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Owner’s Manual
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To ensure long, trouble-free operation, please read this THE FCC REGULATION WARNING (for U.S.A.) manual carefully. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These Precautions limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, Location uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not in
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Listening to the demo songs ..................................15 Table of Contents Demo song list ................................................................ 15 Introduction .............................................. 6 Quick start ..............................................16 Printing conventions in this manual..........................6 1. Preparations.....................................................16 Display screens in this manual ................
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Step 2. Creating/selecting a song..........................23 Step 5. Viewing and changing the time location.....32 1. Creating a new song...........................................23 1. Switching the counter display..............................32 2. Selecting a different song ....................................23 2. Changing the current time location ......................32 To select the next-numbered song................................23 3. Using Marks to chang
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3. Saving an effect program....................................38 Step 11. Mixdown................................................50 To save an effect program .............................................38 1. Recording onto a master tape .............................50 4. Loading/saving an effect user file........................39 2. Using the sub input.............................................50 To save to a different effect user file ......................
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P.3-3 InsTrack (Insert Track): Insert blank space into a track P.1-8 EffectReturn: Effect return level setting ............ 65 59 P.1-9 EffectBalance: Effect return balance setting...... 65 P.3-4 ErsTrack (Erase Track): Erase data from a P.1-10 Rename, Write: Name and save an effect ....... 65 track ..................................................................................59 P2. Tuner: Tuner function ..........................................65 P.3-5 DelTrack (Delete Tra
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Effect parameters.................................... 72 COPYRIGHT WARNING DRIVE/LMT BLOCK................................................72 This professional device is intended only for use with works CABI/EQ BLOCK ...................................................74 for which you yourself own the copyright, for which you have received permission from the copyright holder to publicly per- MODULATION BLOCK...........................................77 form, record, broadcast, sell
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Introduction Thank you for purchasing the TONEWORKS Digital Recording Studio PXR4. Main features In order to take full advantage of the PXR4 and enjoy trouble- free operation, please read this manual carefully. After you The PXR4 is a digital multi-track recorder that uses have read this manual, please keep it for future reference. “SmartMedia™” as its storage medium. The PXR4 lets you record from guitar, keyboard, mic, or other instruments, and mix yo
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Introduction 4. [TRACK] faders These faders adjust the playback/recording volume of Features of the PXR4 and their each track. (→p.26, 68) function 5. [MASTER] fader This fader adjusts the overall volume of all tracks. 1. Top panel 6. Dial Use this dial to select parameters or edit their value. (→p.20) 6 7 7. [CURSOR] key 1 9 Use this key to move between pages. (→p.20) 8 10 8. MIC (internal mic) (→p.12) 11 2 12 13 9. [EFFECT/TUNER] key 3 14 T
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Introduction 14.[EXIT] key 1. [INPUT SELECT] switch This key returns to a desired page specified for each MIC: Select this position when using the internal mic. mode or page. When time information is displayed, LINE: Select this position when connecting a line-level pressing this key will briefly display the name of the device (keyboard or effect unit output) or a mic. currently selected song. GUITAR: Select this position when connecting a device that has a high ou
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Introduction 3. Front panel 4. Rear panel 12 3 12 3 1. [PHONE] jack 1. [POWER/BACK LIGHT] switch Connect a set of headphones to this jack (stereo mini). This switch turns the power on/off, and turns the dis- play backlight on. (→p.14) 2. [PHONE LEVEL] knob: 0...10 This knob adjusts the volume of the headphones. 2. [DC 4.5V] connector Higher settings will produce a louder volume. Connect the included AC adapter to this connector. 3. [INPUT TRIM] knob: 0...10 3.
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Introduction Never turn off the power when the card access icon is dis- 6. Display screen played. Doing so may destroy not only the currently selected 1 23 4 5 song, but also the data in the card as well as the card itself. 7. Rhythm icon 6 7 This will light when a rhythm pattern is selected. 16 17 18 89 10 11 8 – 14 19 15 20 21 1. Page parameter display/Location counter display 14 12 13 This area displays the current time and parameter 8. Shift icon information. This will ligh
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Introduction 14.Battery empty icon FINAL: A final effect is selected. This will blink when the battery runs low. (→p.14) 19.Bounce indicator (→p.68) 15.Effect chain This indicates the type of bounce recording. 4→2: Four tracks of audio will be recorded into two or This area indicates the on/off status of each effect one of the tracks. module. 2+2→2: Two tracks of audio and two external audio 16.Display indicator signals will be recorded into two tracks. Three tracks These indicate the type of
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Introduction Connections Inserting/exchanging cards The diagrams below show some basic examples of how SmartMedia (referred to in this manual as a “card”) is the PXR4 can be connected. Refer to these diagrams, and required in order to record on the PXR4. make connections as appropriate for your equipment. 1 Open the card slot cover, located on the side of the PXR4. Connections must be made with the power turned off. The power must be off when you insert a card. Input Set the [INPUT SELECT] swi
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Introduction Never insert or remove SmartMedia while the power is turned on. Doing so may damage the SmartMedia. Turning the power on/off More about cards The PXR4 can use SmartMedia with a power supply volt- 1. Power supply preparations age of 3.3 V and a capacity of 4–128 Mbytes, or SmartMe- Before you connect the power supply or install batteries, dia with ID. Never use other types of SmartMedia, since make sure that the [POWER/BACK LIGHT] switch is they may cause the PXR4 to malfunction.
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Introduction Batteries are not included. You will need to purchase them 3 Turn on the power of the PXR4. separately. Never use any type of batteries other than alka- Turn the [POWER/BACK LIGHT] switch on. line batteries. The song that had been selected when the power was last turned off will be selected. “ ”: Battery empty indicator When the batteries run down, the battery empty icon The start-up screen will appear in the display. “” will blink in the display. When this occurs, turn off If t
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Introduction 3 Set the [TRACK] fader of 3. Turning the power off the PXR4 to 8, and the Make sure that operations such as song playback or [MASTER] fader to 0. recording are completed, and turn off the power by fol- 4 Select the song that you lowing the power-on procedure in reverse. want to play back. Before you power-off, you must press the [STOP] key to save (→p.23: Step 2 “2. Selecting the song to the card. a different song”) 5 If a “ ” symbol is displayed at a track number in the di
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Quick start This section explains easy operation of the PXR4. To begin, here’s how to connect your guitar, record your play- ing on one track, and then play it back. [GUITAR INPUT] GUITAR 1. Preparations Insert the card Connect your headphones Insert the card (SmartMedia) into the card slot. (→p.13) Connect your headphones to the PXR4’s [PHONE] If you are using a new card, format the card after turn- jack. ing the power on. (→p.54) Set the [PHONE LEVEL] knob to 0. If you are using the included
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Quick start Turn the power on Specify the grade of the song Turn on the [POWER/BACK LIGHT] switch located After the display indicates “MakeNew!,” it will indi- on the rear panel of the PXR4, and the start-up screen cate “SngGrade.” will appear in the display. Use the dial to select the grade of the song that will be newly created, and press the [CURSOR] right key. If the display is too dark to read, turn on the backlight. (→p.23) (→p.14) This creates a new song A song named “NEW SONG” has now
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Quick start 4. Record (→p.25) Specify the recording track While watching the level meter, slowly raise the Press the track 1 [REC SELECT] [TRACK] fader for that track. key to make the “ ” symbol As you gradually raise the [TRACK] fader, the level appear for track 1. meter of the input track will change according to the level of the input track. Set the level as high as possi- Check the input level ble without allowing the meter to reach “CLIP.” To hear the sound that is being input, raise t
