Yamaha AW 1600 - Manual (Page 203)

Troubleshooting
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AW1600 Owner’s Manual
Appendix
■ Noise is present in the recorded signal
• The oscillator may be functioning.
• Does the word clock setting match for the AW1600 and
the external device(s)?
• Go to the RECORD screen in the Quick Navigate section
and check the recording-source and recording-destination.
■ Can’t select a record track
• The number of 24-bit song tracks that can be recorded or
played simultaneously is limited.
■ Signal from the INPUT 8 jack is too loud
• A conventional line-level signal may be connected to the
Hi-Z jack.
■ Sound is distorted
• Is the [GAIN] knob set correctly?
• The connection cable from the external device may be
broken.
• The fader of the input channel or monitor channel may be
raised excessively.
• The stereo output channel fader may be raised excessively.
• The stereo output channel attenuator may be raised exces-
sively.
• The EQ or dynamics processor may have been set to pro-
duce an extreme gain boost.
• Did you record at an appropriate level?
→ Go to the VIEW screen METER page and check the level
(meter movement).
• Is the word clock setting correct for both the AW1600 and
the external device(s)?
• An effect such as Distortion or Amp Simulate may be in
use.
■ The volume of a particular channel
increases or decreases
• Are the dynamics processor settings appropriate?
• A scene recall may be specified in the SONG screen
TEMPO page.
■ Can’t store a scene
• The store-destination scene may be protected.
• A scene cannot be stored in scene number 00.
■ Can’t reproduce a scene
• One or more channels may be set to Recall Safe.
■ Can’t save to a library
• It is not possible to save to the factory-preset libraries.
■ Meters move even though the faders are
lowered
• The meter display may be set to PRE FADER.
■ Moving a fader does not change the level
• In the VIEW screen FADER page, check whether the dis-
play moves in correspondence with fader operations.
→ You cannot control the level until the panel fader position
matches the position shown in the display.
• In the UTILITY screen PREFER page, is FADER FLIP
set appropriately?
→ When the power is turned on, FADER FLIP will be set to
TRACK.
• The fader may be set to PRE FADE in AUX.
■ Pairing was specified, but the signal is mon-
aural
• Is the odd-numbered channel panned far left and the even-
numbered channel panned far right?
■ Pairing was specified, but the signal phase
does not match
• Even when channels are paired, the phase setting is not
linked.
■ Signal is delayed
• An effect such as delay may be inserted.
■ Can’t use the internal effects
• Effect BYPASS may be turned ON.
• The effect may have been inserted into a different channel.
• Are the level of EFF.RTN 1, 2 faders raised?
• 019. HQ. Pitch can be used only with EFFECT 2.
• These do not affect the stereo track, sound clip, or audio
CD playback.
■ Playback pitch is wrong
• VARI PITCH may be adjusted.
• Is the synchronized external device operating on the same
sampling frequency (44.1 kHz)?
• Is the master device operating in a stable way?
• You may have executed the EDIT screen PITCH com-
mand.
• Is an effect such as HQ.Pitch or Dual Pitch selected for a
monitor channel?
■ A small amount of noise is produced when a
song is played back on a different AW1600
unit
• A small amount of noise may be heard at the beginnings
and ends of audio regions when a song created on an
AW1600 unit with Version 1.1 firmware is played back on
an AW1600 with Version 1.0 firmware. Please update all
AW1600 units you are using to the latest firmware ver-
sion. Information on the latest firmware version as well as
update procedure can be found at the internet address
below.
http://www.yamahasynth.com/
■ When you press the [PLAY] key it blinks,
and playback does not occur
• Is the AW1600 set to MTC SLAVE?
→ Access the UTILITY screen MIDI 2 page, and check the set-
ting.
■ Something goes wrong with the sound
when you use the [FF] key or [REW] key
• Differences in the number of simultaneously played tracks
will affect the way in which the sound is heard when these
controls are operated.
■ Can’t edit a recorded track
• The song may be protected.
• Have you selected the virtual track that you recorded?
Something wrong with the sound
Recorder operations