Figure 1.5: Dp-01Fx Front Panel - Tascam DP-01 Owner's Manual

Connecting your DP-01 to other equipment
Microphones go
here (DP-01FX)
Guitars, basses
etc. go here
Microphones
are connected to the front panel inputs.
Set the switches to
GUITAR/LINE
the indicators only just light in the loudest part of the recording.
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Synthesizers, etc.
including drum machines, guitar amplifier simulators,
active basses, etc. as well as CD players, cassette decks, and so on can be con-
nected to the front panel input jacks using standard 1/4" mono plugs (unbal-
anced). When you are recording a stereo source, you should consider the
position of the
INPUT MODE
page 15).
Set the switch to
GUITAR/LINE
the instruments' output volume controls to adjust the level so that the
indicators only just light on the very loudest passages.
Guitars and basses
(passive types) are connected to the front panel
input using a standard 1/4" mono plug (unbalanced).
A
Set the switch to
GUITAR/LINE
indicators barely light on the loudest passages.
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Headphones
Plug a pair of standard headphones into the 1/4" stereo jack
on the front panel.
Adjust the volume with the level control to the right of the jack.
Footswitch
You can connect a standard "push-to-make" footswitch, such
as the TASCAM RC-30P to the front panel
Use the switch to punch in and out (that is, start and stop recording on the
fly).
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Turn on ONLY for
condenser microphones
(DP-01FX only)
Input level
controls
Synths, pre-amps etc. (&
microphones on DP-01)
go here

Figure 1.5: DP-01FX front panel

. Turn the input level controls so that
LINE
switch (see "The INPUT MODE switch" on
. Adjust the input level controls and use
LINE
. Turn the input level control until the
GUITAR
jack.
PUNCH
To headphones (and
level)
To
footswitch
Select monitoring
mode (see text)
powered XLR microphone input
connectors. See "DP-01FX Appen-
dix" on page 58 for details of us-
ing these connectors.
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a guitar amplifier into the DP-01.
01FX only) to tune the guitar or
bass (see "Tuning a guitar" on
page 58).
hands are busy playing a guitar,
for example.
The DP-01FX in-
cludes phantom-
NEVER plug the
speaker outputs of
Use the built-in
tuner (on the DP-
The footswitch is
useful if both