Zoom MRS-1608 User manual

Operation Manual
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Reproduction of this manual, in whole or in part, by any means, is prohibited.
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USAGE AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
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SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
In this manual, symbols are used to highlight warnings and
cautions for you to read so that accidents can be prevented.
The meanings of these symbols are as follows:
This symbol indicates explanations about
extremely dangerous matters. If users
ignore this symbol and handle the device
the wrong way, serious injury or death could
result.
This symbol indicates explanations about
dangerous matters. If users ignore this
symbol and handle the device the wrong
way, bodily injury and damage to the
equipment could result.
Please observe the following safety tips and precautions to
ensure hazard-free use of the MRS-1608.
• Power requirements
The MRS-1608 is powered by the supplied AC
adapter. To prevent malfunction and safety hazards,
do not use any other kind of AC adapter.
When using the MRS-1608 in an area with a
different line voltage, please consult your local
ZOOM distributor about acquiring a proper AC
adapter.
• About grounding
Depending on installation conditions, a slight
electrical charge may be felt when touching a metal
part of the MRS-1608. If you wish to avoid this,
ground the unit by connecting the ground screw on
the rear panel to a good external ground.
To prevent the risk of accidents, never use one of the
following for grounding:
• Water pipe (risk of electric shock)
• Gas pipe (risk of explosion)
• Telephone wiring ground or lightning arrestor
(risk of lightning stroke)
• Environment
Avoid using your MRS-1608 in environments where
it will be exposed to:
• Extreme temperature
• High humidity, moisture, or splashing water
• Excessive dust or sand
• Excessive vibration or shock
• Handling
Never place objects filled with liquids, such as vases,
on the MRS-1608 since this can cause electric shock.
The MRS-1608 is a precision instrument. Do not
exert undue pressure on the keys and other controls.
Also take care not to drop the unit, and do not subject
it to shock or excessive pressure.
• Alterations
Never open the case of the MRS-1608 or attempt to
modify the product in any way since this can result in
damage to the unit.
• Connecting cables and input and output jacks
You should always turn off the power to the MRS-
1608 and all other equipment before connecting or
disconnecting any cables. Also make sure to
disconnect all cables and the AC adapter before
moving the MRS-1608.
• Volume
Do not use the MRS-1608 at a loud volume for a long
time since this can cause hearing impairment.
• CD-R/RW Drive
Never look directly in the laser beam projected from
the optical pickup of the CD-R/RW drive since your
sight can be damaged.
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USAGE AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
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Usage Precautions
• Electrical interference
For safety considerations, the MRS-1608 has been designed
to provide maximum protection against the emission of
electromagnetic radiation from inside the device, and
protection from external interference. However, equipment
that is very susceptible to interference or that emits powerful
electromagnetic waves should not be placed near the MRS-
1608, as the possibility of interference cannot be ruled out
entirely.
With any type of digital control device, the MRS-1608
included, electromagnetic interference can cause
malfunctioning and can corrupt or destroy data. Care should
be taken to minimize the risk of damage.
• Cleaning
Use a soft, dry cloth to clean the MRS-1608. If necessary,
slightly moisten the cloth. Do not use abrasive cleanser, wax,
or solvents (such as paint thinner or cleaning alcohol), since
these may dull the finish or damage the surface.
• Backup
The data of MRS-1608 can be lost because of malfunction
or incorrect operation. Backup your data.
• Copyrights
Except for personal use, unauthorized recording from
copyrighted sources(CDs, records, tapes, video clips,
broadcast material and so on) is prohibited.
ZOOM Corporation does not bear any liability for
injunctions regarding the copyright law infringement.
Please keep this manual in a convenient place for future
reference.
MIDI is a registered trademark of Association of Musical
Electronics Industry(AMEI).
All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the
property of their respective owners.
All trademarks and registered trademarks mentioned in
this manual are for identification purposes only and are
not intended to infringe on the copyrighted properties of
their respective owners.
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Contents
USAGE AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS . . . 2
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Introducing the MRS-1608 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Rhythm section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Parts of the MRS-1608 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Top panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installing the CD-R/RW Drive . . . . . . . . . . 17
Power On/Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Turning power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Turning power off (shutdown) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Listening to a Demo Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Selecting the demo song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Playing the demo song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Let’s Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Quick Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Step 1: Preparations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
1.1 Creating a new project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
1.2 Selecting the rhythm pattern to use . . . . . . . . . . 23
Step 2: Recording the first track . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
2.1 Adjusting input sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
2.2 Applying the insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
2.3 Selecting a track and recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Step 3: Overdubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
3.1 Making settings for input sensitivity and
insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
3.2 Selecting a track and recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Step 4: Mixing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
4.1 Turning off the input and rhythm section . . . . . .29
4.2 Adjusting volume, panning, and EQ . . . . . . . . . .29
4.3 Applying the send/return effect . . . . . . . . . . . . .31
4.4 Applying the insert effect to a track . . . . . . . . . .32
Step 5: Mixdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.1 Using the mastering insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.2 Mixdown on the master track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Reference [Recorder] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
About V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Switching V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Assigning V-take names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Moving to a desired point in the song
(locate function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Playing back the same passage repeatedly
(A-B repeat function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Finding a desired location (scrub/preview
function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Using scrub/preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Changing the scrub direction and duration . . . . . . . 38
Re-recording only a specified region
(punch-in/out function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Using manual punch-in/out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using auto punch-in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Recording several tracks on a master track
(mixdown function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
About the master track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Master track mixdown steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Playing the master track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Combining multiple tracks on one or two tracks
(bounce function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
How bounce works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Making bounce settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Executing bounce recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Recording the drum/bass sound
(rhythm recording) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Selecting drum/bass track as recording source . . . 44
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Recording on 8 tracks simultaneously
(8-track recording mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
About 8-track recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Assigning an input signal to a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Marker function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Setting a mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Locating a mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Deleting a mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Making settings for pre-count operation . . . . . .48
Reference [Track Editing] . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Editing a range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Basic steps for range editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Copying a specified range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Moving a specified range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Erasing a specified range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Trimming a specified range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fade-in/fade-out of a specified data range . . . . . . . 53
Reversing a specified range of audio data . . . . . . . . 54
Changing the duration of a specified range
of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Compensating the pitch of a specified range . . . . . 55
Generating a 3-part harmony from a specified
range of audio data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Generating a 1-part harmony from a specified
range of audio data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Editing using V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Basic steps for V-take editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Erasing a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Copying a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Moving a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Exchanging V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Importing a V-take from another project . . . . . . . . . 64
Track capture and swap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Capturing a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Swapping track data and captured data . . . . . . . . . 66
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Reference [Phrase Looping] . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Which kind of phrases can be used? . . . . . . . . 67
Loading a phrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Basic phrase loading steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Importing a phrase from the current project . . . . . .69
Importing a WAV/AIFF file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Importing a phrase from a different project . . . . . . .71
Adjusting phrase parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Copying a phrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Deleting a phrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Writing a phrase loop to a track . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Using FAST input for the phrase loop . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Writing a phrase loop to a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Reference [Mixer] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
About the mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Assigning input signals to recording tracks . . . 78
Adjusting the signal for each track
(track parameters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Linking two tracks (stereo link) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Assigning an input/track signal to the SUB-OUT
jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Using the solo function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Saving/recalling mixer settings
(scene function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Saving a scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Recalling a scene . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Switching scenes automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Deleting certain parameters from a scene . . . . . . . . 86
Reference [Rhythm] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
About the rhythm section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Drum kits and bass programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Rhythm patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Rhythm pattern mode and rhythm song mode . . . . 88
Synchronizing the recorder section and rhythm
section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Playing rhythm patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Selecting a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Changing the tempo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Changing the drum kit / bass program . . . . . . . . . . 90
Selecting the sound or scale to play with
the pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
Creating an original rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . 93
Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93
Drum sequence real-time input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
Bass sequence real-time input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Drum sequence step input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Bass sequence step input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98
Entering rhythm pattern chord information . . . . . . 100
Changing the drum/bass sequence volume
level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Assigning a name to a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . 101
Editing rhythm patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Copying a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Deleting a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Creating a rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Selecting a rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Entering pattern information using step input . . . . 104
Using FAST for pattern information input . . . . . . . .106
Entering chord information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Entering other information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Playing a rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Editing a rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Copying a specified range of measures . . . . . . . . . 111
Transposing the entire rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Copying a rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Deleting the rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Assigning a name to a rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Creating your own drum kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Changing the sound and settings for each pad . . . 114
Assigning a name to a drum kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Copying a drum kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Adjusting the volume of each pad with the
faders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Importing rhythm patterns and rhythm songs
from another project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Editing various settings of the rhythm
section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Basic procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Changing the length of the pre-count . . . . . . . . . . 119
Changing the metronome volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Adjusting the sensitivity of the pads . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Checking the remaining amount of memory . . . . . 120
Swapping the left/right pan position . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Reference [Pad Sampler] . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
How the pad sampler works . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Material that can be imported into the sample
pool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Importing a sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122
Basic steps for sample importing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Importing part of a track/V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Importing a WAV/AIFF file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Setting various sample parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Editing a sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Copying a sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Deleting a sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Editing a specified range of a sample . . . . . . . . . . 127
Creating sampler programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Creating a new sampler program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Assigning samples to pads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Editing a sampler program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Assigning a name to a sampler program . . . . . . . . 131
Copying a sampler program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Deleting a sampler program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Using the pads to play the pad sampler . . . . .133
Playing the pad sampler sounds in a rhythm
pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Recording pad sampler play on an audio
track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Importing a sampler program from another
project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Reference [Effects] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
About the effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Send/return effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Using the insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
About insert effect patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
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