User manual ZOOM H4NEXT

[. . . ] English OPERATION MANUAL © ZOOM Corporation Reproduction of this manual, in whole or in part, by any means, is prohibited. Special features of H4n Thank you very much for purchasing our ZOOM H4n Handy Recorder (hereinafter abbreviated to H4n). The H4n has the following special features. Special features of H4n · An all-in-one handy recorder. You can enjoy recording and creating your own music any time, any where with the H4n. The H4n has a very compact 280 g lightweight design, equipped with high quality stereo condenser microphones capable of an XY pickup pattern, a built-in speaker, SD card recording, mixer and internal effects. · XLR/standard phone combo jacks allow connection of microphones and guitars directly. We load various connection tools enable to wide ranges of recording with H4n. The stereo and condenser microphones, the instruments like guitar, bass, keyboard and so on can be connected directly to this compact H4n. · Interface from any field recording to multi-track recording. The H4n is equipped with recording operation modes: <STEREO mode> which is capable of high quality sound stereo recording, <4CH mode> which can record 2 different sound sources and <MTR mode> which is capable of recording and playback 4 tracks/2 tracks at the same time. [. . . ] Allocate files. Select <KARAOKE> and press. Select <FILE> and press. [Adjustment of the Karaoke tracks] · LEVEL · CENTER CANCEL · KEY · FINE·FINE Select <ON> and press. Select an optional file and press. [KARAOKE OPERATION] 4. Make the setting for the recording tracks 6. · Playback · Recording 091 Only on MTR MODE A sing-along machine <KARAOKE> preparation Continue to the next page Make CENTER CANCELATION of the KARAOKE track Change the KEY of KARAOKE track 7 8 9 Select TRACK MENU icon and press. 10 11 12 Select TRACK MENU icon and press. HINT: Select <KEY> and press. The contents of KARAOKE TRACK are different from a general TRACK MENU. (LEVEL) Select <CNT CANCEL> and press. (CNT CANCEL) Convert that into <ON> and press. Adjust and press. (KEY) (FINE) (FILE) (KARAOKE) 092 3-04-2 A sing-along machine <KARAOKE> recording A sing-along machine <KARAOKE> recording Only on MTR MODE A slight adjustment of KARAOKE TRACK KEY. Recording on KARAOKE 13 Select TRACK MENU icon and press. 1 2 Connect the microphone. Press the INPUT button corresponding to the connected input jack. Select the track menu icon and press. 14 Select <FINE> and press. 3 15 093 Make adjustment and press. Press `PRACTICE' (no recording). 4 + [START RECORDING] NOTE: Press [REC] button and make recording standby condition. You cannot use this function After that press [PLAY/PAUSE] together with <EFFECT>. button to start recording. Ref. <TRACK MENU> P. 059 4-01 Playback : Playback files (stereo, 4ch and stamina modes) Playback : Playback files (stereo, 4ch and stamina modes) Immediately after recording, you can playback the file by pressing the [PLAY/PAUSE] button. If you prefer to call up the files for later playback, take the following steps. Press the [MENU] button for more than 2 seconds, and start operation from the top screen. 1 2 "Short cut" Pressing TRACK on the top screen. Press. 4 5 Select <SELECT> and press. Select <FILE> and press. [START PLAYBACK] Press. "Short cut" You can select the file in the folders on the top screen. 3 Select the targeted file and press. HINT: You should confirm the file name. · On the top screen you can move directly to Step 3, just press TRACK [2] button. · If you press [PLAY/PAUSE] button after selecting files, the selected file starts playback immediately. · You can select files in the folder directly using [DIAL] from the top screen. Ref. P. 104 <FILE SELECT> 094 4-02 Playback : <PLAY MODE> Playback : <PLAY MODE> Aside from general playback, you can also select 1) one file only playback, 2) repeat playback of one file, and 3) all files repeat playback. Press the [MENU] button for more than 2 seconds, and start operation from the top screen. 1 2 Press. 4 [START PLAYBACK] Press. Select <PLAY MODE> and press. 3 Select a play mode and press. PLAY ALL PLAY ONE REPEAT ONE REPEAT ALL Playback all the files in the folder. Playback repeat of one composition only. Playback all files in the folder. Select desirable mode. NOTE: You cannot use this setting during recording and playback. 095 4-03 Playback : Setting marks Playback : Setting marks While operating file playback you can create marks at desired spots. You can move easily to the spot during playback. How to create marks During playback operation, press the [REC] button. Mark A How to playback the marked file You can move to the marked position pressing [FF] and [REW] buttons in the files with marks. Mark B FILE Current position NOTE: · Mark function is available only in case of WAV format. · The maximum marks you can place in one file are 99. · The mark stricken once cannot be deleted. HINT: · Pressing [REC] button during recording, you can create marks. · You can recognize marks in the file in the <MARK LIST>. Ref. <MARK LIST> P. 115 096 4-04 Playback : <AB REPEAT> Playback : <AB REPEAT> Press the [MENU] button for more than 2 seconds, and start operation from the top screen. The <AB REPEAT> repeat setting allows you to playback two points on the file repeatedly. 1 2 3 Press. 4 5 [START PLAYBACK] Press. Select <TOOL> and press. point A moves. [Set up point A] Press. Select <AB REPEAT > and press. 6 The point A is placed a mark, and changes into B and moves. [Set up point B] Press. Playback is practiced repeatedly between the indicated locations. HINT: You can make setting of point [A] and [B] during stopping. 097 Playback : <AB REPEAT> HINT: Caution: or NOTE: When you move around in the file using [FF] and [REW] buttons, and whenever you press the button for less than 2 seconds (quick press), automatically move to the next file. If there is a mark, move to the marked point. Press [FF] and [REW] buttons for more than 2 seconds (long press) and you can move to your desirable point. After setting up A and B points press the [REC] button, you can cancel all settings. During recording and playback, you cannot make any settings after Step 3 of <AB REPEAT>. Movable with a long press. <AB REPEAT> FIX/CLEAR of A & B point STOP PLAYBACK/TEMPORARY STOP of the file Holding the key for more than one second, operate wind-forward and rewind Just press the button, and move back or forward to the file * However if there is a marker in a WAV file, the button moves to the marking place. 098 4-05 Playback : <SPEED> Playback : <SPEED> "Short cut" Pressing TRACK on the top screen. Only on STEREO MODE You can adjust playback speed of the file. Press the [MENU] button for more than 2 seconds, and start operation from the top screen. 1 2 Press. 4 5 or Adjust playback speed. Select <TOOL> and press. You can set up playback speed between 50% and 150% with increments or decrements of 5%. [START PLAYBACK] Press. 3 NOTE: Select <SPEED> and press. During recording and playback, you cannot make any settings after Step 3 of <SPEED>. HINT: · You can move swiftly to this menu pressing TRACK [3] button on the top screen of each mode. · You can set up playback speed between 50% and 150% with increments or decrements of 5%. (Default; 100%) · You can move the playback location using [FF] [REW] button. 099 4-06 Playback : <MIXER> Press the [MENU] button for more than 2 seconds, and start operation from the top screen. Only on 4CH MODE You can playback 2 stereo files of 4CH mode mixing LEVEL with PAN. Playback : <MIXER> <LEVEL> setting <PAN> setting 1 2 Press. Select <MIXER> and press. MUTE 48. 0dB_+12. 0dB Default; -0. 0dB the file now makes setting the name of the parameter where the cursor positions and its setting value fader Icon pan pod Icon L 100 _ C _ R 100 Default; Center HINT: The move in the mixer screen: Repetition of [MIC] LEVEL _ [MIC] PAN _[INPUT] LEVEL_ [INPUT] PAN after setting, confirm with the icons the cursor setting the parameter 100 4-07 Playback : Playback files (MTR mode) Playback : Playback files (MTR mode) TRACK 1 2 NO FILE 3 NO FILE Only on MTR MODE There are various ways to playback on MTR mode: Create files differently according to a recording mode and allocate random files to tracks and then playback them at one time. [. . . ] · The level meter as in the above illustration shows the signal level after processing in the H4n. When you pluck a guitar string the meter may register with a slight delay, but this is not a defect. the button in the transport panel to move to the beginning of the project. 3. Click the Play button in the transport panel to start playback. HINT If no sound is heard when you click the Play button after recording, check the VST connection settings (step 6) once more. HINT The Inspector shows information about the currently selected track. If nothing is shown, click on the track to select it. NOTE To continue using Cubase LE 4, a process called activation (license authentication and product registration) is necessary. [. . . ]