Yamaha AW1600 - Manual (Page 203)

Troubleshooting
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AW1600 Owner’s Manual
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■ Noise is present in the recorded signal
• The oscillator may be functioning.
• Does the word clock setting match for the AW1600 and
the external device(s)?
• Go to the RECORD screen in the Quick Navigate section
and check the recording-source and recording-destination.
■ Can’t select a record track
• The number of 24-bit song tracks that can be recorded or
played simultaneously is limited.
■ Signal from the INPUT 8 jack is too loud
• A conventional line-level signal may be connected to the
Hi-Z jack.
■ Sound is distorted
• Is the [GAIN] knob set correctly?
• The connection cable from the external device may be
broken.
• The fader of the input channel or monitor channel may be
raised excessively.
• The stereo output channel fader may be raised excessively.
• The stereo output channel attenuator may be raised exces-
sively.
• The EQ or dynamics processor may have been set to pro-
duce an extreme gain boost.
• Did you record at an appropriate level?
→ Go to the VIEW screen METER page and check the level
(meter movement).
• Is the word clock setting correct for both the AW1600 and
the external device(s)?
• An effect such as Distortion or Amp Simulate may be in
use.
■ The volume of a particular channel
increases or decreases
• Are the dynamics processor settings appropriate?
• A scene recall may be specified in the SONG screen
TEMPO page.
■ Can’t store a scene
• The store-destination scene may be protected.
• A scene cannot be stored in scene number 00.
■ Can’t reproduce a scene
• One or more channels may be set to Recall Safe.
■ Can’t save to a library
• It is not possible to save to the factory-preset libraries.
■ Meters move even though the faders are
lowered
• The meter display may be set to PRE FADER.
■ Moving a fader does not change the level
• In the VIEW screen FADER page, check whether the dis-
play moves in correspondence with fader operations.
→ You cannot control the level until the panel fader position
matches the position shown in the display.
• In the UTILITY screen PREFER page, is FADER FLIP
set appropriately?
→ When the power is turned on, FADER FLIP will be set to
TRACK.
• The fader may be set to PRE FADE in AUX.
■ Pairing was specified, but the signal is mon-
aural
• Is the odd-numbered channel panned far left and the even-
numbered channel panned far right?
■ Pairing was specified, but the signal phase
does not match
• Even when channels are paired, the phase setting is not
linked.
■ Signal is delayed
• An effect such as delay may be inserted.
■ Can’t use the internal effects
• Effect BYPASS may be turned ON.
• The effect may have been inserted into a different channel.
• Are the level of EFF.RTN 1, 2 faders raised?
• 019. HQ. Pitch can be used only with EFFECT 2.
• These do not affect the stereo track, sound clip, or audio
CD playback.
■ Playback pitch is wrong
• VARI PITCH may be adjusted.
• Is the synchronized external device operating on the same
sampling frequency (44.1 kHz)?
• Is the master device operating in a stable way?
• You may have executed the EDIT screen PITCH com-
mand.
• Is an effect such as HQ.Pitch or Dual Pitch selected for a
monitor channel?
■ When you press the [PLAY] key it blinks,
and playback does not occur
• Is the AW1600 set to MTC SLAVE?
→ Access the UTILITY screen MIDI 2 page, and check the set-
ting.
■ Something goes wrong with the sound
when you use the [FF] key or [REW] key
• Differences in the number of simultaneously played tracks
will affect the way in which the sound is heard when these
controls are operated.
■ Can’t edit a recorded track
• The song may be protected.
• Have you selected the virtual track that you recorded?
Something wrong with the sound
Recorder operations