Yamaha Music Production user manual

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POWER USER
AW2816 / AW4416
Music Production
SETTING THE CLOCK & START POINT
WHEN WORKING WITH A MIDI SEQUENCER
This article will speak to clocking issues when using the AW2816 and AW4416 with an external sequencer.
Units like the Motif keyboard workstation, RS7000 remix studio or any computer based MIDI sequencer can
be used with great advantage with the AWs. Learning about the synchronization of the units is critical. Also
of great use will be the lining up of the START TIMES of both units. T

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CLOCK ISSUES The reason MTC tempos can be set independently Working with an Audio Workstation like the has to do with its use in film. That is, when you AW2816 or AW4416 and a MIDI sequencer gives are referencing music (MIDI) to film, often you you the best of both worlds: Audio and MIDI. Let’s need to make the music fit a certain ‘cue’ point. start our discussion with synchronization. You will The killer jumps from behind the curtain at 1hr: be linking the two machines together via MIDI to 20mi

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opportunity to import data from an existing do this we can “Set the START Point”… This 1 recording. This function means that once you will be the time at which the measure counter get to know the AW, you will be able to import begins and the AW begins to generate MIDI your favorite setups from any previous clock (or MTC) for controlling the connected recording sessions making working with the slave devices. We will be literally placing unit easier as you go along. Just select OK measures prior t

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the sense that the MIDI sequencer will run along side the Audio Workstation tracks in perfect synchronization. One of the main strengths of MIDI is that it is repeatable time and time again without varying. The AW2816/4416 is capable of handling eight channels of “live” input (each channel having its own EQ and dynamics processors) as well as playing back sixteen channels of audio from the hard disk (each channel having its own EQ and dynamics 2 processors). Therefore, many users will setup the