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Matt Trakker
Published on 05/01/07 at 06:38
Well, it will be more than a year I have the beast, it's time to put an opinion ...
For features, you can go to the Yamaha site, and join me, download the manual so you know everything!
Attention to future purchasers: do not get ripped like me, he did not 16 tracks, but only 12. it also applies to most multi announced with 16 tracks. The last four tracks are as a pair to be in stereo, so that you have 8 mono tracks and four stereo tracks.
Otherwise apart from that it's a very good machine, it can be quite a trick.
I also regret that it is not USB.
UTILIZATION
The use is not so complicated, even as Newby's third basement of the mix, I got out pretty quickly.
I do not understand why people are attacking the manuals in yam, it was true some years ago but now it is very clear, and above it translated into good French. (Not like in some brands or you feel that the translation was made by a Pakistani from Finland ....)
The menus are fairly well laid out, once you get used to it and do what you want very quickly.
SOUNDS
I am not a sound engineer, but I think the converters are fairly neutral for a entry level machine is not bad at all. If only one good use jacks and you correctly set the input gain, you can have good results.
I find the effects as well but I have not tried others, my opinion is not interesting. Against by the fact that we can put in two for the entire song seems to me to be very poor ...
OVERALL OPINION
Frankly for the first multitrack, I am very happy, except for the scope of the 12 tracks is very low .... even for me who am only in electronic music.
The screen is very readable and although it is small, it is not general. Yam has been able to arrange the windows so that it remains clear and legible.
Pros:
it is beautiful, it is not too expensive, the sound is good, the connection is reasonable for an electro musician (for a rock band there is not enough for XLR microphones, and input for guitar carefully before buying.) is to use the manual are screwed.
Cons:
I repeated, but 12 tracks is not enough, in fact I'll sell it to move to the model above, the AW2400 and its 24 tracks.
missing a peak indicator on the inputs, it lacks a USB port and a second MIDI output would be practical. Should be more effects per track, four instead of two it would be ideal. (Of course we can address this problem by causing the bounces, but I prefer to avoid.)
So to summarize, if you think that 12 tracks enough, and you do not have much to plug in microphones, you can buy the AW16G, which also saw its price OCCAZ reduced since the introduction of the AW1600 . Apart from these two faults is a great product and with knowledge of mixing can be achieved at a very decent result!
For features, you can go to the Yamaha site, and join me, download the manual so you know everything!
Attention to future purchasers: do not get ripped like me, he did not 16 tracks, but only 12. it also applies to most multi announced with 16 tracks. The last four tracks are as a pair to be in stereo, so that you have 8 mono tracks and four stereo tracks.
Otherwise apart from that it's a very good machine, it can be quite a trick.
I also regret that it is not USB.
UTILIZATION
The use is not so complicated, even as Newby's third basement of the mix, I got out pretty quickly.
I do not understand why people are attacking the manuals in yam, it was true some years ago but now it is very clear, and above it translated into good French. (Not like in some brands or you feel that the translation was made by a Pakistani from Finland ....)
The menus are fairly well laid out, once you get used to it and do what you want very quickly.
SOUNDS
I am not a sound engineer, but I think the converters are fairly neutral for a entry level machine is not bad at all. If only one good use jacks and you correctly set the input gain, you can have good results.
I find the effects as well but I have not tried others, my opinion is not interesting. Against by the fact that we can put in two for the entire song seems to me to be very poor ...
OVERALL OPINION
Frankly for the first multitrack, I am very happy, except for the scope of the 12 tracks is very low .... even for me who am only in electronic music.
The screen is very readable and although it is small, it is not general. Yam has been able to arrange the windows so that it remains clear and legible.
Pros:
it is beautiful, it is not too expensive, the sound is good, the connection is reasonable for an electro musician (for a rock band there is not enough for XLR microphones, and input for guitar carefully before buying.) is to use the manual are screwed.
Cons:
I repeated, but 12 tracks is not enough, in fact I'll sell it to move to the model above, the AW2400 and its 24 tracks.
missing a peak indicator on the inputs, it lacks a USB port and a second MIDI output would be practical. Should be more effects per track, four instead of two it would be ideal. (Of course we can address this problem by causing the bounces, but I prefer to avoid.)
So to summarize, if you think that 12 tracks enough, and you do not have much to plug in microphones, you can buy the AW16G, which also saw its price OCCAZ reduced since the introduction of the AW1600 . Apart from these two faults is a great product and with knowledge of mixing can be achieved at a very decent result!