Setting Punch In/Out Points; Checking Punch In/Out Points; Rehearsing Punch In/Out - Tascam Digital Portastudio DP-24 Owner's Manual

7 - Recorder Functions

Setting punch in/out points

There are two methods to set the punch in/out points.
LAST REC:
This option sets the start and end points of the last
recording (or recording rehearsal) as the punch in/out
points.
The display returns to the Home screen, and
appears on the top of the screen.
Punch
IN - OUT:
This option sets the IN point and the OUT point as
the punch in/out points. The first of these points will
be used as the punch in point, and the second as the
punch out point.
The display returns to the Home screen, and
appears on the top of the screen.
Punch
1. When the recorder is stopped, press the HOME
button to open the Home screen.
2. Press the REC button for the track that you want to
punch in/out automatically.
3. Press the AUTO PUNCH button to open the
screen.
PUNCH
NOTE
If you press the AUTO PUNCH button without any tracks
in recording standby, even after that you can press the
REC button of any track to put it into recording standby.
4. Use the CURSOR (5/b) buttons to select (blue
highlight) ,
MODE PREROLL
then use the JOG/DATA dial to select the value.
: or
MODE LAST REC IN-OUT
: to
PREROLL 1.0 9.9 sec
: to
POSTROLL 1.0 9.9 sec
After setting ,
MODE PREROLL
press the F4 (t) button.
You can press the AUTO PUNCH button to return to
the Home screen without entering Auto Punch In/Out
mode.
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Auto
Auto
AUTO
or , and
POSTROLL
, and ,
POSTROLL

Checking punch in/out points

When punch in/out points are set, you can confirm the
setting by pressing the PLAY (7) button.
The playback starts from the pre-roll point to the post-roll
point.
If you want to change the punch in/out points, locate the
desired points and set the punch in/out points again.
If there are no problems about punch in/out points, pre-
roll time, and post-roll time perform the rehearsal, as
described below.

Rehearsing punch in/out

You can rehearse before performing punch in/out. In the
rehearsal, the monitor operates the same way as for the
actual recording, but the recording is not performed.
1. When the AUTO PUNCH button is lit and one of the
tracks is in recording standby, press the REHEARSE
button.
The REHEARSE button becomes lit.
2. Press the RECORD (0) button.
Auto punch in/out rehearsal starts.
Playback starts from the pre-roll point. You can
•
monitor both the track playback signal and the
input source signal.
When the punch in point is reached, the monitoring
•
changes to input source signal only, and the
RECORD (0) button starts flashing (to indicate this
is a rehearsal).
When the punch out point is reached, the
•
monitoring of both the track playback signal and
input source signal starts, and the RECORD (0)
button becomes unlit.
Playback continues until the post-roll point and
•
stops.
Before starting your rehearsal, you can press the
REPEAT button (so that all three AUTO PUNCH,
REHEARSE, and REPEAT buttons become lit), to
repeat the rehearsal operation until you press the
STOP (8) button.