Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product MD4S Yamaha
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MULTITRACK MD RECORDER Owner’s Manual 5 / 6 7 / 8 STEREO MONITOR LEVEL CUE STEREO 2TR IN CUE MIX T O STEREO MONITOR SELECT 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 TOC WRITE REHE REC PLA Y STOP.
Laser Diode Properties * Material : GaAlAs * Wavelength : 780–790 nm * Emission Duration : Continuous * Laser Output Power : Less than 44.6 µ W Laser output is measured at a distance of 20cm from the object lens on the optical pick-up head. (Note) • On USA or Canadian models do not have this label.
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4 Important —Owner’s Manual Important Read the Following Before Operating the MD4S W arnings • Do not allow wate r to enter this unit or allo w the unit to bec ome wet. Fire or electrical shock may r esult. • Connect this unit is pow er cor d only to an A C outlet of the t ype stated in this Ow ner’ s Manual or as marked on the unit.
Important 5 —Owner’s Manual • Alwa ys low er the volume c ontrol to minimum befor e turning on the power t o this unit. A sudden blast of sound may damage y our hearing . • Hold the po wer c ord plug when disc onnecting it from an A C outlet. N ever pull the co rd.
Welcome to the MD4S 9 —Owner’s Manual W elcome to the MD4S MD4S Features Mixer The mix er section is an analog mix er with four MIC/LINE and four LINE inputs. • Continuously variable GAIN contr ols are pro vided on input channels 1–4, accepting signals ranging from mic input to line level.
10 Welcome to the MD4S —Owner’s Manual • The reco rding/playback pit ch can be adjusted up t o a maximum of ± 10%. In addition, you can use the x1/2 play function t o playback at half-speed with a pitch that is one octa ve lo wer . • MIDI Time C ode (MTC) / MIDI Clock data can be transmitted fr om the MIDI OUT connect or .
MD4S TOC 11 —Owner’s Manual MD4S TOC T OC refers to the T able of Contents area on the disc. The TOC co ntains information about what is rec orded on the disc, the disc title, song titles, and so on.
12 Welcome to the MD4S —Owner’s Manual MD4S songs and blank areas On the MD4S, reco rdings are made in units called “songs. ” Each song is assigned a number indicating the order in which it was r ecor ded.
Front and rear panel 13 —Owner’s Manual Front and rear panel This section explains the names and functions of each par t of the MD4S. Mono Inputs A GAIN control This adjusts the input sensitivity of the MIC/LINE input jack (jacks 1 and 2 on the top panel).
14 Welcome to the MD4S —Owner’s Manual C CUE P AN/CUE LEVEL controls These two c ontrols adjust the pan and signal level of the signal that is sent to the CUE bus. The signal that is sent to the CUE bus will depend on the setting of the FLIP sw itch 2 .
Front and rear panel 15 —Owner’s Manual Stereo Inputs H Level (5/6), (7/8) controls These controls adjust the lev el of the signals input from STEREO INPUT jacks 5/6 or 7/8. These input signals are al wa ys sent t o the ST bus, and are mix e d with the signals from input channels 1–4 and the playback signals of the tracks.
16 Welcome to the MD4S —Owner’s Manual Disc transport section A Disc transport buttons REHE button ...... This button is used to r ehearse punch-in/out. Dur ing rehearsal the REHE indicator located abo v e the butt on will light, and while r ehearsal is paused the indicator will blink.
Front and rear panel 17 —Owner’s Manual STOP/TOC WRITE button ........... This button st ops playback/r ecording/r ehearsal. W hen stopped, this button functions as the TOC WRITE butt on to update the T OC (page 11). B AUTO PUNCH I/O button This button turns the auto punch-in/out function on/off.
18 Welcome to the MD4S —Owner’s Manual L PEAK HOLD button This button turns the peak hold function on/off. W hen the peak hold function is on, a segment of the tr ack/stereo lev el meters will remain lit to indicat e the maximum level that was reached.
Front and rear panel 19 —Owner’s Manual Display A TOC EDIT indicator This indicator will light when the TOC (table of cont ents) needs to be updat ed, such as after a new rec ording or edit. If the power of the MD4S is tur ned off while the T OC EDIT indicator is lit, the reco rded or edited c ontent ma y be lost.
20 Welcome to the MD4S —Owner’s Manual E Time counter mode This indicates the time count er mode that was selected by the DISPLA Y button (disc transpor t M ). Ho weve r if a tempo map has been programmed and the time counter is sho wing measure/beat/clock, all of these indicators w ill be dark.
Front and rear panel 21 —Owner’s Manual K Auto punch indicator This indicator sho ws the status of the auto punch-in/out function. AUTO PUNCH SINGLE ....... This w ill light when you select Single T ake A uto P unch-in/out (in which auto punc h-in/out w ill occur only onc e).
22 Welcome to the MD4S —Owner’s Manual T op panel connectors A MIC/LINE INPUT 1,2 jacks Balanced c ondenser mics or line-level devices with balanced output can be connect ed to these inputs. U nbalanced outputs such as on synthesizers can also be connect ed here.
Front and rear panel 23 —Owner’s Manual Rear panel A POWER switch This switch is used to turn the MD4S on and off. B AC IN Connect the included po wer cable here. C AUX SEND 1, 2 jacks These are 1/4" phone jacks that output the signals from the input channels as adjust ed by the A UX c ontrols (input channel 5 ).
24 Welcome to the MD4S —Owner’s Manual H MIDI IN, OUT , THRU connectors These connect ors are used to e xc hange MIDI messages w ith external MIDI devices. MIDI OUT connector .......... MIDI Clock and MIDI Time Code (MT C) is output from this connect or .
Basic operation 25 —Owner’s Manual Basic operation This chapter e xplains the process of recor ding instruments separ ately on each of the four tracks, and finally mixing do wn to a master recor der .
26 Basic operation —Owner’s Manual T urning on the MD4S 1. Plug the power cable into an AC outlet. 2. Press the POWER switch located on the rear panel of the MD4S. When the power is turned on, the display will light. T o turn off the MD4S, pr ess the PO WER switch again.
Recording the first track (Direct Recording) 27 —Owner’s Manual ■ Find a blank area A new song can be reco rded only on a blank area. If you wish to recor d a new song on a disc that already c ontains rec orded mat erial, y ou must begin by finding a blank area.
28 Basic operation —Owner’s Manual ■ Monitor the signal being recorded on the track 9 Press the MONITOR SELECT CUE switch to turn it on. The MONIT OR SELECT switches choose the sig- nal sourc e that w ill be monitor ed.
Recording the first track (Direct Recording) 29 —Owner’s Manual ■ Listening to the first track 4 Press the LAST REC SEARCH [IN] button. This will locate to the point at which the pr ev ious rec ording was begun. (For details on the LAST REC SEAR CH buttons, refer t o page 17.
30 Basic operation —Owner’s Manual Overdubbing N ow that y ou hav e finished rec ording track 1, let’ s rec ord additional audio sour ces on other tracks while listening to the playback of this track. The basic proc edure is the same as in “Rec ording the first track.
Overdubbing 31 —Owner’s Manual ■ Simultaneously monitoring the recording source and the track playback 6 While playing the audio source that you wish to record, raise the CUE LEVEL control of input channel 2. U se the CUE LEVEL control of input channel 2 to adjust the monitor level of the sig nal that will be reco rded on track 2.
32 Basic operation —Owner’s Manual Mixdown W hen you ha v e finished rec ording the four tracks, let ’ s mixdown the rec orded tracks to ster eo , and reco rd the mix on a master r ecorder . ■ Connecting a master recorder 1 Connect the STEREO OUT jacks of the MD4S to the input jacks of your master recorder .
Mixdown 33 —Owner’s Manual 6 While listening through the headphones or monitor speakers, use the faders, P AN con- trols, and EQ controls of input channels 1–4 to adjust the mixdown. First, use the P AN controls to set the left/right bal- ance. Next, adjust the faders to set the volume bal- ance of each tr ack.
34 Basic operation —Owner’s Manual After completing the Basic Operation section In the prec eding pages, you ha ve learned the basic pr ocedure for r ecor ding four parts, mixing them in stereo , and mixing do wn to a master reco rder .
Advanced recording techniques 35 —Owner’s Manual Advanced recording techniques In this chapt er we will introduce more ad vanced topics, such as more sophisticated r ecor ding techniques and editing tec hniques.
36 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual Mixing multiple channels as you record By co mbining multiple parts into a pair of tr acks, y ou can record mor e than four parts on the MD4S.
Mixing multiple channels as you record 37 —Owner’s Manual 1 Connect the audio sources to MIC/LINE INPUT jacks 1–4. If necessar y , you can also mix line level devices such as synthesizers c onnected to LINE INPUT jacks 5 and 6 or 7 and 8. 2 Set the FLIP switch of input channels 1–4 to “MIC/LINE ( ).
38 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual Signal flow when mixing m ultiple channels 2 1 1 1 GAIN CUE HIGH LINE FLIP MIC/ LINE MIC LR 01 0 –15 +15 MID –15 +15 LOW –15 +15 PA N LR AUX.
Ping-pong recording 39 —Owner’s Manual Ping-pong recording The proc ess of mixing two or more pr ev iously-rec orded tracks and re-rec ording them onto one or two tracks is called “ping-pong r ecor ding.
40 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual In the follo wing , w e will g iv e an example of mixing previously-recor ded tracks 1–4 into a ste- reo pair , and ping-pong recording them t o tracks 3 and 4. 1 Set the FLIP switches of input channels 1–4 to “PB ( ).
Ping-pong recording 41 —Owner’s Manual 8 When you have finished adjusting the mix balance and recording level, press the SONG SEARCH [ ] button to locate to the begin- ning of the song, and then press the REC but- ton and PLA Y button to begin ping-pong recording.
42 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual Adding sounds during mixdown The mix er section of the MD4S features an “in-line ” design that can simultaneously handle both the input signal from the MIC/LINE INPUT jack and the playback sound fr om the disk.
Adding sounds during mixdown 43 —Owner’s Manual 3 T urn on the CUE MIX TO STEREO switch. The cue mix function will be turned on, and the CUE MIX indicator in the displa y will lig ht. W ith this setting, the signal of the CUE bus (the MIC/ LINE INPUT jack input signal) w ill be mix ed int o the ST bus.
44 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual Applying effects He re we will explain how e xternal effects can be applied as you r ecord tracks or during mix- down.
Applying effects 45 —Owner’s Manual Signal flow through the INSER T I/O jack and the inser tion cable In order t o use the INSER T I/O jack to apply an external effect, you will a special insertion cable as shown in the abov e diagr am. U se the inser tion cable to connect the e xternal effect proc essor as shown in the following diagr am.
46 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual Using the AUX SEND jacks W hen the A UX SEND jacks of the MD4 S are used, a single external effect proc essor can be used simultaneously by tw o or mor e input channels.
Applying effects 47 —Owner’s Manual Applying effects during mixdown Applying an effect such as r eve rb to each track during a mixdown is an example of a situation in which y ou would connect the e xternal effect proc essor to the A UX SEND jack.
48 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual Applying an effect during ping-pong recording By using the A UX SEND jacks y ou can apply spatial-ty pe effects such as reverb or chorus dur - ing ping-pong rec ording as well. This technique is particularly useful when you wish to ping- pong in stereo do wn to two tracks.
Applying effects 49 —Owner’s Manual 8 On the input channels to which you wish to apply the effect, rotate the AUX control toward the “1” position. The signals from the input channels will be mixed in monaural accor ding to the position of each A UX c ontrol, and w ill be sent via the A UX SEND 1 jack to the ext ernal effect processor .
50 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual Applying an effect only to the monitor signal By making skillful use of direct recor ding and the MONIT OR SELECT switches, you can apply effects only to the monitor signal so that tracks are rec orded without effects.
Applying effects 51 —Owner’s Manual Signal flow when applying an eff ect only to the monitor signal 1 1 GAIN CUE HIGH LINE FLIP MIC/ LINE MIC LR 01 0 –15 +15 MID –15 +15 LOW –15 +15 PA N LR.
52 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual Punch-in/out This section explains techniques using punc h-in/out. Punch-in/out is a function that allo ws you t o re-rec ord just a specific portion of a previously-recorded track.
Punch-in/out 53 —Owner’s Manual 7. When you have finished adjusting the recording level, press the STOP button to temporarily cancel record-pause mode. 8. Press the PLAY button to begin playback. 9. At the location where you wish to punch-in, press the REC button.
54 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual 5. When you arrive at the location where you wish to punch-out, press the REC SELECT button once again.
Punch-in/out 55 —Owner’s Manual Auto punch-in/out He re we will explain how t o use the auto punch-in/out function, which performs the punch- in and punch-out operations automatically . This function allows you t o repeatedly perform punch-in/out with single-fr ame accuracy (11.
56 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual 1. Press the UTILITY button. 2. Rotate the DA T A dial until the display indicates “PrePostRoll,” and press the ENTER button. 3. With the display showing “Pre Xsec” (X will be a number of 0–9), rotate the DA T A dial to set a pre-roll length of 0–9 seconds.
Punch-in/out 57 —Owner’s Manual Rehearsing the auto punch-in/out (single-take) 5. Press the PLAY button, and begin rehearsing the auto punch-in/out. W hen you pr ess the PLA Y button, the MD4S will automatically locate to the pr e-roll point, and will star t playback.
58 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual ■ Multi-take auto punch-in/out M ulti-take auto punch-in/out allo ws you t o perform auto punch-in/out rec ording tw o or more times, then to audition all takes (including the original) and select the best take.
Punch-in/out 59 —Owner’s Manual Actually performing the auto punch-in/out (multi-take) 7. From a stopped or paused condition, press the REC button. The REC indicator will blink, and the display will indicate “T AKE 1. ” A uto punch-in/out will be in rec ord-pause mode, ready to rec ord the first tak e (take 1).
60 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual 16. Rotate the CURSOR shuttle toward the right to make the display read “T AKE X:FIX.” 17. Press the ENTER button. The display will ask “FIX T AKE X?” If at this time you press the EXIT butt on, you will again return to the step of selecting a take.
Quick search functions 61 —Owner’s Manual Quick sear ch functions This section explains the variety of Locate functions that are pro vided by the MD4S. Methods of adjusting the auto punch-in/out points and wa ys to set M ark ers will also be explained here.
62 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual 4. When you have specified the desired location, press the ENTER button. The MD4S will locate to the specified location, and will enter playback-pause mode. If you press the PLA Y button instead of the ENTER button, pla yback will beg in from the specified location.
Quick search functions 63 —Owner’s Manual 2. Press the TOC WRITE button to update the TOC. Locating to a marker 3. Use the MARK SEARCH[ ]/[ ] buttons to locate to a marker you inserted.
64 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual 3. Press the ENTER button. The display will indicate “ AdjstLoad... ” for a short time. Then the displa y will change to “ ADJST 0 ” and the tr ack will play back for appro ximately 1.5 seconds before and aft er the point you select ed in step 1.
Quick search functions 65 —Owner’s Manual Erasing a marker or auto punch-in/out point Her e ’ s how to erase a marker location or aut o punch-in/out point that you ha ve set. This pro- cedure can be performed when the MD4S is either st opped or in playback-pause mode.
66 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual V arious playback functions This section explains the various playback functions offer ed by the MD4S. Play forward/backward at various speeds (Cue/Review) During playback, you can operate the CURSOR sh uttle to play forward (cue) or backwar d (review) at various speeds.
Various playback functions 67 —Owner’s Manual Playback at half speed (x1/2 Play) x1/2 Play is a function that dr ops the pitch of the disc to half the normal pitch during play- back. W hen x1/2 Play is used, the pitch will be one octav e lower than normal.
68 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual 2. T o turn off the Repeat function, press the REPEA T button until the Repeat indi- cator goes dark. Repeating a specific portion of a song (A-B Repeat) A -B Re peat is a function that causes the por tion of a song between a specified point A and point B to pla yback repeatedly .
Various playback functions 69 —Owner’s Manual 5. Use the CURSOR shuttle to select a parameter , and rotate the DA T A dial to modify the setting. The range of each parameter is as follows. Step ........................... A–Z (while programming, this is sho wn as lowercase lett ers a–z) Beginning/ending markers .
70 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual ■ Creating a new song from a Cue List (Cue List Copy) The playback or der that you ha ve pr ogrammed in a cue list can be rew ritten into a new song.
Various playback functions 71 —Owner’s Manual Programming the song playback order (Program Play) Pr ogram Play is a function that lets you pr ogr am the playback or der of the songs on disc. Y ou can specify up to 36 steps of song numbers for playback.
72 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual W ith the program shown in the following diagram, pla yback will occur in the order of Song 1 → Song 3 → Song 2 → Song 2. 6. After you have entered all of the desired steps, press the ENTER button.
Editing functions 73 —Owner’s Manual Editing functions This sections explains the track and song editing functions that are pro vided on the MD4S. Copying a portion of a track (Part Copy) P art Copy is a function that copies a portion of a track to a different location within the same track or to the desired location in another track.
74 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual 7. Press the ENTER button once again to execute the Part Copy operation. W hile the P art Copy is being ex ecuted, the displa y will indicate “COPY EXE.. ” and the track reco rd indicator (DIR) for the c opy destination track will lig ht.
Editing functions 75 —Owner’s Manual 6. Press the ENTER button to execute the Part Erase operation. W hile the data is being erased, the displa y will indicate “Erase EXE.. ” and the tr ack reco rd indi- cator (DIR) for the tracks being erased w ill light.
76 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual Erasing an entire track (T rack Erase) T r ack Erase is a function that erases an entire track. Y ou can select one or more tracks to erase. The erased track(s) w ill contain only silence. 1. Press the EDIT button, and rotate the DA T A dial to make the display read “T rack Erase.
Editing functions 77 —Owner’s Manual 3. Press the ENTER button once again. The display will indicate the rec ording mode and track order of the copy sourc e song. If you wish to create a co mplete duplicate of the song without changing the recording mode or track order , proceed t o step 7.
78 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual For e xample if you specified “4T :3421, ” the order of copy destination tracks would be as fol- lows. Executing the Song Copy 7. When you have finished making settings, press the ENTER button.
Editing functions 79 —Owner’s Manual 4. Press the ENTER button once again to execute the Song Erase operation. The display will indicate “Erase EXE.. ” , and the T OC w ill be updated automatically when the song has been erased. Splitting a song into two (Song Divide) Song Divide is a function that splits a song into two parts.
80 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual Joining divided songs together (Song Combine) Song Combine is an operation that joins two pr ev iously-divided songs to create a single song. 1. Press the EDIT button, rotate the DA T A dial to make the display read “Song Combn,” and press the ENTER button.
Editing functions 81 —Owner’s Manual Moving a song (Song Move) Song M ove is a function that mo ves a song t o a blank area. This is conv enient when you wish to rec ord additional mat erial to extend a pr ev iously-rec orded song, or t o organize the blank area on a disc.
82 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual 5. Press the ENTER button. The display will ask “M ov e EXE?” If you decide t o cancel the Song M ov e operation, pr ess the EXIT button. 6. Press the ENTER button once again to execute the Song Move operation.
Editing functions 83 —Owner’s Manual 2. Press the ENTER button to execute the Song Renumber operation. W hen the songs hav e been renumber ed, the T OC w ill automatically be updated. Note: Some MD recorders other than the Yamaha MD4S, MD4 or MD8 divide the song data into multiple areas on the disc.
84 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual Other functions The following pages explain other functions of the MD4S. Adjusting the record/playback pitch (Pitch function) The Pitch function lets y ou adjust the rec ord/pla yback pitch.
Other functions 85 —Owner’s Manual T itling discs and songs A title of up to 127 characters can be assigned to eac h disc and to each song on the disc.
86 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual 6. Press the TOC WRITE button to update the TOC. Erasing a disc (Disc Erase) Disc Erase is a function that erases all the songs on a disc. W hen you ex ecute the Disc Erase function, the entire disc will be a blank area.
Other functions 87 —Owner’s Manual 3. Press the UTILITY button once again to return to normal operation. Changing the recording mode The MD4S allows y ou to choose fr om three r ecording modes: 4TR mode, 2TR mode, and MONO mode.
88 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual Adjusting the display brightness The brig htness of the display can be adjusted o ver fiv e steps. 1. Press the UTILITY button, rotate the DA T A dial to make the display read “Disp Dimmer ,” and press the ENTER button.
Other functions 89 —Owner’s Manual Using a Foot switch If an optional FC5 foot sw itch is co nnected to the PUNCH I/O jack, you can use the foot switch to perform not only punch-in/out but a variety of other t ranspor t operations. W hen the foot switch is pressed, the MD4S w ill perform the following operations.
90 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual MIDI functions The MD4S is an ideal device for recor ding vocals, guitar , or other acoustic instruments, but b y using its MIDI functionality you can synchr onize it with a MIDI sequencer or with another MD4S, or control the transport of the MD4S from an external MIDI device.
MIDI functions 91 —Owner’s Manual About MTC and MIDI Clock MT C and MIDI Clock are different types of MIDI messages used for synchronization between MIDI dev ices. MT C transmits absolute time information in units of a “frame” (1/30 of a second).
92 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual ■ MIDI sequencer settings T o use MT C, your MIDI sequence r must be set to synchr onize to the MT C messages it recei ves. In this case, you must set the frame rate t o 30 frames/second. For details on making this setting, r efer to the o w ner’ s manual of your MIDI sequenc er .
MIDI functions 93 —Owner’s Manual 4. Rotate the CURSOR shuttle to the right to select the meter/tempo parameter , and rotate the DA T A dial to set the meter or tempo. It is not possible to set the measur e location of step A. The range of settings is as follows.
94 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual ■ MIDI sequencer settings W hen using MIDI Clock, you will need to mak e settings on your MIDI sequencer so that it will synchronize to MIDI Clock messages. For details on making this setting, please refer t o the owner’ s manual of your MIDI sequenc er .
MIDI functions 95 —Owner’s Manual Connect the two MD4S r ecor ders as follows. ■ Settings for the MTC Slave MD4S 1. Press the UTILITY button, rotate the DA T A dial to make the display read “MIDI Sync,” and press the ENTER button. The display will indicate the current MIDI S ync setting.
96 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual 3. Start the master MD4S (playback/record/rehearsal). The slav e MD4S will receiv e the MT C messages, and will recor d/rehearse in synchr onization with the location of the master . 4. When you press the STOP button on the master MD4S, the slave MD4S will also stop.
MIDI functions 97 —Owner’s Manual Synchronizing to MTC with a specified offset (time difference) W hen using the MD4S as an MT C slave, you can assign an offset (time difference) that will be applied to the MT C time data receiv ed from the ext ernal dev ice.
98 Advanced recording techniques —Owner’s Manual Controlling the MD4S by MMC MMC (MIDI Machine C ontrol) is a ty pe of MIDI message that allows the transport of an audio/video recor der et c.
MIDI functions 99 —Owner’s Manual 4. Press the UTILITY button or the EXIT button to return to normal operation. If MMC reception was turned on, the MD4S will be the MMC Slave, and can be oper ated b y MMC messages recei ved fr om the external device.
100 Appendix —Owner’s Manual Appendix Q&A Section This section is intended to answ er your questions about the MD4S and MD D A T A discs. What’ s the difference between MiniDiscs and MD DA T A Discs? MiniDiscs wer e designed to store mono and st ereo sound data.
Troubleshooting 101 —Owner’s Manual Do I have to sacrifice one track to record timecode? N o . The MD4S generates MT C (MIDI Timecode) or MIDI Clock fr om the disc’ s internal sync signals. So ev en in a synchr oniz ed MIDI system, all eight t racks are available for sound r ec or d- ing.
102 Appendix —Owner’s Manual Cannot use the punch-in/out or ping-pong recording function! In some cases, punch-in or ping-pong recording may not be possi- ble on a song that was edited on an MD recorder other than the MD4S or the Y amaha MD8/MD4.
Display Messages 103 —Owner’s Manual Display Messages Message Meaning ADJST Stop The STOP button was pressed, so the Adjust function was cancelled.
104 Appendix —Owner’s Manual Modes of the MD4S transport ● On z Flashing Mode Indicators MD4S operating Status REHE REC PLA Y Stop — — — No activity . Play —— ● Normal playback Play Pause —— z Playback is paused. Cue FF —— ● High-speed playback at 1/2 speed or 2X, 4X, 8X, 16X or 32X speed.
Specifications 105 —Owner’s Manual Specifications Recorder Mixer 0 dB is referenc ed to 0.775 V r .m.s. Digital/Audio Sampling Frequency: 44.1 kHz Compression: A TRAC Frequency Response: 20 Hz–20 kHz, +1 dB, –3 dB THD+N: Less than 0.02% (1 kHz) S/N: 96 dB typ.
106 Appendix —Owner’s Manual General Dimensions Specifications subject to change w ithout not ice. Power Requirements USA & Canada: 120 V/60 Hz, Others: 230 V/50 Hz Power Consumption 24 W Dimensions (W x H x D) 413 x 109.5 x 388 mm W eight 5.
Block Diagram 107 —Owner’s Manual Block Diagram REC * MIC/LINE INPUT jacks 1 and 2 accept either phone or XLR plugs . 2 CH4 CH3 CH2 (PB) Tr 2 Tr 3 Tr 4 2 * 1 * R L 2TR IN 2TR IN CUE CUE MIX TO STE.
108 Appendix —Owner’s Manual Glossary This section explains the technical t erms used in this owner’ s manual. ATRAC —An acron y m for A daptive T ransfor m A coustic Coding. This is the compression technique used to fit the same amount of data as that of a 120 mm CD on a 64 mm MiniDisc.
Glossary 109 —Owner’s Manual MIDI —An acron y m for M usical Instr ument Digital Interfac e. An int ernationally agreed stan- dard that allo ws electronic musical instruments and audio equipment to co mmunicate. MIDI Clock —A clock signal t ransmitted as MIDI data.
110 Appendix —Owner’s Manual SCMS (Serial Copy Management System) —A prot ection system intended to pr event illegal cop ying of music. SCMS allo ws one-time serial copying of cop y-protect ed material. If the sourc e is not copy pr otected, it’ s possible to mak e any n umber of digital-to-digital copies of the material.
Tempo Map Chart 111 —Owner’s Manual T empo Map Chart Meter Te m p o Step Measure Time Signature Step Measure -Beat T empo A 001 / A 001–1 B / B C / C D / D E / E F / F G / G H / H I / I J / J K .
YAMAHA [Multitrack Recorder] Date: 11 02 1998 Model: MD4S MIDI Implementation Chart Version: 1.0 Function... Transmitted Recognized Remarks Basic Channel Default Changed X X X X Mode Default Messages .
Index 113 —Owner’s Manual Index Numerics 2TR IN jacks 23 2-track (2TR) 11 4-track (4TR) 11 A A B button 68 A-B Repeat 68 A B repeat button 17 AC IN 23 Adding sounds during mixdown 42 ADJUST button.
114 Index —Owner’s Manual MMC Slave 98 monaural (MONO) 11 Monitor CUE 109 MONITOR LEVEL control 15 MONITOR OUT jacks 23 MONITOR SELECT switches 15 Monitor/Master section 15 Mono Inputs 13 MTC 91 ,.
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An important point after buying a device Yamaha MD4S (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
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If you already are a holder of Yamaha MD4S, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Yamaha MD4S.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Yamaha MD4S. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Yamaha MD4S along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
