Locating Directly A Specified Time; Locating Directly A Specified Measure/Beat; Location Marks; Setting A Location Mark - Tascam DP-24SD Owner's Manual

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7 - Recorder Functions

Locating directly a specified time

In
mode, you can locate a specified time directly through
ABS
the following two methods. This direct location cannot be
performed by this method during recording.
1. Press the HOME button to open the Home screen.
2.
is displayed on the left side of the counter of the Home
ABS
screen.
If it is not displayed, press the METRONOME button to open
the
screen.
METRONOME
Use the CURSOR (5/b) buttons to select
item of the
METRONOME
DATA dial to set it to
, which will cause
OFF
3. Turn the JOG/DATA dial to change the time (the time
advance speed changes according to the speed of turning
the dial).
4. After setting the desired time value, press the PLAY (7)
button which will cause the playback to start.

Locating directly a specified measure/beat

Like the time specification location in ABS mode, you can locate
a position by specifying a music point in BAR mode.
You can perform the direct location of a preset point through
the procedure below.
This direct location cannot be performed by this procedure
during recording.
1. Press the HOME button to open the Home screen.
2.
is displayed on the left side of the counter of the Home
BAR
screen.
If it is not displayed, press the METRONOME button to open
the
screen.
METRONOME
Use the CURSOR (5/b) buttons to select the
item of the
METRONOME
DATA dial to set it to
, which will cause
ON
3. The value wraps automatically when it reaches the highest
or lowest value in a field.
When set to 4/4 and the beat field exceeds
the bar value will increase by one, and the beat field will
return to
.
01
In the same way, when you turn the JOG/DATA dial to lower
a value and passes through 01, the bar value will decrease
and the total value will change in succession. When set to
4/4, for example, if the value drops below
cursor is located under the beat field, the bar value will
decrease by one, and the beat field will return to
4. After setting the desired measure/beat, press the PLAY (7)
button which will cause the playback to start.

Location marks

This unit allows you to set up to 99 location marks in each song.
For example, you can mark the intro, vocal entry points, start of
verses, etc.
44
TASCAM DP-24SD
BAR DISP
screen, and then use the JOG/
to appear.
ABS
BAR DISP
screen, and then use the JOG/
to appear.
BAR
, for example,
04
when the
01
.
04

Setting a location mark

When stopped, during recording or playback, press the MARK
SET button at the point where you want the location mark.
A mark number (
) appears on the Home screen (
MARK xx
is the mark No.).
The displayed mark No. indicates the current position mark or
the mark immediately before. A flag icon is also displayed above
the timeline.
NOTE
The marks are numbered in the order you enter them. The
marks do not appear according to their position in the song.
Therefore,
can appear before
MARK 05
song.

Skipping to location marks

Press the F FWD (,) (TO LAST REC) button or the REW (m)
(TO ZERO) button to skip to the next or previous mark.

Deleting a location mark

You can delete marks when the recorder is stopped.
1. Press the F FWD (,) (TO LAST REC) button or the REW
(m) (TO ZERO) button to move to the mark that you want
to delete.
2. Press the MARK SET button to delete the location mark.
NOTE
• Marks are displayed in time order. They do not appear in the
order of their numbers.
• This operation cannot be undone. Make sure you want to
execute it.
Returning to zero or the last recording
position
You can easily move to the beginning of the song (00:00:00:00
= ZERO point) or to the last recording position (LAST REC point)
through a simple button operation.
To return to the beginning of the song (00:00:00:00 = ZERO
point), press and hold the STOP (8) button and press the REW
(m) (TO ZERO) button (TO ZERO function).
To return to the last recording position (LAST REC point), press
and hold the STOP (8) button and press the F FWD (,) (TO
LAST REC) button (TO LAST REC function).
This function is useful when you want to record again after
finishing recording.
xx
in a
MARK 01

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