Tascam HS-8 Release Notes

Contents
Updates ................................................................................................1
New functions ...................................................................................1
V1.20 additions ...........................................................................1
V1.11 additions ...........................................................................1
Maintenance items ..........................................................................1
V1.20 changes .............................................................................1
V1.11 changes .............................................................................3
Checking the firmware version ...................................................3
Firmware update procedures .......................................................3
Updates
Always use the most recent firmware for this unit.
Please visit the TASCAM website (http://tascam.com/) to
check for the latest firmware.
New functions
V1.20 additions
•
A tape emulation mode has been added for use with
an editor/synchronizer that supports the SONY P2
protocol using the RS-422 connector.
•
Japanese folder and file names can now be displayed.
Japanese input, however, is not supported by this unit.
•
Chase can now be turned ON and OFF via RS-232C.
•
The SONY P2 protocol REC command is now supported.
•
The / buttons in pop-up windows can now
OK CANCEL
be operated using the Enter/Esc keys on an external
keyboard.
NOTE
For details about these features, please see the "HS-8
Firmware Update V1.20" document, which is also available
from the TASCAM website.
V1.11 additions
•
Keyboards with USB interfaces can now be connected
to the unit.
•
Synchronized playback when the input timecode and
the project timecode differ is now possible.
D01135020B
HS-8
Release Notes
Maintenance items
V1.20 changes
•
When using an external keyboard, some characters (
: ; , • ? " < > | ) that are not allowed to be used with FAT
file system format disks could be input for file names.
This has been fixed.
•
On the
MARK LIST INFO
was selected and
DELETE
would not be deleted and one would remain.
MARK
This has been fixed.
•
On the screen, even if the frequency was
SYNC T/C
correct, 44.1kHz was not properly shown. This has been
fixed.
•
When navigating the
CREATE PROJECT
sometimes the
CREATE PROJECT
unavailable, and the project could not be created. This
has been fixed.
•
When the on the
TC Chase
screen was , if the external timecode was
T/C ON
momentarily lost and then recovered after a jump, a
playback synchronization error of 200–400 μs would
occur. This has been fixed.
•
When the
TC Rechase
the screen was
SYNC T/C
time code was not updated during TC Chase. This has
been fixed.
•
Immediately after stopping recording, the time code
time for the start of the recording was output as the
SONY P2 protocol time code. This has been fixed.
•
The precision of the start time stamped in files has
been increased when recording with
on the page of the
SETUP
or .
REGEN JAM SYNC
•
iXML chunks were not always written with the correct
size. This has been fixed.
•
Negative value could be mistakenly written in iXML
time stamps. This has been fixed.
•
CF cards of 2 GB or less are now formatted as FAT16.
•
Some mark point information could not be read. This
has been fixed.
•
If the file size of a recording exceeded 2 GB and there
was less than one minute of remaining space on the CF
card, a would occur and the part over
Record Error
2 GB would be recorded with incorrect audio data. This
has been fixed.
•
If a link was turned ON when only the even numbered
channel had solo or input monitoring enabled, the link
might not be correctly activated. This has been fixed.
•
When loading a folder or take from another project,
the setting file for the current project before being
changed was not updated. This has been fixed.
•
Sometimes pop-up messages would not disappear.
This has been fixed.
screen, if
MANUAL MARK
executed, all the
MANUAL
screen,
button would be
page of the
SYNC SYNC
setting on the page of
SYNC
, the SONY P2 protocol
OFF
TC GEN MODE
screen set to
SYNC T/C
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