I have been reading both the AW16G manuals (full and simplified) and reading user group posts to attempt to determine why the 'G" I have only writes the very first stereo track I ever recorded on it. Here is a step-by-step listing of everything that I have done to create a four-track song, do a mixdown on it, and burn "something" to the CD. Please know that this long listing was the only way that I could accurately detail the entire process. If anyone can find the flaw in the list, I would be "eternally grateful" (or something to that effect).
Steps taken to record/mix/burn:
(A) RECORD:
1) [SONG], [NEW]
2) Record on four tracks, numbered 1-4
3) [SONG], [SAVE]
(B) Pre-mix:
1) Go through pan, volume levels, and EQ basics.
2) Verify total dB is <=0.
(C) Mixdown:
1) [MONITOR] – [ST. TRACK] (“St. TRACK” is set to OFF)
2) move cursor to desired track # (this case=2), press [ENTER]
3) [RECORD] – [MIXDOWN], select [REC] (out of “SAFE”), press [ENTER]
4) [REC]&[PLAY], wait until end of recorded tracks, [STOP] button
5) move cursor to [SAFE], press [ENTER]. ‘G’ prompts “Clear current REC setting”?
6) move cursor to [OK], press [ENTER].
7) (verify the mix):
[MONITOR] – [ST. TRACK], set “ST. TRACK” to ON.
9) reset playback counter to 0, press [PLAY]. Song plays as expected.
10) [SONG]-[LIST], go to [SAVE]. Press [ENTER].
11) ‘G’ prompts “Save current song?” move cursor to [OK], press [ENTER].
12) [MONITOR] – [ST. TRACK], set “ST. TRACK” to OFF.
(D) CD burn:
1) [CD]-[CD WRITE]-[TRACK AT ONCE], press [ENTER]
2) At this point, song “by name” does not appear in the track list. I can tell by comparing the filesizes listed to the known filesize of the saved track. All I see is a list of names reading ‘EXIST’ with numbers associated.
3) Here is apparently where only the first song I ever recorded on the ‘G’ can be burned.
4) If I run it with one of the [EXIST] tracks, it writes to the CD, then prompts to finalize the media. [CANCEL], [ENTER].
5) [CD]-[CD PLAY] brings up a list. The durations prove that the first stereo track was in fact the one written.
6) Once again, I have written the first stereo track instead of the second track as intended.
I cannot tell what step I either missed or botched.