Yamaha AW-1600 Audio Workstation

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All the features you've ever wanted in a digital multitracker!

The Yamaha AW1600 Audio Workstation combines an astounding number of professional features with the fidelity you expect from Yamaha. It's the ultimate small-format recording solution. It has everything you need to record, mix, and master your songs to CD in one portable and rugged package. You can record from all 8 combo jacks at once, with 24-bit conversion, phantom power, 4-band EQ, and compression available for each track. Then you can add up to 8 virtual tracks per channel, choose 16 tracks for final mix from the various takes, pitch fix, master, and burn to CD. Or simply move the WAV files from the 40GB hard drive over to your computer for editing and mastering via the USB 2.0 output. All of this, and outstanding Yamaha quality, too.

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8 XLR/TRS inputs
48V phantom power on all channels
8-track simultaneous record
16-track playback
144 virtual tracks
24-bit/44.1kHz conversion
Dual effects processors
CDRW drive
40GB hard drive
36-channel 02R96-based mixing engine
4 bands of EQ and compression on every channel
USB 2.0 port
Pitch Fix algorithm
Durable metal chassis

Totally reliable, easily portable, and completely professional. Get ready to make your music better than you ever have before. Order now!

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Cool for begginers unless you want to go directly to software.

I have used the AW1600 for several years as my first recording unit. For the time, it served me well. The coolest thing is the attached burner, so you can go from step 1 record to last step master and burn. It has master presets so At the time I used this unit I really wasn't knowledgeable on how to use eq/compression the right way, so I used the presets which are always great for begginers. The presets would always sound better than my unexperienced ear!

I now use Pro Tools and I instantly believed that Pro Tools was a better quality, HOWEVER now thinking back on it I used to always record in 16 bit quality not 24 (44.1) like it's capable of doing. The reason was I wanted to use all 16 tracks and I could only use 8 in 24 bit. So I actually now want to go back and use my AW1600 with my more experienced ear and see how the 24 bit sounds. I record 24 bit 48kHZ in Pro Tools and the biggest difference I saw in quality was with the reverb BUT! I'm going to check it out again.

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Build is a plus, solid, never had any problems with the unit.

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maybe 7.5, the one thing that this thing can do over my Mbox 2 is it has 8 inputs so with that thing I can record a whole band at once, have to buy separate interface on my set up

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I like software since I'm serious about this, when I was more starting out the AW1600 was a good learning platform. I learned about recording and also the mixdown process which sometime is a mystery to a lot of begginners.

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Musical Experience:

16 yrs songwriter/guitarist/DIY Producer

Style of music you play:

Mostly Acoustic Pop stuff

Where you live:

So. Cali

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Great overall unit! I am new in recording and it has provided me with all the tools needed. I still have a lot of the features I need help learning how to use. If anyone is out there who could help me, I would be very grateful. Please email davidmapleleaf@hotmail.com if you would be willing to give me some tutorials.

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Wanted to get back into recording my own music again, so my wife bought this for me. It's really the cat's meow for me, but I'm not sure how to use it correctly. I came from using a Fostex X-18 4-track Cassette recorder. Plus, the manual jumps from one thing to the next. I just wanna put things onto some tracks, and halfway through learning that, the manual wants to go into all the effects, and other stuff it can do, before I can finish learning how to record anything. I think it's an awesome multitracker. Maybe I just need someone to help show me how to use it to it's fullest. Any takers???

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Active Musician, Hobbyist

Style of music you play:

pretty much anything involving a guitar

Where you live:

Leonardtown, MD

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I had the AW-16G at first and was very impressed with the quality. Five years later, the AW1600 comes out and I had to have it. What a machine! I use it to record my music and it's packed with excellent features and quality that can't be beat for it's price range. Clean recording and most of all dependable. A year and a half later, I'm still impressed. I used this machine to produce a cd with awesome results. The features are too numerous to mention, but I've done some studio recording that didn't come out as good as what this baby can do. I've linked the AW-16G and the AW1600 together-but that's a whole other story...

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musician/composer/engineer/producer

Style of music you play:

My music is a mixing bowl

Where you live:

Gloucester City, NJ

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I've owned this unit for about two years, and most of the other reviews have done a superior job of describing the units abilities. I would like to point out that there is a fairly high learning curve with this unit, but it's certainly worth it. This unit is incredibly reliable, and I've been producing full blown radio jingles with it, and the sound is quite good. I would venture to say you could actually record an album with it.

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Recording Engineer

Style of music you play:

Radio Jingles

Where you live:

Louisiana

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