storing produced data
Produced data can be lost due to breakdown or mistaken operation. We recommend that you store all important data on CD-R or CD-RW disks or other external
storage medium.
Responsibility for loss of data, etc.
• Yamaha will accept no responsibility for any damages (including consequential or incidental) incurred by the customer or any third party as a result of
loss or impairment of the data stored on the CD-R media, regardless of
whether such loss could have been or actually was foreseen by Yamaha.
• Nor does Yamaha guarantee the media against any defect that may render it
unusable.
Cautions for handling optional equipment
• For inquiries concerning I/O card, hard disk, or CD-RW drive handling,
please consult your Yamaha dealer.
• Always switch off the power for the main unit and all peripherals, unplug the
power cord for the main unit from the outlet, then disconnect the cables connecting the main unit with the peripherals before starting installation work.
• Wear thick gloves when working on this equipment to avoid cutting your
hands on metal fittings or the like on the main unit, I/O card, hard disk, or
CD-RW drive.
• Always touch a well-grounded metal surface or the like to fully discharge any
static electric charge on your body and clothing before starting to work on
this equipment.
• Take extreme care to avoid touching any terminals or board surface parts.
• In order to protect the electronic circuits of the I/O card, hard disk, CD-RW
drive, etc. from damage due to static electricity, when handling any of this
equipment, take the most extreme care to avoid touching IC leads or other
electronic parts.
• Be careful not to drop any screws into the main unit. If you switch the power
on with a dropped screw still in the main unit, the main unit may malfunction
or break down. If a dropped screw can not be retrieved, consult your Yamaha
dealer.
• If the hard disk or CD-RW drive breaks down, contact the store where you
purchased that equipment.
Except for duplication for personal use or when there is no copyright problem,
the duplication or transfer of commercially sold music/sound data without the
permission of the copyright holder is prohibited. When using this equipment,
please consult with a copyright specialist.
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Important
❍
Warning
The Yamaha Professional Audio Workstation is designed to be used professionally
and responsibly by recording industry professionals. The reproduction, distribution, or, in some instances, the public performance, of all or a portion of a sound
recording or musical composition protected by copyright, without having
obtained a proper license from the relevant copyright holders, may constitute
copyright infringement and may otherwise violate copyright laws and other laws.
In addition, laws (such as the Audio Home Recording Act and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in USA) contain certain restrictions and requirements that
may apply to your use of works protected by copyright and related information
and data that may accompany such works. Violation of such laws may result in
civil remedies and, in some cases, criminal liability.
Because violations of copyright laws may be serious offenses, you should consult
a lawyer familiar with the law of copyright, including all laws that may be applicable to your use of the Workstation (such as the Audio Home Recording Act and
the Digital Millennium Copyright Act in USA), if you have any questions regarding your intended use of all or parts of sound recordings or musical compositions
protected by copyright.
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Table of contents
Thank you for purchasing the Yamaha AW4416 audio workstation. In order
to take full advantage of the AW4416’s functionality and enjoy trouble-free
operation, please carefully read the “Operation Guide” (this manual) and
the separate “Reference Manual” and “Tutorial.”
Table of contents
Before you begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Checking the included items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Installing an internal hard disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
About the internal hard disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Installing a CD-RW drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
About the CD-RW drives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
The SCSI ID of the CD-RW drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Installation procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Removing the transport protection pad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
How to remove the transport protection pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Manual eject (emergency disc removal). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Attaching an external SCSI device. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
About external SCSI devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Connection procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
About terminators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
About SCSI errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing I/O cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
About I/O cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installation procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Important points you must observe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Turning the power on or off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Turning the power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Setting the internal clock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Turning the power off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Transporting the AW4416 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Vibration during use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 1 Welcome to the world of the AW4416. . . . . . . . .19
Features of the AW4416 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Mixer section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Recorder section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Sampling pad section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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CD-RW drive (option) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Other features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Signal flow within the AW4416 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Input patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Input channels 1–24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Return channels 1/2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Recorder input patching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Monitor channels 1–16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Digital cascade connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Oscillator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Stereo output channel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Buses 1–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
AUX buses 1–8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Output patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Internal effects 1/2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Monitor output/headphone output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Chapter 2 Parts and their functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Top panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Analog input/output section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
WORK NAVIGATE section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
UNIT section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
MIXER section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
FADER MODE section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
MIXING LAYER section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
[SEL] keys, [ON] keys, faders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Display section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Level meter/counter section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
RECORDER section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
AUTOMATION section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SCENE MEMORY section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
CURSOR/JOG & SHUTTLE section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Locate section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Transport section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SAMPLING PAD section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Chapter 3 The user interface of the AW4416 . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Level meters/counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Basic operation of the AW4416 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Accessing a screen/page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Using the controls of the top panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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Using the mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Turning a button on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Using the controls of the top panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Using the mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Editing the value of a fader/knob/numerical box . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Using the controls of the top panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Using the mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Using the additional function buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Using the controls of the top panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Using the mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Inputting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Using the controls of the tab page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Using the mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Selecting channels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Chapter 4 Connections and setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Word clock settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Chapter 5 Recording on the AW4416 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Preparations for recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Connections and start-up. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Creating a new song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Recording the first tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Set the input level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Assign the signals to buses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Set the tracks to record-ready mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Make monitor settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Let’s record!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Overdubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Set the input level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Assign the signal to a bus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Put the track in record-ready mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Make monitor settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Using EQ and the dynamics processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Using the four-band EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Using the dynamics processor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Let’s overdub! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Mixdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Creating the mix balance of the tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Using the Solo function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Using the internal effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Other convenient functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
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Fader groups. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Mute groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Automix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
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Recording the stereo track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Saving a scene/song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Saving a scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Saving a song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Chapter 6 Transport/locate operations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Table of transport key operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Shuttle function (cue/review operation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Nudge function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Using the Nudge function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Nudge function settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Rollback function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Locating to a specific point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Locating to the zero location of the counter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Setting the zero relative time location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Locating to the start/end points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
A-B repeat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Setting the A/B points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Performing A-B repeat playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
In/out points. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Setting the In point/Out point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Setting a marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Locating to a marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Adjusting the location of a locate point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Deleting a locate point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Deleting a locate point using the panel keys. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Deleting an In/Out point or A/B point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Deleting a marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Chapter 7 Punch-in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
About punch-in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Manual punch-in/out (
Auto punch-in/out (
Manual punch-in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Make input monitor settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Connect a foot switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Manual punch-in/out recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
→
P.128) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
→
P.130). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Auto punch-in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Make input monitor settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Set the auto punch-in/out points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Set the pre-roll/post-roll times . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Rehearsing and recording with auto punch-in/out. . . . . . . . . . . 131
Rehearsing with auto punch-in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Recording with auto punch-in/out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
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Chapter 8 Patching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Patching to the input channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Patching to the recorder inputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Patching to the outputs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Patch library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Storing to the patch library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Recalling a patch program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Patching input/output jacks to an insert I/O point . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Using the Quick Rec function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Chapter 9 Track and virtual track operations. . . . . . . . . . .147
The track structure of the AW4416. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Switching virtual tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Pairing tracks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Editing tracks and virtual tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Tracks, parts, and regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Naming a virtual track or region . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Naming a virtual track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Naming a region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Track editing procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Virtual track editing procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Editing command list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
TRACK menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
PART menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
REGION menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Chapter 10 Internal effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165
About the internal effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Using AUX send/return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Inserting an effect into a channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Using AUX send/return to apply an effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Patching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Recalling an effect program from the library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Switching between pre-fader and post-fader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Adjusting the send level/return level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Adjusting the send level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Inserting an effect into a desired channel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Patching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Inserting an effect into monitor channel 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Recalling an effect program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Chapter 11 Song management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
About songs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Song structure and size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Song structure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
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Usable hard disks/song capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Work area for audio CD production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Saving/loading a song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Saving the current song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Loading a song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Editing the song name/comment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Deleting/copying a song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Deleting a song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Copying a song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Optimizing a song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Importing mixer data of an existing song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Chapter 12 Sampling pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
About the sampling pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Assigning the pad outputs to channels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Assigning a region to a sampling pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Trimming a sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Naming a pad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Erasing a pad sample and name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Recording your performance on the sampling pads . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Copying a pad performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Erasing a pad performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Chapter 13 Scene memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
About scene memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Parameters included in a scene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
About scene numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Storing a scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Recalling a scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Editing the name of a scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Protecting a scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Changing the order of scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Using keys to store/recall a scene. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Storing a scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Recalling a scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Chapter 14 Automix. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
What is automix? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Creating a new automix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Recording the first section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Playing back automix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Overwriting events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Automix punch-in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
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Editing the fader movements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Editing automix off-line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Storing an automix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Recalling an automix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Chapter 15 MIDI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231
What you can do using MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
MIDI connectors and the TO HOST connector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Using the TO HOST connector for direct connection to your
computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Setting the PORT SELECT parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Switching AW4416 scenes from an external device . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Using MTC to synchronize the AW4416 and a MIDI sequencer . . 238
Using MIDI Clock to synchronize the AW4416 and a MIDI
sequencer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Using MMC to control the AW4416 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Chapter 16 Backing up and restoring songs . . . . . . . . . . . . .245
Selecting the backup format . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Backing up a song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Restoring a song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Disk utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Formatting the internal hard disk/external SCSI device. . . . . . . . 250
Formatting the internal hard disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Formatting an external hard disk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Formatting removable media such as an MO drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Erasing CD-RW media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Chapter 17 Mastering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .255
About mastering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Stereo tracks that can be mastered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
CD-R and CD-RW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Track At Once and Disc At Once . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Preparations for mastering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Mastering mode settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Writing the master . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Finalizing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Playing CD-R/RW media (the CD Play function). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
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Before you begin
This chapter explains preparations you need to make before using the
AW4416, such as checking the included items and installing options.
Checking the included items
Please make sure that the package contains the following items. If any items are
missing, please contact your dealer.
• AW4416 mixer/recorder unit: 1
• Operation guide (this document): 1
• Reference guide: 1
• Tutorial: 1
• Power supply cable: 1
• CD-ROM: 1
• Red and white cable for CD-RW drive (four conductor): 1
• Screws for installing 2.5 inch hard disk/CD-RW drive: 8
• ADP25H 2.5 inch hard disk adapter: 1 (pre-installed in the 2.5" HARD DISK
DRIVE slot on the rear panel of the AW4416)
❍ Trademarks
ADAT MultiChannel Optical Digital Interface is a trademark and ADAT and Alesis
are registered trademarks of Alesis Corporation. Apple and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Tascam Digital Interface is a trademark
and Tascam and Teac are registered trademarks of Teac Corporation. MS-DOS is a
registered trademark and Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Yamaha is a trademark of Yamaha Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders and are hereby acknowledged.
❍ Copyright
No part of the AW4416 software or the manuals may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means without the prior written authorization of
Yamaha Corporation.
© 2000 Yamaha Corporation. All rights reserved.
❍ Yamaha website
<http://www.yamaha.co.jp/product/proaudio/homeenglish/>
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Before you begin
Installing an internal hard disk
You must install a hard disk in the AW4416 before using it. If you attempt to use
the AW4416 without installing a hard disk, the recorder section and mixer section will fail to operate correctly, and the AW4416 will be damaged as well.
About the internal hard disk
On the AW4416, all data necessary for reproducing a composition (mixer settings, recorder settings, audio data etc.) is stored on the hard disk as a “song.”
An internal hard disk is attached to the ADP25H 2.5 inch hard disk adapter and
installed in the 2.5" HARD DISK DRIVE slot located on the rear panel. Hard disks
with the following specifications can be used.
• Type: IDE 2.5 inch (attachment location conforms to SFF-8201)
• Thickness: no particular limitation
• Capacity: no particular limitation (however, the AW4416 can use a maximum
capacity of 64 GB)
• Models known to work: consult your local Yamaha distributor or refer to the
website at the following URL.
<http://www.aw4416.com/>
• By “models known to work,” we mean commercially available models that
Yamaha has obtained, installed in the AW4416, and successfully tested by
means of various operational tests. However, we cannot take into account
slight differences in performance that may occur due to the manufacturing tolerances of each manufacturer.
• Hard disks are precision devices. Strong physical shock, magnetism, static
electricity, or excessive current etc. can damage the data on a hard disk. You
must use media such as an external SCSI device or CD-RW to backup your
important musical data.
• Please be aware that Yamaha Corporation will accept no responsibility for any
damages, neither direct nor indirect, resulting from the use of any of the above
hard disks.
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Installation
ADP25H
(2.5 inch hard disk adapter)
Please read and observe the cautions on installing optional equipment listed at
the beginning of this manual.
Here’s how to attach a 2.5 inch IDE hard disk to the ADP25H hard disk adapter
included with the AW4416, and install it into the appropriate slot of the
AW4416.
• Hard disks are precision devices. Do not subject them to physical shock or
static electricity, etc.
• Do not place a hard disk nearby devices that produce a strong magnetic field,
or in locations of extreme cold, heat, or moisture.
• Before you handle a hard disk, touch your hand to a grounded metallic object
to release any static charge that may be present in your body or clothing. If you
fail to do so, static electricity may damage the hard disk.
• Never attempt to disassemble a hard disk or apply excessive force to it.
• The AW4416 is shipped with four screws for attaching a 2.5 inch hard disk,
and four screws for attaching a CD-RW drive, making a total of eight included
screws of the same type.
Before you begin
1. You will need the following items.
• The AW4416 itself
• A 2.5 inch IDE hard disk (sold separately) for installation
• Four screws included with the AW4416 for attaching the 2.5 inch hard disk
• A philips (+) screwdriver
2. Make sure that the power of the AW4416 is turned off. For safety’s sake,
disconnect the power cable from the AC outlet.
3. On the rear panel of the AW4416, remove the two screws that hold the
ADP25H 2.5 inch hard disk adapter to the 2.5" HARD DISK DRIVE slot.
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Before you begin
4. Place the hard disk on the ADP25H as shown in the diagram below,
align the screw holes of the hard disk and the ADP25H, and use your
screwdriver to fasten the screws at the four locations shown.
Flat cable
5. Plug the connector of the flat cable extending from the ADP25H into
the connector of the hard disk.
Flat cable connector
• Even if it is difficult to plug in the connector, do not use excessive pressure to
force it in. This may damage the hard disk, or you may injure yourself.
6. Aligning the ADP25H (with the hard disk attached) with the rails inside
the 2.5" HARD DISK DRIVE slot, push it in until it clicks into place.
7. Use the screws that you removed in step 3 to fasten the ADP25H into
the 2.5" HARD DISK DRIVE slot.
If you fail to tighten the screws all the way, the hard disk may vibrate and fail to
operate correctly.
• Do not turn on the power of the AW4416 until all options have been installed.
• When you turn on the power of the AW4416 after installing a new hard disk,
formatting of the hard disk will begin automatically (→ P.15).
4 — Operation Guide
Installing a CD-RW drive
Maximum 138 mm
About the CD-RW drives
A CD-RW drive is an option that allows you to create music CD’s, to backup/
restore internal hard disk data, to play a music CD or to read a CD-ROM. An
internal-type CD-RW drive can be installed by removing the CD-RW drive cover
from the front panel. CD-RW drives with the following specifications can be
used.
Before you begin
• Interface: SCSI-2
• Models known to work: consult your local Yamaha distributor or refer to the
website at the following URL.
<http://www.aw4416.com/>
• By “models known to work,” we mean commercially available models that
Yamaha has obtained, installed in the AW4416, and successfully tested by
means of various operational tests. However, we cannot take into account
slight differences in performance that may occur due to the manufacturing tolerances of each manufacturer.
• Please be aware that Yamaha Corporation will accept no responsibility for any
damages, neither direct nor indirect, resulting from the use of any of the above
CD-RW drives.
* Note that the cover panel of the AW4416 cannot be attached to a CD-RW
drive with a lid-type tray. The AW4416’s cover panel can be attached to a CDRW drive with a tray of the following dimensions.
❒ The SCSI ID of the CD-RW drive
• The SCSI ID of the AW4416 itself is fixed at “6.” For this reason, you must set
the SCSI ID of the CD-RW drive to “6” before installing it.
— Operation Guide 5
Before you begin
Installation procedure
1. You will need the following items.
• In the various screens of the AW4416, the SCSI ID of the internal CD-RW
drive has been set to “3” by default. For this reason, you will find it convenient to set the ID of the CD-RW to “3.” (For details on setting the SCSI ID,
refer to the manual for your CD-RW drive.)
• If you are installing a CD-RW drive manufactured by Yamaha, the SCSI ID will
be set to “3” at the factory, and we recommend that you leave it at this setting.
Please carefully read the cautions for installing optional equipment given at the
beginning of this manual.
• The AW4416 itself
• Internal CD-RW drive (option)
• Screws (included with the AW4416) for attaching the CD-RW drive
• Red and white cable for CD-RW drive (four conductor)
• Philips (+) screwdriver
• Work surface
• In order to install the CD-RW drive you will need to turn the AW4416 on its
back. Make sure that you have a sufficiently broad work surface.
• The AW4416 is shipped with four screws for attaching the 2.5 inch hard disk,
and four screws for attaching the CD-RW drive, making a total of eight screws
of the same type.
2. Make sure that the power of the AW4416 is turned off. For safety’s sake,
disconnect the power cable from the AC outlet.
3. Turn the AW4416 upside down on the work surface.
When turning the AW4416 upside down, we recommend that you use the packing foam from the AW4416’s shipping carton as shown in the diagram at above,
so that the controls of the top panel are not damaged. If the packing foam is not
available, please spread out a soft cloth, and support each of the four corners of
the AW4416 with a stack of magazines etc.
6 — Operation Guide
Before you begin
Bottom panel
CD-R/RW drive
cover panel
4. Remove the CD-RW drive cover from the front panel, and remove the
bottom panel.
5. Turn the CD-RW drive over, and insert it little by little, stopping when
the connector end of the CD-RW drive enters the opening in the bottom
of the AW4416.
6. Connect the red and white four-conductor cable included with the
AW4416 to the internal connector of the AW4416 as shown in the diagram. Then connect the cable to the connector of the CD-RW drive.
— Operation Guide 7
Before you begin
7. Plug the connector of the flat cable (extending from inside the AW4416)
8. Align the screw holes in the bottom of the CD-RW drive with the screw
into the connector of the CD-RW drive.
holes of the AW4416, and use a screwdriver to fasten the drive with the
four included screws.
9. Re-attach the CD-RW drive cover and the bottom panel that you
removed in step 3. At this time, remove the inner cover from the CD-RW
drive cover.
Bottom panel
CD-R/RW drive
cover panel
Inner cover
8 — Operation Guide
Before you begin
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* This diagram shows a CD-RW
drive manufactured by Yamaha
Corporation.
Removing the transport protection
pad
When CD-RW drives are shipped, the disc tray contains a transport protection
pad that protects the internal mechanism from physical shock suffered during
shipment. Please remove this protective pad before use.
Be sure to save the transport protection pad for the next time you need to transport the unit.
How to remove the transport protection pad
1. Install the CD-RW drive in the AW4416.
2. Turn on the power of the AW4416.
Set the SCSI ID number as necessary (→ P.259).
3. Press the [CD PLAY] key, and then press the [SHIFT] + [F2] keys to open
the disc tray.
4. Remove the transport protection pad.
Before transporting the unit, reverse this procedure to insert the pad.
— Operation Guide 9
Before you begin
Manual eject (emergency disc removal)
Manual eject allows you to remove the disc manually in the case of an emergency such as a malfunction of the disc tray mechanism (usually temporary) or a
power failure. Please be aware that using this method frequently can cause the
CD-RW drive to malfunction. For the location of the eject hole and the procedure, refer to the manual of your CD-RW drive.
In order to perform this operation, you will need a pin-like object 2 mm or less in
diameter, such as a straightened paper clip.
Insert a pin-like object 2 mm
or less in diameter.
Eject Hall
* This diagram shows a CD-RW drive
manufactured by Yamaha Corporation.
Attaching an external SCSI device
About external SCSI devices
The external SCSI devices referred to here are storage devices used to backup/
restore the internal data of the AW4416, and can be connected to the SCSI connector on the rear panel of the AW4416. The following types of storage device
can be used.
• Type of drive: MO drives (128 MB, 230 MB, 540MB, 640 MB 1.3 GB), hard
disk drives, CD-RW drives
• Interface: SCSI-2
• Models known to work: consult your local Yamaha distributor or refer to the
website at the following URL.
<http://www.aw4416.com/>
• By “models known to work,” we mean commercially available models that
Yamaha has obtained, connected to the AW4416, and successfully tested by
means of various operational tests. However, we cannot take into account
slight differences in performance that may occur due to the manufacturing tolerances of each manufacturer.
• Please be aware that Yamaha Corporation will accept no responsibility for any
damages, neither direct nor indirect, resulting from the use of any of the above
storage devices.
It is not possible to directly record or play back audio signals in realtime on an
external storage device connected to the SCSI connector.
10 — Operation Guide
Connection procedure
Note
SCSI connector
SCSI
connector
PROFESSIONAL AUDIO WORKSTATION
SCSI connector
SCSI connectorSCSI connector
AW4416
ID=6 (fixed)
Internal CD-RW
ID-3 (default setting)
Terminator
External SCSI device 1
External SCSI device 2
1. Make sure that the power is turned off for the AW4416 and for the
external SCSI device(s), and use a SCSI cable to connect the SCSI connectors of each device.
When connecting an external SCSI device, use only high impedance SCSI cables
of 100 ohms (±10 ohms) impedance that are 1 meter or shorter in length.
Use only good-quality SCSI cables.
Before you begin
• A maximum of seven SCSI devices (SCSI ID= 0–5,7) can be connected in a
daisy-chain (including the internal CD-RW drive).
• When connecting multiple SCSI devices, you must make sure that the SCSI ID
of each device (including the internal CD-RW drive) does not conflict with any
other device. (For details on how to set the SCSI ID, refer to the manuals for
your SCSI devices.)
• The SCSI ID of the AW4416 itself is fixed at “6.”
• In the various screens of the AW4416, the SCSI ID of the internal CD-RW drive
has been set to “3” by default. For this reason, if you install a CD-RW drive,
you will find it convenient to set its ID to “3.” (For details on setting the SCSI
ID, refer to the manual for your CD-RW drive.)
• If you install a CD-RW drive manufactured by Yamaha, the SCSI ID will be set
to “3” at the factory, and we recommend that you leave it at this setting.
2. Attach a terminator to the last SCSI device in the chain.
A “terminator” is a device that terminates the SCSI signal at the end of the chain,
and is normally attached to the vacant SCSI connector of the last device in the
daisy chain. If the SCSI device has an active terminator (a circuit that terminates
the signal electrically), turn it on. (For details of how to turn on the active terminator, refer to the manual of your SCSI device.)
Before using an external SCSI device, you will need to format it. For details on
this procedure, refer to page 250.
— Operation Guide 11
Before you begin
❒ About terminators
“Termination” refers to the process of applying a resistor appropriate for the
impedance of the SCSI bus to terminate the end of the circuit. The resistor
required for this is called the “terminator.” Normally, a terminator must be
installed at the beginning and end of the SCSI bus (in the case of the example
shown above, this would be the AW4416 itself, and the SCSI device connected to
the end of the daisy chain).
However, this is only a general principle, and is not an absolute. Depending on
the combination of SCSI devices, the order of connection, or on the length of the
SCSI cables, there may be cases in which better results are obtained by terminating only one end of the chain. If problems occur such as the AW4416 failing to
start up when an external SCSI device is connected, try defeating one of the terminators. (For details on how to defeat the internal terminator of the AW4416,
refer to “UTILITY screen → Prefer. 3 page” in the Reference Guide.)
❒ About SCSI errors
The SCSI bus is able to transfer data in a stable manner only if all connected SCSI
devices are operating correctly. If the SCSI bus of the AW4416 is connected to a
device whose operation is unstable or which produces noise, errors may occur in
other devices, or the AW4416 may fail to start up correctly. If such problems
occur, check the following points.
❍ Check the SCSI ID
Make sure that the SCSI ID of each SCSI device (including the AW4416 and the
internal CD-RW drive) does not conflict with the SCSI ID of any other device. The
SCSI ID of the AW4416 is fixed at “6.”
❍ Check the terminator
Check the location of the terminator. Under certain conditions, better results may
be obtained by terminating only one end of the SCSI chain.
❍ Check the SCSI cables
Since errors are often caused by low-quality SCSI cables or unnecessarily long
SCSI cables, you should avoid using such cables. Please use double-shielded
cables that are as short as possible. It is also important that the shield within the
cable is grounded to the connector.
❍ External SCSI devices with 25-pin connectors
Most SCSI cables with 25-pin connectors at both ends do not meet SCSI specifications. For this reason if the system includes a SCSI device that uses a 25-pin
connector, the problems may be due to this type of cable.
12 — Operation Guide
Installing I/O cards
About I/O cards
I/O cards compatible with the Yamaha mini-YGDAI format can be installed in the
OPTION I/O slots 1/2 located on the rear panel of the AW4416 in order to add
input/output ports. For example by installing an ADAT format compatible I/O
card into an OPTION I/O slot, you can transmit/receive eight channels of digital
audio to/from an ADAT format digital recorder.
At present, the following types of I/O cards can be used.
❍ MY8-AT
This card transmits and receives eight channels of Alesis ADAT format digital signals.
❍ MY8-TD
This card transmits and receives eight channels of TASCAM format digital signals.
Before you begin
❍ MY8-AE
This card transmits and receives eight channels of AES/EBU format digital signals.
❍ MY8-AD
This is an A/D card with eight channels of analog input jacks (balanced TRS
phone jacks).
❍ MY4-AD
This is an A/D card with four channels of analog input jacks (balanced XLR jacks).
❍ MY4-DA
This is a D/A card with four channels of analog output jacks (balanced XLR
jacks).
For up-to-date information on available MY cards, contact your local Yamaha distributor or check the following website.
<http://www.aw4416.com/>
Some types of MY card sold by other manufacturers may be usable only in SLOT
1 or 2.
— Operation Guide 13
Before you begin
Installation procedure
1. Make sure that the power of the AW4416 is turned off. For safety’s sake,
2. From the OPTION I/O slot located on the rear panel of the AW4416,
Please carefully read the cautions for installing optional devices, given at the
beginning of this manual.
disconnect the power cable from the AC outlet.
remove the two screws that hold the cover in place.
Please keep the cover and screws you removed in a safe place.
3. Slide the I/O card along the rails inside the slot until it clicks into place.
4. Tighten the two screws included with the I/O card to fasten the card
securely.
Please note that if the screws are loose, the card may not be grounded correctly.
14 — Operation Guide
Important points you
must observe
Turning the power on or off
You must use the following procedure to turn the power of the AW4416 on or off.
❒ Turning the power on
To turn on the power of a system that includes the AW4416, you must turn on the
power switches in the following order.
1 Storage devices connected to the AW4416’s SCSI connector, and external
sound sources connected to the input/output jacks
B The AW4416 itself
C The monitor system connected to the output jacks of the AW4416
If the SCSI device is turned on after the AW4416 is turned on, it will not function
correctly.
After the opening screen appears in the display of the AW4416, a TRACK screen
like the following will appear.
When the AW4416 is first turned on after a new internal hard disk has been
installed, the display will ask “Format OK? [Y (Enter)/N (Any)].” If you now press
the [ENTER] key, formatting of the hard disk will begin automatically. When formatting is completed, the screen shown above will appear.
Never turn off the power of the AW4416 while formatting is in progress. Doing
so may damage the hard disk itself.
— Operation Guide 15
Important points you must observe
Setting the internal clock
When the AW4416 is shipped from the factory, its internal clock is set to Japan
time. When you create a song on the AW4416, the song will store the date and
time using this internal time.
If it becomes necessary to reset the internal clock after replacing a run-down battery or for any other reason, use the following procedure.
1. Press the [UTILITY] key → [F4] key.
The UTILITY screen Prefer.3 page will appear.
Use the CURSOR [ ] key to move the cursor to the square frame of the Y (year)
field in the CLOCK area, and use the [DATA/JOG] dial to input the year. In the
same way, input M (month), D (date), h (hour), m (minute), and s (second). (W is
the day of the week, and will be set automatically.)
The time you specified will blink. Move the cursor to the SET button to confirm
the setting, or to the RESET button to cancel, and then press the [ENTER] key. The
internal clock of the AW4416 will be set to the specified time. If you select the
RESET button and press the [ENTER] key, the clock will return to the previous
state.
16 — Operation Guide
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