Yamaha Professional Audio Workstation AW4416 - Manual (Page 373)

SAMP. PAD screen
— Reference Guide
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■ Additional functions in the Wav
Import page
In the Wav Import page you can press the [SHIFT]
key to assign the following additional functions to
the [F1]–[F2] keys.
• [F1] (CD LOAD) key
Close the tray of the CD-RW drive.
• [F2] (CD UNLOAD) key
Eject the tray of the CD-RW drive.
● Assigning a WAV file to a sam-
pling pad
[Procedure]
1. Insert the media containing the WAV file
into an external SCSI device (e.g., MO
drive) or the internal CD-RW drive.
2. Access the SAMP. PAD screen WavImport
page.
3. Move the cursor to the DRIVE area, use
the [DATA/JOG] dial to select the SCSI ID
of the drive, and press the [ENTER] key.
The AW4416 will recognize the WAV files on
the inserted media (CD-ROM, MO disk etc.),
and will display a list like the following.
4. Move the cursor to the file list, and use
the [DATA/JOG] dial to select the WAV file
that you wish to import.
The file enclosed by the dotted lines in the cen-
ter of the list is selected for the operation.
Tip!
indicates the current directory, and
indicates the directory above. To
return to the next highest directory, move the
cursor to
and press the [ENTER] key.
5. Move the cursor to the ASSIGN TO area,
and use the [DATA/JOG] dial to select the
bank and pad number to which the WAV
file will be assigned.
Tip!
If you select a stereo WAV file in step 4, a
pair of adjacent odd-numbered → even-num-
bered pads in the same bank will be selected
(e.g., A–1/A–2, B–1/B–2) and automatically
assigned as a pair to the L/R channels of the
WAV file.
6. To execute the sample import, move the
cursor to the EXECUTE button and press
the [ENTER] key.
A popup window will ask you for confirmation.
7. Move the cursor to the OK button and
press the [ENTER] key.
The sample import will be executed.
Tip!
If you want the samples assigned to the two
pads to play back in stereo, assign the pad
outputs to paired channels. (SETUP screen
Patch IN page)
Execution of this operation requires a longer
time than the actual time length of the data.
Also, processing cannot be cancelled once
the operation has been executed.
F1 F2