This allows normal playback,; that is, if they have been assigned to a you to rehearse tricky lead lines, etc. Page Mastering Recording the pre-master The maximum length for a CD track recorded from the To record the pre-master stereo tracks, press and hold is 80 minutes.
Tracks made from the should key, and then press the key. Page Finalizing The Disc 5 — Mastering The makes an image of the song on disc If you finalize the disc at this stage, you cannot to allow for smooth and easy transfer and record any further songs on it.
If you do not then starts writing it to the CD. This allows you to set the gap between discs in most audio CD players. Make sure that you do not turn off the during the format operation. When the format operation is complete, a new blank song is automatically created on each partition. ENTER format operation.
Press to halt the operation. EXIT When the format operation is complete, a new Page File Import And Export internal tone generator magically recreate the extra eight bits. And if you The WAV files used by the are assigned to vir- import a bit audio file into a bit song, the bot- tual tracks. Since virtual tracks are mono, the audio tom eight bits will be truncated. You can repeat step 3 as many times as you like, fol- lowed by steps 6 through 8 as many times as you like.
Page Disc Import Audio Files 5 through 7 as many times as you like. Disc import audio files The can only read mono WAV format files from Use the wheel to select the wave file to be the top-level directory root of a data disc with no Page 71 Select the resolution of the resulting file 16 or press 24 bits.
You can either use CD-R media cheaper, but you that the song is being saved. You can then archive it, burn a backup CD-R, etc.
Note that you should not rename it at all—when you come to Page 75 When the copy is finished, the song is auto- matically loaded and becomes your current working song. Page Tempo Map If one song. Tempos can be set between Page Patterns 8 — MIDI Patterns In addition to being able to play SMF pieces, the ture of the selected section is shown at the bottom can also play backing patterns drums and per- of the display. Page Selecting The Drum Kit 42 , this reflects the settings made here.
Page General Preferences There are four sets of general preferences that you Access all of these through the menu. Global preferences These all affect the overall operation of the Page 10 - Specifications, Etc 10 — Specifications, etc.
Page Level Diagram 10 — Specifications, etc. Page Audio Performance x x mm , Weight 8 kg Page 91 10 — Specifications, etc. Print page 1 Print document 92 pages. Rename the bookmark. Delete bookmark? NOTE You can repeat steps 1 through 3 as many times as you like provided there is space on the disk , followed by steps 5 through 7 as many times as you like.
Disc import audio files The can only read mono WAV format files from the top-level directory root of a data disc with no other files on the disk. Files in subdirectories cannot be imported. When these files are imported, they are assigned to a virtual track, that must then be assigned to a real track. Disc export audio files This allows you to export virtual tracks to audio files. Even if the song is being recorded at bit resolu- tion, you can export bit files and the other way round.
Add page 73 to Favourites. Add page 74 to Favourites. You can either use CD-R media cheaper, but you can only use it once or CD-RW media slightly more expensive, but you can erase and reuse it a number of times.
NOTE The operations all deal with songs on the currently- selected partition. The discs you make in this way are not audio CD— you cannot play it on a CD player, and it can be read only by a If you have friends with units, this is a very convenient way of taking your songs around you could record the drums in one location, take the CD over to the bassist, then the guitarist, and vocalist, and then finish the mixdown at yet another location with great monitoring facilities.
NOTE Observe the usual precautions when working with recordable media: handle discs by their edges, avoid getting fingerprints or grease on the recording surface, and keep them clean.
Also, avoid using hard pens or pencils or oil-based markers to label the discs. The HD indi- cator lights as the song is saved. The display shows the home screen after the save has been done. Use the drive but- ton to close the tray.
A pop-up message appears telling you how many discs will be needed to back up the song. A pop-up message tells you the progress of the backup operation.
A backup may span more than one disc. Remove the disc, label it and store it in a safe place. NOTE If you are backing up to more than one disc, you must ensure that the discs are identical from the same man- ufacturer. Even if two discs from different manufactur- ers have the same stated capacity, you may not be able to use them in the same backup operation.
Restoring If you ever need to restore your data from a data backup CD or CDs, you basically reverse the process. Before you start restoring a song, make sure that you have all the discs that were used to back up the song. If some of the discs are missing, you will not be able to restore the song you cannot load half a song. Add page 75 to Favourites.
The reads the title of the song from the disc and asks you if you want to continue. A bar graph on screen shows the progress. The packaging of CD-RW discs will include one of the following logos:. High Speed. It will, naturally, be playable on the neo. This is in no way a limitation of the neo itself, but of the difference between the different types of media and the methods used to read them. Recording on a disc requires a cleaner surface than playing back, and fingerprints, grease, etc.
It is important that they are not stored in a location where direct sunlight will fall on them, and which is away from sources of heat such as radiators or heat-generating electrical devices. Information of recorded data, which contains titles, starting and ending addresses, and etc..
Never use a ball-point or hard-tipped pen, as this may cause damage to the recorded side. To clean a disc, wipe gently with a soft dry cloth from the center towards the outside edge. Do not use thinner, gasoline, benzene or LP cleaning fluid, as these will damage the disc and cause the disc unplayable.
First, find a flat level surface for the neo which is stable and cannot be jogged or jolted easily. This should be a hard surface. Do not put the neo on a carpet or furnishings, as this will block the airflow and possibly cause overheating. Especially, you should never move it while the HD indicator by the display is lit or flashing. Leave a little space at the back of the neo to plug and unplug microphones, etc.
Before switching on the neo, you should connect the monitoring system this term refers to the amplifier and speakers and headphones that you will use to listen to your recordings.
When you are recording electric guitars and basses, etc. When you are recording using a microphone, this may cause acoustic feedback, so you should use headphones at this time. Most sound professionals recommend that you do not use headphones for monitoring all the time, even though they are very convenient and useful in some circumstances.
Using the included power cord, connect this unit to a power outlet, ensuring that it is the correct voltage for the unit. The neo outputs balanced signals from the monitor outputs. If you have an amplifier with balanced inputs, use balanced cables rather than unbalanced cables here. Plug in and turn on the neo. The power switch is on the rear, by the power cord. The display shows the following startup screen and the HD hard disk indicator light blinks.
After about 20 seconds, the neo will be ready and the HD hard disk indicator stops flashing. Adjust the display so that it is comfortable for you to read, using the contrast control. The neo contains a hard disk which is used to store your song data. The red indicator lights, and the display shows a message Are you sure? The HD indicator orange flashes as data is written to the hard disk the display also shows this process.
Before using this unit, please read and understand the fundamental principles explained in this section. This unit records audio data and other song information on an 80GB internal hard disk that is divided into multiple partitions.
This partition is used to exchange files between the unit and a computer connected by USB, and cannot be used for recording or playback. The rest of the hard disk is divided into multiple partitions for storing songs. Only one partition can be active at a time. Inactive partitions cannot be accessed until you make them active. The partition list appears on the screen. The open space in each partition appears on the right. This information is never shared between different songs.
Each partition can contain a maximum of songs, and each song can be given a name. You must select a song by creating a new song, or loading an existing song before you can do any work with the neo. Save the song when you finish working. When you change the active partition see "Selecting the active partition" on page 13 the most recently used song in the newly active partition is loaded.
You make many of the settings for this unit from the menu screen. This screen shows the main information related to recording. Press the HOME key to display the home screen, which shows track levels, current song position, song name, remaining recordable time minutes and other information. Some keys, including the transport keys, do not function when the MENU screen is shown.
The keys listed below are keys dedicated to various functions and many allow direct access to related screens. Some of these keys, however, do not have dedicated screens for editing. Please see the related section for each function for details. We will often refer to this as just the. A pop-up appears allowing you to edit the title:. Use the left and right cursor keys to move around inside the title, and the dial to select a character at the cursor position.
The preset. Many keys have two functions: the first is written in normal white type, and the second is written under this in white on a green background. This prevents you from accessing unwanted functions by accident.
You can change this behavior so that the SHIFT key becomes a non-latching key—that is, you have to press and hold it while you are pressing the other key, or a latching key that stays on until the other key is pressed.
Controls for the 8 input channels A — H. Input signals can be assigned to the track mixer or sub mixer. Do not connect or disconnect mics with the phantom power turned ON. Turning clockwise raises gain increases signal level. An active channel is affected by mixer functions and other operations. These provide warnings about overloaded input levels. Press this key and the MICX4 key at the same time to change the active insert effect. These controls allow up to 24 tracks of audio in the neo to be mixed.
Mixer channel numbers correspond to track numbers. Channels 13 to 24 are stereo track pairs. These keys arm and disarm tracks for recording. When ON, they will flash red when record ready and steadily light red when recording.
These keys are also used for the following purposes. With the SOLO indicator above and to the right of the stereo fader unlit, these keys function as MUTE keys, which silence the output of a channel when pressed. This key is also used to assign inputs A — H to the sub mixer, and to assign the sub mixer to the stereo bus. This fader adjusts the output level of the stereo bus and hence the overall level of the mix when mastering.
This indicator lights when data is being read from or written to the internal hard disk. Press this key with the SHIFT indicator lit to edit the names of scenes, songs, marks, virtual tracks, effect settings and other items.
Opens the home screen that shows track levels and other information related to recording. This section is used to operate the various menus and other screens that appear on the display. Use the dial to choose items on menu screens and change the values of items on other screens.
Press this key to open the EQ screen of the currently selected channel input channel, track channel or stereo bus. Press this key to enter solo mode. Use these keys to set, erase and adjust marks up to per song , edit titles and add and remove check marks.
Press this key to erase the mark just before the current transport playback position. Press this key to open the TRIM screen to edit at the mark position just before the current transport playback position. Rehearsal is possible in auto punch mode as well as in normal recording.
The indicator lights when ON. Press this key and the PLAY key together when the transport is stopped, to start recording. Press this key during playback to start recording at any point.
If the RHSL indicator is lit, however, recording will not actually occur. Press this key when the transport is stopped to start playback. Press this key during recording to drop out of recording, but continue playback. Press this key while holding down the STOP key to enter jog mode. Press this key to skip to the next mark. Press and hold this key to fast forward until you release the key. Press this key while holding down the STOP key to jump to the last recording start position and stop there.
Press this key to skip to the previous mark. Press and hold this key to rewind until you release the key. Press this key while holding down the STOP key to jump to the beginning of the song. Hold down this key and press the F FWD key to jump to the last recording start position and stop there.
Hold down this key and press the REW key to jump to the beginning of the song. Hold down this key and press the PLAY key to enter jog mode. Press this key when in jog mode to exit jog mode.
Always use this key to shut down the unit. This unit has an internal hard disk, and it is necessary to save the song data on the hard disk before turning the power off. Analog input jacks for inputs A—D. Analog input jacks for inputs E—H. Use this port to connect the neo to a computer using USB to exchange files, including audio files and settings, with an attached computer.
This example shows how to record a rhythm guitar, followed by recording an accompanying lead guitar. This is a simple recording, but the same procedures also apply to more complicated recordings, so please read this section carefully. The neo is shipped from the factory with a new song ready for you to record.
However, if the neo has been used before, it will automatically load the last song that was worked on, and you may need to follow these instructions to create a new song. Normally, though, this will not be needed. The neo has an internal metronome that can play a click according to the metronome settings or tempo map settings. The initial setting is a simple metronome mode free metronome mode. Note that inputs on the neo are lettered from A through H. Tracks are numbered from 1 through Only use this front input jack for passive electric guitars and basses and do not plug these instruments into any other jacks.
Then turn the TRIM counterclockwise a little to set the appropriate level. Now both these keys will flash. Now release both keys. They will both be lit. This means that input H is now assigned to track 1. The settings are shown as numbers and as a graph. If you want to rehearse while listening to a metronome click before recording, press the RHSL key to enter rehearsal mode before conducting the above operation.
Press the STOP key when you are finished. To re-record press the REC key for track 1 again and repeat from step 9. Now we can record the lead guitar line. We will add an effect to the lead guitar to make it sound a little more interesting. You can also perform audio edits, cutting, copying and pasting between tracks, etc. The REC key starts to flash, showing that it is ready to record. Use the dial to select the preset multi effect.
By now you should be familiar with the basic concepts of the neo: how the inputs and channels work together; how the mixer controls are accessed and operated, how recording and playback take place, and a little about the location and effect facilities provided by the neo. The neo mixer is equipped with 8 inputs A — H , 24 playback tracks, and 2 effect returns for a total of 34 channels.
Never connect microphones to inputs A through D, or disconnect microphones from these inputs with phantom power turned on. Never use unbalanced dynamic microphones with microphone inputs A through D with phantom power turned on. If you are in any doubt, consult your local audio expert. It is possible to record up to eight tracks at one time, with the inputs being freely assignable to the tracks. Assigning inputs is carried out by pressing and holding the appropriate input key below the TRIM controls the key flashes , and then pressing the appropriate channel SELECT key s which will also flash.
This shows an instrument guitar or bass plugged into input H being assigned to channel 1. Tracks 13—24 form six stereo tracks , , , , , with each stereo track being controlled by a single fader. Stereo tracks are always recorded as a pair. Recording on only one channel of the pair is impossible. When either an input key or channel SELECT key is pressed and held down it flashes, together with the channel or input key to which it has been assigned.
The eight inputs are represented by horizontal lines, which are joined to the channel labels at the bottom of the screen by vertical lines when they are assigned to the channels. Press the other key to break the assignment. Recording, bounce, and mixdown routing assignment settings can all be saved for easy setup to match your recording system and environment.
The routing assignments are either stored or loaded. The home screen briefly shows Save routing or Load routing. The recorder track channels 1—24 and input channels have similar functions, so we explain them. Although these settings can be made at any time, they are only effective when the inputs have been assigned to the sub mixer. Press the EQ key to display the EQ screen for the current channel. The frequencies are in Hz :. Note that the frequencies are set in discrete steps; it is not possible to set the center frequencies to intermediate values.
A high Q value provides narrow filtering. This is usually set at 0 dB, but when boosting EQ, we recommend that you lower the gain to prevent digital clipping. Use this to add volume to a quiet instrument or to remove excess volume from a loud one. As you adjust the equalization, the graph at the bottom of the screen changes to provide an idea of how the equalization affects the signals.
For each effect send, there is a soft switch at the left side of the screen. Set the level of each channel send LVL from 0 to This screen also allows the master send level MSTR to be set again from 0 to Use this screen to make pan, phase and fader setting for four channels at a time on this screen linked channels still count as two channels here. Use this to correct miswired microphones, etc. In the track channels, this parameter sets the pan positions of the signals sent to the stereo bus.
In the input channels, it sets the pan positions of signals sent to the sub mix bus. The center position, where the signal is sent equally to the left and right is represented by C. In the case of linked channels, the pan position both of the highlighted channel and the channel to which it is linked will be centered. The input channel faders adjust the levels of the signals sent to the sub mix bus. The minimum fader value as shown on screen is 0 full cut , and the full level is In the initial preference settings, the positions of the physical faders on the top panel and the actual fader levels internal fader values always correspond, but different fader matching settings may cause the positions and actual values to differ.
Adjacent track channels and input channels can be linked. By linking channels, the parameters of 2 channels usually the left and right channels of a stereo pair can be controlled simultaneously. A linked pair can be formed with an odd-numbered channel and the even-numbered channel immediately to its right. For example, channel 1 can be linked with channel 2, and channel 5 can be linked with channel 6. To cancel the link, follow the same procedures. When track channels are linked, the following parameters can be controlled simultaneously:.
When input channels are linked, the following parameters can be controlled simultaneously. The stereo bus may be thought of as a special permanentlylinked pair of channels.
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