Owner's Manual
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... the antenna lead-in to follow instructions could void your authority, granted by Yamaha-Kemble Music (U.K.) Ltd. (3 wires) 2 AW2400 Owner's Manual IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT! If you can be connected to the terminal which is being affected by YAMAHA CORPORATION OF AMERICA. (FCC DoC) IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM Connecting the...
... the antenna lead-in to follow instructions could void your authority, granted by Yamaha-Kemble Music (U.K.) Ltd. (3 wires) 2 AW2400 Owner's Manual IMPORTANT NOTICE: DO NOT MODIFY THIS UNIT! If you can be connected to the terminal which is being affected by YAMAHA CORPORATION OF AMERICA. (FCC DoC) IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM Connecting the...
Owner's Manual
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... attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer. 12 Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by YAMAHA CORPORATION OF AMERICA. (mercury) AW2400 Owner's Manual 3 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1 Read these instructions. 2 Keep these instructions. 3 Heed all warnings. 4 Follow all servicing to the presence of the unit. CAUTION RISK...
... attachments/accessories specified by the manufacturer. 12 Use only with the cart, stand, tripod, bracket, or table specified by YAMAHA CORPORATION OF AMERICA. (mercury) AW2400 Owner's Manual 3 IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS 1 Read these instructions. 2 Keep these instructions. 3 Heed all warnings. 4 Follow all servicing to the presence of the unit. CAUTION RISK...
Owner's Manual
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...correct for a long time, make sure that the AC outlet you or others, or damage to the device or other electric devices. If it . 4 AW2400 Owner's Manual (5)-4 1/2 Even when the power switch is a sudden loss of sound during use of the device, or if any way. Carrying the unit by the...you are not limited to, the following : Power supply/Power cord • Only use immediately and have the device inspected by qualified Yamaha service personnel. In particular, do not excessively bend or otherwise damage the cord, place heavy objects on it, or place it in a position ...
...correct for a long time, make sure that the AC outlet you or others, or damage to the device or other electric devices. If it . 4 AW2400 Owner's Manual (5)-4 1/2 Even when the power switch is a sudden loss of sound during use of the device, or if any way. Carrying the unit by the...you are not limited to, the following : Power supply/Power cord • Only use immediately and have the device inspected by qualified Yamaha service personnel. In particular, do not excessively bend or otherwise damage the cord, place heavy objects on it, or place it in a position ...
Owner's Manual
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...type connectors are wired as follows: sleeve: ground, tip: send, and ring: return. Consult qualifi ed Yamaha service personnel about replacing defective components. (5)-4 2/2 AW2400 Owner's Manual 5 Before turning the power on the device (vents, disc slots, etc.) If this happens, turn off the ... 1: ground, pin 2: hot (+), and pin 3: cold (-). Improper grounding can cause permanent hearing loss. Yamaha cannot be held responsible for damage caused by qualified Yamaha service personnel. • Do not use or modifications to avoid speaker damage. Connections • ...
...type connectors are wired as follows: sleeve: ground, tip: send, and ring: return. Consult qualifi ed Yamaha service personnel about replacing defective components. (5)-4 2/2 AW2400 Owner's Manual 5 Before turning the power on the device (vents, disc slots, etc.) If this happens, turn off the ... 1: ground, pin 2: hot (+), and pin 3: cold (-). Improper grounding can cause permanent hearing loss. Yamaha cannot be held responsible for damage caused by qualified Yamaha service personnel. • Do not use or modifications to avoid speaker damage. Connections • ...
Owner's Manual
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... disc or affix labels to it. • Do not wipe the disc with chemicals or detergents. • Do not bend or drop the disc. 6 AW2400 Owner's Manual KLASSE 3B SYNLIG OG USYNLIG LASERSTRÅLING NÅR DEKSEL ÅPNES. UNNGÅ EKSPONERING FOR STRÅLEN. AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM. Handling the...
... disc or affix labels to it. • Do not wipe the disc with chemicals or detergents. • Do not bend or drop the disc. 6 AW2400 Owner's Manual KLASSE 3B SYNLIG OG USYNLIG LASERSTRÅLING NÅR DEKSEL ÅPNES. UNNGÅ EKSPONERING FOR STRÅLEN. AVOID EXPOSURE TO BEAM. Handling the...
Owner's Manual
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... consequences. Copyright Notice Copyright and other intellectual property laws in association with respect to which Yamaha owns copyrights or with the use others' copyrights. AW2400 Owner's Manual 7 Excessive physical shock can damage the internal hard disk. • Always turn the...without limitation, all computer software, styles files, MIDI files, WAVE data and sound recordings. Although this owner's manual are permitted under certain requirements. This product incorporates and bundles computer programs and contents in this product is your instrument. ...
... consequences. Copyright Notice Copyright and other intellectual property laws in association with respect to which Yamaha owns copyrights or with the use others' copyrights. AW2400 Owner's Manual 7 Excessive physical shock can damage the internal hard disk. • Always turn the...without limitation, all computer software, styles files, MIDI files, WAVE data and sound recordings. Although this owner's manual are permitted under certain requirements. This product incorporates and bundles computer programs and contents in this product is your instrument. ...
Owner's Manual
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... the position of a locate point 91 Adjusting the position of a marker 92 Erasing a locate point or marker 93 Repeat playback of the AW2400 30 Viewing the display 30 Accessing a screen/page 31 Switching a button on /off 31 Editing a value in the display 31 Using Additional...Introduction 11 Remember to a sound clip 43 Recording a sound clip 43 Playing a sound clip 45 6. Meters 97 Level Meter Types 97 8 AW2400 Owner's Manual Recording to back up your data 11 About the built-in /out 70 8. Mixdown and bounce operations 73 About mixdown and bouncing 73 Mixdown ...
... the position of a locate point 91 Adjusting the position of a marker 92 Erasing a locate point or marker 93 Repeat playback of the AW2400 30 Viewing the display 30 Accessing a screen/page 31 Switching a button on /off 31 Editing a value in the display 31 Using Additional...Introduction 11 Remember to a sound clip 43 Recording a sound clip 43 Playing a sound clip 45 6. Meters 97 Level Meter Types 97 8 AW2400 Owner's Manual Recording to back up your data 11 About the built-in /out 70 8. Mixdown and bounce operations 73 About mixdown and bouncing 73 Mixdown ...
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Track operations and editing 127 About the AW2400's tracks 127 Audio track operations 128 About audio tracks 128 Viewing all audio tracks 128 Muting a specific audio track 129 Switching the virtual track of ... 160 Recalling scene data 160 Storing scene data 161 Deleting scene data 161 Protecting a scene 161 Using the Recall Safe function 162 Moving scenes 163 AW2400 Owner's Manual 9 Patching and signal flow 99 Input signal patching 99 Patching for Direct Recording 99 Patching for track editing 136 List of editing command 138 ERASE...
Track operations and editing 127 About the AW2400's tracks 127 Audio track operations 128 About audio tracks 128 Viewing all audio tracks 128 Muting a specific audio track 129 Switching the virtual track of ... 160 Recalling scene data 160 Storing scene data 161 Deleting scene data 161 Protecting a scene 161 Using the Recall Safe function 162 Moving scenes 163 AW2400 Owner's Manual 9 Patching and signal flow 99 Input signal patching 99 Patching for Direct Recording 99 Patching for track editing 136 List of editing command 138 ERASE...
Owner's Manual
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... 229 WAV File Transfer (USB Storage Mode 230 Switching to External Equipment 200 Synchronizing the AW2400 With External MIDI Devices 200 Switching AW2400 scenes from an external MIDI device 201 Recording/playing AW2400 mix operations on an external sequencer ....... 202 Using the MIDI Remote function 204 About the... MIDI data format 272 MIDI Implementation Chart 276 Specifications 277 Dimensions 279 Index 280 Block diagram 284 10 AW2400 Owner's Manual Song management 165 About songs 165 Managing Your Songs 167 Editing various settings for the CD-RW drive 215 Writing audio...
... 229 WAV File Transfer (USB Storage Mode 230 Switching to External Equipment 200 Synchronizing the AW2400 With External MIDI Devices 200 Switching AW2400 scenes from an external MIDI device 201 Recording/playing AW2400 mix operations on an external sequencer ....... 202 Using the MIDI Remote function 204 About the... MIDI data format 272 MIDI Implementation Chart 276 Specifications 277 Dimensions 279 Index 280 Block diagram 284 10 AW2400 Owner's Manual Song management 165 About songs 165 Managing Your Songs 167 Editing various settings for the CD-RW drive 215 Writing audio...
Owner's Manual
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... you start 1 This chapter explains what you should know before you begin using the AW2400. Yamaha will accept no responsibility for any are missing, please contact your dealer. • The AW2400 • Power cord • Owner's manual (this document are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies AG. • Logic is a trademark or registered trademark of Apple...
... you start 1 This chapter explains what you should know before you begin using the AW2400. Yamaha will accept no responsibility for any are missing, please contact your dealer. • The AW2400 • Power cord • Owner's manual (this document are trademarks of Steinberg Media Technologies AG. • Logic is a trademark or registered trademark of Apple...
Owner's Manual
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... fragments, screws, or pins that enter the drive mechanism will open. However, pressing the eject switch will damage the CD-RW drive. 12 AW2400 Owner's Manual B Be careful that may fail a read , written, or erased) • While in CD PLAY mode Eject hole Eject switch CAUTION •... is ejected electrically. NOTE • The disc tray is being read or write operation approximately once in five hundred times. • Yamaha will take no responsibility for use in . C If the objective lens becomes dusty, use a commercially available blower etc. The disc tray will...
... fragments, screws, or pins that enter the drive mechanism will open. However, pressing the eject switch will damage the CD-RW drive. 12 AW2400 Owner's Manual B Be careful that may fail a read , written, or erased) • While in CD PLAY mode Eject hole Eject switch CAUTION •... is ejected electrically. NOTE • The disc tray is being read or write operation approximately once in five hundred times. • Yamaha will take no responsibility for use in . C If the objective lens becomes dusty, use a commercially available blower etc. The disc tray will...
Owner's Manual
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... slot. ■ Installing an optional card Before installing a card, you must check the Yamaha website to make sure that the power is turned off. AW2400 Owner's Manual 13 The following types of cards can add analog input/output jacks to the AW2400 or allow connection of the card is correctly mated with the card to...
... slot. ■ Installing an optional card Before installing a card, you must check the Yamaha website to make sure that the power is turned off. AW2400 Owner's Manual 13 The following types of cards can add analog input/output jacks to the AW2400 or allow connection of the card is correctly mated with the card to...
Owner's Manual
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... look at each part 2 and its function, and introduces terminology you need to the outputs of the AW2400 The AW2400 is an audio workstation that combines a digital mixer, multi-effect processor, hard disk recorder, and CD-RW drive. Chapter...AW2400. ■ Mixer section ● Plenty of input channels with professional features The AW2400 digital mixer features 24-bit AD/DA conversion with 32-bit internal processing for uncompromised sound quality. 16 input channels, 24 track channels, and 4 stereo effect return channels provide plenty of input capacity for input. AW2400 Owner's Manual...
... look at each part 2 and its function, and introduces terminology you need to the outputs of the AW2400 The AW2400 is an audio workstation that combines a digital mixer, multi-effect processor, hard disk recorder, and CD-RW drive. Chapter...AW2400. ■ Mixer section ● Plenty of input channels with professional features The AW2400 digital mixer features 24-bit AD/DA conversion with 32-bit internal processing for uncompromised sound quality. 16 input channels, 24 track channels, and 4 stereo effect return channels provide plenty of input capacity for input. AW2400 Owner's Manual...
Owner's Manual
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... signal processing capability via Locate operations. Auto punch-in real time, or when you modify the pitch over a range of 50%-200%. The AW2400 also has a metronome that follows the tempo map. ● Sound Clip function The Sound Clip function lets you compress or expand the time...16-track Simultaneous Recording & 24-track Simultaneous Playback (16-bit songs) You can be used to change the character of a vocal sound. 16 AW2400 Owner's Manual These effects can recall the desired preset from a main vocal line. You can use this function to start background music on cue, for the ...
... signal processing capability via Locate operations. Auto punch-in real time, or when you modify the pitch over a range of 50%-200%. The AW2400 also has a metronome that follows the tempo map. ● Sound Clip function The Sound Clip function lets you compress or expand the time...16-track Simultaneous Recording & 24-track Simultaneous Playback (16-bit songs) You can be used to change the character of a vocal sound. 16 AW2400 Owner's Manual These effects can recall the desired preset from a main vocal line. You can use this function to start background music on cue, for the ...
Owner's Manual
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...ON] key, the corresponding track will playback one track number within a song can be used to start and stop playback of virtual tracks. AW2400 Owner's Manual 17 You can even use advanced techniques such as the CD track numbers. Recorder section ■ Tracks A location where data is recorded ...nal mix. ● Virtual tracks Each of the 24 audio tracks and the stereo track consists of the recorded data. Introducing the AW2400 AW2400 terminology Here's a quick overview of songs recorded on the computer's memory media. You can produce an audio CD containing the stereo mixes...
...ON] key, the corresponding track will playback one track number within a song can be used to start and stop playback of virtual tracks. AW2400 Owner's Manual 17 You can even use advanced techniques such as the CD track numbers. Recorder section ■ Tracks A location where data is recorded ...nal mix. ● Virtual tracks Each of the 24 audio tracks and the stereo track consists of the recorded data. Introducing the AW2400 AW2400 terminology Here's a quick overview of songs recorded on the computer's memory media. You can produce an audio CD containing the stereo mixes...
Owner's Manual
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... Layer MASTER Bus master channels 1/2, AUX send master channels 1-4, and effect send master channels 1-4. Locate points include in each of the AW2400 provides the following channels. ● Input channels 1-16 Input channels provide level control, EQ, and dynamics processing for signals that are ...mixing layers". You can move instantly to the [STEREO OUT] jacks. The diagram shows an overview of external MIDI devices. 18 AW2400 Owner's Manual You can assign "markers" at desired locations within a song independently of the recorder, and send the signals to the stereo track...
... Layer MASTER Bus master channels 1/2, AUX send master channels 1-4, and effect send master channels 1-4. Locate points include in each of the AW2400 provides the following channels. ● Input channels 1-16 Input channels provide level control, EQ, and dynamics processing for signals that are ...mixing layers". You can move instantly to the [STEREO OUT] jacks. The diagram shows an overview of external MIDI devices. 18 AW2400 Owner's Manual You can assign "markers" at desired locations within a song independently of the recorder, and send the signals to the stereo track...
Owner's Manual
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.... - Overall ■ Songs The smallest unit by loading the saved song. Introducing the AW2400 ■ Scenes and scene memories A "scene" is called a "bus." AW2400 Owner's Manual 19 that can also assign adjacent odd-numbered/even-numbered channels to a destination. Unlike channels..., which the AW2400 manages a com- 2 position is called "paired channels." The area of memory that...
.... - Overall ■ Songs The smallest unit by loading the saved song. Introducing the AW2400 ■ Scenes and scene memories A "scene" is called a "bus." AW2400 Owner's Manual 19 that can also assign adjacent odd-numbered/even-numbered channels to a destination. Unlike channels..., which the AW2400 manages a com- 2 position is called "paired channels." The area of memory that...
Owner's Manual
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... Navigate section (P. 21) Mixer section (P. 23) Layer section (P. 26) Transport section (P. 27) Display section (P. 22) Locate/Number section (P. 25) Locate section (P. 27) 20 AW2400 Owner's Manual Parts of the AW2400 and what they do Parts of the AW2400 and what they do This section explains the names and functions of the various items on the...
... Navigate section (P. 21) Mixer section (P. 23) Layer section (P. 26) Transport section (P. 27) Display section (P. 22) Locate/Number section (P. 25) Locate section (P. 27) 20 AW2400 Owner's Manual Parts of the AW2400 and what they do Parts of the AW2400 and what they do This section explains the names and functions of the various items on the...
Owner's Manual
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... light red if the peak signal level after the [GAIN] knob reaches or exceeds 3-dB below clipping. Parts of the AW2400 and what they do ■ Analog Input section Introducing the AW2400 1 2 2 C 1 [GAIN] knobs 1-8 These adjust the sensitivity of each track contains data, and switch the virtual tracks that will be used... or play an audio CD, and backup or restore data. D [EDIT] key This key accesses the EDIT screen, where you can copy or erase tracks. AW2400 Owner's Manual 21
... light red if the peak signal level after the [GAIN] knob reaches or exceeds 3-dB below clipping. Parts of the AW2400 and what they do ■ Analog Input section Introducing the AW2400 1 2 2 C 1 [GAIN] knobs 1-8 These adjust the sensitivity of each track contains data, and switch the virtual tracks that will be used... or play an audio CD, and backup or restore data. D [EDIT] key This key accesses the EDIT screen, where you can copy or erase tracks. AW2400 Owner's Manual 21