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Tascam Digital Portastudio DP-24 Owner's Manual (108 pages)
DIGITAL PORTASTUDIO
Brand:
Tascam
| Category:
Recording Equipment
| Size: 11.26 MB
Table of Contents
Important Safety Precautions
2
Important Safety Instructions
3
Safety Information
4
Table of Contents
5
1 Introduction
8
Features
8
Items Included with the Product
8
Conventions Used in this Manual
8
Intellectual Property Rights
9
Precautions for Placement and Use
9
Beware of Condensation
9
Cleaning the Unit
9
About SD Cards
9
Precautions for Use
10
About Cds (Compact Discs)
10
About CD-R and CD-RW Discs
10
2 Quick Guide
12
Playback and Mixing
12
Preparation
12
Listening to the Demo Song
13
Recording and Mastering
14
Creating a New Song
14
Connecting and Setting the Input Sources
15
Setting the Guitar as the Recording Source for TRACK 1
15
Adjusting and Monitoring the Input Level
15
Recording a Guitar to TRACK 1
16
Playing Back the Recording
16
Recording a Guitar to TRACK 2
16
Recording a Vocal to TRACK 3
17
Mixing the Tracks
18
Mastering a Recording
19
Creating an Audio CD with the Master File
21
Inserting a CD
21
Writing to a CD-R/CD-RW
22
Ejecting a CD
23
Shutting down
23
3 Names and Functions of Parts
24
Top Panel
24
Tascam Dp-
24
Front Panel
28
Rear Panel
29
Home Screen
30
Menu Structure
31
Screen Operations
32
4 Preparation
34
Inserting and Removing SD Cards
34
Inserting an SD Card
34
Removing the Card
34
About Write-Protected SD Cards
34
Powering the Unit
34
Start-Up & Shutdown
35
Starting up the Unit
35
Shutting down
35
Setting the Date and Time
35
Preparing an SD Card for Use
36
Recorder Modes
36
Connecting Other Equipment
36
Front Panel
36
Rear Panel
37
Adjusting the Contrast
37
5 Song Management
38
Editing Names
38
Loading a Song
38
Creating a New Song
38
Saving a Song
39
Viewing Song Information
40
Copying Songs
40
Erasing Songs
41
Protecting Songs
41
Deleting Unnecessary Audio Data from a Song
42
Changing a Song Name
43
6 Basic Recording
44
Selecting the Input Sources
44
Assigning Inputs
44
Assigning to a Mono Track
44
Assigning to a Stereo Track
44
Assigning to a Stereo Bus
44
Checking the Assignment
45
Canceling an Assignment
45
Using Phantom Power
45
Monitoring
45
Monitor Selection
45
OL Indicators and Level Meters
46
Setting the Mixer Screen
46
Using EQ (Equalizer)
46
DIGITAL TRIM Setting (Track Only)
47
Built-In Send Effects and External Effects
47
Setting Built-In Effects
47
Setting the Stereo Position
48
Changing the Signal Phase
48
Checking the Fader Level
48
Solo
48
Muting Tracks
48
Rehearsing the Recording
49
Making the First Recording
49
Tascam
49
Multitrack Recording
50
Setting the Tracks for Recording
50
Setting Track Pan and Level
50
Input Selection and Assignment
50
Setting Input Levels
50
Recording
50
Undoing an Operation
50
Setting the Undoing Feature
50
Undoing the Last Operation (Single Undo)
51
Undoing Previous Operations (Multi-Undo)
51
7 Recorder Functions
52
Punching in and out
52
Using a Foot Switch to Punch In/Out
52
Setting the Foot Switch
52
Bouncing Tracks
53
Performing the Track Bouncing
53
Checking the Result
53
Direct Location Function
54
Locating Directly a Specified Time
54
Locating Directly a Specified Measure/Beat
54
Location Marks
54
Setting a Location Mark
54
Skipping to Location Marks
55
Deleting a Location Mark
55
Returning to Zero (to ZERO) and Returning to Last Recording Position (to LAST REC)
55
Fast Forward/Rewind Search
55
Jog Positioning
55
Viewing the Track's Waveform
55
Listening to the Track Sounds
55
Repeat Playback
56
Setting IN/OUT Points
56
Using Repeat Playback
56
Moving Back a few Seconds for Replay (Jump Back Playback)
56
Checking Cueing Points (Preview)
57
Auto Punch In/Out
57
Setting Punch In/Out Points
58
Checking Punch In/Out Points
58
Rehearsing Punch In/Out
58
Performing Auto Punch In/Out
59
Checking a Take
59
Virtual Tracks
59
8 Track Editing
60
Overview of Track Editing
60
Editing Points
60
Basic Editing Procedures
60
Explanation of Items
60
Copy/Paste
61
Copy/Insert
61
Move/Paste
62
Move/Insert
62
OPEN (Insert Silence)
62
CUT (Remove Part)
62
SILENCE (Erase Part)
63
CLONE TRACK (Track Duplication)
63
CLEAN out (Delete Track)
63
9 Using Built-In Effects
64
Dynamic Effects
64
Inserting a Dynamic Effect
64
Editing a Dynamic Effect
64
Guitar Effects
64
Inserting a Guitar Effect
64
Editing Guitar Effects
65
Calling Effects from the Guitar Effect Library
65
Saving Guitar Effects in the Library
65
Send Effects
65
Using Send Effects
65
Editing Send Effects
65
Calling the Send Effect Library
66
Saving Send Effects in the Library
66
10 - Mixing down and Mastering Tracks
68
Mixing down Tracks
68
Levels and Balance
68
Fader Group
68
Stereo Position (Panning)
68
TRACK EQ (Equalizer)
68
Send Effects
69
Creating a Master File
69
Setting the Start and End Points
69
Creating a Master File
70
Exiting Mixdown Mode
70
Checking the Master File
70
Ending Master File Checking
71
Finishing up a Master File (Mastering)
71
Mastering Procedures
71
Using the Mastering EQ (Equalizer)
71
Using Mastering Compression
72
Using Normalize
73
Using the Noise Shaper (Noise Shaped Dithering)
73
Exiting Mastering Mode
73
11 - Various Other Functions
74
Metronome
74
MIDI Sync
74
MIDI Remote Control
75
Tuner Function
75
Setup (PREFERENCE)
76
Auto Monitor
76
Restoring the Initial Preference Settings
77
Viewing Information
77
12 - SD Card Management
78
Quick Formatting an SD Card
78
Full Formatting an SD Card
79
13 - Exchanging Data with a Computer
80
Operating System Requirements
80
Connecting to a Computer
80
Disconnecting
81
Track Import and Export
82
Importing Tracks
82
Exporting Tracks
83
Deleting Files from the Audiodepot Folder
83
14 - Using Cds
84
Using the CD Drive
84
Preparations before Using Cds with this Unit
84
Types of Cds that Can be Used with this Unit
84
Loading and Ejecting Cds
85
Loading a CD
85
Ejecting a CD
86
Forcing Disc Ejection
86
Playing Back an Audio CD
86
Creating an Audio CD
87
Using Disc at Once
87
Using Track at Once
88
Using LIVE WRITER
89
Finalizing a CD
90
Importing Songs from an Audio CD
90
Erasing a CD-RW
91
Media Compatibility Table
91
15 - Troubleshooting
92
16 - Messages
93
General Messages
93
CD Mode Messages
95
CD-Related Error Messages
96
17 - Specifications
97
Ratings
97
Input/Output Ratings
97
Analog Audio Input/Output Ratings
97
Control Input/Output Ratings
97
Audio Performance
97
Operating Requirements
97
Dimensional Drawings
98
General
98
Block Diagram
99
Level Diagram
100
18 - Appendix
101
MIDI Control Change Message
101
Mixer Control Change Parameters
101
MIDI Program Change Message
102
Dynamic Effects
102
Preset Libraries of the Send Effects
102
Preset Libraries of the Guitar Effects
102
MIDI Implementation Chart
103
Bit-Map Array of MMC Commands
104
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