Table of contents
Table of contents
Before you begin .....................1
Installation ....................................................2
Chapter1
Parts and their functions13
Top panel...............................................13
UNIT section ..............................................14
MIXER section.............................................14
RECORDER section ....................................18
Rear panel..............................................22
Front panel ............................................24
Chapter2
Welcome to the world
of the AW2816 ..........25
Features of the AW2816........................25
Signal flow within the AW2816.............27
Input patch .................................................27
Monitor channels 1-16...............................30
Oscillator ....................................................30
Buses 1-8 ...................................................31
AUX buses 1-6 ...........................................31
Output patch ..............................................32
Internal effects 1/2 ......................................32
Monitor output/headphone output..............32
The track structure of the AW2816.......33
Audio tracks................................................33
Cursor .........................................................34
Buttons........................................................35
Tabs ............................................................35
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Basic operation of the AW2816 ............36
Editing the value of a fader/knob/numerical
box ............................................................36
Chapter3
Let's record on the
AW2816 .................... 41
Making connections ...................................41
Recording the first track ........................46
Recording ...................................................51
Recording additional tracks
(Overdubbing)......................................52
.........................52
Applying the dynamics processor to the input
signal.........................................................55
Recording ...................................................57
Using the internal effects.............................59
Advanced techniques on the AW2816 ..63
Manually re-recording only a specific area
(Manual Punch-in/out)...............................63
Automatically re-recording only a specific area
(Auto Punch-in/out) ...................................64
Operating multiple faders together
(Fader Groups)...........................................67
Operating multiple [ON] keys together
(Mute Groups) ...........................................68
Chapter4
Input/output patching71
Assigning signals to input channels/return
channels (Input Patch)..........................71
Assigning signals to the recorder inputs
(Recorder Input Patch) .........................73
Assigning signals to output jacks/output
channels (Output Patch) ......................74
Inserting an external effect into a channel
.......................78
Quickly assigning input signals to tracks
(Quick Rec) ..........................................80
Chapter5
Using the internal
Switching between pre-fader/post-fader......86
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Inserting an effect into a specific channel
...................... 88
Inserting the effect into a channel .............. 88
Chapter6
Transport/Locate
Fast forward-play/Fast reverse-play
(the Shuttle function)........................... 95
Searching for a point while you listen
(the Nudge function) ........................... 96
Searching for a point while viewing the
waveform............................................. 97
Rewinding for a specific distance
(Rollback) ............................................ 98
Repeatedly playing a specified region
(A-B Repeat) ........................................ 99
Locating to a specified point............... 100
.................... 101
Editing the location of a locate point or
marker ............................................... 104
The relation between the Start point and time
code ....................................................... 105
Chapter7
Editing tracks and
Editing tracks and virtual tracks.......... 107
Editing the audio data of tracks 1-16 . 111
Editing the audio data of virtual tracks
1-8..................................................... 116
Commands and parameters of the TRACK
menu ...................................................... 118
Commands and parameters of the PART
menu ...................................................... 121
Commands and parameters of the REGION
menu ...................................................... 125
Chapter8
Scene memory
...................... 129
Recalling a scene by key operations ........ 129