Shuttle Operations; Shuttle Monitoring; Shuttle Muting; Meter Modes - Tascam DA-78HR Owner's Manual

2 Use the
and keys to change the value
(maximum +6.0%, minimum –6.0%, in 0.1%
steps).
Reset the value to 0.00% by pressing and hold-
ing either of the or
other.
3 Press the
SHIFT key to turn off the setting
mode. The VARI SPEED
to be lit, showing that varispeed is currently
enabled.
4 Turn off varispeed (when the
indicator is lit) by pressing the
key to turn the indicator off.
NOTE
The VARI SPEED indicator will light whenever the
varispeed is enabled, even if the speed is set to
0.0%.
Playback and recording will now take place at the
new speed.

7.7 Shuttle operations

The shuttle key, indicator and knob are used to simu-
late the "rock and roll" location method on open-reel
tape decks, allowing you to locate a point on tape
through audible cues.
As the knob is moved from the center detented posi-
tion, the shuttle speed becomes higher.
The variation in speed is not continuous; but as you
turn the knob from the center position, the shuttle
speed changes, following these values (relative to
normal speed): 0.25, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, 4.0, 8.0. The 1.0
speed is only available when shuttling in the forward
direction.
Shuttle operations are only possible when the
TLE
indicator is lit (press the
If the SHUTTLE knob remains untouched at the
position for 10 seconds, the shuttle mode is disabled,
and the indicator goes off.

7.7.1 Shuttle monitoring

This is also covered in 6.3, "Shuttle monitor". The
default behavior of the DA-78HR is that when shut-
tling the tape, you monitor off the recorded tape.
NOTE
When monitoring in shuttle mode, the monitor signal
is attenuated by 12 dB (to avoid possible damage to
ears and speakers ).
keys, and pressing the
indicator will continue
VARI SPEED
VARI SPEED
SHUT-
SHUTTLE
switch).
center
7 - Advanced operations
AUTO MON ,
When is on the monitoring of any
armed tracks will be off-tape, unless the
is on, in which case, the monitoring of armed tracks
will be source input. The monitoring of all other
(unarmed) tracks can still be switched on a track-by-
track basis using the tracks'
switches.
SHTL MON
The key is only enabled when
MON AUTO MON
is on. When

7.7.2 Shuttle muting

As explained above, shuttling the tape will usually
allow off-tape monitoring. However, there may be
times when you will want to mute all off-tape signals
when shuttling. This procedure is described in 6.4,
"Shuttle muting".

7.8 Meter modes

The DA-78HR peak bargraph meters can be custom-
ized to suit your working preferences. Both the peak
hold time and the "ballistics" of the meters can be
adjusted.

7.8.1 Peak hold time

1 Press the
SHIFT
key so that the
is flashing, and press the
display shows
2 Press the
SUB MENU
shows (
with the current value for this setting.
3 Use the
and keys to change the value
between and seconds or
tinue—which will permanently display the
maximum peak signal level. This can be useful
if you are doing a "dry run" rehearsal, but you
cannot keep your eyes on the meters all the
time that the rehearsal is going on).
To turn off the peak hold display if
been set, change the peak hold value to
onds and the meter segments will "drop back".

7.8.2 Meter ballistics

Use a similar process to change the "fall-back" bal-
listics of the peak meters. You cannot change the rise
time of the meters, which are fixed with peak meter
characteristics.
1 Press the
SHIFT
key so that the
is flashing, and press the
display shows
SHTL MON
INPUT MONITOR
AUTO
is off, it has no effect.
SHIFT
indicator
MENU
key until the
( SYSTEM-- ).
key until the display
PK HLD xx—
peak hold)
( CNT —con-
has
sec-
SHIFT
indicator
MENU
key until the
( SYSTEM-- ).
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