Yamahaメーカー101の使用説明書/サービス説明書
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Recording 101 Yamaha Corporation of America 6600 Orangethorpe Ave. Buena Park, CA 90620 USA Customer Support: 714-522-9000.
AW16G Recording 101 - Table of Contents Introduction 1 AW16G Features 1 Setting up the AW16G 2 Connecting the Monitor System 2 Connecting the Instruments and/or Microphones 3 Turning the Equipment on .
Adjusting the Dynamic Processors 17 Using the Dynamics Library 17 Using the Internal Effects 18 Recording the Stereo Track 19 Creating an Audio CD 20 Glossary 22 iii.
Introduction Congratulations on your pu rchase of the AW16G! The AW16G is a very powerful and easy to use digital audio workstation that will allow you to take your musical ideas from concept to completion.
Setting up the AW16G Before you begin recording it is ne cessary to connect the AW16G with the equipment that it is to be used with. Step 1: Connect the Monitoring System If powered monitors are to be used with the AW16G, connect the Monitor Outs of the AW16G to the inputs of the monitors using unbalanced instrument cable.
With Unpowered Monitors If no monitors are available, or if you prefer, headphone s can be used for monitoring. The headphones would be con nected to the PHONES jack of the AW16G.
more comfortable recording other inst ruments first and then adding the drums later on this will work as long as you record with a metronome . This ensures that the drummer and other rhythm instruments can follow the tempo of the song. For more info on using the internal me tronome of the AW16G see page 47 of the manual.
If a condenser microphone is to be connected to either input 1 or 2, the phantom power must be turned on. If a condenser microphone is to be connected to either input 1 or 2, the phantom power must be turned on. The Hi-Z input should be used to connect electric guitars or basses with passive electronics to the AW16G.
Recording Now that everything is set up and connected properly you can begin recording. The first step in the reco rding process is to create a new song. When you start the AW16G for the first ti m e, an empty song will be loaded auto matically. If you use this automatically loaded song, then there i s no need to create a new song.
4. Cursor to OK and press the [ENTER] key. The TITLE EDIT popup window will appear, allo wing you to name your song. 5. Assign a name to your song using t he cursor arrows and the jog wheel. 6. After naming the song cursor to OK and press the [ENTER] key.
The Input Setting popup window will appear. 2. While playing the instru ment, turn the GAIN knob up to adjust the input level. The meter on the right hand side of the I nput Setting screen should be around the –12 to -6 dB mark when the instrument is at its maximum level.
3. Press the [TRACK SEL] key of the track that you want to record on. The selected input channel will now be conne cted to the selected track. Both the selected [INP UT SEL] key and the selected [TRACK SEL] key will be blin king red and there will be a line connecting the two on the screen.
If the mistake is only a short one and you just need to fix the mistake and not erase the rest of the track you c an first punch-in at the point where the mistake was and then punch-out when you have fixed the mistake.
2. Press the [INPUT SEL] key for the input channel that you are recorded from. 3. Press the [TRACK SEL] key of the track t hat you recorded on. The line that connected the input channel to the track will now di sappear and the [TRACK SEL] key will no longe r be blinking red, indicating that it is no longer re cord- enabled.
The [INPUT SEL] keys and the [TRACK SEL] keys will now be red and blinking. 4. Press the [INPUT SEL] key for the input channel that you are going to record from. The [INPUT SEL] that was pushe d will now be solid red, and the remainin g [INPUT SEL] keys will no longer be blinking.
Setting the Basic Levels A basic starting point in the mixdown proc ess is to first set the levels for all of the individual tracks. 1. Lower all of the faders to infinity (all of the way down). 2. Raise the stereo f ader to the 0 position (all of the way up).
There are many different approaches to setting the levels in the mixdown process. Some people prefer to start with the vocals and then work their way backward, while others may start with the guitar.
3. Turn the [PAN] knob to adjust the panning of the selected track. 4. To adjust the panning for additional tracks first press the [TRACK SEL] key of the desired track and then turn the [PAN] knob to the desired pan position. Panning Guidelines There are no rules for setting the panning when doing a mixdown but here are some general guidelines.
harmony then it would usually be panned up the center also. If there are multiple background vocals they would normally be panned just a little off center to t he left and the right. For a wider sound you may prefer to pan some of the background vocals all of the way to the left and the rest all of the way to the right.
3. Use the [DATA/JOG] wheel to select the desired EQ preset. 4. Cursor to the RECALL button in the LCD and press the [ENTER] key. This is for basic EQ adjustment. For co mplete control, use the cursor keys to select the various paramet ers within th e EQ EDIT screen and then use the DAT A/JOG wheel to adjust them.
3. Use the [ DATA/JOG] Wheel to select a desired preset. 4. Cursor to the Recall button and press the [ENTER] key. 5. To adjust the dynamic processor, turn the yellow [DYN] knob. In the default settings of the AW16G turning the [DYN] knob will adjust all parameters of t he dynamic processor simultaneously.
3. Cursor to the RECALL bu tton on the screen and press the [ENTER] key. 4. Press the [EFF 1] knob once to access t he EFFECTS SEND screen. 5. While playing the song, cursor to t he send knob of the track that you want to send to the first effe cts unit, and then use the j og wheel to adjust the send level for each of the tracks.
4. After the song has finished, press the [STOP] key to end the recording of the Stereo Track. Tip: In order to have a loud CD, the Ster eo Meter (L R Meters) of the AW16G sh ould be as close as possible to 0 dB without goi ng over . If the levels are significantly below the 0 dB mark you should readju st the levels closer to the 0 dB mark.
NOTE: If an error message appears in dicating that there is no ste reo track you may need to save the song before the AW16G will reco gnize the stereo track. 4. Cursor to the NEW button in the LCD display and press the [ENTER] key. 5. Cursor to the song name and use the [JOG/DATA] wheel to select the desired song.
Glossary Note: Additional glossary words can be f ound online at the followin g web address: http://solutionsnetwork.yamaha.com A/D Converter: A nalog to D igital converter — An electronic device for converting analog signals to digital signals. T he analog signal is sampled every few milliseconds and its level is quantized into a digita l word.
Dynamics Processor: A signal processing device that is used to correct or control signal levels. They are able to compress, expand, compress-expand (compand), gate, or duck the signals passing through it. EQ: A signal processing device that increases or reduces specific frequencies of an audio signal.
TRS: Used to refer to a T ip, R ing, S leeve cable, connector, or jack. Also known as balanced 1/4". Inputs 3-8 of the AW16G use TRS jacks. XLR: Used to refer to a three- prong canon cable, connecto r, or jack. Inputs 1-2 of the AW16G are XLR inputs.
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