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Page 107: There is no sound or output is very quiet, Recorded audio is too loud, too quiet or silent, Recording is not possible

Troubleshooting
General
There is no sound or output is very quiet
• Check the speaker connections and volume settings on the speakers.
• Check instrument and mic connections.
• When using a condenser mic, turn
on.
• Confirm that
is lit green.
• Confirm that
is unlit.
• Raise all the channel faders and the master fader, and confirm that the level meters are lit.
• Confirm that the MASTER
is unlit or lit red.
Recorded audio is too loud, too quiet or silent
• Adjust input gains and confirm that
is lit green.
• When using a condenser mic, turn
on.
• When recording to an SD card, confirm that
is lit red.
Recording is not possible
• When recording to an SD card, confirm that
is lit red.
• Confirm that the SD card has open space.
• When recording to an SD card, confirm that the project is not protected (to prevent overwriting).
“Write Error” appears and recording is not possible/
stopping recording takes too much time
• SD cards can become worn out. Speed can decrease after repeated writing and erasing.
• Formatting the card with the
might improve this. (
→
“Formatting SD cards” on page 92
)
• If formatting an SD card does not improve this, we recommend replacing the card. Please check the
list of cards that have been confirmed to work on the ZOOM website.
NOTE
This list is provided as a guideline to help find suitable cards. It is not a guarantee of specific SD card recording
performance for SDHC/SDXC cards that have been confirmed to work.
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