ZOOM HD8I User Manual

English

Operation Manual

Reproduction of this manual, in whole or in part, by any means, is prohibited.

USAGE AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

In this manual, symbols are used to highlight warnings and cautions for you to read so that accidents can be prevented. The meanings of these symbols are as follows:

This symbol indicates explanations about extremely dangerous matters. If users ignore

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this symbol and handle the device the wrong way, serious injury or death could result.

This symbol indicates explanations about

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Please observe the following safety tips and precautions to ensure hazard-free use of the HD8/HD16.

• Power requirements

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• About grounding

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dangerous matters. If users ignore this symbol and handle the device the wrong way, bodily injury and damage to the equipment could result.

The HD8/HD16 is powered by the supplied AC adapter. To prevent malfunction and safety hazards, do not use any other kind of AC adapter.

When using the HD8/HD16 in an area with a different line voltage, please consult your local ZOOM distributor about acquiring a proper AC adapter.

Depending on installation conditions, a slight electrical charge may be felt when touching a metal part of the HD8/HD16. If you wish to avoid this, ground the unit by connecting the ground screw on the rear panel to a good external ground.

To prevent the risk of accidents, never use one of the following for grounding:

• Water pipe (risk of electric shock)

• Gas pipe (risk of explosion)

• Telephone wiring ground or lightning arrestor (risk of lightning stroke)

• Environment

Avoid using your HD8/HD16 in environments where it

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will be exposed to:

• Extreme temperature

• High humidity, moisture, or splashing water

• Excessive dust or sand

• Excessive vibration or shock

• Handling

Never place objects ﬁlled with liquids, such as vases,

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on the HD8/HD16 since this can cause electric shock.

The HD8/HD16 is a precision instrument. Do not exert

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undue pressure on the keys and other controls. Also take care not to drop the unit, and do not subject it to shock or excessive pressure.

• Alterations

Never open the case of the HD8/HD16 or attempt to

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modify the product in any way since this can result in damage to the unit.

• Connecting cables and input and output jacks

You should always turn off the power to the HD8/

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HD16 and all other equipment before connecting or disconnecting any cables. Also make sure to disconnect all cables and the AC adapter before moving the HD8/ HD16.

• Volume

Do not use the HD8/HD16 at a loud volume for a long

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time since this can cause hearing impairment.

• CD-R/RW Drive

Never look directly in the laser beam projected from

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the optical pickup of the CD-R/RW drive since your sight can be damaged.

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USAGE AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS

Usage Precautions

• Electrical interference

For safety considerations, the HD8/HD16 has been designed to provide maximum protection against the emission of electromagnetic radiation from inside the device, and protection from external interference. However, equipment that is very susceptible to interference or that emits powerful electromagnetic waves should not be placed near the HD8/ HD16, as the possibility of interference cannot be ruled out entirely.

With any type of digital control device, the HD8/HD16 included, electromagnetic interference can cause malfunctioning and can corrupt or destroy data. Care should be taken to minimize the risk of damage.

• Cleaning

Use a soft, dry cloth to clean the HD8/HD16. If necessary, slightly moisten the cloth. Do not use abrasive cleanser, wax, or solvents (such as paint thinner or cleaning alcohol), since these may dull the ﬁnish or damage the surface.

MIDI is a registered trademark of Association of Musical

Electronics Industry (AMEI).

All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the

property of their respective owners.

All trademarks and registered trademarks mentioned in this

manual are for identiﬁcation purposes only and are not

intended to infringe on the copyrighted properties of their

respective owners.

• Backup

The data of HD8/HD16 can be lost because of malfunction or incorrect operation. Backup your data.

• Copyrights

Except for personal use, unauthorized recording from copyrighted sources (CDs, records, tapes, video clips, broadcast material and so on) is prohibited. ZOOM Corporation does not bear any liability for injunctions regarding the copyright law infringement.

Please keep this manual in a convenient place for future reference.

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Contents

USAGE AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . 2

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Features of the HD8/HD16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Getting to Know the HD8/HD16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Rhythm section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Names of Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

HD8 Top Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

HD16 Top Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

HD8/HD16 Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

HD8/HD16 Right Side Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Installing the CD-R/RW Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Power On/Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Turning power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Turning power off (shutdown) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Listening to a Demo Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Selecting the demo song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Playing the demo song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Let’s Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Quick Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Step 1: Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

1.1 Creating a new project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

1.2 Selecting the rhythm pattern to use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Step 2: Recording the first track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

2.1 Adjusting input sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

2.2 Applying the insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

2.3 Selecting a track and recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Step 3: Overdubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

3.1 Making settings for input sensitivity and insert effect . . . 29

3.2 Selecting a track and recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Step 4: Mixing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

4.1 Turning off the input and rhythm section . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

4.2 Adjusting volume, panning, and EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

4.3 Applying the send/return effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

4.4 Applying the insert effect to a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Step 5: Mixdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

5.1 Using the mastering insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

5.2 Mixdown on the master track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Reference [Recorder] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

V-takes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

About V-takes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Switching V-takes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Changing the V-take name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Moving to a desired point in the song

(locate function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Playing back the same passage repeatedly

(A-B repeat function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Finding a desired location

(scrub/preview function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Using scrub/preview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Changing the scrub direction and duration . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Re-recording only a specified region

(punch-in/out function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Using manual punch-in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Using auto punch-in/out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Recording several tracks on a master track

(mixdown function). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

About the master track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Master track mixdown steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Playing the master track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Converting the master track to a stereo WAV file . . . . . . 43

Combining multiple tracks on one or two tracks

(bounce function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Making bounce settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Executing bounce recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Recording the drum/bass track sound on an audio

track (rhythm recording) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Selecting drum/bass track as recording source. . . . . . . . 45

Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Recording on 8 tracks simultaneously

(8-track recording mode) <<HD16 only>> . . . . . . 46

About 8-track recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Assigning an input signal to a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Marker function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Setting a mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Locating a mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Deleting a mark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Making settings for pre-count operation . . . . . . . . 49

Reference [Track Editing] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Editing a range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Basic steps for range editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Copying a specified range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Moving a specified range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Erasing a specified range of data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Trimming a specified range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Fade-in/fade-out of specified data range. . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Reversing a specified range of audio data. . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Changing the duration of an entire track . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Compensating the pitch of a specified range . . . . . . . . . 55

Generating harmony from a specified range of audio

data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Generating a 1-part harmony from a specified range

of audio data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Editing using V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Basic steps for V-take editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Erasing a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

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Copying a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Moving a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

<< HD16 only>> Moving V-takes of tracks 1 – 8 to

tracks 9 – 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Exchanging V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Importing audio data to a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Track capture and swap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Capturing a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Swapping a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Reference [Phrase Looping] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Which kind of phrases can be used? . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Loading a phrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Basic phrase loading steps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Importing a phrase from the current project. . . . . . . . . . . 68

Importing a phrase from a different project . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Importing a WAV/AIFF file. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Adjusting phrase parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Copying a phrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Deleting a phrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Writing a phrase loop to a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Using FAST input for the phrase loop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Writing a phrase loop to a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Reference [Mixer] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

About the mixer of the HD8/HD16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Assigning input signals to recording tracks . . . . . . 77

Adjusting the signal for each track

(track parameters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Adjusting a track parameter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Using the parameter knobs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Linking two tracks (stereo link) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

<<HD16>> Assigning an input/track signal to the

SUB-OUT jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Using the solo function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Saving/recalling mixer settings (scene function) . . 84

Saving a scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Recalling a scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Switching scenes automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Deleting certain parameters from a scene . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Reference [Rhythm] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

About the rhythm section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Drum kits and bass programs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Rhythm patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Rhythm song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Rhythm pattern mode and rhythm song mode. . . . . . . . . 88

Playing rhythm patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Selecting a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Changing the tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Changing the drum kit / bass program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Using the pads to play drum/bass sounds . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Creating an original rhythm pattern. . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Drum sequence real-time input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Bass sequence real-time input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Drum sequence step input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Bass sequence step input. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Entering rhythm pattern chord information. . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Changing the drum/bass sequence volume level. . . . . . . 99

Assigning a name to a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Editing rhythm patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Copying a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Deleting a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Creating a rhythm song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Selecting a rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Entering pattern information using step input. . . . . . . . . 102

Using FAST for pattern information input . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Entering chord information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Entering other information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Playing a rhythm song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Editing a rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Copying a specified range of measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Transposing the entire rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Copying a rhythm song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Deleting the rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Assigning a name to a rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Importing a rhythm pattern/rhythm song from another

project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Using Kit Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Creating a kit file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Assigning samples to pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Making pad parameter settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113

Copying a kit file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Deleting a kit file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Importing a kit file from another project . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Assigning a name to a kit file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Using samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Making various sample settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Copying a sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Deleting a sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Importing a sample from an external source . . . . . . . . . 121

Editing various settings of the rhythm section . . 124

Basic procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Changing the length of the pre-count . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Changing the metronome volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Adjusting the sensitivity of the pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Checking the remaining amount of memory. . . . . . . . . . 125

Swapping the left/right pan position . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Reference [Effects] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

About the effects. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Send/return effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Using the insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

About insert effect patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Changing the insert location of the insert effect . . . . . . . 128

Selecting the patch for the insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Editing the insert effect patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Storing/swapping insert effect patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Editing the name of an insert effect patch . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Applying the insert effect only to the monitor signal. . . . 133

Using the send/return effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

About the send/return effect patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Selecting a send/return effect patch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Editing a send/return effect patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Storing/swapping send/return effect patches. . . . . . . . . 135

Editing the name of a send/return effect patch. . . . . . . . 136

Importing patches from another project . . . . . . . 136

Reference [Creating a CD] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

About creating an audio CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

About CD-R/RW discs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

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Creating an audio CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Creating an audio CD by project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Creating an audio CD by album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Using the marker function to separate tracks . . . . . . . . 142

Including a playlist in an album . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Playing an audio CD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Finalizing a CD-R/RW Disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Erasing a CD-RW disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Loading an audio CD into a project . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Backup and restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Saving a single project to CD-R/RW disc . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Saving all projects to CD-R/RW disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Loading a project from CD-R/RW disc . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Reference [Projects]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

About projects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Project operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Loading a project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Creating a new project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Checking the project size/available hard disk

capacity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Duplicating a project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Erasing a project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Changing the project name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Protecting a project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Reference [MIDI] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

About MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

What you can do using MIDI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Making MIDI-related settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Basic procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Setting the drum kit/bass program MIDI channel . . . . . 155

Turning Timing Clock messages on or off . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Turning Song Position Pointer messages on or off . . . . 156

Turning Start/Stop/Continue messages on or off . . . . . 156

Turning MIDI Time Code (MTC) messages on or off . . . 157

Selecting the port to send/receive MIDI messages . . . . 157

Using the SMF player. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Reading an SMF into a project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Selecting the SMF output destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

SMF playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Reference [USB] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

What you can do with the USB port . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Supported operating systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

File transfer to and from a computer . . . . . . . . . . 161

Operating DAW Software From the HD8/HD16 . . 163

Selecting the connector to use for control

surface mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Switching to control surface mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Using Mass Storage Mode and Control Surface

Mode Simultaneously . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Using the chromatic tuner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Using other tuner types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Changing the function of the foot switch. . . . . . . 169

Preventing digital copying of a master disc

or master tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Switching the level meter display type . . . . . . . . 170

Adjusting the display contrast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Checking the system version . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Hard disk maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Basic maintenance procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Test/restore integrity of data on internal hard disk

(Scan Disk). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Returning system file data to factory default

(Factory Initialize). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Returning the entire hard disk to the factory default

(All Initialize) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Hard disk maintenance using the supplied

CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .176

Problems during playback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Problems during recording. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Problems with effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Problems with the rhythm section . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Problems with MIDI. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Problems with CD-R/RW drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Other problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Appendix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179

Effect parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Insert effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Send/return effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

Effect Patch List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Insert effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Send/return Effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197

Rhythm Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Drum Kits/Bass Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

MIDI note number chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

Phrases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

HD8/HD16 Hard Disk Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

MIDI implementation chart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210

Reference [Other Functions] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Playing several projects continuously

(sequence play) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Creating a playlist. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Playlist playback. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Using the tuner function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

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Overview

Introduction

■

Thank you for selecting the manual). This manual covers both the HD8 and the HD16 model.

In order to take full advantage of the HD8/HD16’s versatile functions and to ensure trouble-free enjoyment, please read this manual carefully. Keep this manual in a safe place together with the warranty card.

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Hard Disk Recorder (simply called the “

HD8/HD16

” in this

Features of the HD8/HD16

The HD8/HD16 is a fascinating product with the following features.

Brings together everything you need for complete music production

The HD8/HD16 provides all the functionality you need for professional music production: hard disk recorder, drum/bass machine, digital mixer, effects, CD-R/RW drive and more. From creating the rhythm tracks to multitrack recording, mixdown, and burning an audio CD, the HD8/HD16 lets you do it all.

Recorder section with plenty of tracks

The HD8 provides 8 audio tracks (mono x 6, stereo x 1), and the HD16 has 16 audio tracks (mono x 8, stereo x 4). Because each track has ten virtual tracks (V-takes), you can record multiple takes for important parts such as vocals or guitar solos and select the best take later. A full range of editing functions is provided, allowing you to copy or move audio data. Special functions including time stretch/compression, pitch compensation, and harmonizing are also available.

■ Support for a wide range of input sources

Input connectors compatible with high-impedance sources and 48V phantom power allow the unit to handle any kind of source, from electric guitar/electric bass and other high-impedance instruments to dynamic and condenser microphones, as well as synthesizers and other line-level equipment.

■ 8-track recording mode/sub output support << only>>

The HD16 has an 8-track recording mode that can handle up to 8 signals simultaneously. This is great for multimiking a drum setup or recording an entire band in one go. In addition to the regular stereo output, the HD16 also provides a STEREO SUB-OUT which can be used to supply a separate mix, for example for monitoring during recording, or to send a signal to a separate effect device.

■ Bounce function allows mixdown of all tracks

The bounce function makes it easy to consolidate multiple tracks into one or two tracks with just a few keystrokes. Play all tracks, add the drum + bass sound, and bounce the result onto two empty V-takes. If you select the master track as bounce target, internal mixdown is possible without using up any of the regular audio tracks.

■ Rhythm function provides guide rhythm or accompaniment

The built-in rhythm function offers more than 400 types of accompaniment patterns from the internal drum + bass sound generator. What’s more, you can create your own original patterns using real-time or step input. Patterns can be used as a guide rhythm during recording, or programmed together with chords to create an entire rhythm song. In addition to conventional step input, the HD8/HD16 features an innovative concept called FAST developed by ZOOM which lets you quickly build songs by using simple formula. Instead of the built-in drum sound generator, a part of an audio track or an audio ﬁle from a CD-ROM can also be used. Add special effects to a song or play patterns and songs with your very own sound.

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■ Phrase loop function for pasting audio material

Using recorded audio data or audio ﬁles picked up from a CD-ROM disc, you can create “phrase loops” for example of drum licks and guitar riffs. The playback order and repetition count of loop material can be programmed with the FAST method and written to any track/V-take as audio data.

■ Mixer section supporting automated operation

The internal digital mixer can handle the playback signal from the audio tracks plus the drum and bass sound. The level, panning, and EQ settings of each channel can be saved as separate “scenes”. A saved scene can be switched automatically at a desired point in a song.

■ Versatile effects

In terms of internal effects, the HD8/HD16 provides an “insert effect” that can be inserted into a speciﬁed signal route, and a “send/return effect” that is used via the mixer send/return loop. The effects can be used in a variety of ways, either modifying the tone in real time while recording a track or for mastering during track playback for mixdown and bounce.

■ CD-R/RW drive lets you create audio CDs or backups

The integrated CD-R/RW drive lets you write audio data saved on the master track onto a CD-R/RW disc, to produce an audio CD. The drive is also convenient to back up data that you have recorded.

■ USB port as standard equipment

The HD8/HD16 can be directly connected to a computer via the USB port. This lets you not only send and receive MIDI information, it also allows having the HD8/HD16 recognized as external storage by the computer, for easy transfer of audio ﬁles. Copy ﬁles from the computer to the HD8/HD16 and take them to a studio for adding vocals or guitar solos, or copy ﬁles from the HD8/HD16 to the computer further processing with DAW software. Suddenly, the scope of personal recording has become much wider.

■ Use as control surface for DAW software

The HD8/HD16 incorporates a control surface function for operating DAW software installed on a computer. When connected via MIDI or USB, the controls of the HD8/HD16 can act as transport keys, adjust the volume, etc.

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Getting to Know the HD8/HD16

The HD8/HD16 is internally divided into the following ﬁve sections.

● Recorder

Records and plays back audio signals.

● Rhythm section

Uses the internal drum/bass sound source to play rhythms.

● Mixer

Mixes the signals from the recorder and the drum/bass sound source into a stereo signal, for output via the output jacks and for mixdown on dedicated master tracks.

● Effects

Process input signals, recorder playback signals, or drum/ bass sound source signals in various ways, to achieve various sound characteristics.

Recorder section

Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4 Track 5 Track 6 Track 7 Track 8

Tracks 9/10

● CD-R/RW drive

Allows creating an audio CD or backing up recorded contents. Also serves for importing audio material from a CD or CD-ROM inserted in the drive.

The following diagram shows the relationship and signal ﬂow between each section.

MASTER OUTPUT

From immediately

after

[MASTER] fader

To immediately

before

[MASTER] fader

Tracks 11/12

Tracks 13/14

Tracks 15/16

Master track

Bass programs Drum kit

Rhythm section

Track mixer

12345 6 78

9/10

11/12 13/14 15/16

To maste track

MASTER RHYTHM

From master track

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Getting to Know the HD8/HD16

Recorder section

Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4

From immediately

after

[MASTER] fader

To immediately

before

[MASTER] fader

Track 5 Track 6

Track 7/8

Master track

Bass programs Drum kit

MASTER OUTPUT

To master trac

Rhythm section

Track mixer

Recorder

The recorder section of the HD8 has eight audio tracks: six mono tracks and one stereo track. Up to two tracks can be recorded simultaneously and up to eight tracks can be played back simultaneously. The recorder section of the HD16 has sixteen audio tracks: eight mono tracks and four stereo tracks. Up to eight tracks can be recorded simultaneously and up to sixteen tracks can be played back simultaneously. (A “track” is a separate section for recording audio data.) Each of the tracks has ten switchable virtual tracks (called “Vtakes”). For each track, one V-take can be selected for recording/ playback.

Currently selected V-takes for tracks 1 – 16 and master track

12345 6

7/8

MASTER RHYTHM

From master track

Currently selected V-takes for

tracks 1 – 8 and master track

V-takes

1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

3456

7/8

Tracks

Master track

The recorder section also provides a set of stereo tracks which are separate from the normal audio tracks. This is called the master track. The master track is dedicated for mixdown and for holding the material used to create an audio CD.

V-takes

1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9

345678

9/10 11/1213/14 15/16

Tracks

Master track

Rhythm section

The HD8/HD16 contains a rhythm section that operates in sync with the recorder. It offers 511 accompaniment patterns (called “rhythm patterns”) that use the internal drum/bass sound generator. (Over 400 patterns are preprogrammed at the factory.) You can use these patterns as they are, modify them in part, or create entirely new patterns from scratch.

HINT

The drum/bass sound sources can be played with the pads on the top panel or with a MIDI keyboard or similar.

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Getting to Know the HD8/HD16

Recorder

Track 1

Track 2 Track 3

Rhythm

pattern

Rhythm section

Rhythm

pattern

Bass sound source

Rhythm

pattern

Drum sound source

To BASS fader of mixer

To DRUM fader of mixer

You can arrange rhythm patterns in the desired order of playback, and program chords and tempo to create the rhythm accompaniment for an entire song. (This is called a “rhythm song”.) Up to 10 rhythm songs can be created, among which one is selected for editing/playback.

Instead of the built-in drum sound source, part of an audio track or an audio ﬁle from a CD-ROM can also be played with the pads or integrated in a rhythm pattern or rhythm song. This lets you create your very own sounds or special effects to a rhythm pattern/rhythm song.

Effects

The HD8/HD16 provides two types of effects: insert effect and send/return effect. These effects which can be used simultaneously have the characteristics described below.

Insert effect

This effect can be inserted at one of the following three points in the signal path.

(1) Immediately after the input jack (2) A desired track of the mixer (3) Immediately before the [MASTER] fader

In the default condition, position (1) (immediately after input jack) is selected.

When the setting is changed to (2), only a selected track or drum/bass sound is processed by the effect.

When the setting is changed to (3), the ﬁnal stereo mix can be processed. This setting is suitable for processing the signal of the entire song during mixdown.

HINT

You can process the drum/bass sound and imported sound with the insert effect and record it on an audio track of the recorder.

Mixer

The signals from audio tracks, and the drum and bass sounds (drum/bass track) are sent to the built-in mixer channels for individual adjustment of volume and tone and to create a stereo mix. For each track (audio track, drum track, bass track), parameters such as volume, panning, and 3-band EQ can be controlled independently. The resulting stereo mix can be recorded on the master track or sent to an external recorder via the MASTER OUT and DIGITAL OUT connectors.

Send/return effect

This effect is internally connected to the send/return loop of the mixer section. There are two types of send/return effect, reverb and chorus/delay, which can be used simultaneously.

The send level of each mixer channel adjusts the depth of the send/return effect. Raising the send level will produce a deeper reverb or chorus/delay effect for that channel.

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HD8 Top Panel

Names of Parts

(1) Input section

(3) Meter/display section

(2) Output section

(4) Fader section

(5) Control section (6) Pad section

(7) Function/transport section

HD8 (1) Input section

INPUT jacks 1, 2

[Hi-Z] switch

[GAIN] controls 1, 2

[PEAK] indicators 1, 2

[ON/OFF] keys

[REC LEVEL] control

HD8 (3) Meter/display section

[+48V] switch

[CLIP] indicator

HD8 (2) Output section

MASTER OUT jacks

[PHONES] controls 1, 2

PHONES jacks 1, 2

Level meters (1 – 6, 7/8, [RHYTHM], [MASTER]) Parameter select indicators Display

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HD16 Top Panel

Names of Parts

(1) Input section

(2) Output section

(5) Control section (6) Pad section

(3) Meter/display section

(4) Fader section

HD16 (1) Input section

[Hi-Z] switches 1 – 2

[PEAK] indicators 1 – 8

[GAIN] controls 1 – 8

INPUT jacks 1 – 8

[ON/OFF] keys

HD16 (3) Meter/display section

HD16 (2) Output section

[+48V] switches

[REC LEVEL]

[8TRACK RECORDING] key

[CLIP] indicator

(7) Function/transport section

MASTER OUT jacks

PHONES jack

1 – 8

control

[PHONES] control

STEREO SUB-OUT jack

[STEREO SUB-OUT] control

Level meters (1 – 8, 9/10 – 15/16, [RHYTHM], [MASTER]) Parameter select indicators Display

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Names of Parts

HD8 (4) Fader section

Faders (1 – 6, 7/8, [RHYTHM], [MASTER])

Status keys (1 – 6, 7/8, [RHYTHM], [MASTER])

Parameter knobs

HD8/HD16 (5) Control section HD8/HD16 (6) Pad section

[HDD ACCESS] indicator

[REPEAT/STEP] key

[TEMPO] key

[TRACK PARAMETER] key

[PROJECT/UTILITY] key

[NEW PROJECT] key

[SCENE] key

[BOUNCE] key

[CLEAR] key

MARKER [U] key MARKER [I] key

[INPUT SOURCE] key

[AUTO PUNCH IN/OUT] key

[A-B REPEAT] key

[MARK] key

Pads 1 – 9

HD8/HD16 Rear Panel

[SHIFT] key

MIDI IN connector

MIDI OUT connector USB port

DIGITAL OUT jack CONTROL IN jack

DC 12V jack

[POWER] switch

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HD16 (4) Fader section

Parameter knobs

Faders (1 – 8, 9/10 – 15/16, [RHYTHM], [MASTER])

Status keys (1 – 8, 9/10 – 15/16, [RHYTHM], [MASTER])

Names of Parts

HD8/HD16 (7) Function/transport section

[EDIT] key

[SOLO] key [EXIT] key

[SELECT] key

[ENTER] key

Cursor keys

ZERO [

U] key

R] key

PLAY [

STOP [

P] key

HD8/HD16 Right Side Panel

[FUNCTION] key

Dial

REW [

T] key

Y] key

FF [

REC [

O] key

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CD-R/RW drive bay

Connections

Connect your instrument, microphone, audio devices, computer, and MIDI devices as shown in the following diagram.

Synthesizer or sampler etc.

(2)

Guitar

Bass

Dynamic or condenser microphone

The INPUT jacks accept cables with XLR plugs as well as cables with mono phone plugs (balanced/unbalanced).

(1)

(3)

(4)

Monitor system (audio components or amplified speakers etc.)

Headphones

(1)

Headphones

To directly connect an electric guitar or bass

(1)

with a passive pickup, use a high-impedance compatible INPUT jack and set the respective [Hi-Z] switch to On (engaged). On the HD8, the INPUT jack 1 is highimpedance compatible. On the HD16, INPUT jacks 1 and 2 are high-impedance compatible.

When connecting stereo output devices such as a synthesizer or CD player, connect the L

(2)

side output of the external device to an oddnumbered INPUT and the R side output to an even-numbered INPUT on the HD8/HD16.

To supply phantom power to a condenser mic,

(3)

use the INPUT jack (s) and set the respective [+48V] switch to On (engaged).

To prevent damage to the speakers of your

(4)

monitor system, turn off the power of the system (or turn the volume all the way down) before making connections.

The PHONES jacks carry the same signal as

(5)

the MASTER OUT connectors. The output level can be adjusted with the knob below the jack.

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Synthesizer or sampler etc.

Connections

(4)

Monitor system (audio components or

amplified speakers etc.)

Headphones

Guitar

Dynamic or condenser microphone

(2)

(3)

(1)

Headphone amplifier

(6)

Bass

<< only>> The STEREO SUB-OUT jack normally carries the same signal as the MASTER OUT

(6)

connectors. (You can therefore also use it as a second headphone jack.) By changing an internal setting, the jack can be made to carry a mix that is separate from MASTER OUT, with level/pan adjustments for each track/input, allowing use as a monitor send or effect send. The output level can be adjusted with the knob below the jack.

You can connect the separately available foot pedal

(10)

ZOOM FP-01/FP-02 to this jack, for adjusting the effect

The DIGITAL OUT connector carries the same

(7)

signal as the MASTER OUT connectors, but in digital format (16-bit/44.1 kHz).

parameter value.

You can connect the separately available foot switch

(11)

ZOOM FS-01 to this jack, for playback start/stop control or for punch-in/punch-out control.

(5)

Headphones

Digital recorder (MD recorder or DAT recorder or similar)

Rear panel

By connecting the MIDI IN/OUT connectors to another

(8)

MIDI device (or a computer with MIDI interface), you can exchange MIDI information between the HD8/HD16 and the other device. If you connect the HD8/HD16 to a computer via the USB port, you can exchange audio files and MIDI information between the HD8/HD16 and the other device. If a computer is connected via the MIDI IN/OUT connectors or the USB port, the HD8/HD16 can be used as a control surface for DAW software.

Loop the cable of the AC adapter around the hook as

(9)

shown in the diagram before connecting it to the DC 12V jack. This will prevent the plug from being pulled out if the AC adaptor cable is accidentally pulled.

(7)

OPTICAL IN

Expression pedal (ZOOM FP-01/FP-02)

MIDI

MIDI interface

Computer

(8)

MIDI OUT

(10)

(9)

(11)

Foot switch (ZOOM FS-01)

AC adapter

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Installing the CD-R/RW Drive

To install the separately available CD-R/RW drive into a HD8/HD16 model without preinstalled CD-R/RW drive, proceed as follows.

Before installing the drive, make sure that all cables and the AC adapter are disconnected.

1. Turn the HD8/HD16 over and remove the blank panel

from the drive mounting section on the right side panel.

To remove the blank panel, pull out the groove in the center.

Right side panelCD-R/RW drive bay

2. Remove the fastening screws of the bottom plate,

and remove the bottom plate.

Take care not to lose the screws, as these will be needed again for reassembly.

3. Turn the CD-R/RW drive over and insert it into the

drive mount bay.

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CD-R/RW drive bay side

Installing the CD-R/RW Drive

Power cable Flat cable

Rear panel side

4. Plug the power cable and ﬂat cable from the main

unit into the respective connectors on the CD-R/ RW drive.

Right side panel

5. Push the CD-R/RW drive all the way into the bay,

so that the screw holes on the bottom of the HD8/ HD16 and the screw holes of the CD-R/RW drive are aligned.

6. Fasten the CD-R/RW drive with the four supplied

panhead screws. Then reattach the bottom plate with the screws removed in step 2.

NOTE

• Use only the dedicated CD-R/RW drive CD-02(made by ZOOM Corporation) or our recommendation drive (For details our recommendation drive, see our website : http://www.zoom.co.jp)

• ZOOM Corporation will not accept any responsibility for damage or third-party claims arising from using any other drive.

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Power On/Off

PRJ 0 PRJ000

00 000:00:000

GoodBye See You!

This section explains the procedure for turning the HD8/HD16 on and off.

Turning power on

1. Make sure that the HD8/HD16 and peripheral

equipment is turned off.

2. Make sure that AC adapter, instrument, and

monitor system (or headphones) are correctly connected to the HD8/HD16. (For information on connections, refer to page 16,

17.)

At this time, the volume setting of the connected instrument and monitor system should be minimum. When a synthesizer or other electronic instrument is connected, turn power to that device on before the HD8/HD16.

3. Set the [POWER] switch on the rear panel to

ON.

Turning power off (shutdown)

1. Turn power to the monitor system off.

2. Set the [POWER] switch on the rear panel of

the HD8/HD16 to OFF.

The indication “GoodBye See You!” appears on the display, and the unit is turned off.

GoodBye See You!

When a synthesizer or other electronic instrument is connected, turn power to that device off after the HD8/HD16.

Power to the HD8/HD16 comes on, the unit performs a selftest, and system settings are read. Wait until the following indication appears on the display. This is called the “main screen”.

Project name (→ p. 23)Project number (→ p. 23)

PRJ 0 PRJ000 ≤ Ó00 000:00:000

Protect symbol (→ p. 153)

Mark symbol/Mark number (→ p. 47)

Current position (time indication or

measure/beat/tick indication)

Cursor up/down keys

Switch between time indication and measure/beat/tick indication.

Cursor left/right keys

Move the cursor.

4. Turn on the connected monitor system.

•You must use this method to turn off the power of the HD8/HD16. Never turn off the power by disconnecting the AC adaptor plug from the DC 12V jack or by unplugging the AC adaptor from the AC power outlet.

• In particular, you must never turn the power off by unplugging the AC adaptor while the HDD ACCESS indicator is lit. Doing so may damage the internal hard disk, causing all data to be lost permanently.

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Listening to a Demo Song

REC UTILITY 1/10 >PROJECT

PROJECT 1/8 >SELECT

Project Select No.1:PRJ001

When shipped from the factory, the internal hard disk of the HD8/HD16 contains a demo song. To listen to it, proceed as follows.

Selecting the demo song

On the HD8/HD16, song data are managed in units called “projects”. A project encompasses recorded audio data, rhythm and effect settings, and other information. When you load a project, the complete state in which that song was saved will be reproduced. To load a demo song project from the hard disk, proceed as follows.

1. At the main screen, press the [PROJECT/

UTILITY] key.

The display changes as follows.

REC UTILITY 1/10 >PROJECT

2. Press the [ENTER] key.

PROJECT 1/8 >SELECT

3. Verify that the indication “SELECT” is shown

on the second line of the display, and press the [ENTER] key.

If “SELECT” is currently not shown, use the cursor left/right keys to bring it up, and then press the [ENTER] key.

Playing the demo song

After loading, play the demo song as follows.

1. Turn down the volume of the monitor system.

When headphones are connected, turn down the [PHONES] control.

2. Press the PLAY [R] key in the transport

section.

Playback of the demo song starts.

3. Adjust the monitor system volume setting (or

the [PHONES] control to a comfortable volume.

4. To adjust the volume of the individual tracks,

use the respective faders.

The volume of the rhythm section can be adjusted with the [RHYTHM] fader after selecting the drum track or bass track with the [RHYTHM] status key. When the [RHYTHM] status key is lit in green, the drum track is selected. When the [RHYTHM] status key is lit in red, the bass track is selected. The overall volume can be adjusted with the [MASTER] fader.

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Project number

In this condition, you can select a project stored on the hard disk.

4. Turn the dial to select the demo song.

Project number 0 is the demo song.

5. Press the [ENTER] key.

The HDD ACCESS indicator ﬂashs up and the selected project is loaded. When the respective project display appears on the main screen, the demo song has been loaded.

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5. To switch individual tracks on or off, press

the respective status key.

When the status key is out, the track is muted. When the key is lit in green, muting is canceled. For the drum/bass track, muting is canceled when the status key is lit in green or red.

6. To stop the demo song, press the STOP [P]

key.

NOTE

The demo song is write-protected. Even if you change the mix by adjusting fader or pan settings, the changes will not be stored. To retain any changes you have made, cancel the writeprotect setting ﬁrst (

→ p. 153).

Let’s Record

This section demonstrates the basic recording procedure of the HD8/HD16. As an example, it explains how to record a guitar connected to INPUT jack 1 on track 1.

1. Press the [NEW PROJECT] key in the control

section and then press the [ENTER] key.

This creates a new project and activates the recording standby condition.

2. Connect the guitar to INPUT jack 1 and set

the [Hi-Z] switch 1 to ON (engaged).

For a passive-type electric guitar or other instrument with high output impedance, the [Hi-Z] switch 1 should be set to ON.

3. Press the [ON/OFF] key for input 1 so that the

key lights up.

Lit

In this condition, input 1 is active (ON).

4. While playing your guitar, adjust the [GAIN]

control 1 to adjust the input sensitivity.

Make the adjustment so that the [PEAK] indicator 1 ﬂickers slightly when you play your instrument at its loudest volume.

A track for which the status key is lit in red is in the recording standby condition.

7. Operate the fader for track 1 to adjust the

input signal monitor level.

In the recording standby condition (status key lit in red), the respective level meter shows the input signal level. For tracks in playback mode (status key lit in green), the respective level meter shows the track playback level.

Level meter

Current signal level

HINT

When you press the PLAY [R] key of the HD8/HD16 in a new project, a rhythm pattern will start to play in sync with the audio track. To turn off the rhythm accompaniment, press the [RHYTHM] status key repeatedly until it goes out.

8. To start recording, press the PLAY [R] key

while holding down the REC [O] key.

Lit

[PEAK] indicato

5. While playing your guitar, adjust the

recording level by turning the [REC LEVEL] control.

If the [CLIP] indicator lights up at high playing levels, you should turn down the recording level.

[CLIP] indicato

6. Press status key 1 repeatedly until the key is

lit in red.

Red

Lit

HINT

A four-beat pre-count is heard, and recording starts. Play your instrument to record.

9. When recording is complete, press the STOP

[P] key.

The REC [O] key and PLAY [R] key go out, and recording stops.

To check the recorded contents, press the ZERO [

] key and then press the PLAY [R] key.

. To cancel the recording standby condition,

press the status key 1 so that the key is lit in green.

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Now let’s use your HD8/HD16 to do some serious recording. Connect an instrument or microphone and follow the instructions below to get a feel for what the unit can do.

This Quick Tour describes the ﬁve steps that cover the entire process of recording tracks and completing a song.

■ Step 1: Preparations

Shows how to create a new project, select a guide rhythm, and perform other steps necessary for recording.

■ Step 2: Recording the ﬁrst track

Shows how to record the ﬁrst track while using the insert effect.

■ Step 3: Overdubbing

Shows how to record further tracks while listening to a track already recorded (overdubbing).

■ Step 4: Mixing

Shows how to adjust the level, panning, and EQ of each track, apply the send/return effect, and mix the recorded tracks down to a pair of stereo tracks.

■ Step 5: Mixdown

Finally the completed stereo mix is recorded on the master track to create the ﬁnished song.

Step 1: Preparations

1.1 Creating a new project

On the HD8/HD16, song data are managed in units called “projects”. To start recording with the HD8/HD16, you must ﬁrst create a project.

1. Connect the instrument to record and the

monitoring system to the HD8/HD16 (→ p. 16,

17).

2. Turn power on in the order HD8/HD16 →

monitoring system.

When the HD8/HD16 starts up, the last handled project is automatically loaded.

3. Press the [NEW PROJECT] key in the control

section.

When you press the [NEW PROJECT] key at the main screen, the display indication changes as follows, and a new project can be created.

Project No.1 PRJ001 -A-

Name of new project

You can assign a name to the project. For details on entering characters, see page 37.

HINT

• When creating a new project, the lowest free project number is automatically selected.

• It is also possible to create a new project from the project menu (→ p. 151).

4. Press the [ENTER] key.

A new project is created, and the main screen appears. While this screen is displayed, you can perform various recorder actions such as recording and playback.

Number of new project

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HINT

• When selecting a different project or creating a new project, the project you were working on up to that point is automatically saved.

• When performing the shutdown procedure for the HD8/HD16 (→ p.20), the last project is automatically saved.

Rhythm pattern name

1.2 Selecting the rhythm pattern to use

The HD8/HD16 has a built-in rhythm function that operates in sync with the recorder. This lets you use drum sounds (drum kits) and bass sounds (bass programs) to create repeated rhythm patterns of several measures. By combining various patterns, you can create the rhythm accompaniment for an entire song (rhythm song). The rhythm function can also be used as a metronome, or you can leave out the rhythm from the ﬁnal mix.

1. Verify that the [RHYTHM] status key is lit.

Then set the [RHYTHM] fader and the [MASTER] fader to 0 (dB).

Lit

(dB)

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3. Press the PLAY [R] key in the transport

section.

The selected rhythm pattern is played repeatedly, in sync with the recorder operation. The [TEMPO] key ﬂashes according to the current tempo setting.

HINT

• During play, the pads corresponding to the currently produced sound of the drum kit/pitch of the bass program are ﬂashing. You can also tap the pads to play the drum sounds/bass notes.

• When the [RHYTHM] status key is lit in green, the drum kit sound can be played with the pads. When the key is lit in red, the bass program sound can be played with the pads.

The output level of the drum kit/bass program (drum/bass track) can be adjusted with the [RHYTHM] fader in the same way as regular tracks. To select the track to adjust with the [RHYTHM] fader, press the [RHYTHM] status key. While the key is lit in green, the drum track is adjusted. While the key is lit in red, the bass track is adjusted.

HINT

When the [RHYTHM] status key is out, the drum/bass track is muted. In this case, press the [RHYTHM] status key so that it is lit in green or orange.

2. Hold down the [SHIFT] key in the pad section

and press pad 7 (PATTERN).

Pad 7 (PATTERN) lights up and the currently selected rhythm pattern is shown on the display.

4. Turn the dial or use the cursor up/down keys

to select a pattern to use as guide rhythm.

Up to 511 rhythm patterns can be used in a project. 475 of these are preprogrammed. (For the other patterns, “Empty” is shown.) When you turn the dial to select another rhythm pattern while a pattern is playing, the new pattern will start after the current pattern has ﬁnished. When you select a new pattern with the cursor up/down keys, the new pattern begins playing immediately. In this example, we will select a simple rhythm pattern as guide rhythm for use during recording. If you select for example the rhythm pattern number 510, a quarter-note metronome sound is heard.

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5. To change the tempo, press the [TEMPO] key

in the rhythm section to bring up the tempo indication on the display, and then turn the dial to change the value.

Tempo BPM=120.0

Tempo value

The tempo value can be set in 0.1 BPM steps. When the setting is complete, press the [EXIT] key to return to the previous screen.

Step 2: Recording the ﬁrst

track

In this step, you record the ﬁrst track while listening to the guide rhythm of the rhythm section. As an example we describe how to record an electric guitar on track 1 with the insert effect.

2.1 Adjusting input sensitivity

1. Connect an instrument to the INPUT jack 1

(→ p. 16, 17).

For an instrument with high output impedance (passive-type electric guitar or bass), use a high-impedance compatible INPUT jack and set the respective [Hi-Z] switch to On (engaged). On the HD8, the INPUT jack 1 is high-impedance compatible. On the HD16, INPUT jacks 1 and 2 are highimpedance compatible.

HINT

You can also set the tempo by tapping the [TEMPO] key repeatedly (

→ p. 89).

6. Use the [RHYTHM] status key and the

[RHYTHM] fader to adjust the volume of the drum/bass track.

While the [RHYTHM] status key is lit in green, the drum track can be adjusted. While the key is lit in red, the bass track can be adjusted. If bass sound is not desired, turn the bass track level all the way down.

7. To stop playback, press the STOP [P] key.

8. To return to the main screen, press the [EXIT]

key several times.

[Hi-Z] switch

[Hi-Z] switches

To connect a low-impedance electric guitar or bass with builtin preamp or a synthesizer or other component with line-level output, or to connect a mic or direct box, you can use any INPUT jack.

NOTE

When a low-impedance instrument is connected to a highimpedance compatible INPUT jack, the respective [Hi-Z] switch must be set to Off (disengaged).

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[+48V] switch

[+48V] switches

HINT

• When the [+48V] switch of the HD8 is set to On, phantom power is supplied to both INPUT 1 and 2.

•<< only>> When on of the [+48V] switches of the HD16 is set to On, phantom power is supplied to the respective INPUT only.

2. From the main screen, press the input 1 [ON/

OFF] key so that the key lights up in red.

4. While playing the instrument, use the [REC

LEVEL] control to adjust the recording level.

The [REC LEVEL] control modiﬁes the signal level going to the recorder (after passing the insert effect). Set the level so that the [CLIP] indicator does not light during play peaks.

[CLIP] indicato

To check the level, press the status key for the record target track so that the key is lit in red. The level meter for that track now shows the recording level.

2.2 Applying the insert effect

The signal supplied to the HD8/HD16 can be modiﬁed with the insert effect. This effect can be applied to the input, to any track, or immediately before the [MASTER] fader. The insert effect actually is a multi-effect unit that contains a number of single effects (effect modules) such as compressor, distortion, and delay, connected in series. The following steps show how to select an algorithm and apply the insert effect to the guitar signal connected to the INPUT 1 jack.

Red

The [ON/OFF] keys in the input section control the status of the respective input. When a key is lit, the corresponding input is turned on.

NOTE

To record the output of a synthesizer or other stereo component in stereo, connect the L and R output to a pair of odd/even-numbered INPUT jacks, and press the corresponding [ON/OFF] keys so that both keys are lit.

3. While playing the instrument, use the [GAIN]

control 1 to adjust sensitivity.

Flickers occasionally

The [GAIN] control serves to adjust the input sensitivity of the respective INPUT. Adjust the control so that the [PEAK] indicator in the input section lights up occasionally when you play the instrument at the loudest level.

1. From the main screen, press the [INPUT

SOURCE] key in the control section.

Input Source Input

The [INPUT SOURCE] key serves to select the insert position for the insert effect. When you press this key, the current position is shown on the second line of the display. In the default condition of a project, the insert effect insert position is “Input”. If another position is selected, turn the dial to select “Input”.

2. Press the [EXIT] key to return to the main

screen.

3. Hold down the [SHIFT] key in the pad section

and press pad 4 (INSERT EFFECT).

While you hold down the [SHIFT] key, pad 4 (INSERT EFFECT) is lit. The ﬁrst line of the display shows the currently selected algorithm, and the second line shows the patch (effect program) number and name.

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second line of the display also changes.

NOTE

<< only>> The 8x COMP EQ algorithm can only be

inserted in the input when the 8-track recording function (

46) is active.

→ p.

Algorithm

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Patch number Patch name

A combination of effect modules that can be used simultaneously is called an “algorithm”. The insert effect of the HD8/HD16 has 8 << 9>> different algorithms for different applications. Patches can be saved individually.

NOTE

If pad 4 (INSERT EFFECT) does not light although the [SHIFT] key is pressed, the insert effect is set to the bypass (off) condition (“Off” is shown on the ﬁrst line of the display). Press the pad again to light it.

4. Use the cursor up/down keys to select an

algorithm for the insert effect.

The following algorithms are available.

• CLEAN

• DISTORTION

• ACO/BASS SIM

• BASS

These algorithms are suitable for recording guitar/bass.

• MIC

An algorithm suitable for vocals and other microphone recordings.

• DUAL MIC

An algorithm with two entirely separate mono input and mono output channels.

• LINE

An algorithm suitable mainly for recording line-level output instruments such as synthesizer or electric piano.

• MASTERING

An algorithm suitable for processing the ﬁnal stereo mixdown signal.

•<< only>> 8x COMP EQ

An algorithm with 8 separate input/output channels. Different high-pass ﬁlter, compressor, and EQ settings are possible for each channel.

5. Turn the dial to select the patch.

A total of 310 << 330>> patches are available for the insert effect. You can edit these patches if desired to alter the sound or the effect depth. The patches available for each algorithm are listed below.

Algorithm Patch number range

CLEAN DISTORTION ACO/BASS SIM BASS MIC DUAL MIC LINE MASTERING

8x COMP EQ

0 – 29 0 – 49 0 – 19 0 – 29 0 – 49 0 – 49 0 – 49 0 – 29 0 – 19

HINT

When “Empty” is shown as the patch name, the patch is empty. Selecting such a patch will have no effect.

6. While playing your instrument at the

maximum level, readjust the recording level and make sure that the [REC LEVEL] indicator does not light.

The output level to the insert effect changes according to the selected patch. To prevent clipping, readjusting the [REC LEVEL] control may be necessary.

7. To return to the main screen, press the [EXIT]

key.

HINT

To record without using the insert effect, hold down the [SHIFT] key in the pad section and press pad 4 (INSERT EFFECT). The pad goes out, and the insert effect is bypassed.

When you select an algorithm, the patch shown on the

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2.3 Selecting a track and recording

Now we will record the guitar sound (with the insert effect applied) on track 1.

1. From the main screen, repeatedly press the

status key 1 until the key is lit in red.

Red

The status keys are used to select the recording/playback track and to switch muting for each track on and off. Each time you press a status key, the key will cycle through the following states.

HINT

• Normally, you can select up to two tracks simultaneously. To select two mono tracks, press the ﬁrst status key of an odd/ even-numbered pair so that it is lit in red, and then hold down that key and press the other key so that it also is lit in red.

• Also if the input signal is mono, selecting a pair of stereo tracks as target will ensure that the left/right spread added by certain insert effect settings is preserved in recording.

•<< only>> You can also record 8 tracks simultaneously (→ p. 46).

2. Set fader 1 and the [MASTER] fader to 0 dB.

Then adjust the volume of the monitoring system while playing your instrument.

3. To begin recording, press the ZERO [U] key

to return to the beginning of the song. Then hold down the REC [O] key and press the PLAY [R] key.

Status key

Lit green

Mute off

When status key 1 is red, track 1 is in the recording standby condition, and the input signal is assigned to track 1. The signal routing will change as follows.

When a recording track has not been selected

When a recording track (track 1) has been selected

For stereo tracks, the parameters for left and right are set to the same values, except for the recording target V-take and phase selection. This is useful for recording from stereo sources such as synthesizers or CD players.

Out

Mute on

Track 1 Track 2

Lit red

Selected as recording trac

MASTER

4. The REC [O] key and PLAY [R] key light up,

and a pre-count of 4 beats is heard. Then recording will begin. Record your instrument play while listening to the guide rhythm from the rhythm section.

HINT

• The number and the sound of the pre-count clicks can be changed (→ p. 49).

• If the input signal is distorted, refer to step 2-1 to adjust the input sensitivity and recording level.

5. When you have ﬁnished recording, press the

STOP [P] key.

The REC [O] key and PLAY [R] key will go out, and recording will stop. The “wait” bar indication is shown on the display while the unit is processing the recorded data.

NOTE

The duration of the “wait” bar indication may differ. Never turn power to the unit off while this indication is being shown on the display. Otherwise recorded data may be lost and damage to the unit may occur.

6. To listen to the recorded content, press the

ZERO [U] key to return to the beginning of the song, and then press the PLAY [R] key.

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REW [T] key

Moves the current position back in 1-second steps. Movement speed can be increased by holding down the REW [T] key and pressing the FF [Y] key.

ZERO [U] key

Returns the recorder to the start position (counter zero position).

STOP [P] key

Stops the recorder.

The track will be played back together with the selected guide rhythm from the rhythm section.

HINT

•You can specify a position in hours/minutes/seconds/ milliseconds or in measures/beats/ticks and move directly to that point (→ p. 39).

• By setting marks within the recording, you can quickly jump to these points (→ p. 47).

FF [Y] key

Moves the current position forward in 1-second steps. Movement speed can be increased by holding down the FF [Y] key and pressing the REW [T] key.

PLAY [R] key

Starts recorder playback from the current position.

REC [O] key

If you press this key while holding down the PLAY [R] key, recording starts. Pressing the key during playback causes punch-in and pressing the key during recording causes punch-out.

Step 3: Overdubbing

In this step, you will learn how to record another instrument on track 2, while listening to the content you recorded in step 2. Adding parts in this way is called “overdubbing”.

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Making settings for input sensitivity and insert effect

7. To stop playback, press the STOP [P] key.

To redo the recording, repeat steps 3 – 5.

8. When you are satisﬁed with the recorded

content, press status key 1 until it is lit in green.

The recording standby condition of track 1 is canceled.

HINT

• Recorded content can be copied, deleted, or edited (→ p. 50).

• By switching to another V-take for the track, you can record again on the track without erasing the current recording (→ p.

61).

As in step 2, adjust input sensitivity and recording level, and make settings for the insert effect.

1. Connect the next instrument you want to

record, and press the [ON/OFF] key so that it is lit in red.

2. Adjust input sensitivity and recording level in

the same way as in step 2.1.

3. To use the insert effect for recording, select

the algorithm and patch in the same way as in step 2.2.

4. When the setting is complete, press the

[EXIT] key to return to the main screen.

3.2 Selecting a track and recording

Now you’re ready to record the second instrument on track 2, while playing the content of track 1 and the guide rhythm.

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1. Repeatedly press status key 2 until the key is

lit in red.

Track 2 is now in the recording standby condition. Verify that the status key 1 is lit in green and the [RHYTHM] status key is lit in green or red.

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HINT

If the [RHYTHM] status key is lit in green, the [RHYTHM] fader can be used to adjust the drum track. If the key is lit in red, the fader adjusts the bass track.

2. Set the [MASTER] fader to 0 dB and use fader

2 to adjust the monitoring level.

If necessary, set the recorder to playback and operate faders 1/ 2 and the [RYTHM] fader to adjust the monitor level balance between tracks.

HINT

• For tracks in the recording standby condition (status key lit in red), the level meter can be used to check the input signal level.

• For tracks in playback mode (status key lit in green), the level meter shows the playback signal level.

3. To begin recording, press the ZERO [U] key

to return to the beginning of the song. Then hold down the REC [O] key and press the PLAY [R] key.

After the pre-count, recording on track 2 will begin. Record your instrument play while listening to the guide rhythm and track 1.

4. When you have ﬁnished recording track 2,

press the STOP [P] key.

5. To check the recorded content, press the

ZERO [U] key to return to the beginning of the song, and press the PLAY [R] key.

The guide rhythm of the rhythm section and tracks 1/2 will be played back. Adjust faders 1/2 as necessary to adjust the level balance.

6. To stop playback, press the STOP [P] key.

HINT

To redo the recording, repeat steps 3 – 5. You can also start rerecording from partly into the track and use the punch-in/ punch-out function to redo a limited passage only (

When you are satisﬁed with the recorded content, press status key 2 until it is lit in green.

You can now record more tracks in the same way.

→ p. 41).

Step 4: Mixing

When you have ﬁnished recording all tracks, you can use the built-in mixer to adjust parameters such as volume level, EQ (equalizer), and panning (stereo left/right positioning) to create a pair of stereo tracks.

4.1 Turning off the input and rhythm section

In order to keep unwanted signals from being included in the mix, you should turn off the input and the guide rhythm from the rhythm section.

1. To mute the rhythm section, press the

[RYTHM] status key so that the key goes out.

2. To mute the input, press the [ON/OFF] key for

the input where the instrument is connected, so that the key goes out.

HINT

If desired, you can add the drum kit/bass program sound and/ or sound from input signals to the mix.

4.2 Adjusting volume, panning, and EQ

Adjust the volume, panning, and equalization for each track by using the faders or controlling the track parameters of the builtin mixer.

To change the track parameter settings, you can either call up the respective track and parameter on the display and use the dial to change the setting, or you can select main parameters with the keys and use the parameter knobs on the panel to quickly change the setting. This section explains how to use the parameter knobs for main track parameters.

1. To adjust the volume balance between

tracks, operate the faders to set the volume for the respective track.

Operating the fader of a pair of stereo tracks adjusts the level in both channels.

HINT

Even when all tracks have been ﬁlled, you can still use the bounce function (also called ping-pong recording) to move the contents from multiple tracks onto 1 or 2 tracks. Then you can select another V-take for the bounce source tracks and record more (

→ p. 44).

2. To select the track parameter to adjust, press

the [SELECT] key in the function/transport section while the main screen is shown.

The [SELECT] key allows you to select main track parameters. The parameter can then be adjusted with one of the parameter knobs. The ﬁrst time you press the [SELECT] key, the most recently adjusted track parameter appears on the display.

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