All user reviews for the Yamaha AW4416

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There are only two inputs with phantom power!! Too little! "Mr. Pitiful Yamaha!!

UTILIZATION

Using relatively simple and intuitive, more user manuals are very well thought out ...
Automation is a little difficult to implement

SOUNDS

The sound is very precise, it is digital, so a little cold, but very precise. Contrary to what some believe, the markers are "effective" (if the job was to take ... well done) and allow to blend sounds, despite a certain indolence quite "yamahesque" .... The dynamics are good although the preamps are a little weaklings ... The effects are clear, the reverbs sound Yamaha, we like it or not (personally I prefer Lexicon ...) the dynamic treatments are effective, we can really do a very good job with this station.

A buying opportunity for smart people who want to learn to produce their (heads of) works at very low price today.

OVERALL OPINION

I used it a few months, and I was generally satisfied. The addition of one or several good preamp is still necessary to bring more heat ... I think from a perspective value for money, now it is better to turn to the D32X Korg, which features 32 tracks, and an analog-digital package very interresting, at least on paper ... But who has a small budget, good ears, and a minimum of expertise, it is a very good deal because it is used by around 800 Euros ... I carried out with three albums that were in their time, with some success ...

The Yamaha AW4416 is a digital portable multi-track studio that has eight mic pre amps and the capability to record eight tracks at once, and 16 in total. The sampling rate is standard 44,100 and 16 bit audio, and it is recorded onto an internal hard drive. It has an LED screen that is digital and can control a wealth of options for recording.

UTILIZATION

The configuration of the Yamaha AW4416 definitely takes getting used to because there are simply so many buttons and options that come along with this recorder. Everything is pretty easily accessible in terms of your basic functions, but it can sometimes be confusing to figure out how to do things when you get under the surface a little more. This being said, I never had too many issues with the Yamaha AW4416 because I never used it for anything too complex. The manual for this is very thorough and is extremely helpful when learning this machine.

SOUNDS

The sound quality of the Yamaha AW4416 is about average in terms of the preamps. They aren't bad sounding and are usable, but aren't top notch by any stretch. Beyond this, the effects in this machine sound very good and it is overall a powerful unit with a lot of different effects and signal processing.

OVERALL OPINION

I've first used the Yamaha AW4416 multi-track recorder about five years ago and for the time I used it, it worked very well for what I wanted to do with it. This day and age I wouldn't recommend trying to edit audio on this machine, but there are a lot of capabilities that come with the fact that this is fairly easy to bring around. If you are looking to get into recording, I would recommend getting a computer based system, as that is definitely the future of digital audio. This being said, the Yamaha AW4416 is convenient to bring around and will definitely do what it does as advertised.

(Originally written by Seith/translated from Audiofanzine FR)
I just bought it. I'd like to thank the guy who sold it to me for his honesty and the excellent condition of the unit.

Enough quality for a synth/bass/guitar home studio system.

UTILIZATION

Hats off! I've had several DtD systems like Korg's D3200, Roland's VS, etc. Very easy configuration. I almost didn't need to open the user's manual. Everything is quite intuitive and logical, perfect...

The functions are directly accessible, the user's manual is very clear: everything is easy!

SOUNDS

It's great, all signals that come in come out enhanced. I also had a Motu 828 mkIII and I sold it to stop working with a computer. The sound of the AW4416 is excellent. I will only add a TC Electronic Finalizer to master my mixes. I have a DMP3 external preamp for my guitar and my bass. The result is perfect!

The dynamic range is perfectly reproduced, much better than with a PC.

Effects are good... Much better than native plug-ins of a software sequencer.

OVERALL OPINION

I just bought it and I already love it.

It's great to mix with this device. I like everything about it and I find it much better than a Roland or an Akai.

Unbeatable value for money!!!

I wouldn't hesitate to buy it again even if it were more expensive. It's fun to make music: no headaches, no system crashes. It might offer less possibilities, but do you really need everything else when you hear what people like Vangelis or Pink Floyd made in the past with tapes they had to cut with scissors?

!!!!!!!!This device is much better than a PC for composing and sound creation!!! The sound is incredible, what a punch!!!!!!!

It depends of what for you want to use this machine; if you want to use it like a stand alone gear to record, mix and burn, it's perfect if you want to use it like a mixer, and have the possibilitie to route many output signals, it' a little hard; you just have 4 output and the stero monitor output; if you want more, you've to buy optional in or output boards, anologic or numeric another option is the mastering fx card( with waves fx ); but i can't say anything on it, i didn t tried it

Price paid

900 euros (2* hand)

UTILIZATION

It's praticly one of the easiest machine i used; really

it seems to be ok; mine is a second hand ( it just worked for one song, 2 years ago) , and it seems to be a new one; i hope it will dure a long time

SOUNDS

Great, nothing to compare with the 01v great pre amps, great eq, very correct fx; big number of tracks (16 tracks with 8 virtuals one each) the first try it, i just had one roland mc505 (great machine,needing work too sound good); it 's been so easy to record pattern with midi sync. Eq are very great , and automix function so easy to use 3 hours later, a song was borned from only one pattern; to really test the function , i just recorded 5 measures, and tried the parts edit function ( copy, trim, pitch...) and the result was very positive; copy, are perfect, no cracks, no little bad noises; i copied perhaps 15 times the same 4 measures for each sounds from the pattern; result: no desync beetxen the tracks, just perfect sync during all the 15 copies i tried too the sampling pad; it works good, no particular problems (you can have 2 * heigt sample pads banks, with its own sequencer. i tested it totaly, with burning my mix; everithings 's been all right; in 4 hours, i recorded, mixed and 'masterised' and burned the song on cd. fist taste was the good one; it's a good machine, that i don't want to be separated now!!

OVERALL OPINION

When i bought it, i wanted to really try it, so i took it in my room; it stayed there for three weeks, and i falled in love with it! my girl friend is jealous now!! seriously, i really like it because for the moment i really didn t had a deception with it

Originally posted on FutureProducers.com
Posted by: skeuv ( 2-, 2004)