Table Of Contents - Tascam DP-02 Owner's Manual

1 - Starting out with your
DP-02/DP-02CF ....................... 7
Getting started .................................. 7
DP-02 Line-up ................................................ 7
Manual conventions...................................... 7
Copyright ....................................................... 8
What's in the box .......................................... 8
Precautions for placement and use ............. 8
Beware of condensation ............................... 8
Media considerations (DP-02CF only) .......... 8
Loading the CF card into the unit
(DP-02CF only) ................................... 9
Starttup & shutdown ........................ 9
Starting up the unit ...................................... 9
Shutting down the unit .............................. 10
The ACCESS light ......................................... 10
How to play back demo songs
(DP-02 only) ......................... 10
Navigation ....................................... 11
The SHIFT key ................................... 11
Titling ............................................... 11
Connecting your unit to other
equipment ........................... 12
Balanced XLR inputs ................................... 14
Features of the DP-02/DP-02CF ....... 15
Top panel ..................................................... 15
Front panel .................................................. 19
Rear panel .................................................... 20
Side panel (DP-02CF only) .......................... 20
Managing your songs ..................... 21
Creating a new song ................................... 21
Storing songs ............................................... 21
Reverting to last version ............................ 21
Loading a saved song ................................. 22
Erasing a song(s) ......................................... 22
Song information ........................................ 23
Assigning inputs ............................. 23
Clearing an assignment..................................... 23
Recording ......................................... 24
More advanced features ................. 24
Using marks to locate positions ................. 24
Punching recording ..................................... 25
Bouncing ...................................................... 25
Track editing ................................................ 25
Undoing/Redoing an operation ................. 25
Undoing the last action and redoing the undo
action .................................................... 25
Undoing/Redoing actions at once ............. 26
Deleting unused data ................................. 26
Mixdown and matering .................. 27
Mixdown ...................................................... 27
Mastering ..................................................... 27
2 - Advanced techniques ......... 29
Location ........................................... 29
Direct location ............................................. 29
Location marks ............................................ 29
To set a location mark ...................................... 29
To move to a location mark .............................. 29
To delete a location mark ................................. 29
To edit a location mark ..................................... 29
IN and OUT marks ....................................... 30
Using the meters ............................. 30
EQ settings ....................................... 31
Punching .......................................... 32
Rehearsal ..................................................... 32
Punch recording .......................................... 33
Pre-roll and post-roll time .............. 33
Bouncing .......................................... 34
Repeat .............................................. 34
Setting the repeat interval ......................... 35
Working in bars & beats ................. 35
Tempo setting ............................................. 35
Selecting the time mode ............................ 35
Metronome .................................................. 36
When "INTERNAL" is selected at "Output"
[internal metronome] ..............................36
When "MIDI" is selected at "Output"
[MIDI metronome] ..................................36
Working With MIDI .......................... 37
MIDI Clock, etc............................................. 37
MIDI timecode ............................................. 37
When "OFF" is selected at "Output" ................ 37
Disk/CF card management .............. 38
Selecting the active partition ..................... 38
Formatting a disk/card ............................... 39
Formatting a partition ................................ 40
Formatting the FAT partition ..................... 40
Automatic song creation ............................ 41
Initializing a Compact Flash card
(the DP-02 only) .............................. 41
Advanced song management......... 41
Coping songs ............................................... 41
Protecting a song ........................................ 42
Using the USB connection .............. 42
System requirements .................................. 42
Disconnecting from Windows 2000 / XP /
Vista systems .......................................... 42
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TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF