Yamaha Debuts AW4416 All-in-One Recording
Solution 16-track Digital Recording System Includes Mixing, Automation, Sampling, Mastering Capabilities and More in a Single Unit
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Top and rear panel view
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February 23, 2000
Yamaha Corporation of America, an established leader
in digital audio, launches a revolutionary product at Winter NAMM 2000,
the AW4416 Professional Audio Workstation. Combining powerful technological
innovations from its greatest products into one unique unit, the AW4416
records up to 16 tracks of true 24-bit digital audio and includes motorized
faders with automation/snapshot capability, advanced sampling and DSP
features, and much more. The AW4416 is scheduled for delivery in June,
2000.
"The AW4416 is truly a combination of some of Yamaha’s finest
products," states Wayne Hrabak, marketing manager, Professional Audio.
"This multi-function unit brings the ‘all-in-one’ concept
to life with a level of quality, ease of use, number of on-board features
and expandability options previously unavailable at any price point."
The AW4416 offers multiple storage options—including an internal
hard drive and CD recorder, as well as a SCSI interface for data backup
to an external drive.
As a digital mixer, the AW4416 contains full 32-bit DSP capabilities
(similar to that of the Yamaha 02R), 44 fully-automated audio inputs (16
of which are from the internal hard drive), 17 motorized faders, four
fader and mute groups, eight bus and eight aux sends plus stereo, and
stereo cue busses. All 44 inputs—including eight analog and 16 digital
inputs via optional interface cards—contain digital attenuators,
4-band full parametric EQ, and direct out assignment.
The rear panel contains eight 24-bit mic/line inputs, two of which are
XLR with +48V phantom power and inserts, plus a high impedance input that
will accept a guitar or other instrument, directly. Memory areas include
scene, channel, EQ, dynamics and effects.
An inclusive 16-track recording system, complete with sampling, editing
and mastering capabilities, retains true 24-bit, 48 kHz resolution without
compression of any type. Two 32-bit on-board effects (including Yamaha’s
acclaimed reverb) may be routed to any bus or input channel directly,
or re-routed during recording to create layered effects.
For the first time, Yamaha engineers from different divisions have collaborated
to bring together technology from both Professional Audio and Electronic
Music. This is evident in the internal sampler, which accepts samples
from a CD or internally recorded tracks, and allows extensive editing/looping
capabilities. The user can trigger any of these samples from the two banks
of eight available pads.
Two rear-mounted card slots allow any or all of the 16 tracks, inputs
and assigned busses to be output in digital form for further processing
or for transfer to external digital devices. These slots will also support
future products from Yamaha and third party developers. A FLASH ROM operating
system enables software upgrades to be loaded from CD or the Internet.
The AW4416 offers an optional CD-RW drive, which enables users to burn
audio CDs (after mastering on the hard drive), load and/or backup data.
This drive is installed in a front-mounted port for easy accessibility.
"Project studios, musicians and song writers, as well as those
involved in pre-production and editing, should find that the AW4416 greatly
enhances creativity and productivity," states John Schauer, product
manager, Professional Audio. "Yamaha has created an affordably-priced,
all-inclusive system that is extremely easy to use and lets you manage
your project from start to finish."
For more information,
visit Yamaha at www.yamaha.com. |
