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Precautions Location CE mark for European Harmonized Using the unit in the following locations can result in a Standards malfunction. CE mark which is attached to our company’s products •In direct sunlight of AC mains operated apparatus until December 31, Locations of extreme temperature or humidity 1996 means it conforms to EMC Directive (89/336/ Excessively dusty or dirty locations EEC) and CE mark Directive (93/68/EEC). Locations of excessive vibration And, CE mark which is attached af
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Table of Contents Introduction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 Unpacking your CR-4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 About this manual - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 Features of the CR-4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 A few dos and don’ts - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 About multitrack recording - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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Introduction ............... Ampworks guitar effects The integrated Ampworks guitar effects pro- Unpacking your CR-4 vide you with a wide range of guitar and bass When you first open the packing for your CR- amplifiers, that include high-quality profes- 4, you should find the following (as well as this sional-sounding digital effects such as reverb, manual): delay, chorus, etc. Just plug into the CR-4 and The CR-4 itself go! An AC power adapter And you can use the Ampworks effects with
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Introduction Avoid smoking, eating or drinking over the (left and right of side B) are played back CR-4. Smoke particles, food crumbs and with the tape traveling in the other direc- spilled liquids are the enemies of fine audio tion. With the CR-4, all four tracks play in gear. the same direction. Also, the CR-4 does not Use the best possible new cassettes (Type feature noise reduction. II) wherever possible, for high quality ............... results. About the Ampworks effects Use sho
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Finding your way around the CR-4 Use this “road map” as a quick guide to find important features of your CR-4. Connect the AC power adapter here, and turn the CR-4 on and off with this switch Stereo mastering cassette, CD, etc. is connected here Speakers: turn these on and off with the rear panel switch. You can also use headphones as an alterna- tive monitoring method. 4-track cassette deck and transport controls. Cassette transport controls are just the same as on any cassette de
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Setting up the CR-4 To use the CR-4, you need to make enough ............... room on a level firm surface for the unit itself, Connecting the power and also leave enough space for connections. Making sure that the AC adapter is the correct There are two kinds of connections to make (as voltage for your region, connect the plug of the well as the power connection): the audio con- power cord to the power inlet of the CR-4, and nections to the CR-4 and the connections from the plug of the ada
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Setting up the CR-4 You may want to take up any slack in the tape cassette, using a pencil, before you load it into the CR-4. 1 Lift the cassette lid (use your fingers— there’s no eject button). 2 Mark the tape with your project (song) name and the date, and add “CR-4” so that you know in the future that it’s a multi- track tape. 3 Insert the tape, fully rewound to the start (with the full spool on the left side). It’s a good idea to always use the same side (side A) of tapes for multitra
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Making your first recording For this recording, let’s assume that you are Set the [TRIM] and faders of tracks 1, 3 and starting with a bass and drum part on the first 4 to their minimum levels (this prevents two tracks and the drum sounds will come any unwanted noise from intruding on from a rhythm (drum) machine. your recording). The bass guitar will be recorded on track 1, and 4 Press the [REC/OL] button for track 2, so the drum part on track 2. There’s also one gui- that the [REC/OL] ind
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Making your first recording 8 When you reach the end of the rhythm There is no “right” or “wrong” model to track, stop the rhythm machine, press the choose here; different amplifier models suit [PAUSE] button, and then press the [STOP] different guitars and playing styles. Experi- button. Rewind the tape to the zero posi- ment until you find the basic sound that tion (where you started the recording). suits you best. Turn down track 2’s [TRIM] control and 4 You can add an effect such as chor
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Making your first recording ............... ............... Recording a guitar Recording vocals This is almost the same as recording the bass. For this track (track 4), use a microphone for Use track 3 for the guitar part. Unplug the bass the vocals. If you use speakers while you from input 1, and connect the guitar to input 3. record with a microphone, there’s a risk of Adjust the [TRIM] as you did for the bass (and feedback. Turn the speakers off, using the don’t forget to turn down the [T
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Making your first recording ............... tracks hard left and hard right to keep the orig- inal stereo image produced by the source. Mixdown Typically, the aim is to make the listeners feel For mixdown, it’s a good idea to use speakers, as though they are “really there”, listening to rather than headphones, so turn the speakers the original performance, but you can often use back on. pan positions for special effects, and an unnat- Unplug the headphones to achieve the best ural pan pos
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More advanced techniques Here are a few more techniques that you can 3 Connect the [LINE OUT] of the stereo use to help with your recording. recorder to inputs 1 and 2 of the CR-4. You may not want to add any effects to these ............... tracks just yet, so make sure all [EFFECT] Multi-track recording switches are off. The CR-4 allows you to record four tracks at 4 Arm all the CR-4 tracks from 1 through 4 once. The example we gave above only (so that you write over the previously rec
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Ampworks effects These rotary dials allow you to choose a model There is also another “combination” function: to add life to your playing, as well as allowing noise reduction ( →p.13). you to select a digital effect. ............... ............... Modeling type What is REMS ( )? The models available are: (Resonant structure and Electronic cir- cuit Modeling System) is KORG’s proprietary BTQ CLN Clean channel of a high-end 100 sound modeling technology which precisely watt hand-made amp reprod
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Ampworks effects ............... TREM Sets the tremolo modulation Effects speed, from 65 ms to 2 seconds. The tap interval is equal to twice In addition, there are eleven digital effects you the modulation speed. can apply to your playing and vocals. These DELAY, Sets the delay time, from 80 ms to are listed here: CHO+DL 1 second. The tap interval is exactly equal to the delay time. COMP Produces consistent levels and REVERB, Sets the reverb decay time, from sustain about 0.5 seconds to
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Further uses for the CR-4 ............... Using the CR-4 as a guitar combo To use the CR-4 as a very portable guitar combo, with built-in amp modeling and built- in effects: 1 Connect your guitar to track 1. Press the [REC/OL] button and adjust the [TRIM] and fader levels ( →p.10). 2 Switch track 1’s [EFFECT] switch on, and select your amp/speaker model and effects ( →p.14). 3 Now you can play. Adjust the overall vol- ume with the [MASTER] fader. ............... Using the CR-4 as a pre-ampl
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4 mm 94 mm 5mm (0.15") (3.7") (0.2") 46 mm (1.8") Specifications ............... Headphone outputs (1/4" stereo phone jacks) Cassette recorder Output level 10 mW + 10 mW Output impedance 30Ω Track format 4 tracks, 4 channels Frequency response 50 Hz to 12.5 kHz ±3 dB Head configuration 1 x 4-track record/replay Signal-to-noise ratio 43 dB head (Permalloy) Total Harmonic Better than 3.0% (at 1 x 4-track erase head Distortion 1 kHz) (ferrite) Channel separation Better than
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METER -10dB -5dB 0dB +6dB REC FUNCTION A/D EFF D/A 4ch RECORDER MASTER LEVEL LINE-OUT LEVEL CH1 EFFECTOR L OL TRK1 PAN L INOUT 1 R TAPE OUT MTR REC sig -10dBV/-50dBV EFF SW 1 TRIM -10dBV CH2 OL TRK2 PAN L INOUT 2 R R -10dBV/-50dBV EFF SW 2 TRIM CH3 OL TRK3 PAN L HEAD-PHONE INOUT 3 R SUB -10dBV/-50dBV SPEAKER SW EFF SW 3 TRIM ON OFF ON CH4 OFF TRK4 PAN L OL MAIN INOUT 4 R -10dBV/-50dBV EFF SW 4 TRIM L R Block Diagram 3 18
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Owner’s Manual 1 D00802300A IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS This product has been manufactured according to strict specifications and voltage requirements that are applicable in the country in which it is intended that this product should be used. If you have purchased this product via the internet, through mail order, and/or via a telephone sale, you must verify that this product is intended to be used in the country in which you reside. WARNING: Use of this product in any country other than
