Yamaha AW 16G Owner's Manual page 195

Something wrong with the sound
■ 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] control 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 exces-
sively.
• The stereo output channel attenuator may be raised
excessively.
• The EQ or dynamics processor may have been set to
produce an extreme gain boost.
• Did you record at an appropriate level?
• Is the word clock setting correct for both the AW16G
and the external device(s)?
• An effect such as Distortion or Amp Simulate may be
in use.
* Go to the VIEW screen METER page and check the level
(meter movement).
■ 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 MAP.
■ 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
display moves in correspondence with fader opera-
tions.
* You cannot control the level until the panel fader posi-
tion 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 monaural
• 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 may be selected.
• 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?
Recorder operations
■ When you press the [PLAY] key it blinks, and play-
back does not occur
• Is the AW16G set to MTC SLAVE?
* Access the UTILITY screen MIDI page, and check the
setting.
■ 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?
■ Editing results are not heard in the sound
• Have you selected the virtual track that you
recorded?
• Are you using the appropriate editing command? *
* For details on editing commands, refer to "EDIT
screen."
■ Counter display is not 0 when you return to the
beginning of the song
• The display mode may be set to REMAIN (remaining
recording time).
• If the display mode is set to REL (relative time), the
start point may be specified.
* Go to the SONG screen SETUP, POINT page and check
the settings.
■ Display indicates DISK FULL, MEMORY FULL, or
TOO MANY REGIONS, and you cannot record or
edit
• There is insufficient free space, or too many record-
ing regions. Erase unneeded tracks and then perform
the Optimize operation to obtain more free space.
■ The display indicates DISK BUSY during playback
• It is possible that the recorded data has become frag-
mented, so that it cannot be read fast enough. You
can try measures such as re-recording, deleting
tracks, or backing up the data and then formatting the
hard disk.
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