Introduction; Main Features - Korg D1600mkII Owner's Manual

Thank you for purchasing the Korg D1600mkII Digital
Recording Studio.
To ensure trouble-free enjoyment, please read this manu-
al carefully and use the instrument as directed.

1. Main features

• 16-track digital recorder
The D1600mkII delivers studio-quality sound with
24-bit internal processing, 16/24-bit recording and
playback, and uncompressed recording at a sampling
frequency of 44.1 kHz. It allows a maximum of 16
tracks of simultaneous playback (16-bit) and up to 8
tracks of simultaneous recording. The recording time
is a maximum of approximately 122 hours (16-bit,
one track). Each track provides eight virtual tracks,
meaning that you can record 128 tracks per song.
• XLR input jacks with +48V phantom power supply, ana-
log inputs, dedicated guitar input jack, and digital jacks
All analog inputs of the D1600mkII use high-per-
formance balanced head amps that take full advan-
tage of its all-digital audio quality. The four XLR
input jacks with +48V phantom power contain high-
quality mic preamps, allowing condenser mics to be
connected directly. All phone jack inputs are balanced
TRS-types. Unbalanced input is also supported. Lev-
els from mic level to +16 dBu (higher than profes-
sional level) are supported, letting you directly
connect a wide variety of audio sources. There's also
a dedicated guitar input jack. The S/P DIF digital
input contains a sampling rate converter, allowing 48
kHz or 32 kHz sources to be automatically converted
to 44.1 kHz for recording.
• Mixer section provides three-band EQ with sweepable
mid-range
• 100 scene memories, and mixer data transmission/
reception via MIDI
The D1600mkII's 24-channel 8-bus mixer section pro-
vides 3-band EQ (high EQ and low EQ are shelving
types, and mid EQ is a peaking type with adjustable
center frequency) on every analog input and mixer
channel. Since EQ is applied separately to the inputs
and the mixer, you won't have the problem of record-
ing EQ settings being re-applied to the playback – a
mistake that's easy to make with MTR systems that
have an analog internal mixer.
Mixer parameters such as fader, EQ, pan, and effect
settings can be stored as a scene, and each song can
contain one hundred scenes. Scenes can be switched
automatically as time progresses, or can be easily
recalled when desired as general-purpose settings.
Mixer data such as fader and pan can be transmitted
and received via MIDI, allowing the mixer to be auto-
mated from an external sequencer.

Introduction

• Three independent effects usable simultaneously
The three independent built-in effects (Insert, Master,
and Final) use 44-bit internal processing. For each of
these three effects, you can choose an effect program
that consists of up to five effects taken from 98 types
of high-quality effect. 128 insert, 32 master, and 32
final effects (total 192) created by professional musi-
cians and studio engineers are provided as preset
programs. You can edit these preset effect programs
and store 192 more of your own in the user area.
External MIDI controllers or an expression pedal
(EXP-2, XVP-10: sold separately) can control an insert
effect in realtime.
• Sophisticated editing
The non-destructive editing offered only by digital
recorders lets you edit without impairing the high
audio quality. You can use auto or manual punch-in/
out. The Undo function that lets you revert to the
state prior to a recording or editing operation, in con-
junction with the Redo that cancels the Undo, lets
you step back through as many as 99 prior recording
or editing operations. Ten different track editing com-
mands include the convenient Time Expansion/
Compression operation that lets you match phrases
of differing tempo after they have been recorded, and
Normalize that boosts low-level tracks to the appro-
priate level.
In each song you can assign 100 named Mark points
and four Locate points, letting you move immedi-
ately to the song location where you want to edit.
• Hard disk drive built-in
• Hard disk USB drive and USB connector
The D1600mkII contains a high-capacity 40 GB hard
disk drive. Of the total capacity, 2 GB are allocated as
a "USB drive*" that can be connected to your compu-
ter via the USB connector for sharing of data, and the
remaining capacity is used as a "song drive" for hold-
ing your songs. WAV files can be imported or
exported, making it easy to transfer audio data to or
from your computer.
* FAT 16 is supported
• Create audio CDs using the CD-R/RW drive
You can use the CD-R/RW drive to backup/restore
songs and effect data, import/export WAV files, and
create audio CDs. You can also insert an audio CD in
the drive, patch the sound to a mixer channel, and
record or play it.
An audio CD can be written in two ways; you can
write one song at a time using Track At Once, or you
can insert markers in a single song (e.g., recorded
from a live performance) and write each section as a
track of an audio CD by using the Disc At Once
method.
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