Internal Settings; Menu Screen; Recording Settings (Rec Setup); Rec Tracks Page - Tascam HS-8 Owner's Manual

In this chapter, we explain the unit's internal settings in
detail.

Menu screen

Press the MENU key on the front panel to open the
following screen.
MENU
• REC SETUP button
Make recording settings.
• PLAY SETUP button
Make playback settings.
• SYNC T/C button
Make synchronization and time code settings.
• REMOTE SETUP button
Make settings for external remote control.
• MIXER SETUP button
Make mixer settings.
• CHANNEL SETUP button
Make settings for each channel.
• METER SETUP button
Make level meter settings.
• SYSTEM SETUP button
Make system settings.
• CF MANAGE button
Manage CF cards.
• VERSION INFO button
Show the system version.

Recording settings (REC SETUP)

The screen has three tabbed pages:
REC SETUP
, and
TRACKS FILE FORMAT OPTIONS
bottom of the screen to open the corresponding page.

REC TRACKS page

Touch the record arm buttons below the level meters to
arm the tracks that are to be recorded and disarm the
tracks that are not to be recorded.
REC
. Touch the tabs at the
6 – Internal Settings
When a track is armed for recording, the button
background appears red. (Default setting: no tracks
armed—buttons not red)

FILE FORMAT page

Use this to make file format settings.
File Mode
Set the mode for recording files.
MONO (default value): Each track is handled as a
monophonic file.
POLY: Multiple tracks are handled as a single combined
file.
Mono File Place
When the "File Mode" is set to "MONO", set the folder
where audio files are saved with the following buttons.
SubFolder button (default value): Audio files are saved in
subfolders created for each take within the folder.
Folder button: Audio files are saved directly in the folder.
NOTE
In both modes, a subfolder is created for each take inside the
•
folder, and management files are generated in these subfolders.
When Folder mode is selected, the maximum number of takes
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that can be recorded in a single folder is greatly reduced from
normal. For this reason, when switching to Folder mode the
following pop-up window appears with a warning about the
reduced maximum limit to the number of takes.
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