Yamaha MD4S manual

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 PA USE IN OUT SONG SEARCH LAST REC SEARCH MARK SEARCH REPEAT AUTO PUNCH I/O AB DA TA CURSOR PHONES PUNCH I/O PITCH EJECT ADJUST EDIT UTILITY CH1 BUS [...]

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. • This label is located on the interior. ?[...]

• Explanation of Graphical Symbols The exclamation point within an equilat- eral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance (servicing) instructions in the literature accompanying the product. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user t[...]

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. Fail[...]

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. A damaged powe r cor d is a potential fire and electrical shock hazard. •[...]

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. • Of the four MIC/LINE inputs, two are balanc ed,[...]

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 . This allo ws syn[...]

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. W hen you r ec ord a new song or edit the song title, the TOC EDIT indicator of the MD4S w ill light to indicate that the T O C needs to be update[...]

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. For e xample if you ha ve rec orded tw o songs on a disc, song 2 will be record ed immediately after song 1, as shown in the following d[...]

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). Input channels 1–4 can ac commodate signals of any level fr om mic input to the line le[...]

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 . D EQ controls These contr ols are used to adjust the high, middle, and low fr equency bands.[...]

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. Monitor/Master sect[...]

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. REC button ......... This button is used to r ecord. W hen [...]

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. W hen auto punch-in/out is on, the auto punch in[...]

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. W hen the peak hold function is on, pressing the PEAK HOLD button onc e again will turn off t[...]

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. W hen you update the T O C, th[...]

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. ELAPSE TIME ...... The time counter will show the[...]

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). AUTO PUNCH MULTI ......... This w ill light when you select M ulti T [...]

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. These jacks will accommodate either XLR plugs or TRS phone plugs. B INSERT I/O jac[...]

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 ). N ormally they are used as[...]

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 . This is used when synchronizing the MD4S with a MIDI sequencer or rh ythm machine. MIDI IN[...]

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 . Before you begin Example connections Synthesizer Guitar Microphone Headphones LR 5 / 6 7 / 8 STEREO MONITOR LEVEL CUE STEREO 2TR IN CUE MIX T O [...]

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. Inserting a disc Mak e sure that the write protect slider of the disc is i[...]

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. 1 Press the SONG SEARCH [ ] button several times to find the blank area. W hen [...]

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. W hen the CUE switch is on, the signal from the CUE bus will be sent to the PHONES jack and the MONIT OR OUT jacks, allowing[...]

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.) If this was the first rec ording, you will alwa ys return to the[...]

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. ” ■ Select the track to record 1 Connect the audio source to MIC/LI[...]

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. W hile list[...]

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 . Connect the output jacks of you[...]

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. A t the ideal lev el, the +12 m[...]

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 . Ho wever b y taking full advantage of the functionality that the MD4S provides, you can use mor e sophisticat[...]

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. Advanced techniques on the MD4S In addition to the functionality described on the preceding pages, the MD4S provides the functionality[...]

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. For e xample if you ha ve r ecord ed drums, bass, and rhythm guitar , y ou can re-r ecord these three parts in stereo ont o two tracks, and then r ecor d [...]

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 ( ).” 3 While holding down the BUS button,[...]

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 12 PB 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 P A N L E V E L 2 2 GAIN CUE HIGH LINE FLIP MIC/ LINE MIC LR 01 0 –15 +15 MID –15 +15 LOW –15 +15 PA N LR AUX 12 P[...]

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. ” By ping-ponging, y ou can free up other tracks to recor d additional parts, so this is a useful t echnique when y ou wish to rec or d a [...]

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 ( ).” The playback sound of tr acks 1–4 will be sent v ia the input chann[...]

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. 9 When ping-pong recording ends, press the STOP button, and then press REC SELEC[...]

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. For e xample, this allows y ou to add ext ernal input signals dur ing mixdown. Thi[...]

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. 4 Set the CUE LEVEL controls of input chan[...]

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. If you wish to apply effects to the input signal of an input channel or to the playback sound of a track, tw o methods are a vailable: using the INSER T I/O jack or using the A U[...]

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. Ext[...]

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. For example when y ou ar e r e-rec or ding several channels to tw o tracks or when mixing down, y ou can use this method to app[...]

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. In this case, you can use the A UX control of each input channel to adjust the effect depth for eac[...]

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. The following w ill exp[...]

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 . 9 Ra[...]

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. For e xam- ple when reco r ding vocals, you can let the vocalist monit or thei[...]

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 AUX 12 PB 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 P A N L E V E L 2 2 GAIN CUE HIGH LINE FLIP MIC/ LINE MIC LR 01 0 –15 +15 MID –15 +15 LOW –15 +15 PA N LR AUX [...]

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. W hile listening to the playback of a tr ack, you can begin rec ording (punch-in) at the desir ed location, play t[...]

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. The REC indicator will light, and fr om this point recor ding will beg in for th[...]

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. The track recor d indicator will go dark, r ecording will end, and playback will resume. ■ Punch-in/out using a foot switch If you connect a separately sold FC5 foot switch t o the PUNCH I/O [...]

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 (11.6 ms). ■ Specify the auto punch-in/out points Before y ou begin a[...]

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. 4. After you have made the [...]

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. W hen the auto punch-in point is r eached, the IN indicator in the dis- play [...]

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. Multi- take aut o punch-in/out allows y ou to r ecord up t o 99 takes, as long as b[...]

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). 8. Press the PLAY button to [...]

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. 18. Press the ENTER button once again t[...]

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. Searching for songs If the disc contains two or more songs, y ou can use the SONG SEAR C[...]

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. Locating to the Last Record[...]

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. The MARK SEAR CH [ ] button will locate to a marker earlier than the current location, and the MARK SEAR CH [ ] button will locate to a marker aft er the curren[...]

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. A t this time, there will be a volume diff[...]

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. 1. Press a MARK SEARCH or LAST REC SEARCH button to locate to the marker or[...]

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. This is a co nv enient wa[...]

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. ( This is the same effect as C ue-Half.) This pr ovides a con venient wa y to practice ra[...]

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 . The A and B p[...]

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 ......... s, 1–10, e (numer[...]

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. As sho wn in the follow ing diagram, this can be used t o remak e a song into a new v ersion whose length and arrangement differ from the orig in[...]

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. 1. Press the UTILITY button. 2. Rotate the DA T A dial to make the display read “Prog Play [...]

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. The display will show the first st ep (S1), and the MD4S will be in Program Play pla yback- [...]

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. Y ou can [...]

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. I f you pr ess the ST OP button at this time, the cop [...]

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. P ar t Erase requires one minut e to erase each minute of selected area. W hile P art[...]

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.” Then press[...]

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. Changing the record mode 4. Rotate the DA T A dial to [...]

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. The display will indicate “ Copy to BX ” (X is the number of a blank area). 8. Rotate the DA [...]

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. The Pr ogram[...]

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. The display will indicate the numbe[...]

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. 1. Use the SONG SEARCH buttons to select the song that you wish to move.[...]

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. The display will indicate “M ov eT o BX” (X is the number of the blank area to[...]

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. Song Renumber cannot be used on such songs. S[...]

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. This is useful when you need to reco r d a instrument that cannot be easily tuned (such as an ac oustic pi[...]

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. This pro vides a conv enient way t o distinguish discs and songs. Titling a disc 1. Press the EDIT button, rotate the DA T A dial to make the display read “Disc Name,” and press the ENTER bu[...]

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. Before a MD D A T A disc that was used to store comput er data can be used w[...]

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. W hen 2TR mode or MONO mode are selected, fewer tr acks can be rec orded, but the available r ecor ding time will be [...]

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. The display will indicate “Dimmer X ” (X will be a number between 1?[...]

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. ● On z Flashing 1. [P AUSE] b[...]

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. This section explai[...]

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). If you start a MD4S song at the “5 minutes 10 sec onds” location, the MIDI sequence r will [...]

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 . Synchroniza[...]

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. Meter ........................ 1–99/2, 4, 8, 16 Tempo ...................... q =[...]

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 . Synchronizing two MD4S recorders The [...]

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. 2. Rotate the DA T A dial to make the display read [...]

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. ■ Synchronized playback of [...]

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. 1. If the MTC slave MD4S is in record/playback/rehearsal-pause mode, press the STOP b[...]

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. to be c ontr olled by an ext e rnal MIDI device. Since the MD4S is able to rec eiv e MMC, an MMC-compatible MIDI sequencer or other device can co ntrol th[...]

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. ■ Setting the MMC Device ID If there is more than one MMC slav e, a single command will contr[...]

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. MD DA T A discs wer e origi- nally designed to store c omputer data. Ideal fo[...]

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. How many songs can I store on an MD DA T A disc? U p [...]

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. Use the Song Copy function to copy the song, and perform the punch-in/out or ping-pong record- ing [...]

Display Messages 103 —Owner’s Manual Display Messages Message Meaning ADJST Stop The STOP button was pressed, so the Adjust function was cancelled. BLANK X The MD4S is located at the Blank T op position. Blank Disc The disc is blank. Can’t Combn MD4S cannot combine these two songs because they were not split using the Song Divide function, or[...]

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. Review —— ● High-speed re[...]

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. Rec/Play 4-track independent simultaneous record/play (Recording time: 37 min) D[...]

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 5.2 kg Operating Conditions T emperature: 5˚C–35˚C (41˚F–95˚F), Humidity: 10%–95% Supplied [...]

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 STEREO STEREO MONITOR LEVEL R L CUE LINE INPUT 7/8 8 7 6 5/6 5 DIRECT OUT TRACK 4 3 4 3 GAIN HA LOW HIGH PA N REC Recorder PB FLIP MIC/ LINE 3 Band EQ MI[...]

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. U sing the A TRA C system, the MD4S pro vides an 4-t[...]

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. MIDI Clock refers t o a timing signal and Start, Co ntinue, and Stop co mman[...]

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. If the source is c[...]

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 / K L / L M / M N / N O / O P / P Q / Q R / R S / S T / T U / U V / V W / W X / X Y / Y Z / Z[...]

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 Altered X X ************** X X X Note Number True Voice X ************** X X Velocity Note On Note Off X X X X After Touch Keys Ch’s X X X X Pitch b[...]

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 18 , 63 , 65 Advanced recording techniques 35 All Song Repeat 67 Applying an effect during ping-pong recording 48 Applying an effect only to the moni[...]

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 , 94 MTC Master 94 MTC Slave 94 Multi-take 58 O One Song Repeat 67 Overdub Recording 109 Overdubbing 30 P PAN control 14 Part Copy 73 Part Erase 74 PAU[...]

YAMAHA CORPORATION V291240 R1 1 IP 116 Pro Audio Di vision, #18/3 P .O . Box 3, Hamamatsu, 430-8651, Japan 98 12 5000 CP Printed in Japan Source: Source: Source: Source: Source: Source: 12 3 4 Tracking Sheet Title: Date: Step: Process: Notes: Session Info Track List Mixer Setup Step Section Repeat Cue List Marker Log 5 / 6 7 / 8 STEREO MONITOR LEVE[...]