Document Outline

• IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
• 1 – Introduction
  • Features
  • Product parts
  • About this manual
  • Intellectual property rights
  • Precautions for placement and use
  • Beware of condensation
  • Cleaning the unit
  • About Compact Discs
    • Precaution for CD use
    • About CD-R and CD-RW discs
  • About SD cards
    • Precautions for use
• 2 – Quick Start Guides
  • Playback and mixing
    • Preparations
    • Listening to the demo song
  • Recording and mastering
    • Creating a new song
    • Connecting and setting the input sources
    • Set the guitar as the recording source for TRACK 1
    • Adjusting and monitoring the input level
    • Recording a guitar to TRACK 1
    • Playing back the recording
    • Recording a guitar to TRACK 2
    • Recording a vocal to TRACK 3
    • Mixing the tracks
    • Mastering a stereo track
  • Creating an audio CD with the master track
    • Insert a CD
    • Writing to a CD
    • Eject the CD
  • Shutting down
• 3 – Names and Functions of Parts
  • Top panel
  • Rear panel
  • Left side panel
  • Right side panel
  • Bottom panel
  • Home Screen
  • Menu structure
  • Screen operations
• 4 – Preparations
  • Preparing the power and the SD card
    • Installing an SD card
    • Ejecting the card
    • Preparing the power
  • Startup & shutdown
    • Starting up the unit
    • Shutting down
  • Formatting SD cards
  • Recorder modes
  • Connecting other equipment
    • Rear panel
    • Left side panel
  • Adjusting the contrast
• 5 – Song Management
  • Partitions and songs
  • Editing names
  • Loading a saved song
  • Creating a new song
  • Saving a song
  • Viewing song information
  • Copying songs
  • Erasing songs
  • Protecting songs
• 6 – Basic Recording
  • Selecting the input sources
  • Using phantom power
  • Monitoring input signals
  • OL indicators and level meters
  • Assigning inputs
  • Using input EQ (equalizer)
  • Making the first recording
  • Multitrack recording
    • Prepare tracks for recording
    • Track pan and level settings
    • Input selection and assignment
    • Setting input levels
    • Record additional tracks
  • Undoing an operation
    • Undoing the last operation (single undo)
    • Cancelling an undo operation (redo)
    • Undoing a previous operation (multi-undo)
    • Erasing the operation history
• 7 – Recorder Functions
  • Punching in and out
    • Using the foot switch to punch in/out
    • Setting the foot switch
  • Bouncing tracks
    • Using the bounce function
    • Confirming the result
  • Locate and search functions
    • Direct locate function
  • Location marks
    • To set a location mark
    • To move to a location mark
    • To delete a location mark
    • To edit a location mark
    • Return To Zero (TO ZERO) and Last Recording Position (TO LAST REC)
    • Fast forward/rewind search
  • Repeat playback
    • Using IN, OUT and TO points
    • Using repeat playback
    • Setting the interval between repetitions
  • Automatically punching in and out
    • Rehearsal
    • Using auto punch in/out to record
• 8 – Editing Tracks
  • Overview of track editing
    • Editing points
    • Basic editing procedures
    • Explanation of items
  • COPY/PASTE
  • COPY/INSERT
  • MOVE/PASTE
  • MOVE/INSERT
  • OPEN (insert silence)
  • CUT (remove part)
  • SILENCE (part erase)
  • CLONE track (track duplication)
  • CLEAN out (track erase)
• 9 – Mixing down and mastering tracks
  • Mixing down tracks
    • Levels and balance
    • Stereo position (panning)
    • Track EQ (equalizer)
    • Reverb
    • Muting tracks
  • Creating a stereo master track
    • Setting the starting and ending points
    • Recording a stereo master track
    • Exiting MIXDOWN mode
  • Checking the stereo master track
    • End stereo master track checking
  • Mastering the stereo master track
    • Mastering procedures
    • Using mastering EQ (equalizer)
    • Using mastering compression
    • Using normalize
    • Copying the stereo master track
    • Exiting MASTERING mode
• 10 – Miscellaneous Functions
  • Metronome
  • Tuner
    • Chromatic tuner mode
    • Oscillator mode
  • Restoring the initial preference settings
  • Viewing information
• 11 – SD Card Management
  • Overview of partitions
  • Formatting cards
  • Reformatting MTR partitions
  • Reformatting the FAT partition
  • Viewing the capacity of the MTR partition
  • Initializing SD cards
• 12 – Exchanging Data with a Computer
  • Supported operating systems
  • Connecting with a computer
    • Disconnecting
  • Song backup and restoration
    • Backing-up songs
    • Restoring songs
  • Track import and export
    • Importing tracks
    • Exporting tracks
  • Exporting a stereo master track
• 13 – Using CDs
  • CD drive uses
    • Preparations before using CDs with this unit
    • Types of CDs that can be used with this unit
  • Loading and ejecting CDs
    • Inserting a CD
    • Ejecting a CD
    • Forcing disc ejection
  • Playing back an audio CD
  • Creating an Audio CD
    • Using Disc At Once
    • Using Track At Once
    • Finalizing a CD
  • Importing songs from an audio CD
  • Backing up song data to CDs
  • Restoring a song from CDs
  • Erasing a CD-RW
  • Media compatibility Table
• 14 – Mastering compressor settings list
  • Library of mastering compressor presets
  • Masetring compressor parameters list
• 15 – Troubleshooting
• 16 – Messages
  • General messages
  • CD mode messages
  • CD-related error messages
• 17 – Specifications
  • Ratings
  • Audio input/output ratings
  • Control input/output ratings
  • Audio performance
  • Computer requirements
  • General
  • Backup memory
  • Dimensional drawings
  • Block diagram
• 18 – Commonly-used Functions