Commonly-Used Functions; How Do I - Tascam DP-02 Owner's Manual

IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS
5 – Commonly-used functions

How do I..?

This section gives you a brief guide to some operations on
the DP-02/DP-02CF which may not be immediately obvi-
ous from looking at the panel controls.
Key names are written like this:
CLEAR means "press and hold the
.
CLEAR
Menu items are written like this:
, meaning "press the
I M P O R T T R A C K
the menu, and then the
W A V E
How to
Assign inputs to tracks
Back up a song to a PC
Bounce tracks
Change the display between minutes/
seconds and bar/beat
Change the EQ frequencies
Choose another disk partition as the
active partition
Connect the unit to a PC
Copy a song
Copy and insert parts of a track
Copy and paste parts of a track
Create a new song
Cut and close up part of a track
Delete a song
Delete unused song data
Display the current partition
Edit the IN and OUT and TO points
Edit the location marks
Erase a song
Erase the whole of a track
Export a stereo mix to PC
Export a track's contents to PC
Find out how much time is left for
recording
Format one partition
Format the disk
Format the FAT partition
Hands-free recording
Import a WAV file to a track
Insert silence at a point in a track
Jump to a location mark
Jump to the IN and OUT and TO
points
LOCATE . SHIFT +
SHIFT key and press
MENU ®
®
W A V E
MENU key, select
action.
I M P O R T T R A C K
Keys, etc. TO press
ASSIGN + REC
MENU ®
D A T A B A C K U P
BOUNCE
Dial from "home screen"
Press FREQ
MENU ®
®
D I S K
CARD ®
P A R T I T I O N
® YES/ENTER (DP-02)
MENU ®
U S B
USB ® YES/ENTER (DP-02CF)
SONG ®
C O P Y
TRACK EDIT ®
C O P Y I N S E R T
TRACK EDIT ®
C O P Y P A S T E
SONG ®
C R E A T E
TRACK EDIT
C U T
SONG ®
E R A S E
SHIFT + CLEAR
SHIFT + SONG INFO
SHIFT + POINT EDIT
Press µ + ≤ at a time
SONG ®
E R A S E
TRACK EDIT ®
C L E A N O U T
MENU ®
®
W A V E
MENU ® ®
W A V E
SHIFT + SONG INFO
MENU ®
®
D I S K
CARD ®
R E F O R M A T
MENU ®
®
D I S K
CARD ®
F O R M A T
MENU ®
®
D I S K
CARD ®
F A T R E F O R M A T
AUTO PUNCH, RHSL, etc
MENU ®
®
W A V E
TRACK EDIT ®
O P E N
Press µ or ≤
LOCATION LIST keys for the location mark list
Press IN, OUT or TO
You may find the same action listed more than once in
this alphabetical list. That's because different people use
different words for the same things, so you may find both
"Delete" and "Erase", for example.
The list of popup messages and their meaning ("Messages"
on page 54) may also be useful to you.
®
S O N G B A C K U P
(DP-02)
P A R T I T I O N
(DP-02CF)
.
E X P O R T M A S T E R
E X P O R T T R A C K
(DP-02)
R E F O R M A T
(DP-02CF)
(DP-02)
F O R M A T
(DP-02CF)
(DP-02)
F A T R E F O R M A T
(DP-02CF)
I M P O R T T R A C K
Description
See "Assigning inputs" on page 23.
See "Backing up and restoring
songs" on page 44.
See "Bouncing" on page 34.
See "Working in bars & beats" on
page 35.
See "EQ settings" on page 31.
See "Selecting the active partition" on
page 38.
See "Using the USB connection" on
page 42.
See "Copying songs" on page 41.
See "COPY -> INSERT" on page 49.
See "COPY -> PASTE" on page 48.
See "Creating a new song" on page
21.
See "CUT" on page 51.
See "Erasing a song" on page 22.
See "Deleting unused data" on page
26.
See "Song information" on page 23
See "IN and OUT marks" on page 30.
See "Location marks" on page 29.
See "Erasing a song(s)" on page 22.
See "CLEAN OUT" on page 52.
See "Exporting the mastered stereo
tracks" on page 47.
See "Exporting tracks" on page 46.
"Song information" on page 23.
See "Formatting a partition" on page
40.
See "Formatting a disk/card" on
page 39.
See "Formatting the FAT partition" on
page 40.
See "Punching" on page 32.
See "Importing a track" on page 45.
See "OPEN" on page 50.
See "Location marks" on page 29.
See "IN and OUT marks" on page 30.
TASCAM DP-02/DP-02CF