Setting Punch Points Using The Front Panel; Editing The Pre-Roll And Post-Roll Times - Tascam DA-78HR Owner's Manual

NOTE
If you do not want to change to source monitoring on
the punch track(s) between the punch points when
setting the points, do not set the REC FUNCTION on
for these tracks.
At any time when the
flashing, this means that recording will not
actually be carried out, even if the
REC FUNCTION
key and/or the
lit.
7 At the point where you want to punch out,
PLAY
press .
The REC FUNCTION
tracks will start flashing again. The
key will go out. Monitoring of these tracks will
return to off-tape status.
8 After the post-roll period, the tape will return
to the pre-roll point (the punch-in point minus
the pre-roll offset).
RHSL
The indicator will now light steadily,
showing that the DA-78HR is in rehearsal
mode.
If you need to trim these punch points to sub-frame
accuracy, you can do so using the procedure
described in 5.6.3, "Setting punch points using the
front panel" below.
NOTE
If you want to alter the pre-roll and post-roll times,
see 5.6.4, "Editing the pre-roll and post-roll times".
The punch-in and punch-out points will remain the
same while you change the pre- and post-roll times.
5.6.3 Setting punch points using the
front panel
Setting the punch-in point:
1 Press the
RHSL (rehearsal) key twice so that
the indicator lights flashes or lights steadily.
2 Press the
AUTO MON
light).
3 Press the
SHIFT
key to enter shift mode (
indicator flashing).
4 Press the
LOC 1 MEMO 1
(
The display will briefly show
Point
), and will then show the current value of
the punch-in point.
5 Use the shifted
and
RIGHT)
to select the "field" (hours, minutes,
RHSL
indicator is lit or
RECORD
indicators are
indicator of any armed
RECORD
key (the indicator will
SHIFT
) key.
In
(
LEFT
keys ( and
5 - Basic operations
seconds, frames or sub-frames) that you want
to edit, and use the
value of the punch-in time. See 4.3.5, ""Left"
and "right" keys" for details.
Setting the punch-out point:
1 If you have not already performed steps 1 and
2, as described for setting the punch-in point,
do them now.
2 Press the
SHIFT key to enter shift mode (
indicator flashing).
3 Press the
LOC 2 MEMO 2
(
4 Use the shifted
and
RIGHT)
to select the "field" (hours, minutes,
seconds, frames or sub-frames) that you want
to edit, and use the
value of the punch-out time. See 4.3.5, ""Left"
and "right" keys" for details.
The value of the punch-in point can be reset to
(this includes in "invisible" sub-
frame value) by pressing the
After setting the punch times, press
indicator is no longer flashing.
You can locate the tape to the punch-in point (minus
the pre-roll time) by pressing
NOTE
The methods described above can be used to "trim"
punch points which have been captured "on the fly".
5.6.4 Editing the pre-roll and post-roll
times
As a default (factory) setting, the DA-78HR will
position the tape 5 seconds before the punch-in point,
however this has been set.
The default post-roll time is 3 seconds. You can alter
both these times using the following method:
1 Make sure the
SHIFT
unit is in shift mode).
2 Press the
CLEAR PRE ROLL
(
3 When the display shows
PR 0005 RH
( ), the time of the punch pre-roll is
shown in minutes and seconds (when the dis-
play shows
refers to the location pre-roll time, which is
different).
4 Use the
and keys to change the values (the
shifted and keys act as cursor keys
between minutes and seconds).
and keys to change the
SHIFT
) key.
LEFT
keys ( and
and keys to change the
and keys together.
SHIFT so that the
LOC 1 .
indicator is flashing (the
) key.
( PR 0000 LC ), this
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