Yamaha MD4S Owner's Manual

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10 Welcome to the MD4S —Owner’s Manual • The recording/playback pitch can be adjusted up to a maximum of ± 10%. In addition, you can use the x1/2 pl

100 Appendix—Owner’s ManualAppendixQ&A SectionThis section is intended to answer your questions about the MD4S and MD DATA discs.What’s the differ

Troubleshooting 101—Owner’s ManualDo I have to sacrifice one track to record timecode?No. The MD4S generates MTC (MIDI Timecode) or MIDI Clock from the

102 Appendix—Owner’s ManualCannot use the punch-in/out or ping-pong recording function!In some cases, punch-in or ping-pong recording may not be possi

Display Messages 103—Owner’s ManualDisplay MessagesMessage MeaningADJST StopThe STOP button was pressed, so the Adjust function was cancelled.BLANK X

104 Appendix—Owner’s ManualModes of the MD4S transport● On z FlashingModeIndicatorsMD4S operating StatusREHE REC PLAYStop ———No activity.Play ——● Nor

Specifications 105—Owner’s ManualSpecificationsRecorderMixer0 dB is referenced to 0.775 V r.m.s.Digital/AudioSampling Frequency: 44.1 kHz Compression:

106 Appendix—Owner’s ManualGeneralDimensionsSpecifications subject to change without notice.Power Requirements USA & Canada: 120 V/60 Hz, Others: 2

Block Diagram 107—Owner’s ManualBlock DiagramREC* MIC/LINE INPUT jacks 1 and 2 accept either phone or XLR plugs.2CH4CH3CH2(PB)Tr 2Tr 3Tr 42 *1 *RL2TR

108 Appendix—Owner’s ManualGlossaryThis section explains the technical terms used in this owner’s manual.ATRAC—An acronym for Adaptive Transform Acous

Glossary 109—Owner’s ManualMIDI—An acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. An internationally agreed stan-dard that allows electronic musica

MD4S TOC 11 —Owner’s Manual MD4S TOCTOC refers to the Table of Contents area on the disc. The TOC contains information about what is recorded on the

110 Appendix—Owner’s ManualSCMS (Serial Copy Management System)—A protection system intended to prevent illegal copying of music. SCMS allows one-time

Tempo Map Chart 111—Owner’s ManualTempo Map ChartMeterTempoStepMeasureTime SignatureStep Measure -Beat TempoA001 /A001–1B/BC/CD/DE/EF/FG/GH/HI/IJ/JK/K

YAMAHA [Multitrack Recorder] Date: 11 02 1998Model: MD4SMIDI Implementation ChartVersion: 1.0Function... Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic ChannelD

Index 113—Owner’s ManualIndexNumerics2TR IN jacks 23 2-track (2TR) 11 4-track (4TR) 11 A A B button 68 A-B Repeat 68 A B repeat button 17 AC IN

114 Index —Owner’s Manual MMC Slave 98 monaural (MONO) 11 Monitor CUE 109 MONITOR LEVEL control 15 MONITOR OUT jacks 23 MONITOR SELECT switches

Source: Source: Source: Source: Source: Source:1234Tracking SheetTitle:Date:Step:Process:Notes:Session InfoTrack ListMixer SetupStep Section RepeatCue

12 Welcome to the MD4S—Owner’s ManualMD4S songs and blank areasOn the MD4S, recordings are made in units called “songs.” Each song is assigned a numbe

Front and rear panel 13—Owner’s ManualFront and rear panelThis section explains the names and functions of each part of the MD4S.Mono InputsA GAIN con

14 Welcome to the MD4S—Owner’s ManualC CUE PAN/CUE LEVEL controlsThese two controls adjust the pan and signal level of the signal that is sent to the

Front and rear panel 15—Owner’s ManualStereo InputsH Level (5/6), (7/8) controlsThese controls adjust the level of the signals input from STEREO INPUT

16 Welcome to the MD4S—Owner’s ManualDisc transport sectionA Disc transport buttonsREHE button ...This button is used to rehearse punch-in/out. Dur

Front and rear panel 17—Owner’s ManualSTOP/TOC WRITE button... This button stops playback/recording/rehearsal. When stopped, this button funct

18 Welcome to the MD4S—Owner’s ManualL PEAK HOLD buttonThis button turns the peak hold function on/off. When the peak hold function is on, a segment o

Front and rear panel 19—Owner’s ManualDisplayA TOC EDIT indicatorThis indicator will light when the TOC (table of contents) needs to be updated, such

Laser Diode Properties* Material : GaAlAs* Wavelength : 780–790 nm* Emission Duration : Continuous* Laser Output Power : Less than 44.6 µWLaser output

20 Welcome to the MD4S—Owner’s ManualE Time counter modeThis indicates the time counter mode that was selected by the DISPLAY button (disc transport M

Front and rear panel 21—Owner’s ManualK Auto punch indicatorThis indicator shows the status of the auto punch-in/out function.AUTO PUNCH SINGLE...

22 Welcome to the MD4S—Owner’s ManualTop panel connectorsA MIC/LINE INPUT 1,2 jacksBalanced dynamic mics or line-level devices with balanced output ca

Front and rear panel 23—Owner’s ManualRear panelA POWER switchThis switch is used to turn the MD4S on and off.B AC INConnect the included power cable

24 Welcome to the MD4S—Owner’s ManualH MIDI IN, OUT, THRU connectorsThese connectors are used to exchange MIDI messages with external MIDI devices.MID

Basic operation 25—Owner’s ManualBasic operationThis chapter explains the process of recording instruments separately on each of the four tracks, and

26 Basic operation—Owner’s ManualTurning on the MD4S1. Plug the power cable into an AC outlet.2. Press the POWER switch located on the rear panel of t

Recording the first track (Direct Recording) 27—Owner’s Manual Find a blank areaA new song can be recorded only on a blank area. If you wish to recor

28 Basic operation—Owner’s Manual Monitor the signal being recorded on the track9 Press the MONITOR SELECT CUE switch to turn it on.The MONITOR SELEC

Recording the first track (Direct Recording) 29—Owner’s Manual Listening to the first track4Press the LAST REC SEARCH [IN] button.This will locate to

• Explanation of Graphical SymbolsThe exclamation point within an equilat-eral triangle is intended to alert the user tothe presence of important ope

30 Basic operation—Owner’s ManualOverdubbingNow that you have finished recording track 1, let’s record additional audio sources on other tracks while l

Overdubbing 31—Owner’s Manual Simultaneously monitoring the recording source and the track playback6While playing the audio source that you wish to r

32 Basic operation—Owner’s ManualMixdownWhen you have finished recording the four tracks, let’s mixdown the recorded tracks to stereo, and record the m

Mixdown 33—Owner’s Manual6 While listening through the headphones or monitor speakers, use the faders, PAN con-trols, and EQ controls of input channel

34 Basic operation—Owner’s ManualAfter completing the Basic Operation sectionIn the preceding pages, you have learned the basic procedure for recordin

Advanced recording techniques 35—Owner’s ManualAdvanced recording techniquesIn this chapter we will introduce more advanced topics, such as more sophi

36 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s ManualMixing multiple channels as you recordBy combining multiple parts into a pair of tracks, you can record

Mixing multiple channels as you record 37—Owner’s Manual1 Connect the audio sources to MIC/LINE INPUT jacks 1–4.If necessary, you can also mix line le

38 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s ManualSignal flow when mixing multiple channels2111GAINCUEHIGHLINEFLIPMIC/LINEMICLR010–15 +15MID–15 +15LOW–15

Ping-pong recording 39—Owner’s ManualPing-pong recordingThe process of mixing two or more previously-recorded tracks and re-recording them onto one or

4 Important —Owner’s Manual Important Read the Following Before Operating the MD4S Warnings • Do not place a container with liquid or small metal obj

40 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s ManualIn the following, we will give an example of mixing previously-recorded tracks 1–4 into a ste-reo pair,

Ping-pong recording 41—Owner’s Manual8 When you have finished adjusting the mix balance and recording level, press the SONG SEARCH [ ] button to locate

42 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s ManualAdding sounds during mixdownThe mixer section of the MD4S features an “in-line” design that can simulta

Adding sounds during mixdown 43—Owner’s Manual3 Turn on the CUE MIX TO STEREO switch.The cue mix function will be turned on, and the CUE MIX indicator

44 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s ManualApplying effectsHere we will explain how external effects can be applied as you record tracks or during

Applying effects 45—Owner’s ManualSignal flow through the INSERT I/O jack and the insertion cableIn order to use the INSERT I/O jack to apply an extern

46 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s ManualUsing the AUX SEND jacksWhen the AUX SEND jacks of the MD4S are used, a single external effect processo

Applying effects 47—Owner’s ManualApplying effects during mixdownApplying an effect such as reverb to each track during a mixdown is an example of a s

48 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s ManualApplying an effect during ping-pong recordingBy using the AUX SEND jacks you can apply spatial-type eff

Applying effects 49—Owner’s Manual8 On the input channels to which you wish to apply the effect, rotate the AUX control toward the “1” position.The si

Important 5 —Owner’s Manual • Turn off all musical instruments, audio equipment, and speakers when connecting to this unit. Use the correct connectin

50 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s ManualApplying an effect only to the monitor signalBy making skillful use of direct recording and the MONITOR

Applying effects 51—Owner’s ManualSignal flow when applying an effect only to the monitor signal11GAINCUEHIGHLINEFLIPMIC/LINEMICLR010–15 +15MID–15 +15L

52 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s ManualPunch-in/outThis section explains techniques using punch-in/out. Punch-in/out is a function that allows

Punch-in/out 53—Owner’s Manual7. When you have finished adjusting the recording level, press the STOP button to temporarily cancel record-pause mode.8.

54 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s Manual5. When you arrive at the location where you wish to punch-out, press the REC SELECT button once again.

Punch-in/out 55—Owner’s ManualAuto punch-in/outHere we will explain how to use the auto punch-in/out function, which performs the punch-in and punch-o

56 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s Manual1. Press the UTILITY button.2. Rotate the DATA dial until the display indicates “PrePostRoll,” and pres

Punch-in/out 57—Owner’s ManualRehearsing the auto punch-in/out (single-take)5. Press the PLAY button, and begin rehearsing the auto punch-in/out.When

58 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s Manual Multi-take auto punch-in/outMulti-take auto punch-in/out allows you to perform auto punch-in/out reco

Punch-in/out 59—Owner’s ManualActually performing the auto punch-in/out (multi-take)7. From a stopped or paused condition, press the REC button.The RE

6 Contents —Owner’s Manual Contents Welcome to the MD4S... 9 MD4S Features ...

60 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s Manual16. Rotate the CURSOR shuttle toward the right to make the display read “TAKE X:FIX.”17. Press the ENTE

Quick search functions 61—Owner’s ManualQuick search functionsThis section explains the variety of Locate functions that are provided by the MD4S. Met

62 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s Manual4. When you have specified the desired location, press the ENTER button.The MD4S will locate to the spec

Quick search functions 63—Owner’s Manual2. Press the TOC WRITE button to update the TOC.Locating to a marker3. Use the MARK SEARCH[ ]/[ ] buttons to l

64 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s Manual3. Press the ENTER button.The display will indicate “AdjstLoad...” for a short time. Then the display w

Quick search functions 65—Owner’s ManualErasing a marker or auto punch-in/out pointHere’s how to erase a marker location or auto punch-in/out point th

66 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s ManualVarious playback functionsThis section explains the various playback functions offered by the MD4S.Play

Various playback functions 67—Owner’s ManualPlayback at half speed (x1/2 Play)x1/2 Play is a function that drops the pitch of the disc to half the nor

68 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s Manual2. To turn off the Repeat function, press the REPEAT button until the Repeat indi-cator goes dark.Repea

Various playback functions 69—Owner’s Manual5. Use the CURSOR shuttle to select a parameter, and rotate the DATA dial to modify the setting.The range

Contents 7 —Owner’s Manual Applying effects...44 Using the IN

70 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s Manual Creating a new song from a Cue List (Cue List Copy)The playback order that you have programmed in a c

Various playback functions 71—Owner’s ManualProgramming the song playback order (Program Play)Program Play is a function that lets you program the pla

72 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s ManualWith the program shown in the following diagram, playback will occur in the order of Song 1 → Song 3 →

Editing functions 73—Owner’s ManualEditing functionsThis sections explains the track and song editing functions that are provided on the MD4S.Copying

74 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s Manual7. Press the ENTER button once again to execute the Part Copy operation.While the Part Copy is being ex

Editing functions 75—Owner’s Manual6. Press the ENTER button to execute the Part Erase operation.While the data is being erased, the display will indi

76 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s ManualErasing an entire track (Track Erase)Track Erase is a function that erases an entire track. You can sel

Editing functions 77—Owner’s Manual3. Press the ENTER button once again.The display will indicate the recording mode and track order of the copy sourc

78 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s ManualFor example if you specified “4T:3421,” the order of copy destination tracks would be as fol-lows.Execut

Editing functions 79—Owner’s Manual4. Press the ENTER button once again to execute the Song Erase operation.The display will indicate “Erase EXE..”, a

8 Contents —Owner’s Manual Appendix ... 100 Q&A Section ...

80 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s ManualJoining divided songs together (Song Combine)Song Combine is an operation that joins two previously-div

Editing functions 81—Owner’s ManualMoving a song (Song Move)Song Move is a function that moves a song to a blank area. This is convenient when you wis

82 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s Manual5. Press the ENTER button.The display will ask “Move EXE?” If you decide to cancel the Song Move operat

Editing functions 83—Owner’s Manual2. Press the ENTER button to execute the Song Renumber operation.When the songs have been renumbered, the TOC will

84 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s ManualOther functionsThe following pages explain other functions of the MD4S.Adjusting the record/playback pi

Other functions 85—Owner’s ManualTitling discs and songsA title of up to 127 characters can be assigned to each disc and to each song on the disc. Thi

86 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s Manual6. Press the TOC WRITE button to update the TOC.Erasing a disc (Disc Erase)Disc Erase is a function tha

Other functions 87—Owner’s Manual3. Press the UTILITY button once again to return to normal operation.Changing the recording modeThe MD4S allows you t

88 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s ManualAdjusting the display brightnessThe brightness of the display can be adjusted over five steps.1. Press t

Other functions 89—Owner’s ManualUsing a Foot switchIf an optional FC5 foot switch is connected to the PUNCH I/O jack, you can use the foot switch to

Welcome to the MD4S 9 —Owner’s Manual Welcome to the MD4S MD4S Features Mixer The mixer section is an analog mixer with four MIC/LINE and four LINE i

90 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s ManualMIDI functionsThe MD4S is an ideal device for recording vocals, guitar, or other acoustic instruments,

MIDI functions 91—Owner’s ManualAbout MTC and MIDI ClockMTC and MIDI Clock are different types of MIDI messages used for synchronization between MIDI

92 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s Manual MIDI sequencer settingsTo use MTC, your MIDI sequencer must be set to synchronize to the MTC messages

MIDI functions 93—Owner’s Manual4. Rotate the CURSOR shuttle to the right to select the meter/tempo parameter, and rotate the DATA dial to set the met

94 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s Manual MIDI sequencer settingsWhen using MIDI Clock, you will need to make settings on your MIDI sequencer s

MIDI functions 95—Owner’s ManualConnect the two MD4S recorders as follows. Settings for the MTC Slave MD4S1. Press the UTILITY button, rotate the DAT

96 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s Manual3. Start the master MD4S (playback/record/rehearsal).The slave MD4S will receive the MTC messages, and

MIDI functions 97—Owner’s ManualSynchronizing to MTC with a specified offset (time difference)When using the MD4S as an MTC slave, you can assign an of

98 Advanced recording techniques—Owner’s ManualControlling the MD4S by MMCMMC (MIDI Machine Control) is a type of MIDI message that allows the transpo

MIDI functions 99—Owner’s Manual4. Press the UTILITY button or the EXIT button to return to normal operation.If MMC reception was turned on, the MD4S