Operation Manual © ZOOM Corporation Reproduction of this manual, in whole or in part, by any means, is prohibited. 1 USAGEANDSAFETYPRECAUTIONS USAGE AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS · Handling The MRS-1266 is a precision instrument. Do not Caution 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: 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-1266 or attempt to This symbol indicates explanations about Caution modify the product in any way since this can result in damage to the unit. 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 · Connecting cables and input and output jacks You should always turn off the power to the MRS1266 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-1266. Caution dangerous matters. If users ignore this symbol and handle the device the wrong way, bodily injury and damage to the equipment could result. · Volume Do not use the MRS-1266 at a loud volume for a long Caution Please observe the following safety tips and precautions to ensure hazard-free use of the MRS-1266. time since this can cause hearing impairment. · CD-R/RW Drive · Power requirements The MRS-1266 is powered by the supplied AC Warning Never look directly in the laser beam projected from the optical pickup of the CD-R/RW drive since your Caution adapter. To prevent malfunction and safety hazards, do not use any other kind of AC adapter. When using the MRS-1266 in an area with a different line voltage, please consult your local ZOOM distributor about acquiring a proper AC adapter. sight can be damaged. · Environment Avoid using your MRS-1266 in environments where Caution it will be exposed to: · Extreme temperature · High humidity or moisture · Excessive dust or sand · Excessive vibration or shock 2 ZOOM MRS-1266 USAGE AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Usage Precautions · Electrical interference For safety considerations, the MRS-1266 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 MRS1266, as the possibility of interference cannot be ruled out entirely. With any type of digital control device, the MRS-1266 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-1266. 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-1266 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). 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ZOOM MRS-1266 3 Contents Contents Moving to a desired point in the song (Locate function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Re-recording only a specified region (Punch-in/out function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Using manual punch-in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Using auto punch-in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 USAGE AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS . . . 2 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Usage Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Introducing the MRS-1266 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Recorder section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Rhythm section. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Mixer section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Effect section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Recording several tracks on a master track (Mixdown function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 About the master track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Mixdown steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Playing the master track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Combining multiple tracks on another track (Bounce function). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 How bounce works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Making bounce settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Executing bounce recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Parts of the MRS-1266 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Top panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Recording on 6 tracks simultaneously (6TR REC mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 How 6TR REC works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Assigning an input signal to a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Installing the CD-R/RW Drive . . . . . . . . . 17 Listening to the Demo Song . . . . . . . . . . 19 Demo song protect status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Turning on the power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Selecting the demo song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Playing the demo song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Turning power off (shutdown) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Recording the drum/bass sound (Rhythm recording) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Assigning marks within a song (Marker function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Setting a mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Locating a mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Deleting a mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Playing back the same passage repeatedly (A-B Repeat function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Finding a desired location (Scrub/Preview function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Using the scrub/preview functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Changing the settings of the scrub function . . . . . . . 52 Quick Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Step 1: Creating a new project . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Step 2: Creating a rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 2-1 Building a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22 2-2 Entering chord information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Reference [Track Editing] . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Editing by rewriting data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Basic editing steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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 a specified range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Basic V-take editing steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erasing a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copying a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exchanging V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 55 56 57 57 58 59 60 61 62 62 62 63 Step 3: Recording the first track . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 3-1 Adjusting input sensitivity and recording level . . .28 3-2 Setting the insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29 3.3 Selecting a track and recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Step 4: Overdubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 4-1 Selecting an insert effect patch . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 4-2 Selecting a track and recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Step 5: Mixdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 5-1 Adjusting volume, panning, and EQ . . . . . . . . . . .33 5-2 Using the send/return effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 5-3 Using the mastering effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 5-4 Recording the master track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Editing V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Reference [Recorder] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Using V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Switching V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Editing V-take names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 Track capture and swap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63 Capturing a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Swapping track data and captured data . . . . . . . . . . 64 4 ZOOM MRS-1266 Contents Reference [Phrase Looping] . . . . . . . . . . 65 Which kind of phrases can be used?. . . . . . . . . 65 Loading a phrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Basic phrase loading steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Importing a V-take from the current project . . . . . . . . Importing a WAV/AIFF file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Importing a phrase from a different project . . . . . . . . 66 66 68 69 Erasing the rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Assigning a name to a rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Creating an original rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . .100 Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Real-time input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Setting the rhythm pattern chord information . . . . . Adjusting the volume balance of drum and bass . . . Copying a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing the name of a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . Erasing a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 101 105 108 109 110 110 111 Adjusting phrase parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Copying a phrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Creating a phrase loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Numeric input for phrase loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Writing a phrase loop to a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Editing a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109 Creating your own drum kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111 Changing the sound and settings for each pad . . . . 111 Assigning a name to a kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Copying a kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Reference [Mixer] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 About the mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Basic operation of the input mixer . . . . . . . . . . .76 Assigning input signals to recording tracks . . . . . . . .76 Adjusting the depth of the send/return effects . . . . . .78 Adjusting the pan/balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78 Importing rhythm patterns and rhythm songs from another project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Editing various settings of the rhythm section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114 Basic procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the length of the pre-count . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the metronome volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjusting the sensitivity of the pads . . . . . . . . . . . . Checking the remaining amount of memory . . . . . . Adjusting the volume of each pad with the faders . . 114 115 115 115 116 116 Basic operation of the track mixer . . . . . . . . . . .79 Adjusting the volume ...