Document Outline

• Cover
• PRECAUTIONS
• Contents
• 1. Before you start
  • Introduction
  • Remember to back up your data
  • About the built-in CD-RW drive
  • Using the CD-RW drive
  • Connecting the AC adaptor
  • Turning the power on/off
• 2. Introducing the AW1600
  • Features of the AW1600
  • AW1600 terminology
    • Recorder section
    • Mixer section
    • Quick Loop Sampler section
    • Overall
  • Parts of the AW1600 and what they do
    • Top panel
    • Rear panel
    • Front panel
  • Basic operation on the AW1600
    • Viewing the display
    • Accessing a screen/page/channel
    • Switching a button on/off
    • Editing a value in the display
    • Inputting text
    • Using the Selected Channel section
• 3. Listening to the demo song
  • Connect external devices and turn on the power
  • Loading the demo song
  • Playing the demo song
  • Mixing the demo song
• 4. Recording to a sound clip
  • Connecting your instrument or mic
  • Adjusting the input level
  • Recording/playing a sound clip
• 5. Track recording
  • Creating a new song
  • Direct recording and Bus recording
  • Assigning input signals to tracks (Direct recording)
  • Assigning input signals to tracks (Bus recording)
  • Enabling the metronome
  • Recording on a track
  • Pairing input channels/track channels
  • Using the input library
  • Using the EQ library
  • Using the dynamics library
• 6. Overdubbing
  • About overdubbing
  • Assigning the input signal to a track
  • Instantly recalling an EQ library
  • Instantly recalling a dynamics library
  • Setting the mix balance and pan
  • Overdubbing
  • Punch-in/out
    • Manual punch-in/out
    • Auto punch-in/out
  • Using the Undo List
  • Switching virtual tracks
  • Saving the current song
  • Loading an existing song
• 7. Various types of playback
  • Using the locator
  • Using markers
  • Adjusting the position of a locate point or marker
  • Erasing a locate point or marker
  • Repeatedly playing a specific region (the A-B Repeat function)
  • Finding a location while you listen to the sound (the Nudge function)
  • Finding a location while you view the waveform
• 8. Using libraries and scene memories
  • About the libraries
  • About scene memories
  • Basic operation for libraries and scene memories
    • Storing library or scene data
    • Recalling library or scene data
    • Deleting library or scene data
    • Naming library or scene data
  • Details on libraries and scene memory
    • Input library
    • EQ library
    • Dynamics library
    • Effect library
    • Mastering library
    • Sample library
    • Channel library
    • Scene memories
  • Using the Recall Safe function
• 9. Mixdown and bounce operations
  • About mixdown and bouncing
  • Preparing for mixdown
  • Using the internal effects via send/return
  • Recording on the stereo track
  • Bounce (ping-pong) recording procedure
  • Correcting a Vocal Track (Pitch Fix)
  • Convenient functions during mixdown/bounce operations
    • Adding input signals or pad performances during mixdown
    • Using meters to check the level of each channel
    • Viewing all parameters for a certain channel
    • Initializing a channel
    • Editing the EQ parameters
    • Editing the dynamics parameters
    • Editing the parameters of an internal effect
    • Inserting an effect into a track channel
• 10. Creating an audio CD
  • Creating an audio CD
  • Types of media that you can use with the CD-RW drive
  • Methods of writing an audio CD
  • Basic settings for the CD-RW drive
  • Writing audio data (Track At Once)
  • Writing audio data (Disc At Once)
  • Finalizing CD-R/RW media
  • Erasing CD-RW media
  • Playing an audio CD
• 11. Quick loop sampler
  • About the quick loop sampler
  • Using sample libraries
  • Recording/playing a pad performance
  • Grid Recording (Step Recording) the Pads
  • Importing from an audio CD/WAV file to a pad
  • Importing from an audio track/stereo track to a pad
  • Importing From a Computer To the Pads
  • Editing the sample name
  • Trimming the playback region
  • Switching the playback mode for each pad
  • Using the Slice function
  • Deleting an unwanted sample
• 12. Track editing
  • What you can do using editing commands
    • Basic procedure for track editing
  • List of editing commands
    • ERASE
    • DELETE
    • INSERT
    • COPY
    • MOVE
    • EXCHANGE
    • TIME COMP/EXP (Time Compression/Expansion)
    • PITCH CHANGE
    • EXPORT
    • MERGE
  • Exporting WAV files and importing audio CD or WAV files
    • Importing and Exporting Audio Data From and To a Computer
    • Exporting WAV files
    • Transferring WAV Files To and From a Computer
    • Importing WAV Files
    • Importing from the CD-RW drive
• 13. Song management
  • About songs
  • Editing the song name
  • Editing various settings for the song
  • Copying or deleting a song
  • Optimizing a song
  • Creating a tempo map
  • Importing data from an existing song
  • Backing up songs and sample libraries
  • Restoring songs or sample libraries
  • Exchanging Song Data With Other AW-series Audio Workstations
• 14. MIDI and utility functions
  • What you can do using MIDI
  • Basic MIDI Settings
  • Setting MIDI messages
  • Using the MIDI Remote function
    • About the MIDI Remote function
    • Using the MIDI Remote function presets
    • Using the user-defined Remote function
  • Using the test tone oscillator
  • Digital input settings and Initializing the internal hard disk
  • Overall settings for the AW1600
• 15. Using the AW1600 with external devices
  • Using the AW1600 with a “workstation synth”
    • Synchronizing the AW1600 with the workstation’s sequencer
    • Recording/playing AW1600 mix operations on the workstation’s sequencer
    • Switching AW1600 scenes from the workstation’s sequencer
  • Remotely controlling a tone generator module
  • Using external effects
  • Connecting a digital recorder such as MD or DAT
    • Mixing down to a digital recorder
    • Recording audio data from a digital recorder
• Appendix
  • Input library list
  • Mastering library list
  • EQ library list
  • Dynamics Parameters
  • Dynamics library list
  • Effects library list
  • Effects Parameters
  • Sample library list
  • Troubleshooting
  • Display message list
  • About the CD-ROM included with the AW1600
  • MIDI data format
  • MIDI Implementation Chart
  • Specifications
  • Dimensions
  • Index
  • Block diagram