English Operation Manual © ZOOM Corporation Reproduction of this manual, in whole or in part, by any means, is prohibited. USAGE AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 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: · Environment Avoid using your HD8/HD16 in environments where it Caution will be exposed to: · Extreme temperature · High humidity, moisture, or splashing water · Excessive dust or sand · Excessive vibration or shock This symbol indicates explanations about Warning 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 Caution · Handling Never place objects filled with liquids, such as vases, Warning on the HD8/HD16 since this can cause electric shock. The HD8/HD16 is a precision instrument. Do not exert dangerous matters. If users ignore this symbol and handle the device the wrong way, bodily injury and damage to the equipment could result. Caution 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 Please observe the following safety tips and precautions to ensure hazard-free use of the HD8/HD16. Caution Never open the case of the HD8/HD16 or attempt to modify the product in any way since this can result in damage to the unit. · Power requirements The HD8/HD16 is powered by the supplied AC Warning · Connecting cables and input and output jacks You should always turn off the power to the HD8/ Caution adapter. To prevent malfunction and safety hazards, do not use any other kind of AC adapter. When using the HD8/HD16 in an area with a different line voltage, please consult your local ZOOM distributor about acquiring a proper AC adapter. HD16 and all other equipment before connecting or disconnecting any cables. Also make sure to disconnect all cables and the AC adapter before moving the HD8/ HD16. · Volume · About grounding Depending on installation conditions, a slight electrical Warning Caution Do not use the HD8/HD16 at a loud volume for a long time since this can cause hearing impairment. charge may be felt when touching a metal part of the HD8/HD16. 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) Caution · 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. 2 ZOOM HD8/HD16 USAGE AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Usage Precautions · Electrical interference For safety considerations, the HD8/HD16 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 HD8/ HD16, as the possibility of interference cannot be ruled out entirely. With any type of digital control device, the HD8/HD16 included, electromagnetic interference can cause malfunctioning and can corrupt or destroy data. Care should be taken to minimize the risk of damage. 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. · Cleaning Use a soft, dry cloth to clean the HD8/HD16. 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 HD8/HD16 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. ZOOM HD8/HD16 3 Contents USAGE AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . 2 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Features of the HD8/HD16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Reference [Recorder] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 V-takes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 About V-takes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Switching V-takes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Changing the V-take name. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Moving to a desired point in the song (locate function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Playing back the same passage repeatedly (A-B repeat function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Finding a desired location (scrub/preview function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Using scrub/preview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Changing the scrub direction and duration . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Getting to Know the HD8/HD16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Rhythm section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Mixer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Names of Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 HD8 Top Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 HD16 Top Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 HD8/HD16 Rear Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 HD8/HD16 Right Side Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Re-recording only a specified region (punch-in/out function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Using manual punch-in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Using auto punch-in/out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Recording several tracks on a master track (mixdown function). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 About the master track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Master track mixdown steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Playing the master track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Converting the master track to a stereo WAV file . . . . . . 42 43 43 43 Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Installing the CD-R/RW Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Power On/Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Turning power on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Turning power off (shutdown) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Combining multiple tracks on one or two tracks (bounce function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Making bounce settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Executing bounce recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Recording the drum/bass track sound on an audio track (rhythm recording) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Selecting drum/bass track as recording source. . . . . . . . 45 Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Listening to a Demo Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Selecting the demo song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Playing the demo song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Recording on 8 tracks simultaneously (8-track recording mode) <> . . . . . . 46 About 8-track recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Assigning an input signal to a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Let's Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Quick Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Step 1: Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 1.1 Creating a new project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 1.2 Selecting the rhythm pattern to use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Marker function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Setting a mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Locating a mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Deleting a mark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Making settings for pre-count operation . . . . . . . . 49 Step 2: Recording the first track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 2.1 Adjusting input sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Reference [Track Editing] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Editing a range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Basic steps for range editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copying a specified range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving a specified range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erasing a specified range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trimming a specified range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Fade-in/fade-out of specified data range. . . . . . . . . . . . . Reversing a specified range of audio data . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the duration of an entire track . . . . . . . . . . . . . Compensating the pitch of a specified range . . . . . . . . . Generating harmony from a specified range of audio data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Generating a 1-part harmony from a specified range of audio data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 51 52 52 53 53 54 55 55 57 59 2.2 Applying the insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 2.3 Selecting a track and recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Step 3: Overdubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 3.1 Making settings for input sensitivity and insert effect . . . 29 3.2 Selecting a track and recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Step 4: Mixing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 4.1 Turning off the input and rhythm section . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 Adjusting volume, panning, and EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 Applying the send/return effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 Applying the insert effect to a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 30 32 33 Step 5: Mixdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 5.1 Using the mastering insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 5.2 Mixdown on the master track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Editing using V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Basic steps for V-take editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Erasing a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 4 ZOOM HD8/HD16 Contents Copying a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . << HD16 only>> Moving V-takes of tracks 1 ­ 8 to tracks 9 ­ 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exchanging V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 62 62 63 Assigning a name to a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Editing rhythm patterns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Copying a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Deleting a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Importing audio data to a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Track capture and swap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Capturing a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Swapping a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Creating a rhythm song. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Selecting a rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entering pattern information using step input. . . . . . . . . Using FA ...