Recording While Formatting; Individual Clock Mode; Error Messages - Tascam DA-78HR Owner's Manual

3 Press the
CHASE
key on all of the slave DTRS
units. The indicator will flash.
4 Press
FORMAT/Fs
twice within five seconds, on
each of the DTRS units (master and all slaves)
so all machines are ready to start formatting.
CLEAR
If you press the
indicator is lit steadily, you will cancel the for-
mat operation.
5 Select the same sampling rate (48 kHz or
44.1 kHz) on each DTRS unit.
Any slave DTRS unit which has a different
sampling frequency selected from that selected
on the master will display an error message.
6 Press and hold
PLAY
the master. All slave units'
will light steadily, and the tapes will start to be
formatted in synchronization.

8.5.1 Recording while formatting

As with a single-machine format (5.1.4, "Recording
while formatting"), it is possible to record while for-
matting on multiple machines.
You may want to use this feature when making a live
multi-machine recording, and there has not been time
to format all the tapes in advance of the performance.
Remember that you should let the tapes run to the
end—you should not halt the formatting/recording
process part of the way through the tape.

8.6 Individual clock mode

There are some circumstances where it may be nec-
essary to use independent reference clocks on a chain
of DTRS units when TC time mode (see 9.2, "Tape
timecode mode") is selected.
8 - Synchronization with other DTRS units
FORMAT
key while the
and press RECORD on
CHASE indicators
AUTO
There are two settings,
ual). AUTO is the default, and the unit behaves as fol-
lows when this is selected.
Slave unit's
Master DA-78HR
Time Mode
ABS All clock sources
Internal
TC
Word sync
In individual mode, the unit behaves as follows:
Slave unit's
Master DA-78HR
Time Mode
ABS
All clock sources
TC
1 Press the
SHIFT key so that the
is flashing, and press the
counter shows
2 Press the
SUB MENU
briefly shows
then changes to the current setting.
3 Use the
and keys to change between the
AUTO
( ) and

8.7 Error messages

These error messages refer to DTRS
synchronization:
( E DIO )—appears if the digital cable is not
connected. Re-connect the correct cable to the
DIGITAL I/O
connector.
E CLOC
( )—appears when the sync cable is
not connected, the master has been turned off, or the
master's sampling frequency is different from that of
the slave unit's. Recheck these parameters.
If either of these messages appears, correct the fault
to return to normal operation.
INDVID
and (individ-
Slave DA-78HR units
DTRS sync
Internal
DTRS sync
Slave DA-78HR units
DTRS sync
WORD
Internal, or
DIGITAL IN
SHIFT indicator
MENU key, until the
SYSTEM--).
(
key until the display
CLOK MODE
( ) and
(INDVID)
modes.
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