User manual TASCAM DA-98

[. . . ] » DA-98 Digital Multitrack Recorder D00337200A OWNER'S MANUAL Ü ÿ Y This appliance has a serial number located on the rear panel. Please record the model number and serial number and retain them for your records. Model number Serial number CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER (OR BACK). REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. The lightning flash with arrowhead symbol, within an equilateral triangle, is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. . [. . . ] NOTE If you want to alter the pre-roll and post-roll times, see 6. 6. 4, "Editing the pre-roll and post-roll times". The punch-in and punch-out points will remain the same while you change the pre- and post-roll times. 6. 6. 4 Editing the pre-roll and post-roll times As shipped from the factory, the DA-98 will position the tape 5 seconds before the punch-in point, whether this has been set by you, or set automatically (as described above). The post-roll is factory set to 3 seconds. You can alter both these times using the following method: 1) Enter menu group 1 and move the cursor to the Pre/Post menu option: 6. 6. 3 Setting punch points using the menus 1) Press the RHSL (rehearsal) key [9] twice (or until the indicator lights steadily). 2) Press the AUTO MON key [19] (the indicator will light). 3) Go to menu group 1 and select the In Point option using the cursor keys and ENTER: In Point X-Fade Out Point Dither Pre/Post Rec Mute 00:00:06:00 ABS 2) Press ENTER to set the pre-roll and post-roll times: Pre-roll Post-roll Pre 00m05s Post 00m10s Punch-in Point 00:09:21:12 ABS 4) Use the LEFT and RIGHT keys to select the "field" (hours, minutes, seconds or frames) that you want to edit, and use the UP and DOWN keys to change the values. You can also use the function keys to enter the value directly, as described in 5. 2. 2, "Using the function keys as number keys". 3) Use the LEFT and RIGHT keys to position the cursor by the "field" (minutes or seconds) that you want to change and use the UP and DOWN keys to alter the value. You can also use the function keys to enter the value directly, as described in 5. 2. 2, "Using the function keys as number keys". Since there is little point in setting pre- and postroll times to frame accuracy, you can only set these values to second accuracy. The minimum values you can set are 5 seconds and the maximum value is 59 minutes 59 seconds. Any punch operation from now will take your setting for pre-roll and use it when locating the tape to the punch-in point. For example, if your pre-roll time has been set to 10 seconds (00:00:10:00), and the punch-in point is at 00:06:03:12, the tape will locate to 00:05:53:12 when starting rehearsal or punch-in. 06/97 ­ 1. 00 ­ 6-5 5) Press ESCAPE to return to menu group 1. 6) Select Out NOTE You can also use this process to edit punch points which have been set "on the fly"). Point and repeat the process. 7) Locate the tape to the punch-in point (minus the pre-roll time) by pressing LOC 1 [22]. Section 6 ­ Basic operations 4) Post-roll is set in the same way. Use the LEFT and RIGHT keys until the cursor is by the Post field, and repeat the steps above. The minimum value for post-roll is 3 seconds. 1) While the tape is running, press the LOC 1 key [22]. There is no need to press STOP first. The tape will return to the punch-in point, minus the value specified in the punch-in offset (6. 6. 4, "Editing the pre-roll and post-roll times"). NOTE The pre-roll location time (see 8. 1. 3, "Setting the location pre-roll time") is not used here. 6. 6. 5 Rehearsing the punch-in After you have set the punch points, and you have located the tape to the pre-roll point, as described above, you can rehearse the punch process. 1) Press the RHSL key [9] so that the indicator lights steadily. This indicates that you are now in rehearsal mode. 2) Pressing PLAY will then re-start the rehearsal or punch-in process. NOTES 2) Press PLAY. The tape will start playing from the pre-roll point. 3) At the punch-in point, monitoring will change to source. The RECORD key will flash, and the REC FUNCTION indicator of any armed tracks will light steadily. However, recording will not be carried out. · · Pressing the LOC 2 key will locate the tape to the punch-out position minus the punch-in pre-roll time. These functions are only operative when the RHSL or AUTO PUNCH indicators are lit or flashing. When they are off, the LOC 1 and LOC 2 keys will act normally. If the SHIFT key has been pressed, and the SHIFT indicator is flashing, the LOC 1 and LOC 2 keys will act as function keys (see 5. 2. 1, "The SHIFT key and function keys"). · 4) At the punch-out point, monitoring will change back to off-tape monitoring. The tape will continue playing to the post-roll point and then rewind to the pre-roll point. [. . . ] The RC-848 can also be connected to units with an ACCESSORY-2 connector. For these purposes, the PW88-AC2 cable is required. The DA-98 is also fitted with screw holes in the case which allow you to fit Accuride®1 200 series guide rails (18" or 20") which also help with removing and replacing the DA-98 from and to rack installations. · If an RC-848 controller is used, it should be connected to the DA-98's REMOTE IN/SYNC IN connector [43]. Up to 6 DTRS units can be controlled using one RC-848 controller. The first DA-98 or DA-38 unit in the chain should be given Machine ID 1 (ID 0 for DA-88 units), even if an RC-848 is used. [. . . ]