Korg D1600 Owner's Manual

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hard disk Do not apply physical shock to this device. In partic- ular, you must never move this device or apply physical shock while the power is turned on. This can cause part or all of the data on disk to be lost, or may damage the hard disk or interior components. When this device is moved to a location where the temperature is radically different, water droplets may condense on the disk drive. If the device is used in this condition, it may malfunction, so please allow several hours to pass before operating the device. Do not repeatedly turn the power on/off. This may damage not only the D1600, but also any SCSI devices t ...

Introduction......................................5 Features................................................................................5 Printing conventions in this manual................................7 Panel overview of the D1600 ................................. 8 Top panel.............................................................................8 Front panel.........................................................................11 Rear panel..........................................................................11 Objects in the LCD screen and their functions ........ 13 Objects in the LCD screen ................... ...

P1 SelSong: Selecting a song ........................................... 88 P2 EditSong: Song editing ............................................... 89 P3 PrgPlay: Program playback of songs........................ 90 P4 CDR/RW: Creating and playing a CD-R/RW ....... 91 6. STORE............................................................. 92 7. MARK ............................................................. 92 P1 Mark: Editing marks ................................................... 92 8. SCENE............................................................. 93 P1 ReadDel: Scene ...

45: AS1: Amp Simulator1........................................................... 120 46: AS2: Amp Simulator2........................................................... 120 47: AS3: Amp Simulator3........................................................... 120 PA1 Category: Pre-amp simulator...............................121 48: PA1: Pre Amp Simulator...................................................... 121 EB1 – EB3 Category: Bass multi ...................................121 49: EB1: Bass Multi1.................................................................... 121 50: EB2: Bass Multi2 ...

the D1600 Objects in the LCD screen and their functions 5 Introduction • The D1600 is a 16 track digital multi-track recorder (MTR) with full-digital processing (24 bit internal processing, 16/24 bit uncompressed recording and playback, 44.1 kHz sampling frequency). From recording to effect processing to mixing down to CD-R/RW (a CD-R/RW drive is required), all processing is performed completely in the digital domain. • It contains a 16 track recorder, a 24-channel 8-bus mixer, and effects. When using 16 bit recording/playback: 8 tracks can be recorded simultaneously, and 16 tracks can be played back simultaneously. W ...

machine. These rhythm patterns can also be recorded on a track. • Auto and manual punch-in/out recording make it easy to re-record the desired portion of a perfor- mance. • The Trigger Recording function allows recording to start automatically in response to an audio input, so that it’s easy to begin recording even when both hands are occupied playing an instrument. You can also use a foot switch to start or stop recording. • The Scrub function lets you listen to the recorded sound of a track just as if you were manually mov- ing the reels of an open-reel tape recorder – a great convenience when y ...

Keys, dials, and knobs on the panel of the D1600 are printed within [square brackets]. Parameters that appear in the LCD screen “ ” Parameters that appear in the LCD screen are printed inside “double quotation marks.” The terms ‘button’ and ‘cell’ refer to objects in the LCD screen. The LCD screen of the D1600 is a touch panel. To select a parameter, simply touch that parameter directly. Alternatively, you can use the [CURSOR] key to move the cursor to the desired parameter. Most of the procedure examples given in this man- ual will use the method of directly pressing the parameter in the LCD screen to select ...

1 LCD screen The D1600 uses a TouchView system based on a touch panel screen. By pressing objects that are shown in the LCD screen, you can select pages, tabs, and parameters, and set their values. Also displayed are the volume (level meters) time locations (locate) during recording or playback, and various other parameters. (→p.13) 2 [TRACK STATUS] keys These keys are used to put each track into play- back, record, or to mute (silence) status. Each time you press a key, the track setting will alternate. (→p.111) Green: PLAY Orange: INPUT Red: REC Dark: MUTE When recording from analog/digital input, you can arm up to e ...

the D1600 is in standby mode, pressing the [POWER] key will turn on the power. If the D1600 is operating, pressing and holding the [POWER] key for a while and then shutting down will cause it to enter standby mode. (→p.17) 10 HDD/CD access indicator This indicator will light when the internal hard disk is being accessed for recording or playback, or when the internal CD-R/RW drive is operating. Never move the D1600 or apply physical shock to it when this HDD/CD access indicator is lit. 11 MIDI indicator This indicator will light when MIDI messages are received from the MIDI IN connector. ...

the [OUT/LOC2] key, you can listen to the audio between the IN–OUT points. 27 [AUTO PUNCH] key This key is used to turn the Auto Punch-in/out function on/off, to set the pre/post roll time, and to verify the start/end locations. (→p.28, 98) This key will light when the Auto Punch-in/out function is on. 28 [LOOP] key This key is used to turn the Loop function on/off for playback or recording, and to verify the start/ end locations. (→p.99) This key will light when the Loop function is on. 29 [UNDO] key After recording or editing a track, you can use the Undo function to return the dat ...

A guitar or bass guitar can be plugged in here. This is an unbalanced 1/4" (6.3 mm) input jack with 1 M-ohm impedance. 2 [PHONES] jack A set of headphones can be connected here. This is a 1/4" stereo phone jack. This outputs the same signal as the [MONITOR OUT L/R] jacks. 3 [PHONES LEVEL] knob: 0...10 This knob sets the volume level of the headphones. The volume will increase in correspondence to the printed grid. 4 CD-R/RW drive bay This bay allows installation of a CD-R/RW drive recommended by Korg, such as the CDRW-2 CD- R/RW drive option (sold separately). (→p.134) 5 Hard disk cartridge This cartridge allows installation of ...

+48V phantom power so that condenser mics can be used. Phantom power is supplied to the bal- anced XLR jacks, and can be switched indepen- dently for each channel. Turn this switch on only for channels that use a condenser mic. If a condenser mic is connected or disconnected with the phantom power switch on, damage to your equipment may occur. For this reason, always turn the phantom power switch off before connect- ing a condenser mic. Never connect an unbalanced mic or device when the phantom power switch is on. Doing so may damage your equipment. 4 [INPUT 5], [INPUT 6], [INPUT 7], [INPUT 8] jacks ...

functions The LCD screen of the D1600 features the Touch View system, which uses a touch panel. By pressing objects displayed in LCD screen you can perform operations such as selecting pages, setting parameter values, moving the cursor location, or edit- ing settings. In this manual, terms enclosed in “quotation marks” such as “...”, “...” button, or “...” tab refer to objects in the LCD screen which you can operate. Terms enclosed in square brackets such as [...] key, [...] knob, [...] dial, or [...] fader refer to controls etc. located on the top panel, front panel, or rear panel. a: Current para ...

the contrast. (→p.12) 1. Selecting a mode To make settings in the LCD screen for the various functions of the D1600, you must first press the key of the mode that includes that function. For the functions of each mode, refer to “Reference” (→p.75–). 2. Selecting a tab page Each mode contains numerous parameters, and these are organized into pages. Pages are accessed by tabs. 1 Press the key for the desired mode. The illustration below shows a tab page of TEMPO/RHYTHM mode that will appear when you press the [TEMPO/RHYTHM] key. In this manual, this is referred to as the [TEMPO/ RHYTHM] “Se ...

turning the power on/off Creating/selecting a song Assign audio inputs to the mixer Recording Playback Changing the time location Using the mixer Using effects Mixdown Track editing Song editing Saving your data Rhythm/tempo settings MIDI Starting 15 Basic operation Step 0. Starting 1. Preparations Included items Make sure that the following included items are all present. • Operating manual (this document) • Demo CD • Power cable Before using the D1600 for the first time The D1600 will not operate unless an internal hard disk is installed. Before using the D1600 for the first time, you must install an in ...

In this step, the song that was mixed down to tracks 1 and 2 is turned into a CD. Play back the mixed down tracks 1 and 2 to check them. These tracks (1 and 2) will be written to the CD. Then simply insert a new CD-R disc into the drive, and press the “WriteToCD” button to write the data to CD. By using the same procedure to create additional songs and writing them to CD, you can create a CD album. When you are finished, press the “Final” button to finalize the disc and complete your very own original CD. (→p.49) Connect instruments and turn on the power Create a new song Record Mixdown Creating an audio Assign mi ...

the power on/off 1. Connections The diagram below shows a basic example of connec- tions when using the D1600 to record. Make the appro- priate connections for your system, substituting your own equipment as necessary for the equipment shown here. For details on installing the HDD-20G hard disk drive option or the CDRW-2 CD-R/RW drive option, refer to p.134. Be sure that the power is turned off while you are making connections. If the power is on while con- nections are being made, your speaker system may be damaged, or other malfunctions may occur. 1 Connect the included power supply cable. Connect the power ...

Connections for recording analog sources • Guitar, bass guitar ↔ [GUITAR IN] jack • Mic (XLR) ↔ [INPUT 1]–[INPUT 4] jacks • Synthesizer etc. ↔ [INPUT 1]–[INPUT 8] jacks For details on assigning the audio inputs to mixer channels and auditioning the input sound, refer to p.23. A guitar or bass guitar that is being sent through a compact effect device can be con- nected to [INPUT 1]–[INPUT 8]. When inputting in stereo, you should select two adjacent inputs (1–2, 3–4) so that track editing can be performed more efficiently. If you are recording from a connected mic, locate the mic at a sufficient di ...