User manual KORG D16

[. . . ] Digital Recording Studio D16 Guide Mode / Function Overview Audio Monitoring Connections How to Select and Listen to the Demo Songs Demo Song Track Listings Quick Tour of a D16 Demo Song Scene Memory Mode Meter / Track View Mode Pan / Balance Controls and Channel Pairing Feature EQ Mode Insert Effect Mode Master Effect Mode Solo / Monitor Modes Monitor Function Scrub Function Tuner / Microphone Function Metronome Function Analog Inputs Virtual Tracks / Bounce Functions Punch-IN / OUT Function 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 7 7 8 8 9 9 10 10 11 Working with the D16: Demo Basics Muting / Un-muting Specific Tracks Working with the EQ Function Applying Insert Effects to Tracks The "Big Effects Picture" Working with the Scrub Function Working with the Solo Function Working with the Metronome and Rhythm Patterns 13 14 14 14 18 19 19 20 KORG D16 Guide Recording and Editing Basics: Create and Rename a New Song Basic Recording Recording with EQ On-Input Working with the Undo / Redo Function Working with the Manual Punch-In / Out Function Storing Locate Points Auto Punch In / Out Recording Storing Mark Points Working with Scene Memory 21 22 24 25 26 27 29 30 31 Loop Recording and Playback Working with the Loop Functions Copying and Un-protecting a Demo Song Setting IN / OUT Points 35 36 38 Virtual Tracks Working with Virtual Tracks Track Bouncing Perform a Virtual 16-2 Mixdown 39 41 43 Insert, Master and Final Effects Working with the Effects Working with the Insert Effects ­ Assigning and Routing Working with the Master Effects Working with the Final Effect 46 49 52 53 Metronome and Rhythm Pattern Applications: Create a New Song and Connect Your Source Device Work with the Tempo / Rhythm Function Record a Rhythm Pattern to Stereo Tracks Work with the Tempo Map Function 55 56 57 58 Song and Track Editing: Overviews and Quick Steps 60 Additional Owner's Manual References: Additional References 63 2 KORG D16 Guide Digital Recording Studio D16 Guide Mode / Function Overview Audio connections: Use the MASTER L / R outputs when connecting the D16 to a stereo monitor system. Recording sources and monitoring for this guide: You'll be recording with an external microphone for some of the exercises in this guide. You'll need headphones and a lo-impedance microphone and cable. Objects referred to in this guide: D16 panel objects that you'll work with are: Keys, Dial, Faders and Pan/Balance Knobs. [. . . ] button in the display - to the right of the "padlock" icon (protect). Now you can work freely with the copied song. Change the Counter Time Display Type: The original factory demos all display the time in real time - now you'll set the copied song so the Counter reads in measures, beats and ticks: 1. Press to highlight the "clock" to the left of the Counter. Press to highlight 001. 01. 000 in the display, then press the OK button. The Counter will now read in units of measures, beats and ticks. 36 KORG D16 Guide Rename the copied song: 1. Press the > button five times, to reach the first empty space following Alone. button (toggle to select upper and lower case), DIAL, and the > button to move through the name field, and input the following characters: l > y > R > e> p. Press the OK button in the display, and your copied song will be renamed appropriately. Take a break, and listen to this fine demo song: 1. Press the PLAY key and confirm that your copied song is intact, and raise the MASTER Fader and PHONE LEVEL knob to comfortable listening levels. Don't worry about the position of the Channel Faders at this point, because the mix was previously stored as a Scene in the original song location, as indicated by the SCENE key (lit). Listen to the lead vocal line carefully, because you're going to be recording your own lead vocal over this track - very soon (just kidding)!Press the STOP key when you've finished listening to the demo song. OK. . the next sections get a little "deeper", so hang in there and follow the steps closely. . . Set Loop Playback on a track, and work with the Wave and Scrub functions: 1. Press the IN /LOC1 key, to locate to measure 001. 01. 000. Press the LOOP key, then press the Wave button in the display. Press the Popup button to the left of the current Trk that is indicated in the lower right of the display, and from the dialog box, press to highlight Trk6. Press the OK button in the display to confirm that you want to view the waveform data for Track 6 (the lead guitar track). Press the "zoom" buttons in the bottom of the display, to increase or decrease the waveform view - horizontally and vertically. Raise the Track 6 Channel Fader to the "0" position. Slowly-rotate the DIAL to the right, to Scrub the audio data, until the vertical line (crosshair) reaches approximately 002. 01. 078 (watch the In: time in the upper-left of the display) - the IN time suggested is in the first dominant waveform representation of Track 6. 37 KORG D16 Guide Continue working with the Scrub function in Loop Playback mode: 1. Press the PLAY key, watch the waveform display, and listen: Track 6 plays from the IN point at normal speed for two seconds, then automatically stops (because the Scrub function is on). Now hold the STOP key and press the PLAY key. The audio data will play at normal speed, from two seconds before the registered IN point, and then playback will stop. [. . . ] To perform Copy Track, you'll first need to set the IN, OUT and TO times to copy. . . TRACK> EditTrack> Copy> OK> select destination track(s) and times> Exec> Yes> OK Insert Track: Inserts blank data between a pre-selected region (IN/OUT time). Use this to insert a blank area in single or multiple tracks, then add new audio to the blank region. The previous data will move towards the end of the song. To perform Insert Track, you'll first need to set the IN and OUT times. . . TRACK> EditTrack> Insert> OK> select track(s)> Exec> Yes> OK Erase Track: Erases a pre-selected region (IN/OUT time). [. . . ]