Tascam Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started Manual

4-track recorder/midi arranger/mp3 encoder

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Page 1 POCKETSTUDIO 5 4-Track Recorder/MIDI Arranger/MP3 Encoder Ü The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert ÿ the user to the presence of uninsulated “dangerous voltage” within the product’s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons.
Page 2: Table Of Contents
Disconnecting the Pocketstudio 5 ... 25 Windows 98(SE) ...25 Windows Me/Windows 2000 /Windows XP ...25 Macintosh ...25 Exiting USB mode (any system) ...25 Pocketstudio files... 26 How to share your Pocketstudio 5 files ... 26 Some notes on keeping files...26...
Page 3: Welcome
CompactFlash™ cards, which hold a large amount of data. If the card becomes full, you can connect the Pocket- studio 5 to your computer, and store the data from the Pocketstudio 5 on your computer’s hard disk. About this manual This manual is intended to get you started and work- ing easily with your Pocketstudio 5.
Page 4: Powering Up The Pocketstudio 5
MIDI IN Slide the switch towards the AC adaptor jack ( towards the center) to turn on the Pocketstudio 5. The The AC adaptor When using the Pocketstudio 5 with the AC adaptor: Make sure that you only use the Pocketstudio 5 with the AC adaptor supplied with it.
Page 5: About Multitrack Recording
2 – About multitrack recording This explanation has been written specially with the Pocketstudio 5 in mind, and some of the ways in which you work with a Pocketstudio 5 are slightly different to the way in which you would work with a tape recorder, for example.
Page 6: Effects
(or sometimes a CD recorder). TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started On the Pocketstudio 5, the mix is made to an MP3 file inside the Pocketstudio 5 itself. No cables or external equipment are needed, and you can share the...
Page 7: Parts Of The Pocketstudio
Rear panel 1 MIDI IN jack Use this to connect a MIDI instrument to control the Pocketstudio 5’s internal tone generator. 2 USB port Use a standard USB cable to con- nect this port to a suitably-equipped computer. 3 AC adapter jack Use only the supplied AC adaptor with this jack.
Page 8: Right Panel
Push the card in firmly to mount it and push the eject button to the right of the slot (arrowed) , and to to unmount it. This is a stereo 3.5 mm jack that is Use this slot with the supplied CF...
Page 9: Top Panel
K REC READY keys Used with the four audio tracks of the Pocketstudio 5 to assign the sources to the tracks, to check these assignments, and so on. 3 – Parts of the Pocketstudio 5...
Page 10: Navigating Around The Pocketstudio 5
(the inputs are OverLoaded = the volume on the source, if possible, or adjust the Navigating around the Pocketstudio 5 The way in which you use the Pocketstudio 5 is straightforward and easy. You should learn the basic principles of operating described here.
Page 11: The Menus
S Y S T E M The wheel The wheel is the way to set values and confirm them. You may find it easiest to support the Pocketstudio 5 in your right hand, and use your right thumb to turn the wheel.
Page 12: The Cursor Pad
3 – Parts of the Pocketstudio 5 The cursor pad The cursor pad is used to navigate around the screens—left and right and up and down. Sometimes a screen will show an up ( mark or both ( ) at the bottom right of the display...
Page 13: Playback
In the case of the Pocketstudio 5, since there are four tracks that can be used for recording, and only two inputs, there must be a way of routing or assigning...
Page 14: Routing An Input To A Track
Punch recording One of the most useful features of recording with a unit such as the Pocketstudio 5 is the ability to per- form punch recording. This allows you to correct only a small part of your recording without having to re-record the whole of the song.
Page 15: Your First Song Using The Pocketstudio
NOTE When you connect the Pocketstudio 5 to a computer (see “Managing songs and data on your Pocketstudio 5” on page 23), the song folder will still appear as where SONGx the name of the song will be included in the folder. You should also see the Reference Manual for further details.
Page 16: Setting Up The Rhythm
If such a jack exists, you may use that, but you must make sure that the selector switch on the Pocketstudio 5 is set to LINE and not GUITAR (even though the instrument you are playing is a guitar!).
Page 17: Tuning The Guitar
Note that there are four categories of effects available for input A: electric guitar 5 – Your first song using the Pocketstudio 5 Adjust the guitar input level you play the guitar in the way you will be playing when you are recording, the meter INPUT A of the display.
Page 18: Adding Eq
EQ, etc. can still be stored for later recall. If you were to turn off the Pocketstudio 5 now, you would lose all of these set- tings! To avoid such a catastrophe: Press the...
Page 19: Making The Recording
5 – Your first song using the Pocketstudio 5 card, any changes you have made to the tone genera- tor, EQ or effect settings, etc. are not stored to the card along with the audio data.
Page 20: Adding The Lead Guitar
5 – Your first song using the Pocketstudio 5 Rewind to the start and record your vocals. It’s unlikely that you’ll get them completely right first time, so you will probably want to use the Pocketstudio 5’s auto punch facility Adding the lead guitar When you’ve done recorded the vocals, you can add...
Page 21 “live” with lots of damping, but a furnished room will produce a more mellow 5 – Your first song using the Pocketstudio 5 sound with the treble frequencies filtered out. With this setting, the lower the value, the more “live”...
Page 22: Transfer To Computer
Read the section on “Managing songs and data on your Pocketstudio 5” on page 23 for details of how to connect the Pocketstudio 5 to a computer and transfer files.
Page 23: Managing Songs And Data On Your
USB hardware (host controllers) which are not compatible with the hardware on the Pocketstudio 5. Your Pocketstudio 5 can be used with any of the fol- lowing computer operating systems. • Microsoft Windows 98 SE (Second Edition) •...
Page 24: Using Cf Cards
Using CF cards The 32 MB card which is supplied with your Pocket- studio 5 allows you to record up to 10 minutes of 4- track material (as well as allowing you to produce the stereo mix for these tracks).
Page 25: Optimizing A Card
When you record or edit a song, the data may not live in a continuous block on the card. No damage will occur to your data or to the Pocketstudio 5 if you do not perform the optimization technique described here, but you may find that some operations are a lit- tle slow if you do not do this.
Page 26: Pocketstudio Files
6 – Managing songs and data on your Pocketstudio 5 Pocketstudio files The Pocketstudio 5 keeps its files in special loca- tions, which must not be changed. How to share your Pocketstudio 5 files Thanks to the Pocketstudio 5 and the Internet, you can now share your files round the world.
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