Table Of Contents - Zoom MRS-1608 Operation Manual

USAGE AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS . . . 2
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Introducing the MRS-1608 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Rhythm section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Parts of the MRS-1608 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Top panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing the CD-R/RW Drive . . . . . . . . . . 17
Power On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Turning power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Turning power off (shutdown) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Listening to a Demo Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Selecting the demo song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Playing the demo song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Let's Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Quick Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Step 1: Preparations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
1.1 Creating a new project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
1.2 Selecting the rhythm pattern to use . . . . . . . . . . 23
Step 2: Recording the first track . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.1 Adjusting input sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.2 Applying the insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
2.3 Selecting a track and recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Step 3: Overdubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.1 Making settings for input sensitivity and
insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
3.2 Selecting a track and recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Step 4: Mixing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4.1 Turning off the input and rhythm section . . . . . . 29
4.2 Adjusting volume, panning, and EQ . . . . . . . . . . 29
4.3 Applying the send/return effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
4.4 Applying the insert effect to a track . . . . . . . . . . 32
Step 5: Mixdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.1 Using the mastering insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.2 Mixdown on the master track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Reference [Recorder] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
About V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Switching V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Assigning V-take names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Moving to a desired point in the song
(locate function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Playing back the same passage repeatedly
(A-B repeat function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Finding a desired location (scrub/preview
function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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Using scrub/preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Changing the scrub direction and duration . . . . . . . 38
Re-recording only a specified region
(punch-in/out function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Using manual punch-in/out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using auto punch-in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Recording several tracks on a master track
(mixdown function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
About the master track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Master track mixdown steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Playing the master track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Combining multiple tracks on one or two tracks
(bounce function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
How bounce works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Making bounce settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Executing bounce recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Recording the drum/bass sound
(rhythm recording) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Selecting drum/bass track as recording source . . . 44
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Recording on 8 tracks simultaneously
(8-track recording mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
About 8-track recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Assigning an input signal to a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Marker function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Setting a mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Locating a mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Deleting a mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Making settings for pre-count operation . . . . . .48
Reference [Track Editing] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Editing a range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Basic steps for range editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Copying a specified range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Moving a specified range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Erasing a specified range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Trimming a specified range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fade-in/fade-out of a specified data range . . . . . . . 53
Reversing a specified range of audio data . . . . . . . . 54
Changing the duration of a specified range
of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Compensating the pitch of a specified range . . . . . 55
Generating a 3-part harmony from a specified
range of audio data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Generating a 1-part harmony from a specified
range of audio data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Editing using V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Basic steps for V-take editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Erasing a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Copying a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Moving a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Exchanging V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Importing a V-take from another project . . . . . . . . . 64
Track capture and swap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Capturing a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Swapping track data and captured data . . . . . . . . . 66
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