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D3200 - Digital Recording Studio FAQs How do I export audio data to .WAV format on the D3200?
How do I use and record with Session Drums on the D3200?
How do I import audio from a CD into the D3200?
How do I create an audio CD on the D3200?
Exporting Audio Data to .WAV – D3200 If you’d like to perform further edits or mastering to your recorded data via your computer/audio editing software, you will need to convert your tracks to the standard .wav format. Here’s how: 1. Rewind the selected song to the beginning, either by pressing the rewind button, or by using the ClickPoint to select the on-screen position locator and then rotating the value dial counterclockwise until the position locator shows “000.000.00” 2. Press the STORE button 3. Press the LOC1/IN button 4. Play the song through to the end, or, use the ClickPoint to select the on-screen position locator and then rotating the value dial clockwise until you’ve reached the end of the song Note: You can press the PLAY button to check your position from time to time. If you haven’t reached the end of the song yet, simply press the STOP button and keep scrolling through the song until you reach the end. 5. Press the STORE button once again 6. Press the LOC2/OUT button Now that you’ve supplied the “range” for what you would like to export (The points between the In location and the Out location). We can start the exportation process: 7. Press the TRACK button 8. Using the ClickPoint, select the “Track Edit” tab on the bottom of the screen On this screen, you will notice several parameters. The first, at the top of the screen, should indicate “CopyTrk (overwrite)”. You can leave this alone, since this is the function we’re going to use. The other settings are as follows: 9. Using the ClickPoint, click the first location under “CopyTrk” to the left (source for the copy) 10. Using the value dial, select the track(s) you’d like to export 11. Using the ClickPoint click the second location, under “CopyTrk” to the right (destination for the copy) 12. Using the value dial, select “Clip” (clipboard) 13. Using the ClickPoint, click the “Exec” (execute) button 14. Using the ClickPoint, click on the “Export” tab at the bottom on the screen 15. Using the ClickPoint, click “Drive” Here, you would choose to export the data to a CD, or, to the USB partition of the drive, which can be viewed over the USB connection. After you’ve selected and clicked “Yes” to confirm: 16. Using the ClickPoint, click the “Exec” (execute) button 17. When asked “Are you sure?” click “Yes”, and the export process will begin!
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Using and Recording the Session Drums – D3200 The D3200 provides a pattern-based drum machine section named “Session Drums”. This can be a useful tool, as it provides backbeats to record to, as opposed to a standard metronome. Also, the patterns can be recorded and used as part of your song! To get the patterns to play: 1. Press the SESSION DRUMS button 2. Using the ClickPoint, click “Run” on the screen At this point, you can change things like variation, pattern and such to your liking. You can also chain patterns together to create an arrangement of patterns in other screens within the mode. While this gets into variants not easily covered in FAQ format, feel free to check the Session Drum section of the manual to see about all of the edits you can make! To record the patterns: 1. Press the MIXER button 2. Using the ClickPoint, click on “CH Input/Sub-mixer” 3. Use the ClickPoint to choose the odd-numbers track that you want to designate as the left channel for the drums (1, 3, 5, 7, etc.) 4. Using the value dial set the track to the Drums Left icon. It will look like a small drum kit with “L” printed on the kick drum 5. Use the ClickPoint to choose the next even-numbered track that you want to designate as the right channel for the drums (2, 4, 6, 8, etc.) 6. Using the value dial set the track to the Drums Right icon. It will look like a small drum kit with “R” printed on the kick drum. 7. Press the METER button 8. Press the status buttons above the faders of the two tracks you previously dedicated to drums, so that the indicators are lit red 9. Press the button above the “Drums” fader, so that the indicator is lit green 10. Press the “REC” button, which will blink 11. Press the “PLAY” button The patterns will now be recorded and made into editable audio.
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Importing From an Audio CD – D3200 The D3200 can record from a standard audio CD onto desired channels. Here’s how it’s done: 1. Insert the CD you wish to import track(s) from 2. Press the CD button 3. Using the ClickPoint, select the CD Player Icon on the bottom right-hand side of the screen 4. Using the ClickPoint, select the “>>” arrows to select the track you wish to record 5. Using the ClickPoint, select “CD IMPORT” at the top of the screen You will be brought to a new window, which informs you that you should “Obey Copyright Rules” (... and of course you are – right?) 6. Using the ClickPoint, select “YES” 7. When the importation has been completed, using the ClickPoint, select “OK” You have now recorded the song as a Clip. Next, place it in a song: 1. Press the TRACK button 2. Using the ClickPoint, select the “Edit Track” tab 3. If not already selected on the screen, using the ClickPoint, make sure to select “CopyTrack” as the edit operation 4. Using the ClickPoint, click on the box above “Source”. 5. Using the value dial, select “Clip2”, which accesses the audio CD data that has been imported 6. Using the ClickPoint, click on the box above “Destination”. 7. Using the value dial, select “1-2”, which represents channels 1 and 2 8. Using the click-point, on “EXEC” (Execute) You now have the tracks on the CD copied to channels 1 and 2 of the current song.
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Creating an Audio CD – D3200 This is a two part process. The first involves mixing your song down to the stereo Master Track. The second takes that mix on the Master Track and puts it onto the CD in such a way that it becomes a standard audio CD. Once your song sounds the way you want it to: 1. Go to the beginning of the Song (000) 2. Press the STORE button 3. Press the LOC 1/IN button 4. Go to the end of the song 5. Press the STORE button. 6. Press the LOC 2/OUT button You’ve now set the range for the mix down. Now we’ll mix down: 7. Go to the beginning of the Song once again 8. Press the MASTER button until it is red in color 9. Press the REC button 10. Press the PLAY button
Let the song play through, and the stereo mix of it will be on the Master Track. Now onto CD writing: 11. Press the CD button 12. Using the click point, select “Album CD” 13. Using the click point, select “Add” 14. Using the click point, select the song on your list that you wish to burn to a CD 15. Using the click point, click on “OK” 16. Using the click point, select “Write to CD” If you have more than one song mixed down, you can repeat steps 13 – 15 to add those songs, in order, to the CD prior to burning it.
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