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Tascam POCKETSTUDIO 5 Reference Manual

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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: Important Safety Precautions

    IF IN DOUBT — CONSULT A COMPETENT ELECTRICIAN. The equipment draws nominal non-operating power from the AC outlet with its POWER switch in the off position. TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Getting Started For U.S.A TO THE USER This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

  • Page 3: Important Safety Instructions

    4) Follow Instructions — All operating and use instructions should be followed. 5) Cleaning — Unplug this product from the wall outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid cleaners or aerosol cleaners. Use a damp cloth for clean- ing.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Instruments...21 Drum kits... 24 5 – Standard MIDI files and the Pocketstudio 5 Transferring SMFs to the Pocketstudio 5 ... 25 Deleting SMFs... 25 Using SMFs on the Pocketstudio 5...26 Loading an SMF from the card ... 26 Setting SMF song tempo ... 26 Setting part parameters in the SMF...

  • Page 5: Patterns On The Pocketstudio

    As well as playing backing tracks that you set up, the Pocketstudio 5 is also capable of taking standard MIDI files and playing them back, allowing you to sing or play along to your favorite music, “karaoke-style”...

  • Page 6: About This Manual

    The panning on the Pocketstudio 5 is used with the four recorded tracks to place them in the left-right image when mixing to a stereo MP3 file.

  • Page 7: Note

    Many people can’t hear very much above 15 kHz. If you 2kHz find that you can’t tell any difference between different settings at high frequencies, don’t worry! TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Reference Manual 2 – Pan and EQ 3kHz 3.2kHz 3.4kHz 3.8kHz...

  • Page 8: Effects

    3 – Effects The Pocketstudio 5 contains two input effectors for recording and one effector for the recorded audio tracks on mixdown. Input effectors The first two effectors (FX1 and FX2) are accessed through the key. EFFECTS NOTE If this key is not lit, you will not be able to hear any change made to these effects.

  • Page 9: Fx1

    Bfinger Tweed RSCrunch NightDrv Ult.Funk Axe Bom Doctor TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Reference Manual 3 – Effects Description A deep chorused distortion for an American rock sound A rough, metal distortion sound Doubled distortion with an edge The classic “black panel amp” sound...

  • Page 10: Fx2

    For two (male and female) singers and har- mony groups Lo-Fi Imitates low-fidelity equipment (high and low treated specially) Megaphon For “megaphone”-type sound TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Reference Manual Name ChorVib TremSolo (bass guitar) settings BASS These sound best with bass instruments—other sources may not...

  • Page 11: Reverb

    HiCut Density Attack The “instrument booth” simulates the sound when you play an instrument in a professional You can recording studio. Time PreDly HiCut Density Attack TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Reference Manual 3 – Effects Here are some examples of set-...

  • Page 12: A Sample Song

    Pocketstudio 5. If you are not yet familiar with these, we suggest that you read “Basic use of the Pocketstudio 5” on page 13 of the Getting Started guide. and you like to play in another key—the principles we’ll use will work with your songs, no matter what...

  • Page 13: Removing Song Sections

    O u t 1 - I n t r o 5 - V e r s e B ; S u r e > > [ E N T E R ] Use the cursor pad to move to the...

  • Page 14: Deleting Sections

    4 – Patterns on the Pocketstudio 5 99) that you want the section(s) to be copied. Press to copy the selected area to the ENTER point, inserting it at that point. Repeat the process as often as necessary. NOTE You cannot set the...
  • Page 15 Verse 3 (VerseA) E / B7 Ending a. Following the convention on the Pocketstudio 5 itself, any chords which carry on from the previous bar are enclosed in parentheses. As we said, this is not great art, but it will explain...

  • Page 16: Save Your Song

    Save your song! chord progression to the card. If you don’t, you’ll lose all your hard work if the Pocketstudio 5 gets turned off! When you’ve finished writing the chord sequence, press main menu.

  • Page 17: Advanced Part Arrangement

    However, if you want to change this, you More details about patterns This contains lists, etc. of the different options avail- able to you when using the Pocketstudio 5 patterns. Categories and styles The different categories and styles available to you are listed here.
  • Page 18 4 – Patterns on the Pocketstudio 5 Category Style Rock3 Shuffle1 Shuffle2 80sVintag 70sVintag Blues 70sRckRol Alternatv PianoTrio Progress LiverPool Electric LatinRock JungleR 80sIrish Surf OldRckRol Rockabily C&WRock C&W16rock Ballad 90'sPop Organ PianoPop HardRock SlowBlues 16Beat Unplugged Fusion LitePop AOR1...
  • Page 19 In 6/8, rather than 3/4, but you can still waltz to it! The great sound of a tight brass section playing in classic style The 5/4 style, made famous once. See if you can repeat the success! Jazz with a twist or two...

  • Page 20: More About Chord Progressions

    4 – Patterns on the Pocketstudio 5 More about chord progressions In the sample song, we only used a few chords. The Pocketstudio 5 is capable of producing almost any Chord change points First, the way in which the bars are divided for the...

  • Page 21: Octave

    B 0 0 1 If you have a MIDI instrument connected to the MIDI jack of the Pocketstudio 5, you can preview the instru- ments as you select them (use MIDI channel 2 for instru- TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Reference Manual •...
  • Page 22 4 – Patterns on the Pocketstudio 5 ment 1, channel 3 for part 2, channel 4 for the bass, and channel 10 for drums). Number Name Description Piano group Piano1 Acoustic piano Piano2 Acoustic piano (bright) EG_Piano Electric grand piano...
  • Page 23 Waves and surf Bird_Tweet Birdsong Telephone Telephone ring tone Helicopter Helicopter 4 – Patterns on the Pocketstudio 5 Number Name Applause Gun_Shot a. Only instruments from this group can be assigned to the bass part TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Reference Manual...

  • Page 24: Drum Kits

    4 – Patterns on the Pocketstudio 5 Drum kits In addition to these instruments, there are five differ- ent drum kits which you can use with the drum parts of the patterns: Name Description Standard A standard drum kit Power Set...

  • Page 25: Transferring Smfs To The Pocketstudio 5

    You can also play MIDI directly into the Pocketstudio 5 from a keyboard or a sequencer, using the internal tone Transferring SMFs to the Pocketstudio 5 You can copy SMFs to the Pocketstudio 5 in the same way that you copy any file on your computer. NOTE SMFs may contain copyright material.

  • Page 26: Using Smfs On The Pocketstudio 5

    5 – Standard MIDI files and the Pocketstudio 5 Using SMFs on the Pocketstudio 5 When you play back an SMF on the Pocketstudio 5, you can record along with it. Use the PLAY STOP F FWD port keys to play back the SMF along with the audio tracks.
  • Page 27 Patterns documentation for a full list of the General MIDI instruments as implemented on the Pocketstudio 5. Note that you do not have to assign only bass instruments to bass parts, etc. but you can only assign drum kits to part 10 (traditionally reserved for drums).

  • Page 28: Advanced Options And Operations

    The bars and beats display is not a “magic” indicator. If you are not playing in time with the MIDI tone genera- tor, there is no way for the Pocketstudio 5 to know any- thing about the musical tempo or structure of your Time: music.

  • Page 29: Absolute Location

    ( song. See below for details of how to set and edit the marks. TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Reference Manual setting, but reappears fast to locate to the position you This...

  • Page 30: Setting A Mark

    REPEAT between the IN and OUT points, if these have been set. TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Reference Manual can change later (see below) to something more use- ful, like “Verse 2” or “Chorus”. If a mark has been deleted from the sequence, the deleted number is then reused.

  • Page 31: Punch Recording

    Automated punch recording Although you can use the method above, it is difficult to press keys on the Pocketstudio 5 when you are playing an instrument that needs two hands, like a guitar. Also, automation allows you to rehearse the...

  • Page 32: Recording The Punch

    (maybe you were a little Recording the punch When you are ready to record, rewind to before the IN point if necessary (usually the Pocketstudio 5 will have done this for you). Press the flashing...

  • Page 33: Bounce Modes

    The Pocketstudio 5 allows you to do this, and to keep a number of different mixes of the same song, which you can use for comparison. When you’ve picked the one you like best, you can delete the others (or keep them all if you can’t decide!).

  • Page 34: Renaming An Mp3 File

    Using an MP3 as a recorded backing When an MP3 file has been loaded on the Pocketstu- dio 5’s card, you can use it as backing in your multi- track recording. This applies either to mixes you have TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Reference Manual...
  • Page 35 Patch the inputs to the unused tracks. You can then start singing or playing along to the MP3 playback on the other two tracks, and add harmony vocals to your favorite numbers, etc. TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Reference Manual MASTER key is off, and...

  • Page 36: Data, Cards, Etc

    Use cards between 8MB and up to 128MB in size (smaller than 8MB is too small for practical use, and the Pocketstudio 5 does not support cards, including CF-type hard disk cards, over 128MB). The card format is essentially a DOS format, with “8.3”...
  • Page 37 When the Pocketstudio 5 is used with a Macintosh computer, the following files are automatically cre- ated and will appear when the Pocketstudio 5 is con- nected to a Windows computer afterwards. They should cause no problems and there is no need to delete them: 7 –...

  • Page 38: Working With Songs With The Pocketstudio 5

    Pocketstudio 5, the name of the song that you see on the Pocketstudio 5 To use the Pocketstudio 5 with a computer (non Windows 98SE) Make sure the Pocketstudio 5 is unplugged from the computer and turned off.

  • Page 39: Managing Songs

    Managing songs The Pocketstudio 5 regards all pieces as being a song. A song contains the audio and other data and settings you have set up, and may be created, saved, named and deleted. Creating a new song To create a new song:...

  • Page 40: Saving A Song

    S u r e ? > > [ E N T E R ] Editing data The Pocketstudio 5 allows you to cut, copy and paste parts of an audio track, just as in a word processor you can cut, copy and paste words and phrases from one part of a document to another.

  • Page 41: Copy And Paste

    To copy the same guitar hook to different chorus sec- tions of the song (for example), keep the points the same, and simply change the value. silence between the two points): TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Reference Manual . Press ENTER key to ENTER...

  • Page 42: Cutting Data

    (the points remain in the same place, though). Undo and redo You can undo and redo certain operations on the Pocketstudio 5. Operations that you can undo include: • Recording (including punch recording) • Bouncing between tracks •...

  • Page 43: Making Cds From Your Mixed Songs

    This is a sample of the process you should go through in order to send a file from your Pocketstu- dio 5 to a friend. Don’t worry, although it may seem a little daunting at first, in fact, it is surprisingly straightforward.
  • Page 44 Drag and drop the files from the song folder on the Pocketstudio 5 into this folder: If you look at the song folder on the card side-by-side with the new...

  • Page 45: Receiving A Song

    Write your e-mail message and send the mail message. Because it’s a large file, it may take some time to transmit to the Internet. From your mail program, save the attached (or whatever it’s called) file into a Jace.zip TASCAM Pocketstudio 5 Reference Manual...
  • Page 46 Pocketstudio 5 while it’s switched off, and turn it on while holding down ENTER as a drive. Create a folder on the Pocketstudio 5 card called SONGx should not be the same as any other folder already on the card).

  • Page 47: Things You Can Do With The Pocketstudio 5

    Things you can do with the Pocketstudio 5 You’ve probably got lots of ideas of your own how you can use the Pocketstudio 5. Here are a few that you might not have thought of: • Set the two inputs to line level and feed them from a pair of aux sends of the mixer at a live gig for a stereo recording.

  • Page 48: Specifications, Etc

    MIDI Implementation Chart TA SCAM 4- tra ck R eco rder /MI DI A rra nge r/MP 3 E ncod er Mo del Poc ket stud io 5 MID I Im ple men tati on Char t +-- ---- --- --- ---- --- ---- --- ---- --- --- ---- --- ---- --- ---- --- --- ---- --- ---+...

  • Page 49: Specifications

    Specifications INPUT A(GUITAR/LINE INPUT) (6 mm phone jack) Input impedance Standard input level Maximum input level INPUT B(MIC INPUT) (3.5 mm phone jack) (SELECTOR:BUILT-IN MIC) Input impedance Input level Plug in power INPUT B(MIC/LINE INPUT) (6fPhone Jack) (SELECTOR:MIC/LINE) Input impedance...
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