Recording And Mastering; Creating A New Song - Tascam Digital Portastudio DP-24 Owner's Manual

2 - Quick Guide
TIP
Press the STOP (8) and REW (m) (TO ZERO)
•
buttons at the same time to return to the beginning of
the song (ZERO point) (TO ZERO function).
If you press the wrong button and open a different
•
screen, press the HOME button to return to the Home
screen at any time.

Recording and mastering

In this section we will practice multitrack recording.
Here we will explain how to connect an electric guitar and
rhythm guitar to INPUT H, and an external microphone to
INPUT B.
In the following example, we will explain how to record a
rhythm guitar part with an electric guitar to track 1 and a
lead guitar part to track 2. Then, we will use the external
microphone to record vocals to track 3. Finally, we will mix
down the tracks to stereo.
We will assume that you have already followed the
instructions in the previous section, and that you have
connected the monitoring equipment, started the unit
and inserted the SD card.

Creating a new song

1. When the recorder is stopped, press the MENU
button to open the
MENU
2. Use the JOG/DATA dial or the CURSOR (5/b/g/t)
buttons to select (green highlight)
press the F4 (t) button.
The screen appears.
SONG LIST
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screen.
, and then
SONG
3. Press the F4 (t) button to open the sub-menu and
then use the JOG/DATA dial or the CURSOR (5/b)
buttons to select
CREATE
4. Press the F4 (t) button to open the
pop-up window.
CREATE
The created song is given the name
5. Change the name (title) of the song as necessary in
the item . (See "Editing names" on page 38.)
Name
6. Use the CURSOR (5/b) buttons to move the
cursor (blue highlight) to select
(Sampling frequency), and then use the JOG/DATA
dial to set.
CAUTION
When creating a CD from a master file, set to 44.1kHz,
16bit.
7. Press the F2 ( ) button.
YES
The currently loaded song is saved and a new song is
created.
8. Press the HOME button to return to the Home
screen.
.
SONG
.
SONG_0002
(Bit rate),
Bit Hz