18 - Commonly-Used Functions - Tascam Digital Portastudio DP-03 Owner's Manual

This section is a brief guide to some operations on the DP-03 which may not be immediately obvious from looking at the
panel controls.
Button sequences are written like this: STOP + Ô means "press and hold the STOP button and press Ô. "
Menu items are written like this: MENU ® CARD ® FORMAT, meaning "press the MENU button, select the CARD menu,
and then the FORMAT action.
The list of popup messages and their meaning ("Messages" on page 80) may also be useful to you.
How to
Add reverb
Adjust the gain and frequency of EQ
(equalizer)
Back up a song to a PC
Back up data to a CD
Bounce tracks
Burn a stereo master track to a CD
Change the interval time during repeat MENU ® PREFERENCE
Change the screen contrast
Change the track to which INPUT A/B is
assigned
Copy a song
Create a new song
Create a stereo master track
Cut and close up part a track
Delete a location mark
Delete a song
Delete the whole of a track
Display the song name
Edit the IN and OUT and TO points
Edit the location marks
Erase an already written CD-RW
Export a stereo master track to a PC
Export a track's contents to PC
Find out how much time is left for
recording
Format an SD card
Format the FAT partition
Format the MTR partition
Import a WAV file to a track (from the
FAT partition)
Import an audio file from a CD
18 – Commonly-used Functions
Buttons, etc. to press
REVERB
EQ
MENU ® DATA BACKUP ® SONG
BACKUP
CD ® CD BACKUP
BOUNCE
CD ® MASTER WRITE
MENU ® PREFERENCE
ASSIGN
MENU ® SONG ® COPY
MENU ® SONG ® CREATE
MIXDOWN/MASTERING
MENU ® TRACK EDIT ® CUT
LOCATE LIST ® select the mark with
DATA wheel ® F2 (EDIT) ® F2 (DEL)
MENU ® SONG ® ERASE
MENU ® TRACK EDIT ® CLEAN OUT
MENU ® INFORMATION
LOCATE LIST ® F3
(F3 is not necessary if no marks have
been added yet)
LOCATE LIST ® select the mark with
DATA wheel ® F2 (EDIT)
CD ® ERASE
MENU ® IMPORT/EXPORT ® EXPORT
MASTER
MENU ® IMPORT/EXPORT ® EXPORT
TRACK
MENU ® INFORMATION
MENU ® CARD ® FORMAT
MENU ® CARD ® FAT REFORMAT
MENU ® CARD ® REFORMAT
MENU ® IMPORT/EXPORT ® IMPORT
TRACK
CD ® CD-DA IMPORT
Description
See "Reverb" on page 53.
See "Using input EQ (equalizer)" on
page 39.
See "Track EQ (equalizer)" on page 53.
See "Backing-up songs" on page 66.
See "Backing up song data to a CD" on
page 75.
See "Bouncing tracks" on page 43.
See "Creating an Audio CD" on page 72.
See "Setting the interval between
repetitions" on page 47.
See "Adjusting the contrast" on page
34.
See "Assigning inputs" on page 39.
See "Copying songs" on page 36.
See "Creating a new song" on page 35.
See "Creating a stereo master track" on
page 54.
See "CUT (remove part)" on page 52.
See "Location marks" on page 45.
See "Erasing songs" on page 37.
See "CLEAN OUT (track erase)" on page
52.
See "Viewing information" on page 61.
See "Using IN, OUT and TO points" on
page 46.
See "Location marks" on page 45.
Erasing a CD-RW
See "Exporting a stereo master track"
on page 69.
See "Exporting tracks" on page 68.
See "Viewing song information" on
page 36.
See "Formatting cards" on page 62.
See "Reformatting the FAT partition" on
page 63.
See "Reformatting MTR partitions" on
page 62.
See "Importing tracks" on page 67.
See "Importing songs from an audio
CD" on page 74.
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