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Recording on the stereo track – Yamaha AW 1600 User Manual

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Recording on the stereo track

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Here’s how to record the final mix on the stereo track.

1

In the Quick Navigate section, repeatedly
press the [RECORD] key or hold down the
[RECORD] key and use the CURSOR [

]/

[

] keys to access the MIXDOWN page of

the RECORD screen.

2

Move the cursor to the REC button of the
MIXDOWN page, and press the [ENTER] key
to turn the button on.

The panel [STEREO] key will blink red. This blinking
indicates that the stereo track is in record-ready mode.

3

Press the RTZ [

] key to rewind the song.

Then hold down the REC [

] key and press

the PLAY [

] key.

The song will begin playing, and the playback will be
recorded on the stereo track.

4

When you reach the end of the song, move
the cursor to the SAFE button in the screen
and press the [ENTER] key.

A popup window will ask you to confirm that you
want to cancel record-ready mode. Move the cursor to
the OK button and press the [ENTER] key.

5

To play back the stereo track, repeatedly
press the Quick Navigate section [MONI-
TOR] key or hold down the [MONITOR] key
and use the CURSOR [

]/[

] keys to

access the ST.TRACK page of the MONI-
TOR screen.

1 ST.TRACK ON/OFF button

Switches stereo track playback on/off.

B

Virtual track

Selects the virtual track that is assigned to the stereo
track. The currently selected virtual track is indicated
by a “

●.” Of the other virtual tracks, those that have

already been recorded are indicated by “ ,” and the
unrecorded tracks are indicated by “–”.

C

Track view

In this area, markers and the presence or absence of
track data are displayed graphically.

D

PRE/POST buttons

These buttons select whether the level meter in the
ST.TRACK page will indicate the pre-fader level
(PRE) or the post-fader level (POST). This setting is
shared with the BUS page of the VIEW screen.

E

Level meter

This indicates the output level of the stereo track.

6

Switch the ST.TRACK ON/OFF button ON.

When this button is on, the stereo track output will be
sent to a point directly before the [STEREO] fader,
and can be monitored from the STEREO/AUX OUT
jacks or the MONITOR OUT jacks. At this time, the
record-ready status of all tracks will be cancelled.

7

Press the RTZ [

] key to rewind the song,

and press the PLAY [

] key.

The stereo track will be played back. Use the [STE-
REO] fader to adjust the monitor level.

When playback ends and you want to move to a differ-
ent screen, switch the ST.TRACK ON/OFF button
OFF.

8

Save the song.

If the song is not saved after it has been recorded as a
stereo track, it cannot be selected for burning to a CD.

Recording on the stereo track

• The data that is recorded here on the stereo track will be the

data that is used to create an audio CD. If you want to pre-
cisely specify the beginning or end of the song, it is conve-
nient to use Auto Punch-in/out (

p. 59).

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• Even while the stereo track is playing, you can still monitor the

signals from the input channels.

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• EQ and dynamics processing are applied to the playback of

the stereo track.

NOTE

• If desired, you can use the [UNDO/REDO] button to cancel

the recording that was made on the stereo track (

p. 61), or

use the ST.TRACK page to switch virtual tracks and record
another take (

p. 62).

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