Home Screen; Menu Structure - Tascam Digital Portastudio DP-03 Owner's Manual

Home Screen

Recorder mode
1
Shows the current recorder mode.
MULTI TRACK
BOUNCE
MIXDOWN
MASTERING
Location mark number indicator
2
The number (001-999) of the current location mark is
shown after the flag icon.
SD card protection indicator
3
If the SD card is protected, the
SD card insertion status
4
If an SD card is inserted
Recorder transport state
5
When playing Á appears. When stopped ª appears.
When recording –appears. When searching backward,
Ô appears. When searching forward,  appears.
Repeat playback/auto punch mode indicator
6
When repeat playback mode is active,
When auto punch mode is active,
Recorder time counter
7
Shows the elapsed time from the start of the song.
Cursor
8
This shows the time increment being edited.
Turning the DATA wheel changes the value of the
selected time increment. Each time you press the
HOME button, the cursor moves in order from right
to left (f, s, m, h) and back to the right after the hour
increment is reached.
Level meters and EQ status for INPUTS A and B
9
Shows the signal levels of INPUT A (
( ).
When INPUT EQ is ON, A and B are shown with frames
( ).
Level meters and mute/track EQ status for TRACKS
0
1–8
Shows input levels when recording and playback
signal levels when playing back.
When mute is ON, the track number is shown in
inverse. For example,
and 4 are muted.
When muting is OFF and TRACK EQ is ON, the track
numbers are shown with frames (
3 – Names and Functions of Parts
lock icon appears.
appears. If not, appears.
appears.
appears.
) and INPUT B
means that tracks 3
).
Level meter for stereo outputs (L, R)
q
Shows the signal level output from the LINE OUT
jacks.

Menu structure

Press the MENU button to open the
contains the following items.
Item Explanation
Shows file
information, SD
card information
INFORMATION
and system
information.
Load, save and
create new songs,
SONG
for example.
Format SD cards,
CARD
for example.
Edit tracks.
TRACK EDIT
Backup and
DATA BACKUP
restore songs.
Import and
export tracks and
IMPORT/
stereo master
EXPORT
tracks.
Make and
initialize settings
for the repeat
PREFERENCE
playback interval,
contrast and foot
switch use.
Press the CD button to open the
contains the following items.
Item Explanation
Play back a CD.
CD PLAYER
Create an audio
MASTER
CD from stereo
WRITE
master tracks.
Import songs
CD-DA
from an audio CD.
IMPORT
Backup songs to
CD BACKUP
a CD-R/RW.
Restore songs
backed up on a
CD RESTORE
CD-R/RW.
Finalize an
unfinalized CD-R/
FINALIZE
RW.
Erase the
contents of a
CD-RW that has
ERASE
already been
written.
screen, which
MENU
Reference page
61
35, 36, 37
62, 63, 64
49
66, 67
67, 68, 69
34, 43, 47, 60
screen, which
CD
Reference page
71
72, 73
74
74
75
74
37, 75
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