Yamaha AW 1600 - Manual (Page 144)

AW1600 Owner’s Manual
About songs
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Song management
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Song and related data stored on hard disk can be accessed from a computer
connected via USB in the same way as the hierarchical files and folders on the
computer’s hard disk. The folders are organized as follows:
■ Song Folder Organization
001 Library Name.AWL 001 Library Name.AWL
Song1 001 Song Name.AWS
003 Song Name.AWS
Audio
0.WAV
Render
005 Song Name.AWS
001 Song Name.AWS
AW1600_SYS.BIN
1.WAV
2.WAV
3.WAV
002 Library Name.AWL
003 Library Name.AWL
Song2
Lib
004 Song Name.AWS
002 Song Name.AWS
Audio
0L.WAV
0R.WAV
1L.WAV
1R.WAV
2L.WAV
2R.WAV
File Name1.WAV
File Name2.WAV
Transport
“AW1600-1” Drive “AW1600-2” Drive
■ “Song1” Folder
Songs are stored in either the “Song1” or “Song2” folder.
■ Individual Song Folders
Each song is stored in a folder bearing the song’s name
(extension .AWS).
● Song Files
The following song settings are stored in a file bearing
the name of the song (extension .AWS):
• Recorder section settings (SONG screen, TRACK screen).
• Mixer section settings (channels, effects).
• Quick loop sampler settings.
• Library settings (excluding the sample library).
• REMOTE screen settings.
• Pad track event data.
■ “Audio” Folder
The following song audio data is saved in WAV file for-
mat. File names are automatically created in the order of
recording, as in: “0.WAV”, “1.WAV”, “2.WAV”, etc. 24-bit
song data is saved as 32-bit WAV files.
• 16 + 2 (stereo track) audio x 8 virtual tracks.
• Quick loop sampler sample data.
• Sound clip audio data.
• Audio data for undo and redo operations.
● System File (AW1600_SYS.BIN)
Stores UTILITY screen settings and information for data man-
agement.
■ “Song2” Folder
Songs are stored in either the “Song1” or “Song2” folder.
■ “Lib” Folder
Sample library data is stored in the “Lib” folder.
■ Individual Sample Library Folders
Sample library data is stored in a folder bearing the name
of the sample library (extension .AWL).
● Sample Library Files
Sample library settings are stored in a file bearing the
name of the sample library (extension .AWL).
■ “Audio” Folder
Sample library samples are stored as WAV files. The
pads use stereo samples which are stored as separate
left- and right-channel mono files: “*L.WAV”, “*R.WAV”.
For 24-bit songs the samples are saved as 32-bit WAV
files.
■ “Transport” Folder
This folder is used to store WAV files for import and export.
Data is stored as 16-bit or 24-bit WAV files.