17 - Commonly-Used Functions - Tascam DP-008EX Owner's Manual

17 – Commonly-used Functions
This section is a brief guide to some operations on the DP-008EX which may not be immediately obvious from
looking at the panel controls.
• Button names are indicated like this: REPEAT.
• MENUeCARDeFORMAT, meaning "press the MENU button, select the
FORMAT action".
• Indications such as REVERB + EQ mean, "press the EQ button while pressing and holding the REVERB
button".
• Complex operations are not shown completely in this table.
How to
Format the FAT partition
Set the IN point /OUT point
Edit the IN and OUT points
Use the USB connection
Remove the USB connection
Import a WAV file to a track
Choose another partition as the
active partition
Tune a guitar or bass
Find out the current partition
Make all of an SD card usable by
a PC
Format an SD card
Create a new song
Create a stereo master track
Export a stereo master track to a
computer
Redo one operation
Undo one operation
Name a song
Protect a song
Un-protect a song
Display the song name (title)
Copy a song
Delete a song
Back up a song to a PC
Save a song
Load a song
Delete the whole of a track
Insert silence at a point in a
track
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Execution method (buttons used)
MENUeCARDeFAT REFORMAT
IN/OUT, F3, F4
IN/OUTeF2
Connect the unit and a PC with the
USB cable.
Disconnect the unit from a PC
MENUeIMPORT/EXPORT
eIMPORT TRACK
MENUeCARDePARTITION
TUNER
MENUeINFORMATION
MENUeCARDeSD INITIALIZE
MENUeCARDeFORMAT
MENUeSONGeCREATE
BOUNCE/MIXDOWN/MASTERING
eMIXDOWN
MENUeIMPORT/EXPORT
eEXPORT MASTER
UN/REDO[HISTORY]
UN/REDO[HISTORY]
MENUeSONGeNAME EDIT
MENUeSONGePROTECT
MENUeSONGePROTECT
MENUeINFORMATION
MENUeSONGeCOPY
MENUeSONGeERASE
MENUeDATA BACKUP
eSONG BACKUP
MENUeSONGeSAVE
MENUeSONGeLOAD
TRACK EDITeCLEAN OUT
TRACK EDITeOPEN
menu, and then the
CARD
For details see
"Reformatting FAT partitions" on page
74
"Setting IN and OUT points" on page
53
"Setting IN and OUT points" on page
53
"Connecting with a computer" on
page 75
"Disconnecting" on page 76
"Importing to tracks" on page 79
"Selecting the active partition" on
page 37
"Tuner" on page 69
"Viewing song information" on page
39
"Initializing SD cards" on page 74
"Formatting SD cards" on page 72
"Creating a new song" on page 39
"Creating stereo master tracks" on
page 62
"Exporting stereo master tracks" on
page 81
"Undoing operations (undo)" on page
49
"Undoing operations (undo)" on page
49
"Editing names" on page 38
"Protecting songs" on page 41
"Protecting songs" on page 41
"Viewing song information" on page
39
"Copying songs" on page 40
"Erasing songs" on page 40
"Song backup and restoration" on
page 77
"Saving a song" on page 39
"Loading a saved song" on page 38
"CLEAN OUT (track erase)" on page
60
"OPEN (insert silence)" on page 59