Operation Manual © ZOOM Corporation Reproduction of this manual, in whole or in part, by any means, is prohibited. 1 USAGE AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS USAGE AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS · Environment Avoid using your MRS-802 in environments where it 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: will be exposed to: · Extreme temperature · High humidity or moisture · 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 · Handling The MRS-802 is a precision instrument. Do not exert 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. Caution dangerous matters. If users ignore this symbol and handle the device the wrong way, bodily injury and damage to the equipment could result. · Alterations Never open the case of the MRS-802 or attempt to Caution modify the product in any way since this can result in damage to the unit. · Connecting cables and input and output jacks Please observe the following safety tips and precautions to ensure hazard-free use of the MRS-802. Caution You should always turn off the power to the MRS802 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-802. · Power requirements The MRS-802 is powered by the supplied AC Warning adapter. To prevent malfunction and safety hazards, do not use any other kind of AC adapter. When using the MRS-802 in an area with a different line voltage, please consult your local ZOOM distributor about acquiring a proper AC adapter. · Volume Do not use the MRS-802 at a loud volume for a long Caution time since this can cause hearing impairment. · CD-R/RW Drive · About grounding Depending on installation conditions, a slight Caution Caution Never look directly in the laser beam projected from the optical pickup of the CD-R/RW drive since your sight can be damaged. electrical charge may be felt when touching a metal part of the MRS-802. If you wish to avoid this, ground the unit by connecting the ground screw on the bottom 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) 2 ZOOM MRS-802 USAGE AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Usage Precautions · Electrical interference For safety considerations, the MRS-802 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 MRS802, as the possibility of interference cannot be ruled out entirely. · 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 With any type of digital control device, the MRS-802 included, electromagnetic interference can cause malfunctioning and can corrupt or destroy data. Care should be taken to minimize the risk of damage. Electronics Industry (AMEI). · Cleaning Use a soft, dry cloth to clean the MRS-802. 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-802 can be lost because of malfunction or incorrect operation. Backup your data. ZOOM MRS-802 3 Contents Contents Editing V-take names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 USAGE AND SAFETY PRECAUTIONS . . . 2 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Usage Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Introducing the MRS-802 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Recorder section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Rhythm section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Mixer section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Effect section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Moving to a desired point in the song (Locate function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Re-recording only a specified region (Punch-in/out function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Using manual punch-in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Using auto punch-in/out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Recording several tracks on a master track (Mixdown function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 About the master track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Mixdown steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Playing the master track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Parts of the MRS-802 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Top panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Rear panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Front panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Combining multiple tracks on another track (Bounce function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 How bounce works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Making bounce settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Executing bounce recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Installing the CD-R/RW Drive . . . . . . . . . 17 Listening to the Demo Songs . . . . . . . . . 19 Demo song protect status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Turning on the power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting the demo song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Playing the demo song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Turning power off (shutdown) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 19 19 20 20 Recording the drum sound (Rhythm recording) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Assigning marks within a song (Marker function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Setting a mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Locating a mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Deleting a mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Playing back the same passage repeatedly (A-B Repeat function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Finding a desired location (Scrub/Preview function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Using the scrub/preview functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Changing the settings of the scrub function . . . . . . . 45 Quick Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Step 1: Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 1.1 Creating a new project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 1.2 Selecting a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Reference [Track Editing] . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Editing a range of data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Basic editing 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 a specified data range . . . . Basic V-take editing steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erasing a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copying a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Moving a V-take . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exchanging V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 47 48 49 49 50 51 51 53 54 54 54 55 Step 2: Recording the first track . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 2.1 Adjusting input sensitivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 2.2 Applying the insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 2.3 Selecting a track and recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Step 3: Overdubbing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 3.1 Making settings for input sensitivity and insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 3.2 Selecting a track and recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Editing using V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Step 4: Mixdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Preparations for mixdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjusting volume, panning, and EQ . . . . . . . . . . Applying the send/return effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . Using the mastering insert effect . . . . . . . . . . . . Mixdown on the master track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 28 29 31 31 Track capture and swap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Capturing a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Swapping track data and captured data . . . . . . . . . . 56 Reference [Recorder] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Using V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Switching V-takes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 4 ZOOM MRS-802 Contents Reference [Phrase Looping] . . . . . . . . . . 57 Which kind of phrases can be used? . . . . . . . . 57 Loading a phrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Basic phrase loading steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Importing a V-take from the current project . . . . . . . Importing a WAV/AIFF file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Importing a phrase from a different project . . . . . . . . 58 58 59 60 Assigning a name to a rhythm song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Creating an original rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . 90 Preparations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 Step input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Real-time input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Editing a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 Adjusting the drum volume balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copying a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Editing the name of a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erasing a rhythm pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 95 95 96 Adjusting phrase parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Copying a phrase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Creating a phrase loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 About phrase loop FAST input . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Writing a phrase loop to a track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Reference [Mixer] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 About the mixer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Basic operation of the input mixer . . . . . . . . . . 68 Assigning input signals to tracks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Adjusting the depth of the send/return effects . . . . . 69 Adjusting the pan/balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Importing rhythm patterns and rhythm songs from another project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Editing various settings of the rhythm section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Basic procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the length of the pre-count . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the metronome volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Specifying the sound dynamics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Checking the remaining amount of memory . . . . . . . 97 97 98 98 98 Basic operation of the track mixer . . . . . . . . . . 71 Adjusting the volume/pan/EQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Adjusting depth of send/return effect . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Linking odd-numbered/even-numbered channels (stereo link) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 Reference [Effects] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 About the effects . . . . . . . . . . . . ...