Listening To A Demo Song; Selecting The Demo Song; Playing The Demo Song - Zoom MRS-1608 Operation Manual

Listening to a Demo Song

When shipped from the factory, the internal hard disk of the MRS-1608 contains two demo songs. To listen to them,
proceed as follows.

Selecting the demo song

On the MRS-1608, song data are managed in units called
"projects". A project encompasses recorded audio data,
rhythm and effect settings, and other information. When
you load a project, the complete state in which that song
was saved will be reproduced.
To load a demo song project from the hard disk, proceed
as follows.
1.
From the main screen, press the
[PROJECT] key in the display section.
The indication "PROJECT SELECT" appears on the
display.
2.
Press the [ENTER] key.
Projects stored on the hard disk are shown in the lower
part of the display.
PRJ SEL PRJ SEL
DontLkBk DontLkBk PRJ 000
Project name
3.
Turn the dial to select the demo song.
Project numbers 000 – 002 are the demo songs.
HINT
Project number 1 contains a demo song that uses the phrase
→
loop function ( p. 67). If desired, you can load elements
from that demo song while working on another project.
4.
Press the [ENTER] key.
The HDD ACCESS indicator lights up and the selected
project is loaded. When the respective project display
appears on the main screen, the demo song has been
loaded.
20
PRJ 000
Project number

Playing the demo song

After loading, play the demo song as follows.
1.
Turn down the volume of the monitor
system.
When headphones are connected, turn down the
[MASTER PHONES] level control.
2.
Press the PLAY [ R ] key in the transport
section.
Playback of the demo song starts.
3.
Adjust the monitor system volume setting
(or the [MASTER PHONES] level control) to
a comfortable volume.
4.
To adjust the volume of the individual
tracks, use the respective faders.
The volume of the rhythm section can be adjusted with
the [DRUM]/[BASS] faders. To adjust the volume of the
entire song, use the [MASTER] fader.
5.
To switch individual tracks on or off, press
the respective status key.
When the status key is out, the track is muted. When the
key is lit in green, the muting is canceled.
6.
To stop the demo song, press the STOP [ P ]
key.
NOTE
The demo song is write-protected. Even if you change the
mix by adjusting fader or pan settings, the changes will not
be stored. To retain any changes you have made, cancel the
→
write-protect setting first ( p. 169).
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