Page 2 - Precautions
2 Precautions Location Using the unit in the following locations can result in a malfunction. • In direct sunlight• Locations of extreme temperature or humidity• Excessively dusty or dirty locations• Locations of excessive vibration• Close to magnetic fields Power supply Please connect the designate...
Page 3 - Table of Contents
3 Table of Contents Introduction - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 Unpacking your CR-4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 About this manual - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 Features of the CR-4 - - - ...
Page 4 - Introduction; About this manual; A few dos and don’ts
4 Introduction ............... Unpacking your CR-4 When you first open the packing for your CR-4, you should find the following (as well as this manual): • The CR-4 itself• An AC power adapter• Your warranty card and other service infor- mation. Contact your KORG dealer if any of these items are mis...
Page 5 - About multitrack recording
Introduction 5 • Avoid smoking, eating or drinking over the CR-4. Smoke particles, food crumbs and spilled liquids are the enemies of fine audio gear. • Use the best possible new cassettes (Type II) wherever possible, for high quality results. • Use shorter tapes whenever you can. Avoid C-90 (or lon...
Page 6 - Finding your way around the CR-4
6 Finding your way around the CR-4 Use this “road map” as a quick guide to find important features of your CR-4. Speakers: turn these on and off with the rear panel switch. You can also use headphones as an alterna-tive monitoring method. Stereo head-phones go in here Ampworks effect. Use this to gi...
Page 9 - Making your first recording; Recording the rhythm machine
9 Making your first recording For this recording, let’s assume that you are starting with a bass and drum part on the first two tracks and the drum sounds will come from a rhythm (drum) machine.The bass guitar will be recorded on track 1, and the drum part on track 2. There’s also one gui-tar part (...
Page 10 - Recording a bass
10 Making your first recording 8 When you reach the end of the rhythm track, stop the rhythm machine, press the [PAUSE] button, and then press the [STOP] button. Rewind the tape to the zero posi-tion (where you started the recording).Turn down track 2’s [TRIM] control and disconnect the rhythm machi...
Page 11 - Recording a guitar
Making your first recording 11 ............... Recording a guitar This is almost the same as recording the bass. Use track 3 for the guitar part. Unplug the bass from input 1, and connect the guitar to input 3. Adjust the [TRIM] as you did for the bass (and don’t forget to turn down the [TRIM] on tr...
Page 12 - Mixdown
12 Making your first recording ............... Mixdown For mixdown, it’s a good idea to use speakers, rather than headphones, so turn the speakers back on. Unplug the headphones to achieve the best sound quality from the [LINE OUT]. Mixing levels When you’re mixing down, make sure that the master me...
Page 13 - More advanced techniques; Multi-track recording; Using the noise reduction
13 More advanced techniques Here are a few more techniques that you can use to help with your recording. ............... Multi-track recording The CR-4 allows you to record four tracks at once. The example we gave above only recorded one track at a time.If you are recording a group of musicians, you...
Page 14 - Ampworks effects; Controls
14 Ampworks effects These rotary dials allow you to choose a model to add life to your playing, as well as allowing ............... you to select a digital effect. ............... Controls [MID-FC/GAIN] With the VOCAL1, VOCAL2, VALVE, LA STUDIO and AC EQ modeling set-tings, adjusts the mid frequency...
Page 15 - Effects
Ampworks effects 15 ............... Effects In addition, there are eleven digital effects you can apply to your playing and vocals. These are listed here: ............... The TAP control Use the [TAP] control to match the timing of the digital effects with your music. Use it in the following way—pre...
Page 16 - Further uses for the CR-4; Using the CR-4 as a guitar combo
16 Further uses for the CR-4 ............... Using the CR-4 as a guitar combo To use the CR-4 as a very portable guitar combo, with built-in amp modeling and built-in effects:1 Connect your guitar to track 1. Press the [REC/OL] button and adjust the [TRIM] and fader levels ( → p.10). 2 Switch track ...
Page 17 - Specifications; Cassette recorder
17 Specifications ............... Cassette recorder ............... Physical specifications ............... Audio specifications and performance ............... Effects ............... Dimensional drawing Track format 4 tracks, 4 channels Head configuration 1 x 4-track record/replay head (Permalloy)...
Page 18 - Block Diagram
18 Block Diagram A/D EFF D/A EFF SW 1 EFF SW 2 EFF SW 3 EFF SW 4 MTR HEAD -PHONE METE R -10dB -5dB 0dB +6dB LINE-OUT L R LEVEL REC FUNCTION TAPE OUT REC sig 4ch R ECORDER PAN L R PAN L R PAN L R PAN L R MASTER LEVEL SPEAKER SW INOUT 1 INOUT 2 INOUT 3 INOUT 4 OL OL OL OL CH1 CH2 CH3 CH4 TRK1 TRK2 TRK...
Page 20 - IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS; Owner’
1 IMPORTANT NOTICE TO CONSUMERS This product has been manufactured according to strict specifications and voltage requirements that are applicable in the country in which it is intended that this product should be used. If you have purchased this product via the internet, through mail order, and/or ...
